EUROPEAN HEADLINES
BBC Europe – Spain moves to suspend Catalonia autonomy. Spain is to start suspending Catalonian autonomy on Saturday, as its leader threatened to declare independence. The government said ministers would meet to activate Article 155 of the constitution, allowing it to take over running of the region. Catalonia’s leader said earlier the region’s parliament would vote on independence, backed in a disputed referendum on 1 October, if Spain “continues repression”.
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| La Croix |
The Catalan choice
This morning, Catalan regional leaders will say if they will declare secession or cooperate with Madrid. |
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| Handelsblatt |
Drawback for EU-army
The establishment of a common defence is one of the most important projects of the EU Member States. But the arms industry and several countries defend national interests at all costs – and undermine the plan. |
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| Corriere Della Sera |
Visco’s dossier: more than 4,000 pages on the bank cases
PD, Renzi under siege. Veltroni and Napolitano critical. |
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| Dziennik Gazeta Prawna |
Self-governments are saving schools
Changes in education did not cause a wave of redundancies among the teachers. |
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| La Vanguardia |
Puigdemont warns he will give go-ahead to UDI if Madrid triggers article 155
Catalan president insists on offering dialogue and urges Rajoy to halt “repression,” in reference to Cuixart and Sànchez. |
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| De Morgen |
Spanish fury against Michel
Rajoy is furious about statements on the Catalonia crisis. |
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| Trud |
European statistics rank Bulgarians among EU’s soberest nations
Data compiled by Eurostat and the National Statistical Institute (NSI) suggests only 30% of men and 11.4% of women in the country drink alcohol each week. |
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| Naftemporiki |
The “thorns” in the negotiation
Deliberations begin today in Athens at the level of technical teams. |
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| The Times of Malta |
Bomb likely ‘triggered by mobile phone’
Investigators yesterday found what looked like the remains of Daphne Caruana Galizia’s laptop, as well as equipment used to trigger the bomb that killed the journalist, this newspaper has learnt. |
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| Negocios |
Lone Star keeps Novo Banco brand
US fund promisses to keep giving credit to SMEs. New board took office yesterday. |
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