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By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) – Vodafone’s CEO said on Tuesday that the European Commission could learn lessons from Britain when it came to assessing in-market consolidation in the telecoms sector. The company’s $19 billion merger with Hutchison’s Three in Britain was approved by the country’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in December after it …

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By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a revival of the Soviet answer to the Eurovision Song Contest in an effort to counter what he says is the decadence of modern Western culture. Putin signed a decree on Monday for the Intervision Song Contest to be held in Moscow this …

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MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish ministers agreed on Tuesday to cut the legal working week to 37.5 hours with no change in salary, forging ahead with one of the coalition government’s flagship measures despite opposition from employers’ associations. During its weekly meeting, the cabinet approved the reduction, from 40 hours currently, in an executive decree penned …

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By Alkis Konstantinidis SANTORINI, Greece (Reuters) -Hundreds of people left Santorini on ferries and planes on Tuesday to reach safety in Athens as a series of quakes kept shaking the famous Greek tourist island. Hundreds of quakes have been registered every few minutes in the sea between the volcanic islands of Santorini and Amorgos, in …

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By Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) – Former NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg, who became Norway’s new finance minister on Tuesday, said engaging with the Trump administration on trade was key to avoiding tariffs as Europe braces for a potential transatlantic trade war. The appointment of the widely respected veteran politician and diplomat at a time of …

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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia has handed over to French authorities a man on death row for drug offences who will start his return to his home country late on Tuesday, the latest in a series of foreign drug convicts repatriated from the Southeast Asian nation.  Serge Atlaoui was sentenced to death in 2007 for his …

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