Share of EU arms export to Ukraine rises from 19% to 34% in Q2, Eurostat says By Pauline Foret and Anna Peverieri Aug 30 (Reuters) - Ukraine's share in European Union arms and ammunition exports rose to 34.2% in the second quarter of this year, up from 19.7% a year earlier, while its share in explosives exports soared to 16.5% from 1.7% a year earlier, the EU statistics office (Eurostat) said on Friday.

Italy - Factors to watch on August 29 The following factors could affect Italian markets on Thursday. Reuters has not verified the newspaper reports, and cannot vouch for their accuracy. New items are marked with (*). For a complete list of diary events in Italy please click on IT/DIA . ECONOMY Italy plans to confirm a commitment to bring its deficit-to-GDP ratio below the European Union's 3% ceiling in 2026 in the Treasury's medium-term structural budget plan to be presented by mid-September, s

UPDATE 1-Brazilian Congress creates committee on Voepass crash investigation Updates with installation of committee, approval of hearing invitations By Gabriel Araujo SAO PAULO, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Brazil's lower house of Congress on Tuesday created a committee to monitor investigations into an aircraft crash in Sao Paulo state earlier this month, in which all 62 passengers and crew were killed.

Brazilian Congress to install committee on Voepass crash investigation By Gabriel Araujo SAO PAULO, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Brazil's lower house of Congress was set on Tuesday to install a committee to monitor investigations into an aircraft crash in Sao Paulo state earlier this month, in which all 62 passengers and crew were killed. The ATR 72-500 plane operated by regional carrier Voepass was bound for Sao Paulo's Guarulhos international airport from Cascavel, in the southern state of Parana, when

BUZZ-Defence stocks drop after Berlin says it will reject new aid requests for Ukraine ** Shares of European defence firms slide after the German federal government said it would reject new military aid requests for Ukraine due to spending cuts ** The government, cited by newspaper FAZ, says the reason for the cuts is the disastrous state of the fe

Italy - Factors to watch on August 19 The following factors could affect Italian markets on Monday. Reuters has not verified the newspaper reports, and cannot vouch for their accuracy. New items are marked with (*). For a complete list of diary events in Italy please click on IT/DIA . (*) DEBT Italy's Treasury is considering new "innovative" bond auctions - with more green bond issues - to move forward the average maturity of state bonds and reduce the impact of debt servicing costs ahead of the

Italy - Factors to watch on August 12 The following factors could affect Italian markets on Monday. Reuters has not verified the newspaper reports, and cannot vouch for their accuracy. New items are marked with (*). For a complete list of diary events in Italy please click on IT/DIA . COMPANIES Milan Stock Exchange After Hours market closed. SARAS SRS.MI Vitol-backed Varas said on Friday it had crossed the 66.67% threshold needed for extraordinary shareholder resolution after buying out minority

UPDATE 4-Brazil authorities recover bodies of all 62 plane crash victims Recasts headline and paragraph 1, updates number of bodies recovered in 2 By Sebastian Rocandio VINHEDO, Brazil, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Brazilian emergency crews on Saturday recovered the remains of the 62 victims aboard an airliner that plunged to the ground in the town of Vinhedo, near Sao Paulo the day before, killing all on board.

Removal of bodies begins from Brazil plane crash that killed 62 By Sebastian Rocandio VINHEDO, Brazil, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Brazilian civil defense teams worked through the night removing the remains of passengers on a plane that crashed on Friday near Sao Paulo, killing all 62 people on board. At least 21 bodies had been recovered by Saturday morning, Sao Paulo state government said, with two victims identified on site.

UPDATE 9-Brazilian plane spins before crashing, killing all 61 on board Adds quote from Brazilian crash investigator in paragraph 11, history of ATR-72 crashes in paragraphs 12-13 By Gabriel Araujo, Andre Romani and Luana Maria Benedito SAO PAULO, Aug 9 (Reuters) - A regional turboprop plane fell into what aviation experts called a flat spin before crashing in a residential neighborhood near Sao Paulo in Brazil on Friday, killing all 61 people on board.

Italy - Factors to watch on August 9 The following factors could affect Italian markets on Friday. Reuters has not verified the newspaper reports, and cannot vouch for their accuracy. New items are marked with (*). For a complete list of diary events in Italy please click on IT/DIA . POLITICS Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni asked Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian to avoid escalation in the Middle East during a call, the government said in a statement on Thursday.

Italy - Factors to watch on August 9 The following factors could affect Italian markets on Friday. Reuters has not verified the newspaper reports, and cannot vouch for their accuracy. New items are marked with (*). For a complete list of diary events in Italy please click on IT/DIA . POLITICS Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni asked Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian to avoid escalation in the Middle East during a call, the government said in a statement on Thursday.

BRIEF-Rheinmetall CEO: See Possibilities For Takeovers Aug 8 (Reuters) - Leonardo SpA LDOF.MI : RHEINMETALL CEO: WE SEE POSSIBILITIES FOR TAKEOVERS RHEINMETALL CEO: COULD ENVISAGE A SHARE BUYBACK PROGRAMME Source text for Eikon: [ID:] Further company coverage: LDOF.MI

Rheinmetall expects up to 25 bln eur in orders for JV with Leonardo DUSSELDORF, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Rheinmetall RHMG.DE expects orders worth up to 25 billion euros ($27.27 billion) from the Italian government for its joint tank-building venture with defence manufacturer Leonardo LDOF.MI , the German defence group's CEO said on Thursday. "The first order for the joint venture should be awarded either at the end of the year or in the first quarter of 2025," Rheinmetall chief executive Armin Papperge

BRIEF-Italian Navy Exercises Option For Fourth Patrol Vessel From OSN For Around EUR 236 Mln Aug 5 (Reuters) - Fincantieri SpA FCT.MI , Leonardo SpA LDOF.MI : ITALIAN NAVY EXERCISES ITS OPTION FOR FOURTH OFFSHORE PATROL VESSEL (OPV) FROM ORIZZONTE SISTEMI NAVALI TOTAL VALUE OF OPERATION AROUND EUR 236 MILLION ORIZZONTE SISTEMI NAVALI TO FINALIZE SU

Fincantieri and Leonardo win Italian Navy order for two ships July 31 (Reuters) - A joint venture of shipbuilder Fincantieri FCT.MI and defence firm Leonardo LDOF.MI won a contract worth about 1.5 billion euros ($1.62 billion) to build two frigates for the Italian Navy, they said on Wednesday. The joint venture was awarded the contract for two "FREMM EVO" multipurpose frigates by OCCAR, the European arms procurement agency representing France, Germany, Spain and Italy.

BRIEF-Fincantieri, Orizzonte Sistemi Navali Signs EUR 1.5 Bln Contract With Italian Navy July 31 (Reuters) - Fincantieri SpA FCT.MI Leonardo LDOF.MI : ORIZZONTE SISTEMI NAVALI SIGNS €1.5 BILLION CONTRACT FOR TWO FREMM EVO FRIGATES FOR THE ITALIAN NAVY FCT.MI : FCT_T.MI UNITS TO BE BUILT AT FINCANTIERI SHIPIARDS, FIRST TO BE DELIVERED IN 2029, SEC

Italy - Factors to watch on July 31 The following factors could affect Italian markets on Wednesday. Reuters has not verified the newspaper reports, and cannot vouch for their accuracy. New items are marked with (*). For a complete list of diary events in Italy please click on IT/DIA . ECONOMY ISTAT releases May industry sales data (0800 GMT); July CPI flash data (0900 GMT) June producer prices data (1000 GMT).

UPDATE 1-Italy's Leonardo and France's Airbus and Thales in talks over space alliance Adds details, quotes from Leonardo CEO, background throughout By Giulia Segreti ROME, July 30 (Reuters) - Leonardo LDOF.MI is in talks with France's Airbus AIR.PA and Thales TCFP.PA over alliances in the space sector, the head of the Italian aerospace and defence group said on Tuesday, confirming for the first time the ongoing discussions.

Airbus studying all options in space including M&A, says CEO PARIS, July 30 (Reuters) - Airbus AIR.PA is studying all options in its space business, including new forms of co-operation or mergers and acquisitions (M&A), Chief Executive Guillaume Faury told reporters on Tuesday. Reporting by Tim Hepher Editing by David Goodman