DDP LODGES COMPLAINT OVER AID TO AFP.

The European Commission confirmed, on 24 February, that it has received a complaint by the German press agency Deutsche Depeschendienst (ddp) over alleged illegal aid to Agence France-Presse (AFP). "We are going to examine it and transmit it to Paris so the French government can review the allegations," said the Commission spokesman for competition issues. Ddp accuses AFP of receiving subsidies that are illegal under EU law and of practicing dumping prices on the German market. AFP's chief...

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