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EU Commission Agrees to Extend Sale Deadline for Monte Dei Paschi
Date: August 2, 2022
By Valentina Za and Giuseppe Fonte MILAN (Reuters) -The European Commission on Tuesday approved revised restructuring targets for Italian bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS) and a new deadline for the government to sell its controlling stake. Italy owns 64% of MPS following a 2017 rescue that cost taxpayers 5.4 billion euros. Rome is...
EU Approves 3-billion-euro German Green Heating Scheme
Date: August 2, 2022
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Commission said on Tuesday it had approved the German government’s 3-billion-euro scheme to support renewable energy and waste heat-based district heating programmes, which it said would help Germany and the EU achieve their climate change targets. The 2.98-billion-euro scheme would promote green energy by offering government grants until...
Exclusive: EU Found Evidence Employee Phones Compromised With Spyware -Letter
Date: July 27, 2022
By Raphael Satter (Reuters) – The European Union found evidence that smartphones used by some of its staff were compromised by an Israeli company’s spy software, the bloc’s top justice official said in a letter seen by Reuters. In a July 25 letter sent to European lawmaker Sophie in ‘t Veld, EU Justice Commissioner Didier...
Analysis: Orange-MasMovil Deal a Test Case for European Telecom Tie-Ups
Date: July 25, 2022
By Supantha Mukherjee and Foo Yun Chee STOCKHOLM/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Orange and MasMovil’s $19 billion Spanish telecom merger is set to be a test case for whether Europe’s antitrust regulators have become more lenient in approving deals that reduce the number of mobile operators. Buried under debt in small, highly competitive markets, Europe’s telecom operators...
EU States Should Act Now for COVID-19 Waves in Winter-Official
Date: July 25, 2022
NICOSIA (Reuters) – EU member states should start preparing now for a new wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in autumn and winter, the bloc’s health chief said on Monday, saying there had been a “worrying increase” in outbreaks. European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides also warned there was no room for complacency,...
Bavarian Nordic Monkeypox Vaccine Wins EU Approval
Date: July 25, 2022
OSLO (Reuters) – Danish biotechnology company Bavarian Nordic said on Monday the European Commission had given permission for its Imvanex vaccine to be marketed as protection against monkeypox, as recommended last week by the European Medicines Agency (EMA). The approval comes just one day after the World Health Organization issued a high-level alert declaring the...