The Lisbon Stock Exchange was in free fall on Tuesday, with the investors more worried about the risk of contagion from Greece. The interest of the Portuguese government debt are going up and away from more debt spreads from Germany - a reference for the euro zone and one of the safest in the world. Lisbon was the second square in Europe that has lost more after the Greek (-6.7%) and Spain (-5.4%) markets. The markets are pressured by fears of... [read news]
The U.S. authorities believe they are ready to locate the person responsible for abandoning a van with explosives yesterday in full square Times Square in New York. Police gave no details but said that is trying to locate a man who appears in a video security. The individual, who looks to be about 40 years, was seen moving away from the car to smoke. The prosecutor in charge of research says there is already progress and that those responsible... [read news]
Some figures of the PSD are understandably worried about the use of the term Central Block. The agreement between Socrates and steps tend to be widespread under that name and it displeases the Social Democrats because it hinders them a part of the movement who claim to have free to go coming to power, but mostly because the glue to a government that does not left pointing errors. What you spend the PSD is the statesmanship that their leader has... [read news]
The European Union speaks with different voices about the emergency plan for Greece, and this situation is not clear. "There is help", said the Minister of Finance, George Papaconstantinou, speaking to the socialist deputies in view of expiry term of May 19, when debt of 9 billion euros will be repaid. "There was no way for us to access financial markets - he said - before May 19 the procedure must be completed, approved, signed and funds... [read news]
The leader of Fidesz, Viktor Orban, will return to the chair of Prime Minister. Since the announcement of results, it disassociated itself from the extreme right and referred to a future tax reform. The victory of the rightwing opposition in parliamentary elections on Sunday is even more striking than expected. With 263 seats in the new parliament, Fidesz (Young Democrats) won five mandates more than the majority of two thirds. Its chairman... [read news]
A group known pirate announces that protection is now history. Meanwhile, the problems for legitimate users with the official servers continue. But the publisher warns that a permanent connection to the Internet is here to stay. The French publisher Ubisoft had tried to make the permanent connection to the Internet an instrument of its armor-proof products videogame piracy. But you know, nothing attracts the pirates and warez groups specializing... [read news]
Reynaldo Bignone, last chief of the military dictator in Argentina, was convicted by a federal court to 25 years in prison for torture, murder and kidnapping. The 82 years old Bignone was found guilty of 56 cases of dissidents detained and kills in the Campo de Mayo military base where he was second in command in the years 1978-1979. Bignone became the last of the dictators of the military regime that ruled the country from 1976 to 1983 and he... [read news]
Loneliness in the elderly leads to alcohol abuse, drugs, and drugs. And 'what emerges from the Congress of the Italian Society of Psicogeriatria which was held in Gardone Riviera, in the province of Brescia. It is estimated that in Italy over a 65 to 10 (or 2.5 million) are at risk of cocaine, amphetamines and marijuana. Alcohol abuse covers a million and a half old, the problem affects particularly men, as much as 80% and 20% women. "The... [read news]
