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| Newsflash April 30, 2013 |
| (2013-04-30) |
| Last updated: 2013-05-01 12:56 EET |
Unemployment in the Eurozone reached in March a new record, 12.1%, with over 19.2 million people affected, according to the Eurostat office. It is the 23rd consecutive month of growing unemployment in the Eurozone. In the EU, unemployment affected over 26.5 million people, 10.9% of the active population. The highest rates are experienced by Greece and Spain, with over 27%. In Romania, unemployment stayed at 6.7% in March, according to Romania’s national statistics office.
Italy has a new government as of Tuesday, when the cabinet proposed by the new PM Enrico Letta, a representative of the centre-left Democratic Party won a second confidence vote in the Senate after the lower house confidence motion in his coalition government passed as easily on Monday night as expected. Among the new government’s priorities are economic recovery, creation of jobs, reinstating trust in public institutions and supporting investment rather than austerity measures. The biggest challenge facing the new government is a decrease in the country’s public debt, currently at a record level of over 2,000 billion euros. Letta’s government is the first one, after 1947, to be backed by both centre-left and centre-right parties.
Prince Willem-Alexander, now 46 years old, became on Tuesday king of Holland after his mother, Queen Beatrix, abdicated at 75, after a 33-year reigh. The ceremonies in Amsterdam were attended by crowned heads from all over Europe and the world. The new king is married to Maxima Zorreguieta of Argentina, and is the youngest sovereign after Willem III, who reigned until 1890. At the same time, Sweden celebrates its national day, the birthday of King Carl the 16th Gustaf, born in 1946, who has been reigning since September 15th, 1973.
The Romanian defence minister, Mircea Dusa, on Tuesday received in Bucharest the head of the US Transport Command, general William Fraser. The main topics tackled were adapting the North-Atlantic Alliance to the new global threats and the situation in Afghanistan. They also talked about the possibility to use the Mihail Kogalniceanu airport for the repatriation of the American forces in Afghanistan. We remind you that Romania currently has 1500 troops dispatched in Afghanistan.
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