Advertising executives have welcomed the first antitrust inquiry into Google's hugely profitable search advertising business, after the European Commission's decision to launch a preliminary probe

The European Commission has launched a preliminary antitrust investigation into Google's search engine and its search-advertising service

Politicians have urged the Government to put an end to Google's dominance of the online search advertising market calling for the matter to be referred to the Competition Commission.

If the European Commission has its way then all of Europe's cultural heritage will be online by 2016, in a move that could rival Google's burgeoning digital books business.

The President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso has just said at a Downing Street Press Conference that he "regrets" the Conservative decision to pull out of the EPP. Quite what it has got to do with him, I am not sure. He works for the Commission, not the European Parliament. Perhaps he might like to pay more attention to the mismanagement and fraud which takes place within his own ...

The European Commission is to publish a communication urging universities to strengthen links with businesses. But some in the education sector have expressed reservations about the level of industry input in designing curricula.

European big business and environmental NGOs have disputed the data used by the European Commission to assess whether polluting industries are likely to suffer from foreign competition as a result of Europe's climate change legislation.

EU countries want the European Commission to investigate the economic implications of Google's book search project amid fears that it will harm the European publishing industry, it emerged on Tuesday (26 May).

In the context of the Small Business Act for Europe, the European Commission suggested public contracting improvements in the Commission staff working document ‘European Code of Best Practices - Facilitating Access by SMEs to Public Procurement Contracts’, Brussels, 25.6.2008 SEC(2008) 2193 (22 pages): In this second post on the European Code of Best Practices, we look at the rest of t...

The European Commission has put out a press release to celebrate what a wonderful place it is and how it is protecting the rights of dissidents around the world. I wonder how the EC would translate that same statement to those who are fighting tirelessly against the EU inspired big brother government that is modern Britain, where we have to endure phones being tapped, mail intercepted and business...