EUROPEAN HEADLINES
BBC Europe – Miracle needed to advance talks, says Juncker. It would take a “miracle” for Brexit talks to progress quickly enough to persuade the EU to start discussing trade soon, a top official has said. EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker agreed progress had been made between the two sides this week. But asked if it was enough to persuade the EU to agree to open trade talks, as the UK wants, at a summit next month, he replied only if “miracles happen”.
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| L’Humanite |
Catalonia: how to overcome the deadlock
War of words between the right and separatists hides opinion of large parts of the population |
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| Die Welt |
Upper limit is core issue for Jamaica
CDU/CSU, Greens and FDP fathom chances for coalition. Big differences on the issue of migration. |
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| Il Sole 24 Ore |
Tim-Vivendi, notification duties violated. Sanctioning process starts
Nullity risk for all actions that followed the infringement . Genish is Telecom’s new CEO, Recchi takes on security. |
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| El Pais |
Catalan government reminds the State that it will not obey the ban on referendum
Puigdemont responded to interior ministry that he does not ensure that the Mossos will close polling stations. |
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| Sega |
State coffers losing BGN 1 billion from uncollected fuel excise duty
According to the Bulgarian Petroleum and Gas Association, the grey economy in the fuel business is putting a BGN 1 billion dent in state coffers. |
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| i-Eidisi |
Medicine prices towards new reduction
Cyprus, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Malta, France, Ireland, and Romania committed for a common negotiation of medicine prices directlry with pharmaceutical industries – They are convening on Tuesday in Rome. |
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| Naftemporiki |
The IMF and ECB reach an agreement on the bank reviews
The stress tests are sped up – Full AQR will not be required |
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| Negocios |
Brussels will not investigate fuels
European Commission sent a letter this week to the government saying that there is not sufficient evidence. |
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| NYT |
Oil’s mysterious middlemen
Agent in lucrative industry describes deals in code and the shock of police raids. |
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THE FAR EAST TO BE SUPPORTED AT THE EXPENSE OF SAKHALIN
At the initiative of Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Trutnev, who oversees the Far East, the government is going to take off tens of billions of rubles a year from Sakhalin to the federal budget. It is a large part of the taxes that the region receives from the “Sakhalin-1” and “Sakhalin-2” projects. The funds can be directed for the additional capitalisation of the Far East Development Fund and, possibly, to other entities of this federal district. This approach reflects the changed attitude to the needs of the Far East, which is forced to find internal resources in the context of the ongoing fiscal consolidation. |
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