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The EU has cleared Microsoft’s acquisition of the largest video game developer and distributor Activision Blizzard, creator of popular games like Call of Duty, Hearthstone, and World of Warcraft.

The allocation for the frequency spectrum for mobile communication services in the Republic of Croatia has been completed, both at the national and county level.

European Commission has awarded the Spanish wireless telecom infrastructure and services company 4 works and 2 studies for the deployment of 5G infrastructure in cross-border corridors.

After the European Union passed a directive by which all electronic devices will have to use a universal charger, the official date when this directive comes into force has been determined.

The European Commission’s foreign aid department invested €387,000 to throw a party in the metaverse in an attempt to get young people interested in the European Union, but only five people showed up, Politico reported.

“The sky is no longer a limit when it comes to possibilities offered by super-fast, high-capacity connectivity,” Thierry Breton, Commissioner for the Internal Market, told European media.

The neighboring countries joined the initiative to ban the sale of petrol and diesel vehicles after 2035 – five years earlier than the previous plan – as part of efforts to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy.

Regulation which aims to limit the dominant role of large online platforms, entered into force on November 1st, and will be enforced from 2 May 2023.

IE-Energy, a startup company based in Rijeka, received approval for a subsidy of 19.8 million euros for the project to build an electrical energy storage system at the grid level.

US-based financial and technological executives want Croatia to be the future Silicon Valley of Europe.