Hartz-IV-Empfänger und Superreiche haben es in diesen Tagen nicht leicht. Beide Gruppen müssen als Prügelknaben herhalten. Sowohl die konserativen als auch die kapitalismuskritschen Wähler bekommen ihre Schuldigen für die Finanzkrise serviert. Der Merkel-Regierung nützen diese Nebelkerzen, da diese vom grundgesetzfeindlichen Kurs ablenken und dem Bürger das Gefühl vermitteln, dass sich nun doch etwas bewegen würde.

Die Obama-Administration hat bekannt gegeben, dass sie das Ergebnis der Wahlen in Venezuela am vergangenen Wochenende nicht aktzptieren wird, in denen der Präsidentschaftskandidat Nicolas Maduro knapp den Kandidaten der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika Henrique Capriles besiegt hat

The Cypriot government plans to sell part of its gold reserves within the next months, a decision that needs to be approved by the country’s central bank, Finance Minister Haris Georgiades said.

Grillo, whose anti-establishment Internet-based movement holds the balance of power in parliament after February‘s inconclusive general election, accused Bersani of holding a two-man primary with „psycho-dwarf“ Berlusconi.
He predicted that the pair were set to agree to have one of two former centre-left premiers, Massimo D‘Alema and Giuliano Amato, elected president.

A full-scale rescue operation will be carried out today by the ERU alongside members of other special intervention units attached to other European police forces.

It is part of an exercise organised under the Atlas network, which was established in the wake of the 9/11 terror atrocities in the United States

BRUSSELS–Elite police units from across the European Union will join forces this week to fight a series of simulated terrorist attacks

Koordiniert wird die Übung von der Europäischen Kommission gemeinsam mit der deutschen Spezialeinheit GSG9, die derzeit die Präsidentschaft des EU-weiten ATLAS-Netzwerks von Anti-Terror-Spezialeinheiten innehat.

The simulation – based on the premise of simultaneous terror attacks in all nine states – is designed to test the responsiveness and coordination of forces within the EU.

THATCHER PROTEST, many Englishmen hate thatcher

Saturday April 15th 2013, Trafalgar Square. Following the death of Baroness Margaret Thatcher, a party protest took place at Trafalgar Square, London.

A lot of photographers, a lot of partiers out for a laugh and a few who wanted to say something. Here is one – sadly I neglected to ask his name. Thank you.

Many waved placards with home-made slogans or posters from the Left-wing Socialist Worker Party reading, „Now bury Thatcherism“.

The demonstrators took to the streets to voice their anger at public money being spent on her funeral and also in response to her policies while in power.

„We have shown the world that not everyone in this country thinks Margaret Thatcher was a great thing for this country … today felt like an important moment in the battle over what her legacy is and what sort of country we want so I am pleased that our voice was heard.“

According to a nationwide survey, one in four Greeks suffering from chronic illness have to cut on food, electricity and heating in order to save money and secure medication.

As of now, the American president will not be making a stop in Brussels, though a detour to the European Union capital had been advised for the purpose of helping along negotiations of a transatlantic free trade agreement between the EU and the US. But apparently the White House considered a visit to Germany to be of greater importance.

Obama said he anticipated that „North Korea will probably make more provocative moves over the next several weeks, but our hope is we can contain it and we can move into a different phase, in which they try to work through diplomatically some of these issues so they can get back on a path where they‘re actually feeding their people.“

The Greek government appears to have finally decided to push forward without further delay the privatization plans repeatedly requested by the troika – the IMF, EU and ECB.

Car sales in Europe fell for the 18th consecutive time in March, the European Automobile Manufacturers‘ Association (ACEA) reported on Wednesday.

The European Union must take „immediate and concrete steps“ to secure the release of a Palestinian prisoner in an Israeli jail who has been refusing food for almost nine months and is in a critical condition, a senior Palestinian official has demanded.

Benefits for 2.2 million under 500 euros, says Istat

The pregnant woman was taken to the Giovanni Bosco hospital in Turin in a state of shock.
The man hung himself in the cellar of the building where he and his partner lived.

Acção-Relâmpago no Hotel Ritz – Que Se Lixe a Troika!
Protesto com tachos, panelas e buzinas em frente ao hotel Ritz, onde está hospedada a delegação da Troika

Der von einer Facebook-Gruppe als Anti-Thatcher-Statement benutzte Song „Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead“ verpasste die Spitzenposition der britischen Singles-Charts knapp. Die BBC weigerte sich, das Lied in ihrer Charts-Sendung komplett auszuspielen.

Großbritanniens frühere Premierministerin Margaret Thatcher wird in London zu Grabe getragen. 2000 Gäste werden zu der pompösen Trauerfeier in der St. Paul‘s Cathedral erwartet. SPIEGEL ONLINE überträgt die Zeremonie im Livestream.

The government has called a cabinet meeting for this Wednesday to discuss its plans to replace the measures but has not said anything about how it intends to proceed after approving them.