Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

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MEDIA LAW CONTROVERSY
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Hungary's Orbán Gets Frosty Reception in European Parliament
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is increasingly a political
outsider in Europe, although his country holds the rotating EU
presidency. During an speech in the European Parliament on Wednesday,
members strongly attacked the leader over his country's controversial
new media law.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,740400,00.html#ref=nlint

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HUNGARIAN JOURNALIST
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'There's More at Stake than Just Freedom of the Press'
Károly Vörös, editor in chief of the Hungarian daily Népszabadság and a
vocal critic of the country's new media law, discusses what he describes
as a constitutional state that is "systematically dissolving." The worst
for journalists, he warns, will come after Hungary's EU presidency.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,740209,00.html#ref=nlint

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MUTED PROTESTS
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Why Are European Companies Silent about Hungarian Media Law?
Hungary's highly controversial new media law put on the books in
December can effectively muzzle unfavorable reporting and has drawn
criticism from across Europe, but the protests of the German and Swiss
media companies doing business in Budapest have seemed muted.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/0,1518,740294,00.html#ref=nlint

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'CHAOS IN THE TOWER'
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Poland Says Russia Shares Blame for Kaczynski Crash
On Tuesday, it was Poland's turn. A week after a team of Russian
investigators blamed the Polish flight crew for last year's plane crash
which killed President Lech Kaczynski and dozens of other dignitaries,
Poland has fired back with its own report. Russian air traffic
controllers, it says, share responsibility for the disaster.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,740347,00.html#ref=nlint

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SUSPECTED JIHADIST NABBED
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Police in Pakistan Arrest German Islamist
Pakistani police reportedly arrested a German citizen on Monday. The
German-Syrian Rami M. had a broken leg and was believed to be traveling
to a hospital, disguised in a burqa.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,702217,00.html#ref=nlint

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Photo Gallery: Life and Death in Waziristan
http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-56247.html#ref=nlint


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MAKEOVER FOR DEUTSCHE BAHN
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German Government Plans Radical Railroad Reform
In the wake of winter-related chaos on Germany's railroad system,
Transportation Minister Peter Ramsauer is planning far-reaching reforms
to the national railway operator Deutsche Bahn. More money will be made
available for infrastructure investment, and a long-planned
privatization of the company looks likely to be watered down.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/0,1518,740182,00.html#ref=nlint

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Deutsche Bahn: Die Bahn
http://www.spiegel.de/international/topic/deutsche_bahn/#ref=nlint


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THE SHIPWRECK AND THE LORELEI
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Traffic Remains Blocked after Rhine Tanker Accident
Nearly a week after a tanker carrying sulfuric acid capsized in a
picturesque bend of the Rhine, commercial traffic on the river remains
at a standstill. Two of the ship's four crew members are still missing.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,740322,00.html#ref=nlint

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Photo Gallery: The Deadly Lure of the Lorelei
http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-63720.html#ref=nlint


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KEEPING THE EURO
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Merkel Rules Out Return to Deutsche Mark
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has snuffed out speculation about
reintroducing the deutsche mark in Germany as a response to the current
euro crisis. In a magazine interview, she renewed her support for the
common currency and rejected the idea of splitting the euro zone in two.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,740336,00.html#ref=nlint

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THE WORLD FROM BERLIN
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'Obama Can Not Afford a Rift with China'
Chinese President Hu Jintao is in the US for a four-day visit which
observers speculate could thaw frosty relations between Beijing and
Washington. German commentators warn that the world cannot afford
conflict between the two major powers.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,740319,00.html#ref=nlint

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SPIEGEL 360: Our Full Coverage of China
http://www.spiegel.de/international/topic/china/#ref=nlint


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PICTURE THIS
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Ice Maiden


http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,740419,00.html#ref=nlint