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Interest rates on 10-year Spanish bonds hit 6% for the first time since January, while the Madrid stock exchange fell by 3%. Investors doubt PM Mariano Rajoy's ability to rein in the debt of Spain's autonomous regions.
Markets don’t trust the autonomous communities – Expansión
The difference ("spread") between interest rates on Italian and benchmark German bonds has reached 4.04%, while the Milan stock exchange dropped by almost 5%, the largest decrease in Europe. Italian PM Mario Monti blames Spain for the situation.
Spread threat returns – Corriere della Sera
In a report, the International Monetary Fund believes that further cuts in Portugal could weaken political support for the EU/ECB/IMF troika, as well as for the government of PM Pedro Passos Coelho.
IMF warning: more austerity could lead to government crisis – i
A new psychiatric report has concluded that Anders Breivik Behring was sane when he murdered 77 people on the island of Utøya July 22. This diagnosis contradicts a previous expert who judged him criminally irresponsible. The issue will be decided by the end of his trial, scheduled to open April 16.
“No delusions. Oversized ego. Sane” – Aftenposten
President Traian Băsescu has yet to officially acknowledge the new Dutch ambassador to Romania. This is in retaliation for Amsterdam's opposition to Romanian accession to the Schengen area.
Harassing the Netherlands. Take it from Băsescu. – Adevărul
According to a new poll, the Pirate party has become Germany's third largest party after ruling Christian democrats the CDU and the social-democrat SPD. With 13% of resondents saying they would vote for them in the 2013 elections, the Pirate party has overtaken the Greens for the first time.
Poll: Pirates on way to becoming third party – Berliner Morgenpost
American intelligence agencies including the CIA and the FBI have won a court ruling allowing them to withhold evidence from British MPs about suspected UK involvement in "extraordinary rendition" – the secret arrests and alleged torture of terror suspects. Meanwhile, the European Court in Strasbourg has ruled that radicial Islamist cleric Abu Hamza can be extradited from the UK to the US along with other terrorist suspects.
CIA wins fight to keep MPs in dark on rendition – The Independent
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