USA

Russia, the US election and the tech companies: What we know so far

What Facebook, Twitter and Google have revealed about the extent of Russian meddling in the US election

31 October 2017

Europe News

Europe's finance ministers plot course for tax harmonisation

France is leading the push for reform with the so-called equalisation tax and it has companies such as Amazon and Google and Apple its crosshairs

15 September 2017

France

How did the Internet react to Juncker's State of the Union speech?

Google searches, tweets and controversy.

13 September 2017

Economy

Google lodges appeal against 2.4bn EU fine

Google appeals record European Commission fine.

11 September 2017

World News

What does the world most want to learn how to do on Google?

Google has revealed the top 10 most-searched questions across the world

5 September 2017

World News

EU studies proposed compliance plan from Google

Internet giant was fined record 2.4 billion euros in June over claims it breached anti-trust rules and was told to come up with a solution

30 August 2017

USA

Wal-Mart and Google team up to take on Amazon

To beat the world's largest online retailer at its own game, it takes an internet giant and a retail giant to team up

23 August 2017

USA

The Google diversity memo: key arguments and reactions

Google memo: What exactly does it say and how has the tech industry reacted?

8 August 2017

USA

Google fires employee James Damore for 'gender stereotypes' memo

James Damore says he was sacked for claiming that gender imbalance in the tech industry was 'in part due to biological causes'.

8 August 2017

Business Series

Alphabet profits hit by record EU fine

25 July 2017

USA

Google robot produces a million mosquitoes a week to release into wild

18 July 2017

Economy

France opposes Google tax ruling

The French government says it's going to lodge an appeal against a court ruling that Google is not liable to pay 1.1 billion euros ($1.3 billion) in back taxes.

13 July 2017

World News

Euroviews. Social Media: the Faustian deal

Social media are not one phenomenon. They raise issues for privacy, for freedom of expression, innovation, competition and, for all of these reasons, for democracy.

13 July 2017

European Union

State of the Union: Let the Brexit battle commence!

Our weekly round-up of the top stories from Europe's de-facto political capital

30 June 2017

World News

Google's record-breaking EU fine explained

The world’s most popular search engine, Google, faces a record-breaking €2.42 billion fine from the European Commission after a seven-year investigation found it violated EU anti-trust laws.

27 June 2017

Europe News

The Brief from Brussels: EU fines Google

This is the Brief from Brussels, a roundup of the top stories from the EU's de facto political capital

27 June 2017

Business Series

Google hit with record fine for abusing internet search monopoly

27 June 2017

World News

EU fines Google a record €2.42bn

The EU says it for abusing its dominant position to manipulate search engine results for its own benefit.

27 June 2017

Ukraine

Ukraine blocks Russia's answer to Facebook and Google

Russia's Facebook and Google equivalents have been banned in Ukraine - hitting millions of web surfers.

16 May 2017

Business Series

Google to pay 306 million euros additional tax to Italy

Google's parent company - Alphabet - is to pay 306 million euros to settle a tax dispute with Italy covered 13 years up to 2015.

4 May 2017