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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11985141" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ukraine" source="Orion">Ukraine</keyword> applied to be a member of the <keyword id="11907394" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="european-union" source="Orion">European Union</keyword> days after <keyword id="11894337" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="russia" source="Orion">Russia</keyword> invaded.</li><li>On Friday, the <keyword id="11911313" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="eu" source="Orion">Eu</keyword>ropean Commission recommended that EU members officially consider Ukraine a candidate country.</li></ul>The European Commission recommended that Ukraine be officially considered a candidate country for the European Union, in a move sparked by Russia's invasion.The Friday recommendation means that the commission, the executive arm of the EU, recommends that EU member states vote in favor of Ukraine being made a candidate country when they meet later this month."Ukraine has clearly shown commitment to live up to European values and standards," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen <a href="https://twitter.com/vonderleyen/status/1537738723777028096">tweeted</a> Friday.Ukraine <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/zelensky-officially-applied-for-ukraine-to-join-european-union-2022-2">applied</a> to join the EU four days after Russia invaded it.A long road still awaits Ukraine before it could become an EU member, a process that could take years. Becoming an EU member requires meeting certain financial, legal and political criteria.It is not clear what impact Russia's war will have on Ukraine's finances and other parts of the function of the country, and how they will affect Ukraine's progress with the EU. European leaders have also signaled concerns with longstanding corruption in Ukraine.Von der Leyen said at the commission's press conference on Friday that her recommendation was made "of course, on the understanding that the country will carry out a number of further important reforms."She also said: "We all know that Ukrainians are ready to die for the European perspective. We want them to live with us the European dream."But the recommendation signals the strength of European support for Ukraine since Russia's invasion began, which has included EU members imposing sanctions on Russia, sending leaders to Ukraine, and also sending Ukraine weapons and aide.The commission also recommended candidate country status for Moldova, which neighbors Ukraine.Moldova also officially applied to join the EU after Russia invaded Ukraine, and has been touched by the conflict both through accepting a large number of Ukrainian refugees and as <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/transnitria-explosions-have-signature-of-russia-military-moldova-former-minister-2022-4">fighting takes place in Transnistria</a>, a breakaway region backed by Russia. The commission, meanwhile, said that Georgia needs to meet some more conditions before it can reach candidate stage.Von der Leyen previously said <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/european-commission-president-says-eu-wants-ukraine-to-join-2022-2">that the EU wants Ukraine as a member</a>, telling Euronews in March: "Indeed over time, they belong to us. They are one of us and we want them in."When asked at the Friday press conference whether the European Commission's recommendation over Ukraine was decided only due to the war, Von der Leyen said that all of the commission's decisions are "merit based."

European Commission recommends EU candidacy for Ukraine, moving the country closer to becoming a member

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11985141" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ukraine" source="Orion">Ukraine</keyword>'s finance minister has called for an immediate full <keyword id="11917806" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="energy" source="Orion">energy</keyword> embargo against <keyword id="11894337" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="russia" source="Orion">Russia</keyword>.</li><li>Serhiy Marchenko told <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61354879">the BBC</a> it would make it harder for Russia to finance its military needs.</li></ul>Ukraine's finance minister is calling for a full and immediate energy embargo to make it harder for Russia to finance its military needs. Serhiy Marchenko <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00179h8">spoke to BBC News</a> about the embargo on Saturday.President Joe Biden <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/03/08/fact-sheet-united-states-bans-imports-of-russian-oil-liquefied-natural-gas-and-coal/">announced in early March</a> that the US would ban Russian energy imports. Meanwhile, the EU has proposed a ban on <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/commodities/eu-russian-oil-ban-crude-refined-ukraine-sanctions-economy-putin-2022-5">Russian oil imports</a>, including cutting out crude within six months, as part of the sweeping sanctions taken to put pressure on the Kremlin over the war in Ukraine. Russia has halted its <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-halts-natural-gas-supplies-to-poland-bulgaria-2022-4?utm_medium=ingest&amp;utm_source=markets&amp;r=US&amp;IR=T">gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria</a>, which was dubbed "an instrument of blackmail," by the European Commission's chief. Marchenko said in the interview: "Huge oil and gas prices help Russia to receive additional amounts to make their budget run with a surplus. In comparison, we are running [the country] with a very huge deficit in our budget.""I believe that a full embargo can make Russia suffer more than it is right now," he added. The US imports about 3% of Russian oil, while the EU imports about 40% – a third of the bloc's supplies. On Wednesday, EU's President <keyword id="13267148" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ursula-von-der-leyen" source="Orion">Ursula von der Leyen</keyword> <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/speech_22_2785">admitted it was</a> "not easy to establish unity" among the 27 members but added that she was "confident" that an <keyword id="13805177" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="oil-embargo" source="Orion">oil embargo</keyword> could be agreed. Von der Leyen said: "Let us be clear: it will not be easy. Some member states are strongly dependent on Russian oil. But we simply have to work on it. We now propose a ban on Russian oil. This will be a complete import ban on all Russian oil, seaborne and pipeline, crude and refined."Marchenko told BBC <keyword id="11893589" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="news" source="Orion">News</keyword> that the war meant his country was collecting less in taxes "because more than 20% of our businesses are fully closed. It means that we can't manage to fulfill our necessary duty as a government without international support, or without just printing money."Russia has taken control of most of Ukraine's port cities and without the country's harbors available, the country cannot rely on its exports – Ukraine, before the war, was one of the world's top producers of crops like sunflower, corn, and wheat. Marchenko added that the principal issue for the country now is "how to unblock the seaports of Ukraine."

Ukraine minister calls for immediate Russian energy embargo to make it harder for Putin to fund his military

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="6356961" type="LOCATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="norway">Norway</keyword>'s women's beach handball team broke protocol by wearing shorts instead of bikini bottoms. </li><li>For this breach of the dress code, the team was fined a total of €1,500 ($1,760). </li><li>A top Norwegian official told Insider the team has been fighting the rule for years. </li></ul>When the Norwegian women's beach handball team wore shorts instead of bikini bottoms at the European Championships on Sunday, it marked years of protest against a dress code the players say is degrading and sexist.The team was <a href="https://www.insider.com/norwegian-handball-team-fined-wearing-shorts-instead-bikini-uniform-2021-7">fined a total of €1,500</a> (or about $1,760 dollars) for all ten players breaking the sport's dress code at the bronze medal game, which Norway lost to Spain.The rules say women need to wear a "tight-fitting <keyword id="6356028" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="sports">sports</keyword> bra with deep openings at the arms" and a bottom no more than "ten centimeters on the sides." Men can play in shorts and tanks tops.<a href="https://twitter.com/abidraja/status/1417126189236371460">Abid Raja</a>, Norway's Minister of Culture and Gender Equality, was one of the many to support the women's team on Twitter after news of the fine, writing that the dress code rule was "completely ridiculous."French national coach Valérie Nicolas also backed the Norwegians, telling the <a href="https://www.vg.no/sport/haandball/i/m10b2L/frankrike-stoetter-norsk-bikiniprotest-det-er-urettferdig">Verdens Gang</a> newspaper: "We have lost players due to the suits. The players tell me they are uncomfortable, feel naked, and watched." In an interview with Insider on Tuesday, Norwegian Handball Federation President Kåre Geir Lio said that the dress code rules had been in place since around 2005.He said Norwegian officials had been complaining about the rules to the European Handball Federation since 2006. Beach handball was started in the 1980s, and became an official sport in 2000, according to <a href="https://olympics.com/en/sports/beach-handball/#discipline-history-of" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Olympics.com</a>.Lio told <a href="https://www.dagbladet.no/sport/fikk-bot---urimelig/74031557" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Norway's Dagbladet newspaper</a> that the EHF accepted a recent proposal to change the dress code regulations, which he had hoped would come into effect before the European Championships.When the change did not come, he said, the team decided to take a bolder stance. "We've tried, in a mild way, to try and get them to understand, but this has increased year by year by year. I became president in 2016 and every summer after that I've been talking about this," Lio told Insider of the dress-code issue. "We were told this was an issue in the beginning of the championships, that they would be prohibited to use the shorts they wanted. We decided that the girls could decide this and we will support them whatever they decide."They decided to first play in the bikini so that they wouldn't get thrown out or anything like that. Then they decided that they would show their view by playing in shorts in the last game. I got the message from them 10 minutes before the match and told them we're OK with that and we'll pay the fine," Lio said. When reached for comment by Insider on Tuesday, the EHF suggested that the rules were never going to change in time for the European Championships. Thomas Schöneich, director of communications for the EHF, told Insider that the topic was discussed at the EHF Congress in April.There, he said, it was decided that the EHF's beach handball comission would work with the Norwegians on a new rule that could be tabled at the International Handball Federation's Congress in November. When asked who came up with the dress code rules, Schöneich said they came from the IHF.Insider reached out to the IHF for more details on how the dress code rules were drafted, but did not immediately receive a response on Tuesday.

Norway is pushing to change the compulsory bikini bottoms rule that got its women's handball team fined for playing in shorts

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="6354427" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="apple">Apple</keyword> will face two competition probes from the <keyword id="6355123" type="LOCATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="eu">EU</keyword>'s competition watchdog.</li><li>The first will focus on Apple's terms and conditions for its payment system <keyword id="2510330" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Apple-Pay">Apple Pay</keyword>, the European Commission announced Tuesday.</li><li>The second will focus on the levy Apple imposes on in-app purchases through its <keyword id="115504" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="App-Store">App Store</keyword>.</li><li>Apple hit back saying claims it abuses its market position are "baseless" and come from "a handful of companies who simply want a free ride."</li></ul>Apple faces two competition probes from Europe's competition watchdog.The European Commission announced the two investigations on Tuesday, with the first set to examine the terms and conditions Apple places on its payment system Apple Pay. The second will look at how Apple runs its App Store, specifically how the mandatory levy Apple places on some in-app purchases.While the probes may last for years, Apple faces a multibillion-dollar fine on each if found guilty. The Commission can fine Apple up to 10% of its annual revenue and force it to make changes to its business.<h2>Europe's competition probe into Apple Pay will look at how fair its terms and conditions are</h2>The European Commission will be investigating three elements of Apple Pay's business, according to its <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_20_1075">press release</a>:<ul><li>Apple's terms and conditions for integrating Apple Pay in merchant apps and websites on iPhones and iPads.</li><li>Apple's limitation of access to its NFC "tap and go" functionality on iPhones for payments in stores. Competition commissioner Magrethe Vestager said in a statement that Apple restricts "tap and go" to Apple Pay, suggesting this restriction is at the crux of the investigation.</li><li>Alleged refusals of access to Apple Pay, although the Commission gave no details on where these allegations come from.</li></ul>"Mobile payment solutions are rapidly gaining acceptance among users of mobile devices, facilitating payments both online and in physical stores. This growth is accelerated by the coronavirus crisis, with increasing online payments and contactless payments in stores," competition chief Margrethe Vestager said in a statement."It is important that Apple's measures do not deny consumers the benefits of new payment technologies, including better choice, quality, innovation and competitive prices. I have therefore decided to take a close look at Apple's practices regarding Apple Pay and their impact on competition."<h2>The second investigation is a big step forward for smaller Apple competitors</h2>The <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_20_1073">second investigation</a> centers on the rules Apple sets for developers using its App Store, specifically a mandatory levy Apple places on some in-app purchases.Although developers can place their apps on the App Store for free, Apple takes a 30% comission on certain purchases made within those apps once a user has downloaded them. Specfically, the levy applies to content such as subscriptions, virtual items, shows, and books.The commission said this investigation was set in motion by <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/spotify-eu-antitrust-complaint-against-apple-2019-3?r=US&amp;IR=TIR=T">a complaint from music-streaming giant Spotify last year</a> and by a complaint from an e-book distributor. Although it does not name the e-book distributor, <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/9c847838-ca25-43cf-a962-0d3588d8d34d">The Financial Times</a> reported earlier today that Rakuten-owned ebook service Kobo <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-faces-second-eu-antitrust-complaint-rakuten-2020-6?r=US&amp;IR=TIR=T">filed a similar complaint against Apple in March of this year</a>.<div type="image" title="Margrethe Vestager" height="1306" width="1741" msid="76404941" hostid="261"></div>The two companies complain that Apple essentially forces its competitors to inflate prices for consumers in order to afford the levy on in-app purchases. Alternatively, they say they must disable in-app purchases altogether. Apple does not have to pay an equivalent tax for subscriptions to its own music streaming service Apple Music, or ebook purchases via Apple Books."It appears that Apple obtained a 'gatekeeper' role when it comes to the distribution of apps and content to users of Apple's popular devices," said Vestager. "We need to ensure that Apple's rules do not distort competition in markets where Apple is competing with other app developers, for example with its music streaming service Apple Music or with Apple Books. I have therefore decided to take a close look at Apple's App Store rules and their compliance with EU competition rules."<keyword id="685487" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Spotify">Spotify</keyword> said in a statement: "Today is a good day for consumers, Spotify and other app developers across Europe and around the world. Apple's anticompetitive behavior has intentionally disadvantaged competitors, created an unlevel playing field, and deprived consumers of meaningful choice for far too long."We welcome the European Commission's decision to formally investigate Apple, and hope they'll act with urgency to ensure fair competition on the iOS platform for all participants in the digital economy."<h2>Apple shot back against the "baseless" claims</h2>In a statement sent to Business Insider, an Apple spokesman said the company was disappointed the European Commission chose to launch the two investigations."It's disappointing the European Commission is advancing baseless complaints from a handful of companies who simply want a free ride, and don't want to play by the same rules as everyone else. We don't think that's right — we want to maintain a level playing field where anyone with determination and a great idea can succeed," he said."At the end of the day, our goal is simple: for our customers to have access to the best app or service of their choice, in a safe and secure environment. We welcome the opportunity to show the European Commission all we've done to make that goal a reality," Apple's spokesman added.This isn't the first time Apple has run up against Vestager. The company <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-has-been-fined-by-the-eu-2016-8?r=UK">was ordered to pay $14.4 billion</a> in back taxes to Ireland after a ruling in 2016 determined it had avoided paying the correct amount of tax.

Apple just got hit with 2 EU antitrust probes into the App Store and Apple Pay

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image">U.S. Air Force/Airman 1st Class Gerald Willis/Handout via REUTERSOne of two U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers is refueled during a 10-hour mission flying to the vicinity of Kyushu, Japan, the East China Sea, and the Korean peninsula, over the Pacific Ocean.</div></div></div>Here is what you need to know.<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/north-korea-guam-threat-missile-strike-2017-8">North Korea doubles down</a>. In a statement released on Wednesday, North Korea's army repeated its threats to launch nuclear-capable missiles at Guam, saying President Donald Trump's threats were "absolute nonsense" and that "only absolute force can work on him."<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/scottish-uk-governments-fail-to-reach-an-agreement-on-brexit-repeal-bill2017-8?r=UK&amp;IR=T">The UK and Scotland fail to reach an agreement on Brexit</a>. Talks between UK and Scottish government officials were unable to produce an agreement on what powers should be handed over to Scotland after Britain leaves the European Union, the BBC reports. <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/r-venezuela-inflation-quickens-to-2486-percent-in-year-to-july-opposition-2017-8?IR=T">Venezuela's inflation explodes</a>. Venezuela's inflation rate climbed by 26% in July to 248.6%, Reuters says, citing data released by the opposition-led congress on Wednesday. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com.au/rbnz-interest-rate-decision-august-2017-8">New Zealand's central bank holds</a>. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand held its key interest rate at 1.75% and said that policy would "remain accommodative for a considerable period." <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-zeroing-in-on-joseph-simons-to-lead-the-ftc-2017-8">Trump zeros in on his pick to head the FTC</a>. Joseph Simons, a partner at the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison LLP and former top official at the agency under President George W. Bush, is said to be Trump's top choice to lead the Federal Trade Comission. <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/brooklyn-manhattan-apartments-rent-concessions-2017-8">New York City landlords might start cutting back on freebies</a>. "We're getting to the point where tenants are reluctant to sign with heavy concessions because if the concessions are removed, say a year from now on renewal, many will not be able to afford the rent," Jonathan Miller, CEO of real-estate appraiser Miller Samuel told Business Insider.<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-watch-tab-launch-in-august-premium-tv-shows-2017-8">Facebook is officially launching its attack on TV</a>. The social network's "Watch," a platform for original TV shows, will launch "soon," people familiar with the matter told Business Insider.<a href="http://markets.businessinsider.com/indices">Stock markets around the world are lower</a>. Hong Kong's Hang Seng (-1.13%) trailed in Asia and Britain's FTSE (-1.08%) lags in Europe. The S&amp;P 500 is set to open lower by 0.31% near 2,467.<a href="http://markets.businessinsider.com/earnings-calendar#date=08/10/2017&amp;name=&amp;countries=&amp;eventtypes=99&amp;tab=L">Earnings reports keep coming</a>. Blue Apron, Canada Goose, and Macy's report ahead of the opening bell while Nordstrom, Nvidia, and Snap release their quarterly results after markets close.<a href="http://markets.businessinsider.com/economic-calendar#date=08/10/2017&amp;name=&amp;countries=us&amp;eventtypes=&amp;tab=1,2,3">US economic data is light</a>. Initial claims and PPI will be released at 8:30 a.m. ET. The US 10-year yield is down 1 basis point at 2.24%.

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<div class="KonaFilter image-container float_right"><div class="image on-image"></div></div>In the wake of yesterday's leaked FTC report indicating that <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/what-the-new-ftc-report-says-about-google-2015-3">Google threatened web sites with removal from its search engine</a> if they didn't let Google use their content, the backlash against Google is rising again.A few years ago, Google faced a lot of criticism, for everything from letting some of its Street View cars <a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/wifi-data-collection-update.html">collect people's Wi-Fi data</a>, to <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/google-knew-it-was-accepting-illegal-ads-but-helped-them-anyway-2011-8">showing ads from Canadian pharmacies who violated US laws</a>.But the criticism seemed to have died down in the year or so.Now, a consumer advocacy group in the US in calling on the Federal Trade Comission (FTC) to reopen its investigation into Google, while at least one lawmaker in Europe is calling for a crackdown on its practices. At the heart of the matter is the internal FTC report's finding that Google was effectively blackmailing competing sites like Yelp and Amazon into using their data in its own search result. If they didn't agree, they would get blacklisted from search results entirely. The report recommended that the FTC file charges, but instead Google underwent some voluntary changes and the investigation was closed.In the European Union, however, investigations into Google's allegedly anticompetitive practices are still going on. Outtspoken Google critic and European Parliament member Ramon Tremosa i Balcells has used the report as ammunition in his fight for the European Union to take a strong stand against the search giant.Some have criticized the EU's scrutiny of Google as kneejerk reactionism against a successful American company invading European territory. The fact that the FTC could have, but didn't, file charges, show that the issues are serious and that it's not a "protectionist E.U. war against a U.S. company," said Tremosa, according to a <a href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/03/20/european-lawmaker-pushes-europe-to-take-stronger-stance-on-google/?_r=1">New York Times report</a>.Meanwhile, <a href="http://www.consumerwatchdog.org">Consumer Watchdog</a>, a California-based advocacy group, says that the report's findings indicate that it's time for the US Senate Antitrust Committee to reopen an investigation and figure out exactly how Google escaped prosecution."It is unfathomable that the FTC declined to sue the Internet giant, in the face of pervasive and persuasive evidence from its expert staff. The only way the FTC can redeem itself and regain public trust is to re-open the case. Indeed, Google's anticompetitive and abusive practices of favoring its own services in search results continue," said John M. Simpson, Consumer Watchdog's Privacy Project director, in a press release. Google continues to insist on its innocence, while the FTC stands by its decision not to press charges. <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/drunk-driving-checkpoint-regulation-hack-2015-2">A lawyer in Florida has come up with an ingenious way for drivers to evade drunken-driving checkpoints</a></h3> <div> <div> <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="EwZXE5czqobpJLXsPUCBDsxSm8XxaRw0" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div> </div> </div> </div>

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