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Oihane Mateos, EITB digital news chief, dies at 45
The Basque journalist spent her career at EITB, working in radio and television before taking charge of digital news and the Orain service.
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Why Oihane Mateos mattered to EITB's digital transition
The Basque journalist died at 45 after a career that moved from radio and television reporting to leadership of web, social and mobile news services.
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Basque journalist Oihane Mateos dies at 45 after leading EITB digital news shift
Mateos built a career across radio and television before becoming EITB's head of digital news and helping develop the Orain service for web, social and mobile audiences.
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Volhynia becomes a new veto route in Ukraine’s EU accession politics
Poland’s speaker has linked historical recognition to membership while still backing accession. The episode shows how national veto power can reroute a formally merit-based process.
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Ukraine’s EU bid now carries a leadership test over Volhynia
The Polish speaker wants historical recognition without abandoning Ukraine’s membership. The challenge for leaders on both sides is to negotiate memory without destroying strategic trust.
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Poland turns historical memory into leverage over Ukraine’s EU timetable
Czarzasty’s Volhynia demand is not a new Brussels rule, but unanimity means Warsaw can make bilateral history politically relevant to accession decisions.
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Volhynia tests whether European integration can carry unresolved memory
Poland’s speaker says Ukraine must recognize the historical crime as genocide on its EU path. The deeper question is how neighboring societies turn memory into responsibility without destro…
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Polish parliament speaker says Ukraine must confront Volhynia on its EU path
Czarzasty backs Ukraine’s membership but says historical recognition is part of European values. Formal negotiations continue, with two clusters opened by mid-July.
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What Poland’s Volhynia demand means for Ukraine’s EU accession
The Polish speaker’s statement does not rewrite EU membership rules, but unanimity gives Warsaw leverage. The dispute now sits alongside Ukraine’s formal negotiating work.
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Polish speaker ties Ukraine’s EU path to recognition of Volhynia as genocide
Włodzimierz Czarzasty still backs Ukrainian membership, but says historical reckoning must be part of accession. The demand is political, not a newly adopted EU legal criterion.
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Ukraine links anti-corruption enforcement to the routes of reconstruction money
NABU’s half-year report shows senior-level investigations, defense procurement cases and international cooperation aimed at protecting EU funds and recovery resources.
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Ukraine’s senior-official cases turn accountability into a leadership test
The 2026 half-year report shows investigations reaching former political leaders while legally effective convictions and financial recoveries test whether institutions can deliver beyond he…
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Ukraine’s anti-corruption system is becoming a reconstruction safeguard
The first-half report pairs cases involving senior former officials with more than 2 billion hryvnias in measured economic effect and an explicit focus on protecting EU and recovery funds.
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Ukraine reports 76 legally effective anti-corruption convictions in six months
NABU and SAPO also opened 360 investigations and named 107 suspects, including former senior officials, while defense and energy cases remained central to their work.
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What Ukraine’s 360 anti-corruption investigations actually measure
The first-half figures track different stages of the justice process, from new investigations and suspects to indictments and legally effective convictions.
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Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies report 107 suspects and 76 convictions
The first-half 2026 report combines new cases involving former senior officials with 55 guilty verdicts that became legally effective and a measurable financial impact.
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Accell’s European network is breaking into national rescue routes
The failed Dutech sale has transformed Accell from one M&A target into a set of distressed assets. Germany is ring-fencing Winora and Ghost, France is seeking autonomy for Lapierre, and Ral…
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Raleigh’s owner has failed, but the brand may outlive Accell again
Accell’s insolvency turns Raleigh into a test of durable brand value. The Nottingham name has survived industrial decline, foreign ownership and the end of UK production; now creditors must…
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Accell’s failed sale turns a leveraged buyout into a European breakup
Four years after a KKR-led buyout, Accell has moved from creditor ownership to insolvency protection. Germany, France and Britain now represent separate value-recovery problems built around…
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Accell enters insolvency after sale talks fail, putting major European bike brands in play
The owner of Raleigh, Lapierre, Winora and Ghost has entered court-supervised proceedings after debt restructurings and a failed sale process. German and French subsidiaries are now seeking…
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Why Accell’s restructuring failed after lenders took control
Accell had already cut debt, changed ownership and sought a strategic buyer before entering insolvency proceedings. The failure of that sequence explains why the next step is likely to be a…
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Accell’s collapse puts Raleigh, Lapierre, Winora and Ghost on separate rescue tracks
The Dutch bicycle group has entered court-supervised payment protection after a sale process failed. German subsidiaries are seeking an investor, Lapierre is pursuing restructuring in Franc…
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England is building a £500bn higher-education loan system
Student lending has become a strategic financing structure linking universities, the Treasury and future graduate earnings. With the loan book near £295 billion and its real value forecast …
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The £47,730 question facing England’s graduates
A new cohort is entering repayment under Plan 5 as the average balance remains close to £48,000. For graduates, the useful question is not simply how large the debt looks, but how it change…