Paramount-Warner Deal Spread Balloons as Ruling Upends Timing - Bloomberg.com

Paramount-Warner Deal Spread Balloons as Ruling Upends Timing  Bloomberg.com

EU review of airline ownership rules clouds Apollo’s £5.7bn easyJet bid

Shares in UK low-cost carrier slide as Brussels move casts doubt on takeover

European Commission withdraws €2 million grant from Venice Biennale over Russian presence

The major contemporary art event had allowed Russia to return to the festival and present a pavilion there in May, before closing it to the public, sparking controversy and leading the festival's jury to resign.

Paramount’s £80bn takeover of Warner Brothers a step closer after EU approval

European Commission says Paramount Skydance’s decision to end Universal venture addresses merger concerns Paramount Skydance’s £80bn takeover of Warner Brothers took a step closer to being realised after it won conditional approval from the European Union. The European Commission said Paramount’s offer to ⁠end a film ⁠distribution ​joint venture with Universal Pictures addressed its concerns over the potential merger. As part of its commitments in the EU, Paramount has 13 months from the date...

By Hayden Vernon

EU antitrust regulators clear Paramount-WBD merger as it faces challenge by U.S. states

China, EU pushing ahead on joint research despite trade tensions

China and the EU have renewed their joint research agreement, according to Chinese state-linked media, signalling a willingness to collaborate on climate and agriculture despite trade tensions. People’s Financial News, a publication affiliated with Communist Party mouthpiece People’s Daily, reported on the new two-year agreement on Wednesday. China’s Ministry of Science and Technology and the European Commission had signed joint research funding agreements to support scientific cooperation...

By Yuanyue Dang

European Union gives its greenlight to Paramount and Warner's mega merger with some conditions

The European Union has approved Paramount's $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros

By Wyatte Grantham-Philips

One in seven on short-term fixed contracts in Serbian workforce

Every seventh person in the active workforce in Serbia is on a fixed-term contract, a significantly higher share than the European Union average, acco

EU Approves Paramount’s $110 Billion Warner Bros. Takeover—Despite Pushback In The U.S. - Forbes

EU Approves Paramount’s $110 Billion Warner Bros. Takeover—Despite Pushback In The U.S.  Forbes

European Commission Approves Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger

The European Commission approved the merger of Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery on Wednesday, removing one of the few remaining obstacles to closing the $111 billion deal. As a condition of the approval, Paramount has already agreed to cancel its film distribution partnership with Universal in Europe within the next 13 months. A federal […]

By Gmaddaus

Paramount-Warner Bros. Deal Blessed by European Union Regulators

So far, antitrust cops in over a dozen countries have cleared the deal.

By Winston Cho

Paramount Seeks Three-Day Evidentiary Hearing As Judge Considers Preliminary Injunction To Halt Warner Bros. Discovery Merger

Paramount is proposing that a federal judge hold a three-day evidentiary hearing later in August as she weighs whether to issue a preliminary injunction that would halt its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery as legal proceedings play out. U.S. District Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin issued a temporary restraining order on Monday, halting the transaction for two […]

By Ted Johnson

Cyprus transport emissions above EU average as drivers lose 40 hours a year in traffic

Transport accounted for 37.9 per cent of Cyprus’ greenhouse gas emissions in 2023, while drivers lost an average of more than 40 hours in peak-time traffic, according to a European Commission report published on Wednesday. The report, titled Transport and tourism in the European Union – Current trends and issues, examines recent developments in the two […]

EU to review airline ownership rules and cement restriction on outside investors taking control

Regulations have effectively barred the likes of US airlines and Gulf-backed operators from mopping up weakened European carriers

By Donal O'Donovan

Farming sector buoyed by EU's new take on sustainable farming

The European Union's new strategy shows an approach which values livestock while trying to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, but it comes amid fresh climate warnings for agriculture.

EU approves UK participation in EUR 90B Ukraine support loan

EU member states have approved the United Kingdom's participation in the Ukraine support loan – the EU’s EUR 90 billion framework to help cover Ukraine’s most urgent needs in 2026 and 2027 as it continues to fight Russia’s war of aggression.

EU clears $110bn Paramount and Warner Bros merger, but it remains on hold in US

European regulators have cleared Paramount Skydance's $110bn (£85bn) takeover of Warner Bros Discovery – though the mega-merger still faces a legal obstacle in the US.

By Abubakar Ibrahim

Marine Le Pen and Matteo Salvini Slam EU-backed Autocracy in Hungary

File photo of Marine Le Pen (L) with Viktor Orbán Marine Le Pen and Matteo Salvini are saying out loud what many have been saying in Hungary since the TISZA government power grab: if you want to see just how undemocratic the European Union is, you only need to look at Hungary. In a social […] The post Marine Le Pen and Matteo Salvini Slam EU-backed Autocracy in Hungary appeared first on Hungary Today.

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