EUROPEAN HEADLINES
BBC Europe – German Intelligence agency employee arrested over Islamist comments. A BfV spokesman did not confirm a report in Die Welt newspaper that the man was suspected of planning a bomb attack on the BfV’s Cologne office, Reuters news agency said. “There is no evidence to date that there is a concrete danger,” he added.
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China weighs outbound deal curbs to buoy renminbi.
Uncertainty over M&A in pipeline. Currency on track for its worst year. |
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| WSJE |
Italy: The next stop on populism’s global march.
Referendum represents a vote of confidence in Renzi, and a possible opening for 5 Star Movement. |
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| INYT |
Rising seas threaten coastal living.
Homeowners grow wary as climate change begins to endanger real estate. |
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| Le Monde |
Fillon wants to win the working class vote to defeat the FN.
More than four million people voted in the centre right primaries. However, the lowest social categories avoided the polls. |
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| Les Echos |
Insurance rates will continue increasing in 2017.
The average increases could be as high as 2.5% for automobile insurance products in 2017. Home insurances will be subject to higher increases, up to 4%. |
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| Frankfurter Allgemeine |
Merkel mentions Russia in connection with hacker attack.
“We must learn to deal with it”. De Maizière wants “fast reaction force”. |
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| Süddeutsche Zeitung |
Charging stations for electric cars throughout Europe.
Daimler, BMW, VW and Ford are serious about electromobility. They want to build thousands of electric recharging stations on the main transport axes – the battery should be ready for use again in less than five minutes. |
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| La Repubblica |
The lethal lovers of the hospital: “4 patients and the husband killed”.
Saronno: a doctor and a nurse arrested. “If you want, I’ll eliminate my children.” |
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| Il Sole 24 Ore |
Banks drive Milan up. State bonds: rates return to below 2%.
MPS strongly increasing (+17.4%), new encounters with funds. |
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| Gazeta Wyborcza |
Pinior arrested in the morning.
Józef Pinior, former senator of the Civic Platform and a hero of “Solidarność” from the Martial Law times, was arrested under corruption charges. The accusations are serious although there are also a few question marks. |
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| El Pais |
“European integration is weakened by populism.”
European Central Bank President Mario Draghi. |
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| Expansion |
Spencer Stuart seeks president for Popular.
A team of head hunters are working to find the new president. |
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| The Times |
Firms must stop child “sexting”.
Hunt: epidemic of explicit images causing mental illness. Pressure on mobile companies and social media to act. |
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| The Guardian |
“I could not cope with daily life and with the abuse I suffered.”
Derek Bell becomes the latest former footballer to speak publicly about the sex abuse he suffered as a boy.
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