BY The Telegraph | PHOTO AP
PUBLISHED 11:09, May 18, 2012
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On another embarrassing day for international justice, the judge ordered a halt to proceedings after it emerged that the prosecution had failed to disclose millions of pages of evidence to the former general’s defence team. The extraordinary blunder is a severe blow to the reputation of the UN’s International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and is likely to lead to a delay of several months before the case begins again. Given Mladic’s frail health, the suspension has also raised fears that he could, like Slobodan Milosevic before him, die before a verdict is reached. The trial had already been scheduled to last at least two years. Milosevic, the former Serbian President, was the first head of state indicted for... [Full article]

BY BBC News | PHOTO AFP
PUBLISHED 11:03, May 18, 2012
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France’s new government has held its first cabinet meeting and announced a 30% pay cut for President Francois Hollande and all his ministers. A campaign promise, the cut reduces Mr Hollande’s monthly salary from 21,300 euros to 14,910 (£12,000; $19,000). The cut contrasts sharply with predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy’s decision... [Full article]

BY EUobserver
PUBLISHED 11:04, May 18, 2012

The European Union needs to become more integrated with a common finance policy and a central government, German finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said Wednesday (16 May). “I would be for the further development of the European Commission into a government. I am for the election of a European president, he said at an event in Aachen, reports Reuters. “I am... [Full article]

BY Corriere della Sera
PUBLISHED 11:05, May 18, 2012

With their average age of 59, Italy’s ruling classes in politics, the economy and public administration are the oldest in Europe. The picture emerges from the first report on the average age of credit-crunched Italy’s ruling classes, presented at the assembly of the Coldiretti farmers’ association youth section and compiled in collaboration with the university of Calabria. “The majority of... [Full article]

BY El Pais
PUBLISHED 11:06, May 18, 2012

Shares of Bankia, the Spanish bank that was partly nationalized last week, went into free fall on Thursday on reports of a run on the bank’s deposits that was subsequently quashed both by the lender and the government. Bankia’s shares closed down 14.08 percent at 1.422 euros after having fallen 11.12 percent the previous session. At one point Bankia was... [Full article]

BY Der Spiegel
PUBLISHED 11:15, May 18, 2012

Headhunters in Lisbon are currently lining up highly skilled Portuguese workers for good paying jobs in Angola, an African country currently experiencing enviable growth. There is no economic crisis in the former Portuguese colony and it offers something that is currently scarce in Portugal: jobs. That’s why António Sàágua, 45, a soon-to-be economic migrant, is sitting in the stark gray office of Ema Partners International on a sunny spring afternoon. The employment agency, located on a quiet side street off of Lisbon’s grand Avenida da Libertade, places skilled personnel and managerial staff. Sàágua is dressed as if he were going for a job interview, in... [Full article]

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German Social Democrats unveil plan for growth

BY EurActiv | PUBLISHED 15:50, May 16, 2012

The German Social Democrats have indicated to French President François Hollande that they will support him in adopting... [Full article]

‘We want to see the Euro zone flourish’

BY Der Spiegel | PUBLISHED 15:47, May 16, 2012

SPIEGEL: Minister Sikorski, when you recently visited Germany, you lodged a complaint with the hotel you were staying... [Full article]

Top Murdoch Aide Is Charged in Hacking Case

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Rebekah Brooks, the former head of Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper empire and a close friend of Prime Minister... [Full article]

Life as murky as a thriller novel

BY Presseurop The Guardian | PUBLISHED 15:38, May 16, 2012

A novel about a serial-killer in Athens is so realistic that its author, Petros Markaris, had to warn... [Full article]

Cameron: eurozone must make up or break-up

BY Times of Malta | PUBLISHED 15:31, May 16, 2012

British Prime Minister David Cameron urged eurozone leaders today to sort out their debt problems soon or risk... [Full article]

Ratko Mladic war crimes trial begins

BY The Guardian | PUBLISHED 15:27, May 16, 2012

Ratko Mladic, the former Serb military commander during the Bosnian war, has gone on trial for crimes against... [Full article]

Merkel and Hollande want Greece to stay in euro

BY EUobserver | PUBLISHED 15:24, May 16, 2012

France’s newly elected president and the German Chancellor on Tuesday (15 May) both said they want Greece to... [Full article]

Economists give Poland a thumbs up

BY EurActiv | PUBLISHED 10:17, May 15, 2012

The European Commission’s latest economic forecast ranked Poland as the fastest developing EU member state in 2012, although... [Full article]

EU’s Rehn against debt funded growth, backs Spain plan

BY Reuters | PUBLISHED 10:11, May 15, 2012

The European Union’s top economic official on Saturday warned against funding national growth packages with new debt and... [Full article]

Ukraine warns of football boycott ‘humiliation’

BY Irish Times | PUBLISHED 09:59, May 15, 2012

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich has warned the West that he will not allow his country to be humiliated,... [Full article]