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Apple is prepared to open the iPhone's ability to tap-to-pay to rivals -- in the EU -- after coming under fire for keeping users in its own ecosystem, the European Commission and the company said on Friday.The European Commission has invited companies in the contactless payments business to comment within a month on Apple's proposal to see if it addresses their competition concerns on getting access to tap-to-pay tech on iPhones and Apple watches.

After Ukraine enters the EU, Kyiv and Warsaw should explore entering into an alliance within the bloc, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told Polish media outlet Uklad Sil on Jan. 14.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen held a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos. Source: European Pravda, citing the Office of the President of Ukraine The parties discussed key priorities on the agenda of relations between Ukraine and the EU in the near future, especially in the context of Ukraine approaching the start of negotiations on EU accession.

European Commission investigators are to inspect Chinese automakers in the coming weeks as part of a probe into whether to impose punitive tariffs to protect European electric vehicle (EV) makers, three people involved in the process said. The inspectors will visit BYD, Geely and SAIC, two sources said, with one of them saying the investigators will not visit non-Chinese brands produced in China, such as Tesla, Renault and BMW. The probe, launched in October and scheduled to last 13 months, seeks to determine whether cheaper, Chinese-made EVs benefit unfairly from state subsidies.

Petri Sarvamaa, a Finnish Member of the European Parliament, collected the necessary 120 signatures on a petition to deprive Hungary of the right to vote in the Council of the European Union. Source: Sarvamaa on Twitter (X), as reported by European Pravda Details: According to Sarvamaa, his petition was supported by 120 MEPs from different political groups and "several member states".