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Published on 30 November 2012 at 10:53

The Commission is proposing to create a “treasury” for the Economic and Monetary Union to control and manage European bonds under its authority. Several well-known economists contacted by the daily voice their support for the idea of a eurozone Ministry of Finance.

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Economists want a eurozone treasurer – Financial Times Deutschland

Former Kosovar Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj has been acquitted of war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). The ruling, in a retrial demanded by the court’s appeals chamber, confirms a previous 2008 decision to acquit Haradinaj of war crimes against Serbs in 1998-1999. It comes two weeks after the acquittal of Croatian general Ante Gotovina, who was also accused of war crimes against Serbs, for whom the ICTY verdict will be perceived as a slap in the face.

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Haradinaj recovers prime minister’s seat instead of sentence – Danas

“European press publishers do not want search engines such as Google to feature titles and small extracts of the articles for free,” writes the Warsaw daily, describing a German draft bill on the so called “auxiliary copyrights” that hands German publishers “exclusive rights to publish content on the Internet with commercial purpose.” The publishers want Google to pay royalties when displaying titles and small parts of articles in its search results.

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Google, pay! – Gazeta Wyborcza

Gao Ping, the alleged “godfather” of the Chinese mafia in Spain, who was arrested on October 16, has been released because the magistrate in charge of proceedings kept him in prison longer than the maximum period allowed under temporary custody regulations. Eleven other people who were arrested at the same time have been released for the same reason.

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Chinese mafia chief released following judicial error – ABC

According to Eurofound research, the Dutch population is one of the happiest in Europe. They grade the happiness of their lives 7.7 out of 10. Only the people in Spain, Luxembourg, Sweden and Finland have a higher score. Greeks even score a 6.5. But figures are down in comparison to 2007. The surprisingly high score of Spain shows that economic factors are not the only factors of happiness.

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Believe it or not: we are happy – Trouw

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is softening his rhetoric and promising to raise teachers’ salaries by more than 5 per cent. Teachers and school employees went on their largest-ever strike on Monday and Tuesday, November 26 and 27, demanding a 10 per cent wage increase. Teaching salaries in Slovakia start at €435, well below the national average.

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Government promises teachers higher pay – SME

The United Nations General Assembly has endorsed a motion to upgrade the status of the Palestinian Territories to non-member observer state. Pointing out that “Europeans failed to establish a common position” on the question, the daily notes that 14 member states – including France, Spain and Italy – voted in favour, while 12 others – including Germany, the United Kingdom and Poland – abstained. The Czech Republic was the only European state among the nine countries that voted against the motion.

The state which exists only on paper – Die Presse

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