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Italy plans levy on low-value parcels to protect fashion industry
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Italy to hike defence spending once out of EU deficit procedure, minister says
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Ukraine's energy minister resigns following corruption probe in sector
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Russia, Kazakhstan agree to strengthen oil sector ties after Moscow talks

Bulgaria's president vetoes law to seize Lukoil refinery amid US sanctions
Date: November 12, 2025
SOFIA (Reuters) -Bulgaria's President Rumen Radev on Wednesday vetoed legal changes that would allow the government to seize control of Lukoil's Burgas oil refinery and sell it to protect the plant...

Permira in talks with China's HongShan on $3 billion Golden Goose sale, sources say
Date: November 12, 2025
MILAN (Reuters) -Private equity firm Permira is in advanced talks with China's HongShan Capital Group (HSG) to sell Italian luxury sneaker maker Golden Goose at a valuation of over 2.5 billion euros (...
Sanctions stymie Lukoil drilling plans in Romanian Black Sea
Date: November 12, 2025
By Robert Harvey and Luiza Ilie LONDON/BUCHAREST (Reuters) -Oslo-listed Vantage Drilling cancelled a contract to drill next year, which two industry sources told Reuters on Wednesday was with...
Existing EU crypto rules address stablecoin risk, banking regulator says
Date: November 12, 2025
By Elizabeth Howcroft PARIS (Reuters) -Europe's existing crypto rules already contain safeguards against risks posed by stablecoins, the region's banking supervisor told Reuters, after the European...
Ukraine's Zelenskiy calls for dismissal of energy, justice ministers amid corruption probe
Date: November 12, 2025
KYIV (Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday called for the dismissal of Ukraine's justice and energy ministers, saying that he supported anti-graft agencies in their investigation into...
Germany's bird flu cases at three-year high with 'no relief in sight'
Date: November 12, 2025
HAMBURG (Reuters) -Germany has already recorded in 2025 its highest number of bird flu outbreaks in three years and there is no relief in sight, the Friedrich Loeffler Institute for Animal Diseases...
