European Commission News

Earlier this month, we heard that the European Commission was about to "move against" Google, “setting the stage for charges” against the search giant after a five-year-long invest...

Google Breakup Approved By European Parliament

As previously reported, the European Parliament was considering a proposal to call for a breakup of G...

Should Google Be Broken Up?

As reported late last week, the European Parliament is considering a call to...

Android Antitrust Investigation Starting To Ramp Up

An EU antitrust investigation into Google's business practices related to Android has been in the works...

Apple Gets EU Approval For Beats Acquisition, Is Reportedly About To Buy Swell

Apple's acquisition of Beats has gained approval from the European Commission. The Commission concluded that the combination of these businesses does not raise any competition conc...

FairSearch And Other Companies Pressure European Commission On Google

FairSearch is calling attention to a new campaign by The Open Internet Project seeking to raise "further scrutiny" of Google's potential settlement with the European Commission ove...

Google Antitrust Probe Finally Over?

Google has reached a settlement with the European Union to end a three-year antitrust investigation. The EU announced this morning that it has obtained "an improved commitments pro...

Google EU Antitrust Settlement Expected In Days

Though this wouldn't be the first time we thought so, Google and the EU are re...

Google’s Proposals Still Not Good Enough For EU

The European Commission is reportedly not accepting Google's latest proposal to settle the lengthy antitrust probe into the company's search business. In October, commissioner...

FairSearch Deems Google’s EU Proposal ‘Ineffective’

A couple weeks ago, Google addressed the ongoing antitrust probe it has...

European Commission Approves Microsoft Nokia Deal

The European Commission announced today that it has approved Microsoft's acquisition of Nokia's mobile device business. The deal was first...

Google Aims To Put European Antitrust Issues In The Past

Google addressed the ongoing antitrust probe it has been facing in Europe again this morning, highlighting the latest version of its concessions with hopes to "move forward". G...

European Commission Asks Google Competitors To Review Antitrust Proposals

At the beginning of the month, European Commission antitrust chief Joaquin Almunia...

The Big Google Antitrust Probe May Be Nearing End

A few weeks ago, we learned that Google had given the E...

Google Reportedly Gives Europe A New Proposal To Resolve Antitrust Probe

Back in July, we heard that the European Commission was waiting for Google...