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Commission carries out first raid under foreign subsidies regulation
The EU Executive has used new powers for the first time against an unnamed security equipment company.
The European Commission on Tuesday carried out unannounced inspections at a company in the security equipment sector, the first to be done under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation.
The new rules, which applied since July 2023, aim to tackle distortions caused by foreign subsidies and ensure a level playing field for all companies operating in the EU market.
So far, the Commission has opened several investigations under the regulation, including into Chinese solar panel manufacturers and wind turbine producers, but this is the first time it has acknowledged raiding premises.
“The Commission has indications that the inspected company may have received foreign subsidies that could distort the internal market under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation,” the EU institution said in a statement.
Commission officials, together with their national counterparts, have raided the company’s premises in various member states, but as the investigation is at a preliminary stage, they are not naming the company, or the countries involved.
At this stage, it is not possible to say if this raid is a result of a complaint, a Commission spokesperson told Euronews. The EU executive has the power to instigate probes of its own volition too.
And there is no fixed deadline for gathering evidence and information to assess whether the company has received distorting foreign subsidies.
If sufficient evidence is discovered, the Commission will open an in-depth investigation. If not, the name and the member states involved would then be revealed.
“The fact that the Commission carries out such inspections does not mean that the company in question has indeed received distortive foreign subsidies, nor does it prejudge the outcome of the investigation,” the statement said.
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Police Identify Suspect in Mass Shooting in Canada
At least eight people were killed in a mass shooting in British Columbia in Canada. Local authorities said the shooter was an 18-year-old whose motive had not been identified.
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“The deceased victims from the school include an adult female educator, three female students, and two male students between the ages of 13 and 17.” “This morning, parents, grandparents, sisters, brothers in Tumbler Ridge will wake up without someone they love. The nation mourns with you. Canada stands by you.” “Upon arrival, there was active gunfire, and as officers approached the school, rounds were fired in their direction. Officers entered the school to locate the threat. Within minutes an individual confirmed to be the shooter was located deceased with what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.”
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Iranian brutality: Nobel laureate fighting for life after barbaric assault at notorious prison
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The Norwegian Nobel Committee is calling on Iran to stop its physical abuse and life-threatening treatment of Nobel peace laureate Narges Mohammadi, who has been imprisoned since December.
The committee said it had received “credible reports” of “life-threatening mistreatment” of Mohammadi, an activist arrested by plain-clothes agents while peacefully attending the funeral of the late human rights lawyer and advocate Khosrow Alikordi.
Mohammadi has been beaten by wooden sticks and batons and dragged across the ground by her hair, tearing sections of her scalp and causing open wounds, the committee said.
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Ali and Kiana Rahmani, children of Narges Mohammadi, an imprisoned Iranian human rights activist, attend the Nobel Peace Prize 2023 award ceremony, where they accept the award on behalf of their mother at Oslo City Hall, Norway on Dec. 10, 2023. (NTB/Javad Parsa via REUTERS )
Furthermore, she was repeatedly kicked in the genitals and pelvic region, leaving her unable to sit or move without severe pain and raising serious concerns of bone fracture, it said.
“The Committee is horrified by these acts, and reiterates that Ms. Mohammadi’s imprisonment is arbitrary and unjust,” committee Chair Jorgen Watne Frydnes said in a statement. “Her only ‘offence’ is the peaceful exercise of her fundamental rights – freedom of expression, association and assembly – in defence (sic) of women’s equality and human dignity.”
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Ali Rahmani, son of Narges Mohammadi, an imprisoned Iranian human rights activist, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2023, speaks after receiving the award on behalf of his mother at Oslo City Hall, Norway. (NTB/Fredrik Varfjell via REUTERS)
An Iranian prosecutor at the time of the arrest told reporters that Mohammadi made provocative remarks at the memorial ceremony in the northeastern city of Mashhad and encouraged those present “to chant norm‑breaking slogans” and “disturb the peace,” Reuters reported.
Mohammadi, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023, has spent much of the last two decades in Iran’s infamous Evin prison.
The committee is calling on Tehran to release Mohammadi and guarantee her access to medical care.
The state tax building burned during Iran’s protests, on a street in Tehran, Iran, Jan. 19, 2026. (Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters)
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“Mohammadi’s ordeal is yet another grim example of the brutal repression that has followed the mass protests in Iran, where countless women and men have risked their lives to demand freedom, equality and basic human rights,” it said.
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