The trial of mass murderer Anders Breivik for the attacks in Oslo and Utøya opened in Oslo yesterday. Due to testify today, he has already admitted responsibility for the attack but pleaded not guilty, citing self-defence.
Today he puts words to the killings – Aftenposten
Argentinian President Cristina Kirchner has announced the renationalisation of YPF, the country's biggest oil company, ousting the Spanish group Repsol as majority shareholder. Madrid described the decision as "arbitrary and hostile" and has withdrawn its ambassador to Buenos Aires as it prepares a legal response.
Spoliation – ABC
Ministers have been advised to allow the controversial practice of fracking for shale gas to be extended in Britain, despite it causing two earthquakes and the emergence of serious doubts over the safety of the wells that have already been drilled.
Gas “fracking” gets green light – The Guardian
Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán's ruling Fidesz party has chosen MEP János Áder, party founder and Orbán ally as a candidate for the succession of President Pál Schmitt. Schmitt had resigned after being found guilty of plagiarising his doctoral thesis. As Fidesz hold three quarters of the seats in parliament, Áder's election on May 2 should be a formality.
Fidesz unanimously names János Áder for post as head of state – Magyar Hírlap
The European Court of Human Rights has condemned Russia for failing to respect the rights of the descendants of the 22,000 Polish officers and civilians executed at Katyn in 1940. While the court found Moscow guilty of not sufficiently informing some fifteen families about an investigation carried out in the 90s, it cannot compel it to make all documents relevant to the affair public as Moscow has declared itself "incompetent" on how the inquiry was then conducted.
Katyn is a war crime, but Russia has nothing to fear – Dziennik Gazeta Prawna
The spiralling of the crisis in which Spain finds itself is spreading to its Iberian neighbour Portugal. Still subject to a bailout from the EU and IMF, a quarter of Portuguese exports go to Spain.
Spain worsens recession in Portugal – Jornal de Negócios
The Cantacuzino Institute, Romania's national institute for research and development in microbiology, which is the main producer of vaccines in south-eastern Europe, stopped production of medicine to fight TB in 2010 and of the anti-flu serum Polidin in 2011. This was due to lack of funding and administrative authorisation. Romania now has to import these products at a higher price.
“Cantacuzino” killed from the inside – Adevărul
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