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By Foo Yun Chee and Benoit Van Overstraeten BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Wizz Air on Thursday lost its fight against 36.66 million euros ($40.2 million) of rescue aid granted by Romania to airline TAROM four years ago, after Europe’s top court backed EU regulators’ decision to approve the aid. The European Commission approved billions of euros in state aid to European airlines during the COVID-19 pandemic, much of which was subsequently challenged by rivals in court. Romania granted a loan to finance TAROM’s liquidity needs repayable after six months. The Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the Europ…

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