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Published on 25 January 2012 at 11:51

Film director Theo Angelopoulos, who won the Palme d'Or at Cannes in 1998, died on January 24 at the age of 76 after being hit by a motorcyclist on a street in the port of Piraeus, near Athens.

Tragic end for poet of world cinema – To Ethnos

IMF has scaled down its global forecasts for 2012 from 4% to 3.3%, partly blaming the recession expected in the eurozone.

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Global growth hostage of European crisis – Les Echos

As the EU green-light eventual sanctions against Budapest for its excessive budget deficit, Hungarian Prime Minsiter Viktor Orbán was in Brussels to talk with EU leaders about possible amendments to his government's controversial institutional reforms.

"I take full responsibility" – Népszabadság

Spanish prosecutors have called for the dismissal of charges against top judge Baltasar Garzon on the opening day of his trial for abuse of power in probing Franco-era crimes.

Crimes of Francoism: Public prosecutor asks for Garzón trial to be dropped – Público

With their freezer trawlers capable of storing up to 7,000 tonnes of fish, Dutch fishermen are guilty of over-fishing in the Pacific, along with the Chinese and Russians, says the World Wildlife Fund.

Fishermen empty Pacific Ocean – Trouw

Last year, the financial police tracked down 7,500 people who declared zero income but who must now pay nearly 21 billion euros in taxes.

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Who are the tax evaders? – La Repubblica

According to a study by the University of Essex, the British are becoming less honest and their trust in government and business leaders has fallen to a new low.

Britain facing boom in dishonesty – The Independent

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