Brussels, Belgium, 30-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The Commission has today published practical guidelines to prepare businesses for the new VAT rules for telecoms and e-services, which will enter into force in 2015. The aim is to help businesses to be fully prepared … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Government, Internet & Online, Law, Media, Technology, Telecom
Tagged 2015 VAT change, Algirdas Šemeta, broadcasting businesses, Commission, cross-border companies, e-services businesses, Emer Traynor, EU Taxation, Franck Arrii, new VAT rules, Single Market, Telecoms, VAT
Stockholm, Sweden, 25-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Telenor Sweden (Telenor) is continuing its commitment in broadband and television services and buys Tele2 Sweden AB (Tele2) fibre and cable business serving the consumer market for a cash sum of SEK 775 million. In 2012, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Internet & Online, Investment, Media, Sweden, Technology, Telecom
Tagged acquisition, Andreas Hamrin, broadband, cable, cable television, consumer market, digital TV, fibre, fixed broadband, Glenn Mandelid, Lars-Åke Norling, Tele2, Tele2 Sweden AB, Telenor, Telenor Sweden, television
Paris, France, 25-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Vivendi announced today that it has settled a dispute with the State of Argentina resulting from the termination of a water contract in Tucuman province in August 1997. As a result of an international arbitration, Vivendi … Read the full press release
Paris, France, 25-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Vivendi announced today the completion of the divestment of over 85% of its interest in Activision Blizzard. The Group has received cash proceeds totaling $8.2billion. This divestment represents a major step forward in the strategic review Vivendi … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Entertainment, Financial, France, Investment, Media, Telecom
Tagged $8.2billion, Activision Blizzard, demerger, divestment, significant shareholder value, stake, Vivendi
Utrecht, the Netherlands, 24-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Piero Overmars, Jaap Lagerweij, Robert Jan van de Kraats and Herna Verhagen will resign from the Supervisory Board of SNS REAAL NV (the Supervisory Board) per 1 November 2013. At the Extraordinary General Meeting of … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Management, Netherlands
Tagged appointed, Extraordinary General Meeting, Gerard van Olphen, Herna Verhagen, Jaap Lagerweij, Jan Nooitgedagt, Jan van Rutte, Monika Milz, Piero Overmars, REAAL NV., Robert Jan van de Kraats, shareholders, SNS Bank NV, SNS REAAL NV, SRLEV NV, Supervisory Board
Prague, Czech Republic, 24-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The well-respected CFO-Insight.com website has given The CFO of the Year 2013 award to Pavel Horský, CFO of Energetický a průmyslový holding (“EPH”). Pavel Horský accepted the award at a gala evening in Warsaw. Pavel … Read the full press release
Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 24-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — “VimpelCom Ltd.” (“VimpelCom”, “Company” or “Group”) (NASDAQ:VIP), a leading global provider of telecommunications services, announces that the Company will be added to the NASDAQ-100 Index® effective October 29, 2013. “NASDAQ-100 Index inclusion is an important milestone … Read the full press release
Luxembourg, 24-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed two loan contracts with Snam, amounting to EUR 300 million and EUR 65 million, for the financing of two projects to be developed respectively by Italgas and Snam Rete Gas, the two Snam-controlled … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Investment, Italy, Luxembourg
Tagged EIB, Italgas, loan contracts, Marco Santarelli, natural gas, natural gas projects, Snam, Snam Rete Gas, southern Italy, The European Investment Bank, Trans-European Energy Network, transmission of natural gas, Zimella-Cervignano d'Adda pipeline, €365M loan
Brussels, Belgium, 24-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The Vienna 2 Initiative Full Forum met in Brussels on 21-22 October. It assessed recent trends in deleveraging, credit provision, and non-performing loans (NPLs) in the banking sectors of Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe (CESEE). … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Belgium, Economy, Financial, Politics
Tagged Anthony Williams, banking sectors, Brussels, CESEE, Christof Roche, credit provision, EBRD, EIB, Erste, Eurobank, European banking union, European Commission, IMF, Intesa Sanpaolo, KBC, Kristyn Schrader-King, National Bank of Greece, non-performing loans, NPLs, OTP, Piraeus, Raiffeisen, Sberbank International, Simon O’Connor, Single Resolution Mechanism, SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE, South Eastern Europe, The Vienna 2 Initiative Full Forum, trends in deleveraging, UNICREDIT, weak credit growth, World Bank Group
London, UK, 24-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The EBRD is launching the new Western Balkans Sustainable Energy Efficiency Facility II (WeBSEFF II) to support efforts towards the improved use and conservation of energy in the region. The facility is combining necessary longer-term financing … Read the full press release
Posted in Albania, Banks, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Investment, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia
Tagged Albania, Axel Reiserer, Bosnia and Herzegovina, conservation of energy, credit lines, CROATIA, EBRD, energy efficiency investments, FYR Macedonia, Kosovo, longer-term financing, Montenegro and Serbia, Vedrana Jelušić Kašić, WeBSEFF II, Western Balkans Sustainable Energy Efficiency Facility II
London, UK, 24-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The EBRD is supporting the modernisation and expansion of Gradske Toplane Pale, the provider of district heating in Pale, with a loan of up to €4.5 million. The loan will be used for the acquisition of … Read the full press release
London, UK, 23-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — GSK announces Q3 core EPS growth of 16% and dividend of 19p Core EPS 28.9p (+16%) benefiting from operating, financial and long-term cost efficiencies Pharma & Vaccines sales flat: US +2%, Europe +5%, Japan +2% offset by … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Healthcare, Investment, Pharma & Biotech, United Kingdom
Tagged FluLaval Q-IV vaccine for flu, GlaxoSmithKline, GSK dividend of 19p (+6%), GSK EPS Q3 2013, GSK pharma sales, GSK Q3 results, GSK vaccines sales, Relvar Ellipta for asthma, Tafinlar for metastatic melanoma, Tivicay for HIV
Hong Kong / Singapore, 23-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Euler Hermes was named best credit service provider in China at the 10th China International Credit and Risk Management Conference held in Beijing recently. It shares this year’s award with Sinosure. Xi Zhen Wang, CEO of … Read the full press release
Paris, France, 22-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — In October 2013, the FATF recognised that the Russian Federation had made significant progress in addressing the deficiencies identified in the 2008 mutual evaluation report and could be removed from the regular follow-up process. The decision by the … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, France, Government, Law, Politics, Russia
Tagged 'fit and proper' requirements, 6th Follow-up Report, accounts in fictitious names, AML/CFT Law, anonymous accounts, beneficial ownership requirements, corporate transparency, criminalisation of terrorist financing, criminals, decriminalised self-laundering, FATF, freeze terrorist assets, ML/TF suspicion, Money Laundering, Mutual Evaluation of Russian Federation, Russia FATF 6th Follow-up Report, Russian Federation, terrorist financing, The Financial Action Task Force
Paris, France, 22-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — New Zealand was placed in the regular follow-up process as a result of non-compliant (NC) and partially compliant (PC) ratings for certain core and key Recommendations in its mutual evaluation report of October 2009. The October 2013 … Read the full press release
Espoo, Finland, 22-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Neste Oil will publish its third quarter 2013 results on Thursday, 24 October 2013 at approximately 9 a.m. (EET). The release will be available on the Neste Oil website immediately after publishing. A press conference in … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Finland, Investment
Tagged Espoo, Kaisa Lipponen, Neste Oil, Neste Oil Corporation’s Q3 2013 results, Q3 2013 results
Helsinki, Finland, 22-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The Ukrainian cities of Vinnytsia and Zhytomyr have signed loan agreements with NEFCO to finance investments in municipal energy efficiency measures. The agreements were signed today at the Ukrainian Ministry of Regional Development, Construction and … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Finland, Investment, Ukraine
Tagged DemoUkrainaDH, energy efficiency, investments, Johan Willert, Julia Shevchuk, municipal energy efficiency projects, NEFCO, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Ukrainian cities, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr
Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO) will begin offering export credits for small-scale projects with environmental benefits in Russia, the Ukraine and Belarus. The export credits are intended for Nordic companies export deliveries valued at EUR 0.5-5 million. Nordic export credit … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Financial, Finland, International Trade, Investment, Russia, Ukraine
Tagged BELARUS, Eeva-Maija Pietikäinen, environmentally-friendly projects, export credit guarantees, export credits, export financing, exporters, Finnish exporter, Finnvera plc, Kari Homanen, Maria Maliniemi, NEFCO, Nordic Environment Finance Corporation, Nordic export credit agencies, Otto Lindstedt, RUSSIA, SME, UKRAINE
Finland, 21-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Finnvera launched on 8 October 2013 a SEK 2 billion (approx. EUR 230 million) floating rate note maturing in August 2018. The note was issued under the company’s EMTN (Euro Medium Term Note) programme. Finnvera’s EMTN programme … Read the full press release
La operación permite a MAPFRE aumentar su presencia en el sudeste asiático y posicionarse en un mercado con un elevado potencial Madrid, Spain, 18-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — MAPFRE ha adquirido una participación del 20 por ciento en la compañía aseguradora Asuransi Bina … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Insurance, Investment, Spain
Tagged ABDA, adquirido, adquisición, Asuransi Bina Dana Arta “ABDA”, compañía aseguradora, Indonesia, Jakarta, MAPFRE, seguros no vida
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