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EU approves $139 million of Swedish aid to help steelmaker SSAB decarbonise

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission has approved 128 million euros ($139 million) of Swedish state aid to help steelmaker SSAB decarbonise its production, the Commission said on Monday. “The measure will contribute to the achievement of the European Green Deal and the Green Deal Industrial Plan targets, while also helping to end dependence on …

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Italy moves to ensure Big Tech share in costs of telecom networks rollout

ROME (Reuters) – Italy is moving to introduce measures aimed at ensuring that Big Tech firms share the cost of developing telecoms infrastructure in the country, Industry Minister Adolfo Urso said on Monday. Telecoms companies argue that Alphabet’s Google, Meta’s Facebook, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft should bear some of the high-speed network rollout costs because …

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Iran complains to UN nuclear watchdog about Israeli threats to its atomic sites, spokesman says

DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran has written to the U.N. nuclear watchdog to complain about Israeli threats to strike its atomic energy sites, its foreign ministry spokesman said at a weekly news conference on Monday. Israel has vowed to attack Iran in retaliation for a volley of Iranian missiles on Oct. 1, stirring widespread speculation that Iranian …

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Kremlin says Moldova’s elections were not free and results raise many questions

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Moldova’s election was not free and the results showed a “hard-to-explain” increase of votes in favour of President Maia Sandu and the European Union, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday. “What we see is a mechanically hard-to-explain rate of increase in votes in favour of Sandu and in favour of those referendum …

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Too much market uncertainty for Spanish IPO, Tendam CEO says

MADRID (Reuters) -Uncertainty in the market for new companies and high interest rates are hindering Spanish fashion retailer Tendam’s plans for an initial public offering (IPO), its chief executive officer said on Monday. “It will be difficult for medium-sized companies to go public unless interest rates are lowered and the outcome of the presidential election …

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