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After a 32 hour siege, France's RAID elite police unit stormed the home of Mohamad Merah, the perpetrator of the killings in Montauban and Toulouse. After allegedly firing more than thirty rounds, Merah was killed with a shot to the head.
Mission accomplished – Le Figaro
From the first killing of a soldier in Toulouse on March 11, to the final police assault on his home, the Paris daily raises several questions about Mohamed Merah. Was the investigation started fast enough? Why wasn't the case immediately brought before an anti-terrorist judge? Why was Merah shot dead?
Grey areas – Libération
The general strike organized by the CGTP union against the government's austerity measures saw a lower turn-out compared to the strike last November. The day ended with clashes between police and demonstrators in Lisbon and Porto. One person was arrested and three others injured, including an Agence France Presse photographer.
Portugal isn’t Greece, but yesterday it looked like it – i
Figures for emigration from Portugal in 2011 are close to the peak exodus to France in the 1960s. Since 2007, half a million Portuguese citizens have left home in search of work. But the destinations have changed - Angola, Brazil and the United Kingdom.
150,000 emigrated last year – Diário de Notícias
Despite a protest against shale gas drilling in the south of the country, Romanian PM Mihai Razvan Ungureanu has agreed to grant the American company Chevron exploitation rights over a 270,000 hectare area.
The Chevron government – Jurnalul Naţional
The Spanish treasury plans to issue "Hispanic" government bonds in June to finance highly indebted regions. The high interest rates they currently pay prevent them from selling their own debt securities to markets. Government securities will be subject to lower rates.
30 billion “hispabonds” to rescue regions – El Mundo
The Slovenian PM is finding it difficult to reach agreement with the national social partners on a package of €818 million in budget cuts needed to comply with deficit reduction targets imposed by the European Commission.
Janez Janša threatens to dissolve government – Dnevnik
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