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- Author: OSN
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Recent Posts
Commission's trustbusters target Rambus
The European Commission confirmed today that it has sent a Statement of Objections to Rambus, the designer and developer of chip technologies such as those used in Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAMS) chips. As we've explained before (e.g., here), a...
Lobbyists facing the wrath of Commissioner Kallas
I just returned to Brussels today from my holiday and noticed on the plane that quite a few MEPs seemed to be heading back to Brussels. Interesting, as I thought they would have taken the opportunity to enjoy the last part of their holiday in somewhe...
MEPs Zingaretti and Mayer alleged to bypass the European Parliament in introducing new EU criminal law
The European Parliament recently voted on the proposed directive on criminal enforcement of intellectual property rights, which is one of the first of the Community's forays in the area of criminal law. The directive, if adopted, would criminalise m...
Pro-EU bloggers in a disarray but slowly getting together
The "blogosphere" is a well known concept for bloggers at least. Wikipedia defines it as follows:Blogosphere is a collective term encompassing all blogs and their interconnections. It is the perception that blogs exist together as a connected communi...
Commission wants more competition between mobile operators
Quite a few of us have probably already heard about the Commission's roaming regulation which capped the prices mobile operators can charge for mobile calls made and received abroad. The regulation was welcome, as we all know how a trip abroad can br...
More details leaking surrounding the release of the Bulgarian nurses
Back in late July I wrote about the EU's role in the release of the Bulgarian nurses (and the Palestinian doctor) held for years in a Libyan jail, accused of infecting hundreds of children with AIDS. I applauded the role of the EU in securing the nur...
