The matter of taking down domains that are believed by the US authorities to promote and sustain piracy was heavily criticized by the European Parliament which adopted a resolution to state their disapproval of this certain section included in the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).According to TorrentFreak, while the med... |
18 November 2011
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The Swedish Pirate Party celebrates its first big victory as they recently convinced the Greens group, the fifth largest from the European Parliament, to adopt their view on copyright monopoly matters, which implies openness, transparency and accountability. “It must be made absolutely clear that the copyright ... |
7 October 2011
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The computer network of the European Parliament has been under attack for the past few days in a similar manner to how the European Commission computers were targeted a week ago.An EU Parliament spokesperson confirmed the cyber attack for European Voice. "Information technology services are working day and night to i... |
29 March 2011
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One member of the European Parliament has spoken out against the open world gangster based video game Mafia II, which was developed by 2K Czech and published by Take Two, because of the way it appears to glamorize the criminal actions of the organization. Sonia Alfano, who is a member of the European Parliament, has... |
21 December 2010
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This Monday, October 11, the European Parliament overwhelmingly approved a critically-important set of laws called the EU Regulation on Illegal Logging, which essentially declares war to illegal logging.Previously, the Council of Ministers had approved the same document in its draft form, and the laws managed to pass... |
15 October 2010
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Officials at the European Space Agency (ESA) say that all future opportunities belonging to European space plans will make the subject on an extensive debate, to take place October 26-27.The meeting, at which the general public is invited to attend, will take place in Brussels, under the aegis of the European Parliam... |
12 October 2010
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The European Parliament gave a green light to the SWIFT II anti-terrorist agreement concerning the sharing of European bank transaction data with the United States for tracking terrorist financing. The Members of the Parliament agreed to give their vote after they were promised that Europe will create its own data pr... |
9 July 2010
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The European Parliament has taken the decision to reduce roaming text, call and data service costs starting with July 2009. Following the decision, it is expected that consumers in Europe will see their bills for using a mobile phone while traveling abroad within the EU going down by as much as 60 percent when compar... |
23 April 2009
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On Wednesday, European lawmakers set the basis for one of their most ambitious projects to date, namely for the creation of a unified air space above the Union, in a move that is aimed squarely at reducing the amount of pollution created by airplanes traveling long routes in order to go around certain areas. That is ... |
26 March 2009
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According to the latest news on the Web, politicians at the European Parliament are considering asking mobile phone carriers to lower the prices for their services. While calls have already seen a drop in prices, this time the measure is supposed to be taken in what concerns text messaging. Texting home from countrie... |
20 January 2009
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The majority of the European Parliament members have backed up the bill proposed by the European Commission regarding the introduction of biometric passports in the Schengen zone. Countries have until June to start issuing the new passports, with a deadline for completing implementation until 2012.The basis for the n... |
15 January 2009
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A number of complaints on behalf of users who were taken in by certain ringtone websites determined the European Parliament to investigate further into the matter. Commissions from every country of the EU were asked to check the websites that provided ringtones and wallpapers for the people living there. The look-ove... |
18 July 2008
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