It reports that OTP has made a non-binding offer for the purchase of “Luminor” to the US investment company “Blackstone”, which owns a controlling stake in “Luminor”.
According to “Bloomberg”, “Blackstone” wants to receive 1.2 times more than its balance sheet value for “Luminor”. The balance sheet value of “Luminor” at the end of 2023 was 1.8 billion euros, so the sale price is estimated at 2.1 billion euros.
OTP operates not only in Hungary, but also in Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Russia, Montenegro, Moldova, Serbia, Slovenia, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.
It has already been announced that in January the media reported that “Blackstone” wants to sell “Luminor” and the transaction could take place already this year.
In terms of assets, the Latvian branch of “Luminor Bank” is the fourth largest bank in Latvia.
“Luminor Bank” was established in October 2017 by merging “Nordea Bank” and DNB in the Baltic States, while at the beginning of January 2019, the cross-border merger of “Luminor Bank” was completed, with the bank continuing to operate with the central office in Estonia and branches in Latvia and Lithuania.
In 2018, the US investment company “Blackstone” became the strategic investor of “Luminor Bank” by purchasing a controlling stake.
Governor Of Itapa Confirms State Of Insecurity Emergency…
Given the insecurity in the area of the department of Itapúa, a state of emergency was declared, Governor Javier Pereira confirmed this Thursday.
He recalled that after the robbery at the branch of the National Development Bank in Natalio, they received a visit from the police authorities, in order to learn about the security task in the department of Itapúa.
He explained that until there is a feeling of security in the area, the emergency declaration will be maintained. Finally, the governor of Itapúa mentioned that the declaration of emergency is empowered by the National Constitution.
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La Kali, Ana Mena, Eduardo Navarrete And Ngel…
El Hormiguero continues to bring the best guests to the program. Pablo Motos has revealed that Lía Kali, Ana Mena, Eduardo Navarrete and Àngel Llàcer will entertain the party in the coming days. Monday: Lía Kali
We start the week with an emerging artist, the Barcelona singer Lía Kali. She is one of the most sought-after voices on the urban scene at the moment. With her first album, “Contra todo prognostic”, which has accumulated millions of streams and views in just a few months, she has made it clear that any label of hers falls short.
Lía Kali in El Hormiguero | antenna3.com Tuesday: Ana Mena
We are visited by the singer Ana Mena who has a new single. Titled “La Razón,” it is a collaboration with Puerto Rican singer Gale. The artist is immersed in her Bellodrama Tour, the finale of which will be on December 22 at the Wizink Center in Madrid.
Ana Mena in El Hormiguero | antenna3.com Wednesday: Eduardo Navarrete
We received the fashion designer Eduardo Navarrete who is going to present his book “Cabaret and scandal dresses”. In it, Navarrete opens his heart to tell us about his life through his most iconic dresses.
France.- Crdit Agricole Earns 55% More Until March…
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Crédit Agricole obtained an attributable net profit of 1,903 million euros in the first three months of 2024, which represents an increase of 55.2% compared to the same period of the previous year, after which the French bank has advanced its expectation by one year underlying result.
Following the results of the first quarter of 2024, Crédit Agricole has anticipated results prospects for 2024, one year ahead of its strategic plan, with an underlying attributable net profit of more than €6 billion in 2024,” the entity has indicated.
“For the third time in a row, the financial ambitions of our medium-term plan should be achieved a year ahead of schedule, that is, at the end of 2024,” added the CEO of the French bank, Philippe Brassac.
Crédit Agricole’s turnover in the first quarter of 2024 reached 6,806 million euros, 11.2% above the revenue recorded a year earlier.
For its part, the item intended to cover the cost of credit risk increased to 400 million euros from 374 million in the first quarter of 2023.
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Man Charged With Murder And Attempted Murder After…
A man was charged with murder and later attempted murder he sent his vehicle to a group leaving a nightclub in Toulon, killing one person and injuring two others, prosecutors said Friday.
“The accused was placed in pre-trial detention, according to the prosecutor’s orders,” said the prosecutor, Samuel Finielz.
The 20-year-old man was arrested and taken into police custody shortly after the events that took place on the night of May 1 to 2. He fled after the events, but was quickly arrested in front of his home, located in the town of Six-Fours-les-Plages, thanks to a witness on the scene who noticed vehicle license plate.
“Change in a nightclub”
His actions came after “a change in a night club near Toulon station that continued on the public road”, the prosecutor said then. Inside the “Boy’s Paradise” club, an argument about a young woman reportedly took place between the driver and the small group in which he drove his vehicle.
The person first ran towards a group of people, who almost went out on the road, a source close to the investigation told us. The driver, who had stopped about a hundred meters away,
Mona Keijzer Says That 540 Ukrainians Come Every…
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BBB MP Mona Keijzer stated in an interview that 540 Ukrainians come to the Netherlands every week and that there is an attractive effect because they receive free care and housing here. Is that correct? DvhN looked into it.
Keijzer is concerned that more and more refugees from Ukraine are coming to the Netherlands. “There are now 540 coming per week,” she literally said in an interview with NRC that also appeared in DVHN. That’s not entirely correct, but it’s not out of the blue either.
That figure of 540 is a forecast that she took from the Spring Memorandum, she explained to Jeroen Pauw on NPO1 on Thursday evening. She acknowledged that it is a different number than the actual number that came to the Netherlands recently.
Figures from the Ministry of Justice and Security show that until last month, an average of 255 Ukrainians came to the Netherlands per week. Significantly less than the 540. And that number has not increased enormously in recent weeks.
The last week recorded by the ministry, up to April 26, 290 Ukrainians arrived.
The Historic 2024 Cicada Emergence: How To Identify…
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The historic 2024 cicada emergence will see two broods of cicadas emerge this spring, and while some sightings have already been reported, how can you tell which brood you’re seeing?
Cicadas have already started emerging in the Chicago area and parts of Illinois, but where you live will determine which brood you see — unless you’re in a specific part of Illinois where both broods may emerge at the same time.
“This is like the year for Illinois,” cicada expert Catherine Dana, an affiliate with the Illinois Natural History Survey, told NBC Chicago. “We’re going to have crickets popping up all over the state.”
The two emerging broods are Brood XIII and Brood XIX, which have not emerged simultaneously in 221 years.
For the Chicago area, Brood XIII will be seen most in parts of northern Illinois and Indiana, and possibly even in Wisconsin and Ohio, Dr. Gene Kritsky, Dean of Behavioral and Natural Sciences at Mount St. Joseph University in Cincinnatisaid.
The Northern Illinois Brood itself is large, with a reputation for the “largest emergence of cicadas anywhere,” according to the University of Illinois.
Meanwhile,
Glassmaker Petr Novotn Has Died News
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“He had a divine feeling for glass. Although he had no glassmaking genes, even as a young boy the inscrutable material enchanted him,” says Nové Bor’s website. “Despite all his successes, he did not consider himself an artist or an entrepreneur, but always a glassblower. He was a craftsman who stood by the stove with a whistle even on New Year’s Eve, and you could come to him for a beer.”
In 1994, together with glass technologist Libor Fafala and designer Bořek Šípek, Novotný founded the glass factory Ajeto Lindava, which became famous for its unique glass orders and the production of Thálie theater awards.
Glassmakers at the smelter in Lindava produced Thalia prizes
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“He created a glass manufacturing site that is still in operation today. Essential glass objects and artefacts for designers and artists from all over the world were and are still being created in the bowels of Ajet,” designer Maxim Velčovský wrote about Novotný.
Petr Novotný presented his work with glass in many countries of the world,
Traffic Chaos On I-95: Overpass Removal Causes Gridlock…
Bridge Demolition Begins After Fiery Crash on Interstate 95
Demolition work commenced on Friday to remove a bridge over a Connecticut highway that sustained damage in a fiery crash involving a gasoline tanker truck. The project is anticipated to prolong the traffic disruptions caused by the closure of Interstate 95 over the weekend.
Following the crash, crews dismantled metal fencing on the span in Norwalk before utilizing two large excavators to demolish the concrete sections of the structure. Debris was cleared from the highway by bucket loaders and transported away by trucks.
Governor Ned Lamont outlined the plan for both sides of the highway to reopen fully by Monday morning’s commute, urging drivers to seek alternative routes to avoid the affected area.
“More than 24 hours later, the bridge will soon be completely removed,” stated Lamont during a news conference in Norwalk. “The sheers will be utilized to cut down the metal support components of the bridge starting Saturday morning.”
The crash occurred around 5:30 a.m. on Thursday on the southbound side of the highway, involving a tanker truck carrying approximately 8,500 gallons of gas. Despite the collision with a tractor-trailer and a car,