Press review | 03/09/2009

 

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EU wants to regulate managers' bonuses

EU wants to regulate managers

 

EU finance ministers want to make bank managers' earnings more dependent on their performance, but failed to agree on a clear limit for managers' bonuses at their meeting in Brussels on Wednesday. With only three weeks to go before the G20 summit takes place in the US city of Pittsburgh the EU states are still struggling to define a common stance.

With articles from the following publications:
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung - Germany, Luxemburger Wort - Luxembourg, Sydsvenskan - Sweden, La Stampa - Italy

POLITICS

Pražský deník - Czech Republic

The Czechs can get along fine without politicians

Jyllands-Posten - Denmark

No mosque built with Iranian money

The Times - United Kingdom

Brown failed in Lockerbie affair

ECONOMY

Süddeutsche Zeitung - Germany

Scrapping bonus useless

SOCIETY

Helsingin Sanomat - Finland

Post-Soviet apathy on pornography law