Brussels, 25/06/2010 (Agence Europe) - On Friday 25 June, the European Commission decided to extend an aid scheme for credit institutions in Austria and a Latvian bank guarantee scheme until the end of 2010. The extended schemes feature higher premiums to be paid by banks to the state for guaranteeing the loans they raise on the market. This is to encourage banks to finance themselves without state support and to limit as far as possible distortions of competition. To be extended, the fees...