It’s not very surprising that Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg’s state-visit-style trip to Brussels got a pretty chilly reception from EU officials.

Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg will meet the EU’s digital and industry commissioners next week, days before the EU presents proposals to rein in US tech giants and Chinese rivals.

Consumers across the EU are set to benefit from new rules on phone and internet contracts.

Reacting to Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decisive victory, European Union leaders said they are hoping for a quick British parliament vote on Britain's withdrawal.

As people expect faster communication, email as we know it seems doomed, says John Hearne

The pound remained close to its highest level against the dollar since sterling left the Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) in 1992, despite positive economic news from the United States today.

France’s finance minister wants advisories on gasoline pumps – akin to health warnings on cigarette packets or alcoholic drinks – urging motorists to use energy sparingly.

French President Jacques Chirac stormed out of a European summit meeting today to protest a speech in English by a top French business executive.

Talks begin today towards sealing a controversial merger deal between state-owned gas producer Gaz de France and utility company Suez that would create a world energy leader and block a hostile bid from Italy.

The steel giant owned by British-based tycoon Lakshmi Mittal was today facing a battle to convince European powerbrokers of the merits of its £12.7bn (€18.5bn) bid for Arcelor.

France’s debt-ridden public finances are in a “very worrying” state, a government-commissioned report warned, urging the country’s leaders to balance the budget by 2010 at the latest.

French antitrust authorities slapped record fines on the country’s three mobile operators today after a four-year investigation found that Orange, SFR and Bouygues illegally shared sales data and conspired to undermine competition.

Electricite de France (EDF) is set to raise up to €7bn when it is partially privatised next week, it was announced today.

Residents from riot-torn suburbs were to march in Paris today – Armistice Day, marking the end of WWI – waving white handkerchiefs to call for an end to more than two weeks of violence.

European leaders called for relief from high oil prices this week, with Britain’s Treasury chief urging OPEC to increase production and the French president asking oil companies to further cut prices and boost investment in renewable energy.

France is planning a tax on airline tickets next year to help finance the global fight against poverty, President Jacques Chirac said today.

China’s decision to free its currency from a decade-long peg to the US dollar drew praise yesterday from European officials who hoped the change might benefit their economies, which have been battered by cheap Chinese imports.

French President Jacques Chirac will today launch an intensive week of meetings with Asian leaders aimed at promoting French companies and cementing Europe-Asia ties.

France Telecom SA plans to raise as much as €1.79 billion by selling a stake in its yellow pages unit in the biggest French initial public offering since 2002.

France Telecom, which owns UK mobile phone operator Orange, said today that it would cut 7,500 jobs in its home country this year.

France’s ruling centre-right party is to call for an investigation into how France Telecom amassed one of the world’s biggest corporate debts.

France Telecom may announce plans to acquire the outstanding 12% of its Orange mobile unit it does not already own, probably by offering France Telecom shares in exchange, according to a report in French daily Les Echos, which does not cite sources.