EUROPEAN HEADLINES
BBC Europe – Turkey coup: 136 diplomats and relatives seek Germany asylum. Germany says it has received 136 asylum requests from Turks holding diplomatic passports since the July coup attempt against the Turkish president. The figure is a total for the period August 2016 to January 2017, German media report.
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Electric-car makers on battery alert after hedge funds stockpile cobalt
Speculators swell appetite for metal. Price of scarce material up by 50% since November. |
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| WSJE |
China shifts economy team
Shakeup comes ahead of leadership summit where XI is expected to reinforce his clout. |
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| INYT |
Geopolitical murder mystery
In Kim Jong-nam’s killing, a picture of family turmoil and a far-reaching plot. |
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| Le Monde |
Presidential election: Macron bets on the centre and accepts alliance with Bayrou
François Bayrou announced on Wednesday 22 February that he would not stand as a candidate in the presidential election, to rally behind Emmanuel Macron. |
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| Les Echos |
Emmanuel Macron: “my economic project”
Taxes, savings, labour, investment plan: the candidate reveals his cards. Taxation of capital reformed in depth, the state will be “powered up”. |
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| Frankfurter Allgemeine |
Mexico denies America cooperation in deportations
Videgaray: We will not take up any non-Mexican. Tillerson’s first visit |
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| Sueddeutsche Zeitung |
State drowning in money
High tax revenues provide Germany with more funding than ever before since the reunification. The budget surplus amounts to almost €24 billion. |
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| La Repubblica |
A woman dies of exhaustion, six arrested: the new face of black market hiring
In Puglia, 600 women were being exploited by a temp agency. |
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| Il Sole 24 Ore |
Reform of the public administration
Exams and salaries, what is changing for public workers. |
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| Gazeta Wyborcza |
Ziobro extinguishes judges
The Ministry of Justice introduces changes to a draft amendment of the Act about the National Judiciary Council (KRS) and accelerates the process of extinguishing mandates of KRS judges who now stand up for the courts independence. The changes are aimed to make KRS totally obedient to the politicians. |
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| El Pais |
Rato and Blesa sentenced to prison for the “black cards”.
Jail for the 65 accused: for the former minister and six years for the former president of Caja Madrid. |
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| Expansion |
Blesa and Rato, sentenced to 6 and 4 years in jail
The National Court has condemned Miguel Blesa to 6 years in jail and Rodrigo Rato to four and a half years for the “tarjetas black” case, revealed by Expansiόn. |
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| The Times |
Students to be offered degrees over two years
Universities can raise fees above £13,000 a year. |
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| The Guardian |
Met ‘stifling critics” with plan to cut funds to black officers
The Metropolitan police have been accused of trying to silence a vital voice of criticism on diversity by cutting funding for the force’s association of black officers. |
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