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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8086

8 November 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 38 / 40
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) airlines

Belgium has just suffered one of the largest bankruptcies in its history with the disappearance of the airline company SABENA (9000 employees), held to the tune of 50.5% by the Belgian State and 49.5% by SWISSAIR. The Tribunal of Commerce in Brussels has, indeed, just pronounced the company bankrupt. Fred Chaffart, President of the Board, said that he was still in talks with VIRGIN EXPRESS, as well as other financial institutions and Belgian investors to try to resume the activities of the...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
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ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
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