LJUBLJANA (Reuters) – Thousands of Slovenians rallied on Saturday to protest against government austerity policies denounced by trade unionists as a “neo-liberal virus that is spreading across Europe”. Slovenia adopted the euro in 2007 and has been badly hit by the global crisis due to its dependency on exports. This year the government, struggling to avoid a bailout, cut public sector wages by about 3 percent. It plans a further 5 percent cut next year to bring the budget deficit to 3 percent of GDP in 2013, from 4.2 percent expected in 2012. …
Syrian coalition to name envoy to France: Hollande
PARIS (Reuters) – Syria’s opposition coalition is to appoint an envoy to France, French President Francois Hollande said after meeting the head of the Syrian National Coalition on Saturday. A French diplomatic source said the official would act as a representative of the coalition, becoming ambassador once a provisional government is established and recognized internationally. “There will be a Syrian ambassador in France who will be appointed by the president of the coalition,” Hollande said. …
Moldova blocks Russian plan to expand presence in rebel enclave
CHISINAU (Reuters) – Moldova is blocking moves by Russia to expand its formal presence in the separatist Moldovan region of Transdniestria until Moscow pulls out its 2,500 troops and an end is negotiated to a 20-year-old dispute over the territory. Moldovan President Nicolae Timofti turned down a Russian proposal to open a consulate in the rebel enclave after an envoy of Russian President Vladimir Putin criticized Moldova’s energy policy and its rapprochement with the European Union. The small former Soviet republic of 3. …
Turkish cameraman set free by captors in Syria
A Turkish lawmaker says one of two journalists captured in Syria has been released by his captors and will return to Turkey. There was no news about the second journalist.
Indian Hindu-nationalist politician Thackeray dies at 86
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Bal Keshav Thackeray, one of India’s most polarizing politicians and leader of an influential right-wing Hindu nationalist party that has ruled Mumbai for much of the past two decades, died on Saturday aged 86, one of his doctors said. Thackeray, the founder and president of the hardline Shiv Sena (Tiger Army) party, was one of the most prominent and outspoken figures of India’s Hindu nationalist movement, and rose to prominence with his fiery rhetoric against immigration in India’s richest city. …
New Syrian ambassador to France is named
French President Francois Hollande and the new Syrian opposition leader have announced plans to install a new ambassado r to represent Syria in France. 2nd Tunisian detainee dies after hunger strike
A Tunisian man suspected of involvement in the attack on the U.S. Embassy in Tunis has died in prison.
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