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FT Europe |
Apple broached Time Warner bid as growth hunt turns to content. Discussions held with media group. Tech giant eyes targets as iPhone sales slow.
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WSJE |
Oil prices near Goldilocks zone. At $50 to $60 a barrel, almost everyone benefits, economists say, aid for inflation.
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INYT |
Rising risks for Japan as it chips away at its pacifism. Obama’s Hiroshima visit highlights debate over limits on nation’s military. |
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French Unions escalate strike. French trade unions have urged workers to escalate their protests against a labour market reform bill, amid blockades of oil refineries, power stations and transport. “Continue and step up the actions,” eight unions said in a joint call. |
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FRANCE |
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Le Monde |
The French government looks for a solution on the labour law. Unions demonstrated for the eighth time on Thursday 26 May. Meanwhile there have been blockades all over France.
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Labour law: the reasons the conflict is going to last. Protests did not take off on Thursday, during the eighth day of strike against the labour law. The government, struggling with its majority, says it is considering minor amendments. |
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GERMANY |
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Frankfurter Allgemeine |
Merkel against loosening of Russian sanctions. Chancellor contradicts Minister Gabriel. Moscow frees Ukrainian pilot. G7 summit.
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G7: Growth against exodus. The leading industrial nations aim to boost the global economy by all means at the summit in Japan. Angela Merkel counting on TTIP. |
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ITALY |
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La Repubblica |
Migrants, the UE calls on the G7: More aid, this crisis is worldwide. More than 4,000 people have been rescued from the sea while the crisis shows no sign of slowing down. |
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Il Sole 24 Ore |
Growth should be our obsession. Boccia: to overcome perfect bicameralism and Title V, our struggle since 2010. |
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POLAND |
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Gazeta Wyborcza |
Why was Nadiya set free? Exchanging Nadiya Savchenko for two Russian scouts was a difficult decision and a failure for Vladimir Putin. Considering Russia’s current situation, he had no other choice. |
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SPAIN |
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El Pais |
Violence outbreak in Barcelona raises fear of an authority vacuum. Barcelona Mayor Ada Colau admits problems in the interventions against squatters in the Gracia district.
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Popular: Large expansion in order to strengthen its balance sheet. The bank will gain €2.5 billion from a return to normal of its balance sheet. |
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UK |
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The Times |
EU army plans kept secret from voters. Details of Brussels power grab buried until day after referendum.
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The Guardian |
Off shore London: secretive firms buying up the capital. Forty thousand properties across London are now owned by secretive offshore companies, an increase of 9% in the past 10 months, The Guardian can reveal. ©europeanunion2016 |
