By Boldizsar Gyori, Kuba Stezycki and Jan Lopatka
HANDLOVA, Slovakia/BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Slovak opposition party leader Michal Simecka, who described an assassination attempt on Prime Minister Robert Fico this week as an attack on democracy, said on Friday he that his wife and child had received death threats.
His experience is not uncommon, a measure of the extreme political and personal animosities in Slovakia and across Europe that... (continue reading...)
(Reuters) - The governor of Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul said on Friday that the costs of rebuilding the state after devastating floods in recent weeks will be "much higher" than the 19 billion reais ($3.72 billion) initially estimated.
Speaking at a press conference in state capital Porto Alegre, Governor Eduardo Leite estimated the state would lose some 14 billion reais in revenues due to the floods, which killed 154 people and... (continue reading...)
(Reuters) - Boeing Co shareholders voted to re-elect outgoing Chief Executive Dave Calhoun to the planemaker's board at the company's annual meeting, as per a preliminary tally.
Proxy adviser Glass Lewis had last month recommended shareholders vote against the reelection of Calhoun and two other Boeing directors, citing dissatisfaction over the efforts to transform the safety culture at the planemaker.
(Reporting by... (continue reading...)
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A fire triggered by a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's Tuapse oil refinery on the Black Sea coast has forced an emergency shut down of the refinery, two sources familiar with the matter said.
The fire at the refinery, owned by Rosneft, was extinguished, Russia's state-run TASS news agency reported on Friday.
Russian air defenсes and the Black Sea Fleet destroyed 102 Ukrainian drones and six uncrewed boats during the... (continue reading...)
(Reuters) - Bidders in a U.S. court auction of shares that will decide the ownership of oil refiner Citgo Petroleum can be required to say if their binding offers cover claims by Venezuela bondholders in a separate court action, a U.S. District Court judge ruled on Friday.
The decision lets bidders seeking to place multi-billion dollar offers for a Citgo parent's shares to be asked if they plan to set aside cash or if their bids will accommodate... (continue reading...)
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