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24 Diplomatic Missions Condemn Sentencing of Journalist Mzia Amaglobeli, Call for Her Immediate Release
Business Media Gerogia
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August 6, 2025
In a joint statement, 24 diplomatic missions in Georgia have condemned the sentencing of journalist Mzia Amaglobeli to two years in prison, calling the decision “disproportionate and politicized.” The signatories of the statement include the...
Electrica Listed the Largest Issue of Green, Corporate, and Non-financial Bonds on BVB
Energy Industry Review
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August 5, 2025
Electrica, a leading company in the national economy and a major player in electricity distribution, supply, and production in Romania, listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange (stock symbol: EL) since 2014, launched its first bond issue on the...
Optio completes acquisition of Luxembourg-based MGA Circles Group
Reinsurance News
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August 6, 2025
Optio Group, a specialty managing general agent (MGA), has completed its acquisition of the Luxembourg-based MGA Circles Group (Circles). The transaction, initially announced in October 2024, reportedly marks Optio’s largest acquisition in Europe...
Ministry of Education: Luxembourg vocational programmes graduate 1,900 students
RTL Today
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August 5, 2025
Luxembourg's vocational education system produced 1,900 qualified graduates this year, with Technician's Diploma candidates achieving particularly strong results, the Ministry of Education reported Tuesday. The Ministry of Education announced on...
The countries where you can earn more than the UK - and work less
Daily Mail
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August 6, 2025
Many Brits put in dozens of hours at work each week, while their wages barely grow. The average worker in the UK works for 1,524 hours a year, earning a median of £45,688, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development...
Institute for Social and Solidarity Economy: Romain Biever criticises shift in social economy policy in Luxembourg
RTL Today
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August 6, 2025
The president of Luxembourg's Institute for Social and Solidarity Economy (ILES) warns that the country's social economy is becoming overly commercialised, sidelining grassroots civic initiatives. In an interview with RTL Radio on Wednesday,...
Association of Cities and Municipalities: Emile Eicher urges reform of Luxembourg's local governance
RTL Today
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August 5, 2025
Speaking to RTL on Tuesday morning, Emile Eicher, president of Luxembourg’s Association of Cities and Municipalities (Syvicol), outlined the main challenges currently facing local authorities. One of the central concerns highlighted by Emile was...
Chamber of Deputies: Luxembourg MPs debated 188 hours in past year, figures show
RTL Today
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August 5, 2025
Over the past year, Luxembourg’s Chamber of Deputies held 58 public sessions, adopted 115 laws, conducted 578 commission meetings, and plans to expand live-streaming of its proceedings. Between 1 August 2024 and 1 August 2025, Luxembourg's Chamber...
FLF statement: Gerson Rodrigues suspended indefinitely from Luxembourg national team
RTL Today
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August 5, 2025
Gerson Rodrigues will not be eligible to play for the Luxembourg national team for an indefinite period, the Board of Directors of the Luxembourg Football Federation (FLF) has decided. In a statement, the FLF said the "Gerson Rodrigues affair" had...
Environmental and health concerns: Luxembourg investigates long-term impact of forever chemicals
RTL Today
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August 5, 2025
Despite growing awareness of the health risks posed by forever chemicals (PFAS), researchers in Luxembourg emphasise that much remains unknown about their long-term effects and interactions. PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) are a vast...
Analysis: Luxembourg's modest push on vacant plots and land tax reform
RTL Today
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August 6, 2025
Despite promises to reduce speculation and encourage construction, the government's delayed property tax reforms and softened measures on vacant plots and housing suggest little immediate change for the housing crisis. Under the slogan "Build...
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, June 2025
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
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August 5, 2025
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...
SLESA and CIWF Urge Public to Respond to Regulations to Continue Exporting Animals
Media Update
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August 7, 2025
Stop Live Export South Africa (SLESA) in partnership with Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) has called on the South African public to respond to the newly proposed Live Animal Export Regulations announced by the Department of Agriculture (DoA) on...
Business Moves: Specialist Risk Group Acquires Ecclesia’s Dutch and Belgian Operations; Optio Completes Purchase of UK MGA Custodian Management
Insurance Journal
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August 4, 2025
Specialist Risk Group Acquires Ecclesia’s Dutch and Belgian Operations Specialist Risk Group (SRG), the London-based global insurance intermediary, announced it has completed the acquisition of German broker Ecclesia’s businesses in the...
International competition: Luxembourg Confederation urges flexibility and fair play in the country's evolving market
RTL Today
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August 4, 2025
Tom Baumert, director of the Luxembourg Confederation, has called for flexible shop opening laws, fair competition with global online platforms, and better enforcement of existing rules, while emphasising the continued value of traditional retail....
Luxembourg court considers economic substance in interest-free loans decision
International Tax Review
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August 4, 2025
On April 17 2025, the Luxembourg Administrative Court made a pivotal decision in case No. 50602C. The judgment clarified whether an interest-free loan from an indirect shareholder constitutes debt or equity for tax purposes. Building on previous...
The EU’s Plan To Kill Private Messaging
The European Conservative
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August 7, 2025
For years, the European Union has been fighting to access your private messages. Brussels desperately wants the ability to read every single piece of digital communication sent by an EU citizen—that includes texts, emails, DMs on social media apps...
Transmission of liquidity shocks through non-bank financial intermediaries: Evidence from the International Banking Research Network
VoxEU
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As non-bank financial intermediaries (NBFIs) have become more important in recent decades, their involvement in funding markets as well as roles in financial crises have also increased. With substantial heterogeneity across NBFIs' business models...
Manyere, Nyengedza at centre of SA company collapse
Bulawayo 24 News
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August 4, 2025
Two prominent Zimbabwean businessmen, George Manyere and Godwin Nyengedza, are at the heart of the dramatic collapse of Afristrat Investment Holdings - a South African financial services firm formerly listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange...
Immigration causing “serious problems” as Labour is urged to help Brits get back into work
Daily Express
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August 4, 2025
Immigration is causing “serious problems” for public services and living standards according to a senior official at the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). David Miles, an executive at the Government’s fiscal watchdog, has warned that...