Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/23/2011

Eulex — the European Union’s law enforcement and legal assistance mission to Kosovo — has been invited to leave the north of the “country” because conditions are deemed unsafe.

In other news, the Chinese bank ICBC has acquired a subsidiary with branches in the USA. If regulators approve the deal, it will be the first Chinese financial institution to acquire retail branches in the United States.

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Thanks to C. Cantoni, DF, Insubria, JD, and all the other tipsters who sent these in.

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