EUROPEAN HEADLINES
BBC Europe – Russian fire inferno kills 64. At least 64 people have died in a fire that engulfed a shopping and entertainment complex in the Siberian coal-mining city of Kemerovo. Many of the victims are children. Ten people are still listed as missing. The blaze started on an upper floor of the Winter Cherry complex during school holidays. The mall’s shops, cinema and bowling alley were packed at the time.
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| Le Figaro |
Tribute to a French hero
Scarred and grateful, France will pay national tribute to Lieutenant Colonel Arnaud Beltrame who sacrified his life to save that of a hostage in Trèbes. |
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| Suedeutsche Zeitung |
Berlin accuses Facebook of negligence
The new Federal Minister of Justice Katarina Barley accuses the US company of having known about the misuse of user data and having done nothing to prevent it. She now plans stricter requirements for IT companies |
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| Corriere Della Sera |
Berlusconi: Salvini Premier
Interview. Forza Italia President: “Matteo, Di Maio on their own? A cross-breed”. Alliance, M5S divided. League leader: it is up to centre-right. Grillo praises him: he is reliable. |
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| El Pais |
Puigdemont’s arrest finishes farce of Catalan government in exile
Former Catalan premier was detained in Germany after crossing the border from Denmark. |
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| Le Soir |
Alternative medicine seduces Belgians
Homepathy, chiropractic, acupuncture or osteopathy… One out of seven Belgians is in favour of reimbursing non-conventional medicine. |
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| Alithea |
Test for two
Today is the crucial EU-Turkey summit in Varna. |
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| Naftemporiki |
The roadmap for the 120 tranches
How the State debt until 31 December 2016, worth EUR 50,000, could be settled. |
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| Magyar Nemzet |
Commissions turned into diamonds
FBI may know a lot about the trail of embezzled EU funds; Hungarian protected witness in the US. |
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| The Times of Malta |
Commission questions Air Malta deal on slots
The European Commission has questioned the government’s decision to buy Air Malta’s London landing slots through a newly established company in what critics consider an attempt to circumvent EU State aid rules, this newspaper was told. |
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| Publico |
State expenditure in the field of human resources reaches minimum level in 29 years
The share of wages in the GDP was not so low since 1989. The government wants to maintain this trend, in spite of pressure from the left wing. The National Statistics Institute is to confirm today the lowest deficit since the beggining of democracy. |
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