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Meeting in Luxembourg, the EU's foreign ministers have endorsed a new set of sanctions against Iran, the toughest to date. They concern the banking, industrial and shipping sectors and seek to dissuade Tehran from maintaining its uranium enrichment programme, which is allegedly for military purposes. The EU27 also tightened sanctions against the Syrian regime, particularly in terms of access to Syrian Arab Airlines flights to EU airports.
EU tightens sanctions – Luxemburger Wort
British Prime Minister David Cameron and Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond yesterday signed the deal that will pave the way for a legally watertight independence referendum in 2014. There will be only one question on the ballot paper — in or out of the United Kingdom — and 16 and 17-year-olds will be allowed to vote. For the Scottish daily, this is a “milestone on the century-long march to Scottish independence – or the moment the Union finally out-foxed the biggest threat to its existence in 300 years.”
An historic day – The Scotsman
Artur Mas, president of the autonomous Catalonia region, has said he will "openly internationalize the conflict" if Madrid continues to prohibit a referendum on independence for the region. The European Commission has said it would pronounce on the consequences of Catalonian independence only if Madrid asked.
Mas, ready to break ties with Europe – La Gaceta
"Scots, Catalans or Flemish, the desire for independence often draws inspiration from the history of the country and is not quite directed against Europe. But it is the dissolving of borders and national interests that has brought prosperity and security to the continent. In times of crisis, small states are quickly overwhelmed," the paper writes, in the wake of the agreement between London and Edinburgh on the Scottish independence referendum.
Europe's separatists revolt – Financial Times Deutschland
Yesterday as Finance Minister Vitor Gaspar presented the 2013 budget to MPs, hundreds demonstrated in front of the parliament in Lisbon. There were clashes with police, and eleven were hurt. The tax burden is due to hit 36.8% of GDP in 2013, the highest in 35 years. Tensions about its austerity programme are being felt within the coalition government and also inside the senior coalition party, the social democrat PSD.
Gaspar’s budget aggravates tensions in Government – Diário de Notícias
The head of the EU Delegation in Moldova confirmed on 15 October that after the signing of the Association Agreement between the EU and Chişinău, scheduled for early 2013, Moldovans will be able to enter and move in the EU without a visa for a period of 3 months. They will not have access to the labour market, however, writes the Chişinău daily.
We can travel without visas in EU! (for 3 months from 2013) – Timpul
According to latest figures on the state of the labour market in Hungary, the number of young people leaving the country in search of employment is increasing, while the number of scholarships continues to decline. In September, there were 30,000 fewer students enrolled at university compared to September 2011, and 33,000 scholarships instead of 56,000. If the trend continues, the country will have 150,000 graduates less by 2020.
Graduates flee Orbán regime – Népszabadság
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