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25/04 – Today’s headlines from across the EU

EUROPEAN HEADLINES

BBC EuropeGermany’s Jews urged not to wear skullcaps after attacks. The leader of Germany’s Jewish community has advised Jews to avoid wearing traditional skullcaps (kippahs) following anti-Semitic attacks. Josef Schuster, the president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, told Berlin public radio that Jews should exercise caution in big cities. His comments come ahead of a “Berlin Wears Kippah” solidarity march in the German capital on Wednesday.

FRANCE

Les Echos

Corporate credit: 2018 is off to a flying start

European and French banks have greatly relaxed their lending criteria. Business credit dynamics remain very strong in France.

GERMANY

Sueddeutsche Zeitung

UN warn about catastrophe in Syria

Ruler Assad proceeds with a new campaign against rebels everywhere in the country. The UN are very worried and call for billions for humanitarian aid.

ITALY

Corriere Della Sera

PD-M5S, glimmers and tension

Di Maio: “Farewell League”. Martina: “We are open (to talks)”. But Renzi’s supporters revolt.

SPAIN

El Pais

Banks reopen mortgages tap

Consumer confidence and better credit conditions foster the demand for mortgage.

BELGIUM

Le Soir

Large scale auction to exit the nuclear era

A draft law foresees to subsidise all power producers. We need new investors before shutting down existing plants.

GREECE

Ta Nea

Name for FYROM in the next 15 days

Commissioner Hahn reveals the agreement.

CROATIA

Vercenji List

Reforms for 2018: The government still plans to implement the real estate tax

In-depth system changes once again left out.

MALTA

The Times of Malta

Press freedom in Malta ‘problematic’

Press freedom in Malta is in a “problematic” state, according to Reporters Without Borders,whose annual index shows the island plunging 18 places, the sharpest drop among 180 countries.

PORTUGAL

Publico

TAP money frozen in Angola is superior to €120 million

To protect the money frozen in Luanda, the Portuguese flag carrier company invested €80.8 million in short term debt of Angola, twice as much as the amount registered in 2016.

SLOVENIA

Dnevnik

Zmago Jelinčič mentioned in EU Council report

In the past years, at least 15 members or former members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) have lobbied for the interests of Azerbaijan – some of them in exchange for large sums of money – an independent research of three esteemed judges shows. Former Slovenian deputy Zmago Jelinčič Plemeniti is one of the names mentioned in the report.

 

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