Press review | 15/12/2009

 

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A blow to the face of Italy

A blow to the face of Italy

 

The Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is in hospital with face wounds after being attacked by a mentally ill man during a rally in Milan. The attack has launched a broad discussion about Italy's poisoned political climate.

With articles from the following publications:
Frankfurter Rundschau - Germany, ABC - Spain, Gazeta Wyborcza - Poland, Corriere della Sera - Italy

POLITICS

Berliner Zeitung - Germany

Class action against data storage

Diário de Notícias - Portugal

Hunger strike helps Western Sahara

ECONOMY

Die Presse - Austria

Nationalising Carinthia

To Vima Online - Greece

Greece's risky austerity policy

SOCIETY

Pražský deník - Czech Republic

Babies an unsound investment

LOCAL COLOURS

SPORT

De Volkskrant - Netherlands

Plan of action for Tiger Woods