EUROPEAN HEADLINES
BBC Europe – Brexit: Theresa May accused of ‘switching her language’ over Irish border. Former taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Bertie Ahern has accused Prime Minister Theresa May of “switching her language” over a physical border between Northern Ireland and the Republic after Brexit.
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Trump Dials Back Rhetoric
President’s evolving foreign-policy stances now hew more closely to long-held US views. |
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| INYT |
Taking the mob’s children
Italian magistrate removes sons and daughters from mafia homes to save them. |
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| FT |
Swiss warn of backlash after voters reject tax overhaul
Snub for move to global standards. Corporate deals spur retaliation fear. |
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| Le Monde |
The rise in housing prices deepens inequalities across Europe
The OECD has just published a database on 35 member states, which allows measuring the social damage caused by the increase in property prices. |
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| Les Echos |
Renault: the recipes of a winning transformation
The diamond brand completed a record year in 2016. The company’s turnover is at its highest and profitability now exceeds that of its ally Nissan. Renault’s diversification strategy is bearing fruit. |
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| Frankfurter Allgemeine |
Steinmeier: Let us be brave
Election of the twelfth Federal President. “Hold on to the foundations of the Western world”. Thanks to Gauck. |
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| Sueddeutsche Zeitung |
Steinmeier: “Let us be brave”
The future Federal President describes Germany as a country that many in the world are looking at with hope. He received 931 out of 1,253 votes – probably not all representatives of the SPD, CDU and CSU voted for him. |
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| La Repubblica |
“How can a priest cause this much hurt?”
Pope Francis: “Sorry for this monstrosity, we will be extremely strict”. |
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| Il Sole 24 Ore |
€8 billion negotiation on productivity premiums
The government and unions are negotiating new public work contracts. |
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| Gazeta Wyborcza |
Lady Basia’s Tower
Srebrna company, run by trusted people of Jarosław Kaczyński, builds an over 190-meter high office, service and retail tower building in Warsaw at the cost of PLN 0.5 billion. Heirs of the pre-war owners of the land, on which the tower is to be developed, are raising ownership claims. |
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| El Pais |
Podemos chooses radical path and gives Iglesias full powers
The Secretary General successfully imposes his model on Errejon’s one. |
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| Expansion |
Prosegur Cash wants to be worth more than its parent company on the Stock Exchange
Investment banks value the subsidiary at €4 billion for the initial public offering. |
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| The Times |
High street revolt over local tax rises
Pubs and restaurants will vanish, warn firms. |
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| The Guardian |
Whistleblowers “face full-frontal attack by No10”
Guardian among organisations denying they were consulted on change in law.
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