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Italy Pushes Back Poste Stake Sale to 2025, Sources Say
Date: November 29, 2024
By Giuseppe Fonte, Elvira Pollina and Elisa Anzolin ROME/MILAN (Reuters) – Italy will postpone until next year the sale of up to a 14% stake in postal service Poste Italiane which was originally expected by early December, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday. State-controlled Poste said last month the approval of...
UK Transport Minister Quits in New Blow to PM Starmer
Date: November 29, 2024
By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s transport minister Louise Haigh has resigned after pleading guilty years ago to an offence in connection with misleading police over a work mobile phone, in another blow to Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Her resignation, the first from Starmer’s top team of ministers since winning a landslide election victory in...
Romania’s Seven-Year Fiscal Plan May Test Markets, Says Watchdog
Date: November 26, 2024
By Gergely Szakacs and Luiza Ilie BUDAPEST (Reuters) –Financial markets might run out of patience with Romania’s high fiscal deficit, the country’s fiscal watchdog warned on Tuesday, saying Bucharest’s seven-year plan to narrow the gap risked being too slow for some investors. The prospect of presidential and parliamentary elections in central Europe’s second-largest economy in...
Britain’s Parliament to Vote on Strict Anti-Smoking Rules
Date: November 26, 2024
By Catarina Demony LONDON (Reuters) – British lawmakers will on Tuesday debate and vote on plans to introduce some of the world’s strictest anti-smoking rules, including banning younger people from smoking. The Tobacco and Vapes Bill aims to make vapes less appealing and would ensure anyone aged 15 this year, or younger, would be banned...
UK’s Reeves Vows No Repeat of Budget Tax Rises After Employers’ Warning
Date: November 25, 2024
By Alistair Smout and David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -British finance minister Rachel Reeves on Monday said she would never have to repeat the tax hikes of her first budget, an attempt to reassure businesses that were caught off-guard by a 25 billion-pound ($31 billion) tax rise. The Confederation of British Industry said a survey of...
Focused on Domestic Defence, Germany Works on Expanded Civilian Shelter Proposal
Date: November 25, 2024
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany is currently working on a proposal to expand the number of shelters available for civilians by looking at public and private facilities that could be converted if necessary, according to the German interior ministry. Basements, underground car parks and subway stations could be converted into shelters, with a special app detailing...