Τρίτη 22 Σεπτεμβρίου 2026
5 άρθρα
Latvia veto puts 2,600 sanctions at risk
EU ambassadors have hours to preserve roughly 2,600 Russian-linked listings before an emergency extension expires at midnight. Latvia rejected a deal that would delist Mikhail Fridman and Alisher Usmanov in exchange for a 36-month renewal, exposing how any member state can use unanimity to reshape the entire sanctions regime.
Google’s €403m fine leaves order hidden
Ireland’s privacy regulator found violations across three Google location features after an inquiry spanning nearly eight years. But its reasoned decision and six-month compliance order remain unpublished, leaving unanswered how the fine was calculated, whether stored data must be deleted and what Google must change despite reforms introduced since the disputed 2018–2020 practices.
Two countries dominate Atlas Nexus haul
Costa Rica and Paraguay supplied most of the 490 arrests and 156.9 tonnes of drugs attributed to the 34-country operation. Belgium helped coordinate the effort, but the published record offers few European enforcement results and no country-by-country breakdown, leaving claims that transatlantic trafficking networks were dismantled unsupported by linked charges or court-tested cases.
175,000 workers confront Germany’s auto cuts
Germany’s carmakers are shedding jobs as weak sales, excess factory capacity and Chinese competition squeeze profits. Unions accept that electric vehicles require restructuring, but argue that workers are carrying the cost before Volkswagen and its peers have proved they can deliver the affordable electric cars and reliable software needed to restore demand.
Trump’s Greenland control has no text
Four days after Trump claimed permanent US control over Greenland’s security needs, no binding agreement or operative clause has emerged. Washington already enjoys sweeping military access under a 1951 treaty; the unresolved issue is whether the new arrangement would let it block foreign investment, potentially reaching into Greenlandic powers over minerals and infrastructure.