The European Commission said on Friday it was stepping up its investigation into whether Elon Musk's social media network X breached EU rules on content moderation with requests for information and an order for it to retain relevant documents.

Sir Ed also called for Donald Trump to be offered a state visit to the UK, but only if he delivered support for Ukraine.

Ericsson AB’s head urged European politicians to cut red tape in the technology and telecommunications sectors to avoid a widening gap with the US that he said will likely get worse under incoming US President Donald Trump.

TikTok, Shein, Xiaomi and three other Chinese companies were named in a privacy complaint filed on Thursday by Austrian advocacy group Noyb, which alleged the firms were unlawfully sending European Union user data to China.

Magnus Brunner, the European Union’s new commissioner for migration and internal affairs, is in Athens to discuss the bloc's migration policies with Greece, which has long been one of the major entry points into the EU for migrants.

Human Rights Watch joined 170 other human rights and environmental organizations and trade unions calling on the European Commission and its President Ursula von der Leyen to actively protect the European Union’s existing corporate accountability laws.

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan carried out its first execution in five years late on Thursday, upsetting both rights groups and the European Union which called on the government to maintain its de facto moratorium on the death penalty.

The EU accused China on Tuesday of discriminating against European medical device producers in public contracts and warned of "decisive action" unless the issue can be resolved through dialogue with Beijing.

Greece’s Metlen Energy & Metals SA will invest about €296 million ($304 million) in the European Union’s first gallium production line, as China’s ban on exports of the critical mineral to the US encourages Western nations to seek their own supplies.

The Commission said President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House did not affect its commitment to enforcing its laws.

Mercedes-Benz CEO Ola Kaellenius urged the European Commission on Thursday to recognise that subdued electric vehicle sales in the European Union were due to weak demand not lack of supply and to scrap potential fines for the auto sector.