Author Archives: Syndicated Content
EU leaders to shield strategic firms from hostile interest amid crisis
By Francesco Guarascio and Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders will on Thursday back plans to defend healthcare, infrastructure and other firms seen as having strategic role...
Mar 26, 2020
Austria to postpone 5G frequency auction: RTR
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria to will postpone its 5G frequency auction due to the coronavirus crisis, telecoms regulator RTR said on Thursday. The auction for the 700, 1,500 and 2,100 MHz bands, which w...
Mar 26, 2020
Italy PM sees Europe in 'hard, severe' recession post-coronavirus
ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Thursday all of Europe would be hit by a "hard, severe" recession following the coronavirus emergency and special measures were needed to...
Mar 26, 2020
UAE to clear streets for coronavirus disinfection drive, Bahrain evacuates citizens
By Aziz El Yaakoubi and Yousef Saba DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates will halt all public transport and restrict people's movements in the evening for a weekend nationwide disinfection campa...
Mar 26, 2020
UK navy shadows Russian warships after 'high levels of activity'
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's navy said on Thursday it had shadowed seven Russian warships after detecting high levels of activity by Russian vessels off its coastline. "The Navy has completed a concen...
Mar 26, 2020
Mali opposition leader goes missing with 11 others: party
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's main opposition leader Soumaila Cisse is missing and thought to be kidnapped along with 11 members of his delegation, his party said on Thursday, during election campaigning ...
Mar 26, 2020
Hungary expects coronavirus epidemic to peak in June-July: PM Orban's chief of staff
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary's government expects the coronavirus epidemic to peak in June-July, Prime Minister Viktor Orban's chief of staff said on Thursday, adding this projection was surrounded by...
Mar 26, 2020
Britain turns to Dyson for 10,000 ventilators to ramp up the coronavirus fight
By Paul Sandle and Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - Britain made an emergency order of 10,000 ventilators designed at breakneck speed by bagless vacuum cleaner company Dyson, the first fruits of an indu...
Mar 26, 2020
In Europe, tech battle against coronavirus clashes with privacy culture
By Anna Koper and Douglas Busvine WARSAW/BERLIN (Reuters) - Governments across Europe are turning to technology to track the spread of the coronavirus and monitor people under quarantine, an approach ...
Mar 26, 2020
German economy could shrink by 10% this year due to coronavirus: IW
BERLIN (Reuters) - The German economy could shrink by 10% this year due to coronavirus in a worst case scenario whereby the lockdown continues until the end of June, the German Economic Institute (IW)...
Mar 26, 2020
