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Poland stages retreat on controversial laws ahead of EU summit
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Poland unexpectedly tabled a set of draft bills aimed at amending contested laws reforming the judiciary and the controversial “Holocaust speech” law on March 22.
The move came shortly ahead of the two-day EU summit in Brussels and is speculated to be a result of pressure Prime Minister Mateusz
Russia’s M.Video and Eldorado in gizmo giga-merger to create a global consumer electronics giant
Ben Aris in Moscow
The merger between Russian consumer electronics giants M.Video and Eldorado has been announced and will create not just one of the biggest electronics retailers in Europe, but a top 10 global player.
The move is believed to follow pressure by Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on the ruling PiS
Morawiecki applied on the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party in order to ease tension between War- saw and Brussels.
Poland and the European Commission have been at loggerheads for over two years over PiS’ judici-
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Russian electronics retailer M.Video merges with Eldorado to create a new European champion
The crisis of the last eight years has forced a consolidation in many sectors in Russia, but until now the deals have usually been the market
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