http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2149193/Greek-debt-crisis-Greece-WILL-leave-eurozone-January-1-2013.html Currency trading bank says Greece’s new currency would fall by 60% European markets relatively stable today despite the dire warning FTSE-100 up 1.18%; CAC 40 up by 0.85%; DAX up 0.39% Had plunged yesterday after Bundesbank said Grexit would be better France and Germany disagree over Eurobonds at six-hour crisis summit Officials say growth-led […]
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Italian father throws 14-month-old daughter and son, four, to their deaths and then leaps from balcony himself in despair after losing his job
May 21
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2147498/Italian-father-throws-14-month-old-son-daughter-death-leaps-despair-losing-job.html Marco Turrini, 41, pushed 14-month-old Benedetta and Samuele, four, to their deaths after row with wife He tried but failed to throw his wife off six-floor balcony in Brescia before leaping to his death Father died instantly but children perished in hospital Mother who watched in horror being treated for shock By Nick Pisa […]
Greece could quit the euro, admits Merkel as global markets are plunged into turmoil
May 15
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2144074/Global-financial-markets-turmoil-government-Greece-teeters-brink-crashing-Europe.html Growing pessimism over future of single currency in current form Greek political paralysis as talks continue at 7.30pm to form government Communists vow to take to the streets as fears of civil war grow Ministers say kalashnikov-wielding gangs could take over Worsening crisis and thousands take to streets for mass protests in Spain Merkel’s […]
Mothers forced to sell their children: Mail reveals the distressing human toll of Greece’s Euro meltdown
May 12
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2143237/Mothers-forced-sell-children–human-toll-Euro-meltdown.html PUBLISHED: 17:32 EST, 11 May 2012 | UPDATED: 07:55 EST, 12 May 2012 The economic crisis across Europe has perhaps been most keenly felt in Greece, where people have taken to the streets in violent and emotional protests against the austeriy measures imposed on the nation. In this heartbreaking dispatch from the streets of […]
Austerity, what’s that? Spanish King Juan Carlos slammed for £27,000 elephant hunting trip as his country drowns in debt and half of youngsters are jobless
Apr 16
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2130461/Austerity-whats-Spanish-King-Juan-Carlos-slammed-27-000-elephant-hunting-trip-countrys-economy-teeters-brink.html Spain is being sucked back into eurozone’s financial crisis One in four out of work, and 50% of youngsters jobless Anger at ongoing corruption probe into King’s son-in-law His grandson injured in shooting accident last week By Lee Moran PUBLISHED: 07:03 EST, 16 April 2012 | UPDATED: 08:52 EST, 16 April 2012 The King […]
New hi-tech scanners could mean end to airline liquid ban within a year
Apr 7
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2126476/End-airline-liquid-ban-New-scanners-mean-ban-carrying-toiletries-sun-tan-lotion-hand-luggage-lifted-year.html Liquid restrictions have been in place since 2006 Regulations could be eased by April 2013 By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 06:11 EST, 7 April 2012 | UPDATED: 08:29 EST, 7 April 2012 Newly approved airport scanners will allow passengers to carry toiletries and bottles of liquid in their hand luggage within the next 12 […]
‘This is a dignified end before I have to start scrounging food from the trash’: Desperate man, 77, shoots himself dead outside Greek parliament during rush hour
Apr 4
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2125084/Greek-pensioner-commits-suicide-outside-Greek-parliament.html Man shouted, ‘So I won’t leave debts for my children’ before killing himself Greek suicide rate rising as austerity measures kick in By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 09:24 EST, 4 April 2012 | UPDATED: 10:15 EST, 4 April 2012 cash-strapped Greek pensioner shot and killed himself outside parliament in Athens today after saying he […]
The Arab Exodus: Two million people fled into Europe because of the Spring rebellions
Mar 26
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2120690/The-Arab-Exodus-Two-million-people-fled-Europe-Spring-rebellions.html By Emily Allen PUBLISHED: 13:55 EST, 26 March 2012 | UPDATED: 13:55 EST, 26 March 2012 Asylum seekers from Arab Spring countries and West African nations suffering civil strife surged into Europe last year new figures have revealed. The Brookings Institution, a Washington-based think tank, said almost two million people have left their homes […]
Google faces fresh privacy investigations in Europe and U.S. after ‘bypassing’ security to spy on iPhone users
Mar 16
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2115827/Google-face-privacy-probe-Europe-US-spying-iPhone-users.html Renewed controversy over Google’s privacy policies Company ‘tricked’ iPhones into running hidden code Investigation by FTC and EU regulators By Rob Waugh PUBLISHED: 05:13 EST, 16 March 2012 | UPDATED: 05:41 EST, 16 March 2012 Google is to face new investigations in both America and the EU over using hidden computer code to violate […]
Greece on the breadline: HIV and malaria make a comeback
Mar 15
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2012/mar/15/greece-breadline-hiv-malaria Jon Henley finds a medical aid organisation trying to plug the gaps as the health service nears breakdown Posted on Thursday 15 March 2012 08.34 EDT The Guardian Doctors, nurses and paramedics clash with riot police outside the health ministry last May during a protest against cuts. Photograph: Alexandros Vlachos/EPA The incidence of HIV/Aids […]