EUROPEAN HEADLINES

FT – Toshiba chief bows out after probe finds profits were inflated by $1.2 billion. Scandal: one of the biggest in Japanese history. Finance minister calls for reforms.

WSJE – Car makers near deal for Nokia’s maps. A group of German auto makers agreed to pay slightly more than €2.5 billion ($2.7 billion) for Nokia’s digital mapping service, prevailing over Silicon bidders in a battle for a key enabling technology for self-driving cars.

INYT – Election in Burundi tainted by bloodshed. Leader’s bid for 3rd term has put country on edge, with many fearing chaos –.

BALTIC STATES

Baltic Times – Ex-Georgian President Saakashvili: Baltic States are Putin’s next target.”Putin does not respect national borders and he will push everywhere,” Saakashvili told The Independent. “I predicted Ukraine would be next in 2008, then the Baltics would follow.”

FRANCE

Le Monde – Farmers: Hollande tries to quench the fire. Facing the blockages by the farmers, the President announces an “emergency plan”.

Les Echos – Hollande tries to appease livestock farmers’ anger. The government’s plan aims at helping the most indebted meat and milk producers. The seven key questions to understand this new escalation in the farming industry.

GERMANY

Frankfurter Allgemeine  (FAZ) – The Federal Constitutional Court says child care allowance is unconstitutional. Current beneficiaries will continue to benefit from the EUR 150 subsidy.

Sueddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) – Coalition argues about family subsidy. The Federal Constitutional Court says child care allowance is unlawful due to formal reasons. SPD and CDU-CSU now argue about the right services for parents.

IRELAND

Irish Independent – NAMA set to be ‘key vendor’ in European loans sell-off. While Nama has been heavily criticised at home, its model is widely seen as a success overseas

ITALY

La Repubblica – Europe condemns Italy: « Regarding Gay couples, Italy is late ». The European Court of Human Rights officially condemned Italy for discrimination and violation of rights of three gay couples who desired to marry in their town.

Il Sole 24 Ore – Voluntary disclosure deadline extended. The Italian government has given a second chance to businesses who have not fully disclosed their revenues. They will have until September 30th to disclose their revenues.

MALTA

Times of Malta – No speeding fines for the owners of foreign cars.A quarter of all offences caught by speed cameras are going unpunished, as the owners of foreign-registered vehicles cannot be traced, this newspaper has learnt.

NETHERLANDS

Dutch News.nl – Russia may ban import of Dutch flowers. Russia is considering a ban on flower shipments from the Netherlands, saying they contain pests which pose a ‘serious danger’ to the country’s economy and farming, Russian and international media reported on Tuesday evening.

POLAND

Gazeta – Financial separation of town and Church. Poznań Town Mayor Jacek Jaśkowiak is the first head of a large town who discloses financial claims from the Church’s institutions. Sociologist Krzysztof Podemski calls it a breakthrough in Polish reality.

SPAIN

El Pais – Rajoy and Sanchez accuse Mas of dividing Catalonian society. The president states that the government “is ready” to respond. The Socialist leader warns against the 27 September, which will only create more frustration.

Expansion – Telefonica and Orange revive the fight for fibre. The companies speed up the expansion of their networks in order to reach more households.

UK

The Times – Labour war as Corbyn closes in on leadership. First public poll puts left-winger 17 points in front.

The Guardian – Generation rent. The housing ladder starts to collapse for the under 40s.

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