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Published on 14 August 2012 at 10:03

In its August 13 report, an independent commission of inquiry into the attacks that took place on July 22 last year, which left 77 dead, has criticised Norwegian authorities. According to lawyer Alexandra Bech Gjørv, the commission’s chairman, the perpetrator of the Oslo bombing and the Utøya massacre, Anders Behring Breivik, could have been arrested earlier.

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She wept in response to fatal errors by police – Dagbladet

Marcin Plichta, the president of Amber Gold, the Polish quasi-bank and gold investment company that stopped paying back deposits to its clients at the beginning of August, has announced its liquidation. The company vows to pay back all its debts using the proceeds from the sale of its property. The process will be supervised by a receiver appointed by the current company owners, which, according to the daily, does not bode well for the creditors.

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Plichta is through with Amber Gold, now he’ll liquidate [it] – Dziennik Gazeta Prawna

The German Constitutional Court’s decision on the constitutionality of the eurozone’s permanent rescue fund, the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), which is due on September 12, could be postponed due to a new appeal against the ESM made by euro-sceptic lawyer Markus Kerber. On August 14 the Constitutional Court said it should maintain its schedule.

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Rescue fund, German delay – La Repubblica

The number of Poles living permanently abroad is estimated at 2.5 million, and if the trend to move away is not curbed, in just a few years, Poland’s population will drop to below 37 million, from its current level of more than 38 million. Demographers note that most of those who decide to leave the country are young and educated and probably will never return home.

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New wave of emigration – Rzeczpospolita

A wave of fires ravages Spain due to high temperatures and drought. A fire in Alicante, on the Mediterranean coast, has claimed a second victim, while La Gomera, one of the Canary Islands, faces the worst ecological catastrophe of its history, after fire tore through a national park. The total area damaged by fire is three times that of the 2011 blaze. Environmental organisations blame budget cuts for a reduction in fire prevention measures and numbers of fire extinguishers.

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Spain, in flames – La Razón

“The rise in hate attacks against foreigners is starting to take a dangerous direction,” said Justice, Transparency and Human Rights Minister Antonis Roupakiotis after a 19-old Iraqi immigrant was stabbed to death by five people on motorcycles on August 12 in central Athens.

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Minister slams racist killing – I Kathimerini

“Thank you, I don’t accept bribes” reads the slogan on badges being distributed by the Slovak medical labour union to doctors as part of a campaign to fight corruption and improve their reputation. The Bratislava daily adds that “a similar campaign has taken place in Hungary and has been a failure”.

Doctors: badges against bribery – SME

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