BERLIN (Reuters) – Russian authorities should provide “urgent medical assistance” to Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny, whose condition is critical in view of inhumane prison conditions and solitary confinement, a German government spokesperson said on Friday. The spokesperson added that the German government was trying to help Navalny, but that this was currently difficult in …

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MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish banks borrowed about a third less from the European Central Bank (ECB) in December than in November as they started repaying their cheap loans known as Targeted Longer-Term Refinancing Operations (TLTROs). Spain’s lenders borrowed 192.97 billion euros ($209 billion) from the ECB in last month of 2022, down from 273.7 billion …

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FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Euro zone banks must be more selective with customers that make risky bets on financial markets, such as hedge funds, and become more prudent in how they manage their exposure to them, the European Central Bank said on Friday. The ECB’s move shows how regulators are stepping up scrutiny of the role …

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(Reuters) – Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe said he was “not 100% sure” if he would include Joelinton in his squad for Sunday’s Premier League home game against Fulham after the midfielder was charged with drink-driving. Northumbria Police charged Joelinton with “driving whilst above the prescribed limit for alcohol” after he was stopped in the …

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FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Euro zone banks are set to repay early another 62.7 billion euros in multi-year loans from the European Central Bank, bringing the total reduction of outstanding loans to nearly 860 billion euros in just a few months, the ECB said on Friday. Banks had until recently been sitting on 2.1 trillion euros …

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