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Published on 22 June 2012 at 09:22

According to results of independent audits submitted on June 21, this is the maximum amount Spain will need to refinance its banks, lower than the 100 billion euros made ​​available by the EU.

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62 billion euros – La Vanguardia

The European Stability Mechanism will probably not come into force on 1 July as planned. It must be ratified by the German Parliament on June 29, but at the request of the Constitutional Court President Joachim Gauck will not sign the document. The court anticipates several complaints against its constitutionality, notably from the left wing party Die Linke.

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Euro bailout fund will be late – Der Tagesspiegel

The prosecution at the trial of Anders Behring Breivik is asking that the mass murderer of Utøya and Oslo - 77 victims in July 2011, be interned in a psychiatric institution on the grounds of insanity. Norwegian columnist Harald Stanghelle is concerned about the role of psychiatrists in deciding the outcome of the trial.

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“They have turned two psychiatrists into judges without gowns” – Aftenposten

Belarusian dissident and Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza correspondent Andrzej Poczobut was arrested yesterday charged with defaming the country’s president Alexander Lukashenko. The journalist could face up to 4 years in prison, if found guilty. In July 2011, he was handed a three year suspended sentence on the same charge.

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Poczobut locked up – Gazeta Wyborcza

Germany faces Greece in the quarter-finals of Euro 2012. A game full of political overtones.

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Goodbye Greeks, today we cannot save you! – Bild

For the Greeks, the Euro 2012 quarter final against Germany is also a matter of honour.

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Ruin them! – Sportday

As part of infringement proceedings against Hungary, the European Commission has sent Budapest a series of warnings. The first concerns tax exemption on the national spirit Palinka. The others concern chicken farming regulations, taxation of telecom companies and company canteen regulations.

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Palinka Brussels disaster – Népszabadság

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