Daily Archives: 30. Oktober 2013


30.10.2013 - 20:59 [ Gallup ]

Trust in Government Sinks to New Low in Southern Europe

Europe‘s ongoing financial crisis has left many residents deeply distrustful of their national governments, but in 2013, confidence nearly bottomed out in Portugal, Spain, Italy, and Greece. In all four countries, fewer than one in five residents say they have confidence in their national governments.

30.10.2013 - 20:59 [ Gallup ]

Economic Hardship, Political Discontent Surge in Portugal

Shortly before the Portuguese political crisis in July, more than two-thirds of adults disapproved of the country‘s leadership, up from half in 2012. Portuguese disapproval of the European Union‘s leadership and Germany‘s leadership, which is often seen as the driving force behind austerity policies, has also surged.

30.10.2013 - 20:54 [ Portugal News ]

President says recession is over

Portugal’s president has said there is “no logical reason” for the yields on 10-year government bonds to reach seven percent, stressing in an interview with a Swedish daily newspaper published earlier this week that the country “has already come out of recession”.

30.10.2013 - 18:10 [ CommonDreams ]

Lawyers Urge Canada to Arrest Cheney, World Wishes Them Well

Several international lawyers‘ groups have written a lengthy, scathing letter urging Toronto police to arrest Dick Cheney „as a person suspected on reasonable grounds of authorizing, counseling, aiding, abetting and failing to prevent torture” when the Great Dick visits the 2013 Toronto Global Forum later this week. Canadians have been admirably forthright in their condemnation of Cheney, who cancelled one earlier Toronto trip due to „security concerns“ and was trapped for seven hours in Vancouver by crowds of protesters who didn‘t want him polluting their city.

30.10.2013 - 18:00 [ RIA Novosti ]

Lawrow kritisiert schwache Reaktion des Westens auf Vereitelungsversuche für Genf-2

„Es wird dabei faktisch kein Hehl daraus gemacht, dass diese negative Haltung gegenüber der russisch-amerikanischen Initiative durch die Weigerung Washingtons bedingt ist, Schläge gegen Syrien zu führen. Anders gesagt, diejenigen, die durch eine Intervention von außen einen Regimewechsel durchsetzen und gewollt oder ungewollt zur Bildung eines extremistischen Staates beitragen möchten, können ihre Emotionen nicht in der Öffentlichkeit zurückhalten“, so Lawrow.

30.10.2013 - 16:40 [ Russia Today ]

Rebels conduct new chemical weapons attack in Syria near Turkish border – report

The attack was reported by Kurdish defense forces who are conducting military operations against the rebels in the region.

They are quoted as saying they saw toxic yellow smoke that followed the shell explosion, while some of them had symptoms of severe chemical intoxication accompanied by nausea.

The reported chemical attack comes amid the second day of fierce fighting in the town.

The Kurdish forces have successfully repelled several attacks by armed groups of extremists of the Nusra Front ( Jabhat al-Nusra), and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, killing 28 militants.