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    EC criticized for failing to push online services in the EU 01/07/2009 07:16:00

    A lack of political vision and weak internal coordination at the European Commission have prevented Europe from reaping the rewards of advances in online services, according to EdiMA, a trade group representing the biggest names in Internet technologies.
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    Pirate Party finds France fertile territory 27/06/2009 01:26:00

    Sweden's Pirate Party won 7.13 percent of the vote in elections earlier this month. Its campaign for the respect of privacy, the reform of copyright law and the abolition of the patent system earned it a seat in the European Parliament, and it may yet gain another seat there, if planned changes to the number of seats attributed to each country win approval.
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    Sweden's Pirate Party sets sail for Brussels 08/06/2009 21:21:00

    The Pirate Party, a party campaigning for online civil rights, has won at least one seat in the European Parliament, after obtaining 7.1 percent of the votes in elections in Sweden.
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    EU slashes cost of text messaging, surfing while abroad 23/04/2009 05:23:00

    The cost of sending text messages on your mobile phone while abroad in the European Union is about to fall sharply in July, when a new law approved Wednesday comes into effect.
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    EU set to pass new mobile roaming law in record time 25/03/2009 06:54:00

    The cost of calling, texting and accessing the Internet via mobile phones while abroad is about to get cheaper for European residents, following an agreement Tuesday among lawmakers over the shape of a new mobile roaming law.
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    Biometric passports agreed to in EU 15/01/2009 04:40:00

    The European Parliament signed up to a plan Wednesday to introduce computerized biometric passports including people's fingerprints as well as their photographs, despite criticism from civil liberties groups and security experts who argue that the move is flawed on technical grounds.
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    Commission calls for broadband access for all Europeans 26/09/2008 08:01:00

    Broadband access to the internet should be a universal service for all European Union citizens, the European Commission said Thursday as it launched a debate on the issue with policy makers, industry and the public.
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    EU sets target price of 18 cents for SMS roaming 16/07/2008 14:04:57

    The retail price of text messaging while roaming should initially be capped at close to Euro 0.11 (AUD$0.18) per message, but then fall toward a long-term goal of around Euro 0.04 per message, the European Commissioner for the Information Society said Tuesday, unveiling plans to regulate the market for mobile phone messaging in Europe.
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    Galileo navigation system launches second satellite 28/04/2008 08:13:47

    Europe's Galileo satellite navigation system took another step forward on Sunday with the launch of a second experimental satellite.
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    Europe rejects plan to criminalize file-sharing 11/04/2008 07:59:27

    The European Parliament rejected attempts to criminalize the sharing of files by private individuals, and threw out the idea of banning copyright abusers from the Internet, in a plenary vote Thursday.
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    Europe's Galileo moves forward 10/04/2008 10:43:04

    Europe is moving forward with their own satellite navigation system after years of setbacks and delays threatened to derail the ambitious project.
 
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