Analysis-Price falls, red tape curb demand from businesses for German energy subsidy

By Riham Alkousaa and Maria Martinez BERLIN (Reuters) – Take-up by German companies of a government scheme to help with energy costs this winter is likely to be lower than projected due to falling spot prices for gas and electricity and what some business owners say is a daunting application process. The government had earmarked …

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Switzerland rejects Spain’s request to send Swiss-made anti-aircraft guns to Ukraine

ZURICH (Reuters) -Switzerland said on Friday it has rejected a request from Madrid to allow Spain to re-export Swiss-made anti-aircraft guns to Ukraine. Spain made the request in January to allow it to send two 35mm anti-aircraft guns to Ukraine. Switzerland has previously vetoed requests from Denmark and Germany who wanted to send Swiss-made armoured …

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Los unionistas de Irlanda del Norte se enfrentan a un momento histórico con el inminente protocolo

Por Amanda Ferguson y Conor Humphries BELFAST, 10 feb (Reuters) – El mayor partido unionista de Irlanda del Norte se enfrenta a un dilema histórico si los negociadores de Reino Unido y la Unión Europea llegan a un acuerdo comercial tras el Brexit: redibujar sus líneas rojas o arriesgarse a firmar una sentencia de muerte …

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Explainer-Why a new post-Brexit deal may deepen N.Ireland’s political crisis

By Padraic Halpin BELFAST (Reuters) – Northern Ireland’s largest unionist party faces a historic dilemma if EU and British negotiators clinch a post-Brexit trade deal in a stand-off that could write a death warrant for decades of power-sharing with Irish nationalists. Here is what is at stake for political stability in the British province that was …

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Moldovan president nominates former interior minister as next PM

CHISINAU (Reuters) – Moldova’s pro-Western president on Friday nominated her defence adviser Dorin Recean to be prime minister, hours after the resignation of the previous government. President Maia Sandu announced the nomination of Recean, who is also the secretary of Moldova’s security council and a former interior minister, at a news conference. Recean said he …

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Detienen en Brasil a paraguayo acusado de ordenar asesinato de fiscal

RÍO DE JANEIRO, 10 feb (Reuters) – La Policía Federal de Brasil informó el viernes que detuvo a un hombre acusado de ser autor intelectual del asesinato del fiscal paraguayo Marcelo Pecci, ocurrido el año pasado en Colombia. El sospechoso, un paraguayo que fue identificado como Miguel Ángel Insfrán Galeano, fue detenido por la Policía …

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Finland debates NATO ratification that may leave Sweden behind

By Anne Kauranen and Essi Lehto HELSINKI (Reuters) -Finnish parliamentary groups said on Friday they may ratify NATO’s founding treaties in the coming weeks, a key step that could lead the country to proceed with membership of the Western military alliance ahead of neighbouring Sweden. The two Nordic countries sought NATO membership shortly after Russia’s …

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S&P eleva la calificación de brasileña Embraer a “BB+” por su sólido flujo de caja

SAO PAULO, 10 feb (Reuters) – S&P mejoró la calificación crediticia de Embraer SA a “BB+” desde “BB”, debido a un sólido flujo de caja y expectativas de que las métricas financieras clave seguirán al alza en los próximos años, según mostró el viernes un documento al que tuvo acceso Reuters. La decisión sitúa al …

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