Shorouk Express A ‘targeted’ revision to the MDR and IVDR promises clearer timelines, proportionate oversight and faster access to innovative technologies. The European Commission has unveiled its long-awaited targeted revision of the EU Medical Devices Regulation (MDR) and In Vitro Diagnostic Regulation (IVDR), aiming to ease the regulatory burden on manufacturers, while ensuring Europe’s high…
Shorouk Express The UK government has warned European travellers that they will be refused entry from February 2026, if they do not have the required ETA visa waiver. The UK first introduced its Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) in 2023, gradually rolling it out so that by April 2025 it was compulsory for anyone entering the…
Shorouk Express Despite soaring prices and dwindling supply, the Bank of Spain has ruled out another property bubble but warned against price rises in certain areas of the country. The Bank of Spain has ruled out the possibility that the country is in or heading towards another property market bubble. However, bank officials warn about…
Shorouk Express Tourist rental platform Airbnb has called for Spain to adopt different regulations for holiday rentals depending on whether they’re rural or urban-based, similar to a system in force in France. The company has even defended the potential of short-term tourist rentals – a real enemy of Spain’s anti-tourism movement last year – to…
[ad_1] Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR F-Droid has warned that Google’s new developer verification rules could effectively kill alternative Android app stores. The platform says that Google’s rules are monopolistic and harmful to competition as well as user freedom. F-Droid says the new rules would make Google the gatekeeper of all Android apps, but…
Shorouk Express The product has been “enthusiastically embraced” by users stateside, Spotify’s global director of competition policy, Avery Gardiner, said at a Brussels event this week. Gardiner explained that Spotify cannot directly tell its European users how to buy goods like Audiobooks under the current conditions of its contract with Apple. On the other hand,…
Shorouk Express Sinn Féin leaders are meeting Monday in the Dublin suburb of Dún Laoghaire to discuss, behind closed doors, who — if anyone — should be their candidate. Ahead of that meeting, McDonald told RTÉ radio it wouldn’t be her — and stressed the party wouldn’t announce its decision until a final Sept. 20…
Shorouk Express The furore comes after Preston Byrne, managing partner at U.S.-based tech law firm Byrne & Storm, told POLITICO that “multiple” American websites had instructed him to bring a lawsuit against the U.K’s telecoms regulator Ofcom over free speech concerns. “We will also be seeking a declaratory judgment from a federal court that confirms,…
[ad_1] A U.K. law requiring that pornography websites verify the age of their users took effect Friday. The BBC reports that around 6,000 porn sites have said they will start verifying users’ ages to comply with the Online Safety Act, although at least one major site was not requiring age checks as of Friday morning….
Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 17. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled in favor of Latvia in the case Osis v. Latvia, rejecting the applicant’s complaint of a potential violation of the right to a fair trial under Article 6, paragraph 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights, Trend reports. The…
