Bundeskanzler: Österreich gegen Aufhebung oder Teilaufhebung des Waffenembargos – Cameron und Hollande dafür

It is fundamental to strengthen the political and financial plans for the Syrian opposition coalition as well as reaffirming the crucial role of Russia.

Österreich war einer der entschiedensten Gegner des britisch-französischen Plans, das Waffenembargo der Europäischen Union gegen Syrien aufzuheben, und droht jetzt offen damit, sich aus dem Waffenstillstandsbeobachterteam der UNO auf den Golanhöhen zurückzuziehen, wenn dieser Plan durchgeht.

Zur Notlandung des B.N.D. auf der Seite der Gewinner im Syrien-Krieg eine kleine Reportage.

The percentage of people in this age group considered part of the workforce – in that they are not in education and are actively seeking a job – who are unemployed was 25.2% in 2012, compared to 20.5% in 2011.

Almost 15 million people, around a quarter of the population, in recession-hit Italy were living in some form of economic hardship at the end of 2012, Istat said in its annual report on Wednesday.

Two bailout agreements, total aid of 240 billion euro, and one bonds’ ‘haircut’ later…. Greek public debt remains as high as it was in 2010 – the year in which Greece sought the ‘rescue’ by the International Monetary Fund.

A Greek record nobody should be proud of: Youth unemployment in Western Macedonia tops the EUROSTAT list with 72.5%. That is only one out of four of young people aged 15-24 has a job. According to EUROSTAT , “Regional Unemployment Data for 2012″, released on Wednesday, Western Macedonia is followed by Ceuta with 70.6% and Canarias with 62.6%; both regions are in Spain.

Neue Regierung: Beitrittsverhandlungen werden bis zur Volksabstimmung ausgesetzt

Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson, who will take over as prime minister this week, has decided that a January decision to freeze EU membership talks will be extended indefinitely, his political adviser Johannes Thor Skulason said in a phone interview today.

AMMAN, MAY 22 – Jordan prime Minister Abdullah Ensour on Wednesday held talks with Turkish economic delegation, which aims at boosting economic cooperation with Jordan, according to state run news agency, Petra.

President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy is set to pay on Wednesday an official visit in the Turkish capital, Ankara, as Anatolia news agency reports.

The agreement, as Cihan news agency reports, was signed in Cankaya Presidential Palace in Ankara by the Foreign Ministers of the two countries Ahmet Davutoglu and Saud Al-Faysal.

Foreign ministers of the United States, Britain, France, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Germany and Italy were gathering in Amman.

The tax burden on households in recession-hit Italy climbed to its highest level since 1990 last year, Istat said in its annual report on Wednesday.

There is growing concern for French President Francois Hollande and his Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault as the president‘s approval rating in surveys is continuing to decline even after a lengthy press conference last week to mark the beginning of his second year in office and his renewed effort to give a positive message to the public opinion.

Millions of Italians cannot afford to heat their homes properly or eat meat as their country is racked by recession and soaring unemployment, said a report which found the number of people considered seriously deprived had doubled in the past two years.