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By Alban Kacher (Reuters) -Oil deliveries are being disrupted by congestion at the Belgian Port of Antwerp-Bruges after a harbour pilots’ strike, analysts said, with the port authority counting up to 188 vessels still waiting to berth or depart. Analysts said oil deliveries and other cargo flows were still being disrupted even though Flemish sea …

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By Gergely Szakacs BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Thursday said his government was working “full steam” on a pension top-up, which could cost around $1.6 billion, heightening concerns that pledged deficit cuts are slowing ahead of a 2026 election. Faced with the weakest economic stretch of his 15-year rule, the veteran leader …

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PARIS (Reuters) -No agreement has yet been reached between France’s Airbus and Thales and Italy’s Leonardo to create a major new European satellite manufacturer, a Thales spokesperson told Reuters on Thursday. “No agreement has been reached at this stage. We are continuing our work. Any further comment would be premature,” the spokesperson said. (Reporting by …

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By Stefano Rebaudo (Reuters) -Sterling climbed on Thursday to its highest level in more than a week against the dollar, as expectations for a more dovish Federal Reserve outweighed concerns about the UK economy and next month’s budget. Meanwhile, growing optimism in France that Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu could survive a no-confidence vote helped lift …

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FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Tepid economic growth in Europe could result in a growing risk of civil unrest, a top executive with the German insurer Munich Re said on Thursday. Clarisse Kopff, a board member overseeing business in Europe and Latin America, said that lower rates of economic growth in Europe, compared with the United States and …

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LONDON (Reuters) -British lenders expect to see unchanged demand for mortgages in the last three months of 2025, according to a Bank of England survey published on Thursday that added to other signs of a cooling of the housing market. The BoE’s quarterly Credit Conditions Survey showed lenders reported no change in demand for loans …

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