By Christoph Steitz and Tom Käckenhoff FRANKFURT/DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) – Thyssenkrupp’s plant engineering unit plans to double sales to around 2 billion euros ($2.2 billion) in the mid-term and is open to taking on co-owners to accelerate growth, according to the division’s chief executive. Thyssenkrupp Uhde, which employs about 5,000 staff, plans and builds fertiliser, …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain on Monday urged Germany to permit the supply of Leopard tanks to Ukraine, stressing that it could unlock support from other nations and Berlin would not be acting alone if it supplied its own tanks. “It has been reported that obviously Poland is very keen to donate some Leopards, as is …

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SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Montenegro’s parliamentary speaker set March 19 as the date for a presidential election that will challenge the long-time rule of incumbent President Milo Djukanovic, who has been among the leaders of the Adriatic country for the past three decades. The office of president is largely ceremonial, but a new person in the …

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PARIS/MILAN (Reuters) – Telecom Italia (TIM) said its biggest shareholder Vivendi on Monday relinquished its board seat, as Italy’s new government weighed options to take control of the debt-laden former phone monopolist’s landline grid. Vivendi Chief Executive Arnaud de Puyfontaine resigned from the board amid discussions in Rome over ways to create a wholesale-only Italian …

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