PARIS — The Netherlands worked out the costs of meeting NATO’s new capability targets, providing a taste of the billion-euro budget challenge European members of the alliance face to boost their military posture in the face of a more…
Category: 3. Europe
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Lightware reinforces commitment to Europe
Hungary – Lightware Visual Engineering emphasised its status as a European-based technology company to clients and colleagues at its recent seminars. With all product design and manufacturing carried out at its headquarters in Budapest,…
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UK presses Team Trump to make trade deal real – POLITICO
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has told British firms the new steel quotas will be finalized within two to three weeks, said a senior business representative granted anonymity to speak candidly about private discussions. The Trump administration could potentially enact the…
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Portugal's far-right Chega party becomes main opposition in parliament
Prime Minister Luís Montenegro has ruled out making a deal with Chega. He will instead move to form a new minority government.
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Berlin drafts bill to tax digital platforms – POLITICO
“First of all, I have invited the Google management and important industry representatives to the chancellery for talks in order to examine the alternatives such as voluntary commitments,” said Weimer, who is a member of Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s center-right party. “At the same time,…
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Citywire Selector | Why European equity PM Gallagher jumped ship to Jupiter
Two weeks into his new job and Niall Gallagher knows he has no time to waste; he wants to talk about Europe.
Gallagher has joined UK asset manager Jupiter to head up European equities having moved from Swiss group GAM alongside fund managers
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Brits back BNPL regulation for flexible payment options – POLITICO
The research found there is still confusion about financial products. Two-thirds of people do not understand what a credit card APR is and more than half are unaware that BNPL regulation is underway. However, Brits are clear on their priorities for financial products, with 44 percent wanting…
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Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, the first Arab and African director to win Cannes Palme d’Or, dies aged 91
Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina was the oldest living recipient of the Palme d’Or. His Cannes-winning film ‘Chronicles of the Years of Fire’ remains Africa’s only Palme d’Or to this day.
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What happens to Trump’s tariffs now a court has knocked them down?
The court’s decision blocks the tariffs Trump imposed last month on almost all US trading partners and levies he imposed before that on China, Mexico and Canada.
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Slovakian Governor Kažimír convicted of bribery in fresh embarrassment for ECB – POLITICO
Peter Kažimír, governor of the Slovakian central bank and a close ally of Prime Minister Robert Fico, was convicted of bribery on Thursday and fined €200,000.
Kažimír had been charged with offering €48,000 in 2016 to František Imrecz, the former…
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