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        <title><![CDATA[Marton Eder - Bureau Chief:Vienna]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Erste Plans SRT Tied to Austrian Commercial Real Estate Loans]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Esteban Duarte]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 11:05:24 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[ECB’s Kocher Says Interest-Rate Hold Gives Time to Assess Risks]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marton Eder]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Erste Ready for Bolt-On M&A Deals After €7 Billion Poland Entry]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marton Eder]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 07:43:40 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Signage for a newly branded Erste Bank Polska on a bank branch in Warsaw. Photographer: Damian Lemanski/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Central Banker Cites Orban-Era ‘Blackmail’ for Leaving Erste]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marton Eder]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:56:30 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Viktor Orban, Hungary&apos;s prime minister, during a rally ahead of a general election in Budapest, Hungary, on Sunday, March 15, 2026. Dueling rallies laid bare the division gripping Hungary, with Orban using Ukraine as the bogeyman in the campaign and Peter Magyar vowing to return Hungary to the European Union mainstream.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[ECB’s Kocher Says Too Early to Predict Next Week’s Rate Outcome]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-22/ecb-s-kocher-says-too-early-to-predict-next-week-s-rate-outcome</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marton Eder]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:24:30 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bawag Plans Dividend Limit, SRTs to Help Fund Irish Deal]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-21/bawag-plans-dividend-cut-srts-to-help-fund-permanent-tsb-deal</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marton Eder]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 07:30:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bawag to Buy PTSB for €1.6 Billion as Irish Bailout Era Ends]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Olivia Fletcher]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 10:19:36 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Austria Races to Secure Power Supplies as ‘Peak Water’ Looms]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Melting Alpine glaciers is forcing Austria to rethink the linchpin of its economy.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-11/shrinking-alpine-glaciers-is-forcing-austria-to-shift-away-from-hydropower</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jonathan Tirone]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 05:00:04 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>TOPSHOT - Tourists walk on June 27, 2023 on the wall of the Mooserboden dam near Kaprun, Austria, where under the ground workers are busy on one of the most spectacular construction sites in Europe, a symbol of an Austria dependent on hydroelectric power that is already adapting to global warming and preparing alternatives. High in the Austrian Alps, hundreds of construction workers toil in a huge underground project aimed at storing hydropower as climate change has reduced the country&apos;s water-dependent electricity production. Austria draws more than 60 percent of its electricity output from the renewable energy source, compared to a global average of 16 percent, with 3,100 dams spread across its rivers. But the amount of electricity generated through hydropower in the European Union country is down -- from some 45,500 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2020 to 42,500 TWh in 2021 -- as water levels are falling. (Photo by JOE KLAMAR / AFP) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY by Blaise GAUQUELIN with Amandine HESS (Photo by JOE KLAMAR/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[NLB Challenges Raiffeisen in Battle for Balkans Bank Addiko]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jan Bratanic]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:19:15 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A branch of Addiko Bank AG in Zagreb, Croatia, on Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. Croatia&apos;s government earlier this month approved an aid package worth 21 billion kuna ($2.8 billion) to ease the effects of the energy crisis and are seeking to raise minimum pension levels and increase assistance to families with children.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Europe’s Spying Capital Drafts Law to Crack Down on Espionage]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-03/europe-s-spying-capital-drafts-law-to-crack-down-on-espionage</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marton Eder]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 09:41:18 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The city skyline viewed from the north tower of St. Stephen&apos;s cathedral in Vienna, Austria, on Friday, July 7, 2023. Vienna is more likely to face a slow correction to its overvalued housing market than a sudden shock, according to a report from Austria’s central bank.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Raiffeisen Buys BBVA’s Romanian Garanti Unit for €591 Million]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marton Eder]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 09:03:54 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Austria Plans Social-Media Ban for Kids as It Awaits EU Rules]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marton Eder]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:54:43 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Social media app icons for Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, X and Reddit are displayed on a smartphone in an arranged photograph in Sydney, Australia, on Wednesday Feb. 11, 2026. Major social media platforms blocked 4.7 million underage accounts in Australia in December as the country’s landmark social media ban for under-16s took effect.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Austria Eyes €2 Billion in Budget Cuts With Risk From ‘Dumb War’]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marton Eder]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 08:43:28 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Markus Marterbauer, Austria&apos;s finance minister, at a Eurogroup meeting in Brussels, Belgium, on Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. Speculation is well under way about who will succeed Christine Lagarde as European Central Bank president at the end of next year.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bank of Family That Lent to Popes and Emperors May Be for Sale]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-20/bank-of-family-that-lent-to-popes-and-emperors-may-be-for-sale</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marton Eder]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 05:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Raiffeisen Nears €550 Million Deal for BBVA Romania Unit]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-10/raiffeisen-nears-550-million-deal-for-bbva-romania-unit</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marton Eder]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 09:14:15 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>An advertisement for Garanti BBVA in Bucharest, Romania. Photographer: Andrei Pungovschi/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[ECB’s Muller Says Rate-Hike Chances Higher But Urges Calm]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Milda Seputyte]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 09:03:24 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Madis Muller Photographer: Nichlas Pollier/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[$82 Million Stash Held Up by Orban Is Regular Money Transport]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marton Eder]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 17:23:02 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Erste Shares Slip on Cautious Outlook as Bank Touts Dividend]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marton Eder]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 07:53:50 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Austria Wants to Stick to Normal Timetable on Next ECB Chief]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marton Eder]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 13:52:36 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Austria Will Ease Exports of Some Defense Goods to Catch Spending Wave]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marton Eder]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 09:45:21 GMT</pubDate>
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