From the Heart of Europe 13.06.2013 | 14:00 UTC

HOLOCAUST

Israeli Premier Netanyahu opens Auschwitz exhibition

	Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has unveiled the Jewish state's new Holocaust display at the site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. An important feature is a book featuring the names of those murdered.

STRIKES

Strikes paralyze rail system in France

	Rail workers have gone on strike in France, crippling the country's train system, one day after striking air traffic controllers triggered flight cancellations en masse. The rail strikes are expected to end on Friday.

STRIKES

Greek workers strike over closure of broadcaster ERT

	Greek public workers have been staging a protest against the shock closure of the country’s state broadcaster. Buses and trains stopped running, with air traffic controllers also planning a walkout.

Greek government under pressure after closing state broadcaster

WORLD

DEMOCRACY

Ukrainian politics are becoming increasingly polarized

	"Antifascists" vs "Neofascists" - politics in Ukraine are getting more and more radicalized, polarizing voters. Yet some critics suspect it's a plot working in the current government's favor.

Ukrainian politician and boxing champion Vitali Klitschko Failed revolution - Ukraine heads back to Soviet past 'We live in two realities' in Ukraine

TURKEY

Germany urges calm in Turkey

	Germany is urging the Turkish government to keep calm after the brutal repression of protests in Istanbul. Despite criticisms, many are calling for Turkey's EU entry negotiations to restart - now more than ever.

Turkish PM issues 'final' warning to protesters In Focus: Turkey's growing wave of protests Erdogan offers teargas and talks in Turkey Erdogan's 'civilian coup' echoes in Ankara suburb

BUSINESS

MIGRATION

OECD: Migration picks up, and so does unemployment

	Migration to and within OECD member countries has increased, but the employment prospects for those on the move have worsened, a fresh study says. Better integration programs are of the essence.

Foreign domestic workers swap family life for family future

FOREIGN TRADE

EU seeks WTO ruling in steel dispute with China

	The European Union has opened a new chapter in its trade battle with China. After solar panels, wine and high-powered cars, the focus has now shifted to steel as the EU is seeking a WTO ruling against Chinese tariffs.

Trade War with China - What would it mean?

GROWTH

World Bank predicts less growth, more stability for 2013

	The World Bank has revised downward its global growth prediction, citing sluggish recovery in industrialized nations as the main reason. In good news, the global financial sector is stabilizing, the lender has said.

ECB predicts another year of recession ECB holds rates steady, expects deeper recession OECD: 'multiple speed' recovery could hurt global growth IMF aims lower on China growth prospects

ENERGY

UNEP report sees slowdown in renewable energy investments

	Global demand for renewable energy has continued to rise steadily, a fresh United Nations report has shown. But the study also pointed out that lower prices had prompted a reduction in revenue in the sector.

Argentina builds first-ever solar neighborhood to fight energy poverty

CULTURE

THEATER

The pen is a sword on Napoleon's battlefield

	Which battles are you involved in? European artists provide answers 200 years after Napoleon's defeat at the Battle of Nations in Leipzig. Their experimental communal theater project brings audiences to the "front."

Napoleon returns to Russia 200 years after defeat Recreating the War of 1812 Leipzig music students sing against new tuition Karin Beier to head famed Hamburg theater