This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com.
* European Commission’s Barroso proposes tax on financial transactions
* Violence against Roma Gypsies grows in Czech Republic
* Gaddafi suspected to be under protection of Tuareg tribe
* Russia’s Putin warns against overuse of foreign words
European Commission’s Barroso proposes tax on financial transactions
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As Europe’s financial system continues to melt down, a desperate European Commission president José Manuel Barroso proposed to tax financial transactions, saying that “It is time for the financial sector to make a contribution back to society.” He said that the tax would raise more than €55 per year. However, Britain is likely to be strongly opposed to such a tax, since four out every five financial transactions in the EU take place in the UK. Independent
Violence against Roma Gypsies grows in Czech Republic
For weeks there have been riots between Czech locals and newly settled Roma in northern Bohemia in the Czech Republic. What started as a series of brutal but isolated fights has grown into a popular movement in small towns along the eastern German border. Right-wing extremists led by the far-right Workers’ Party for Social Justice (DSSS), have fanned the hatred. Despite a massive police presence the violence is growing. Some 300 neo-Nazis, most of them young men with bald heads and black jackets, marched alone recently through the small town of Nový Bor. The right-wing extremists chanted “Gypsies must go” and “Free, social and national.” Spiegel
Gaddafi suspected to be under protection of Tuareg tribe
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Libya’s former leader Muammar Gaddafi has always had close relations with the huge Tuareg tribe in Libya. (See “26-Sep-11 World View — Libya’s Gaddafi may be launching a counterattack with Tuareg tribe”) Now the rebel National Transitional Council (NTC) says that it has “reliable information that Gadhafi is protected by the Tuareg tribe located between Niger, Algeria and Ghadamis town in Libya.” In the past, the NTC has made similar claims that have turned out to be wrong. CNN
Russia’s Putin warns against overuse of foreign words
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin called on Russians on Wednesday not to overuse foreign words. “When we rename a tekhnikum a college, this speaks about our lack of self-confidence. We need time to realize that we are a great country, a great nation with a great culture, and we have a lot to be proud of.” Ria Novosti
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