some of these social networking companies to surveillance companies and one of my colleagues went to brussels last week testifying to the european parliament about how it has been used and how we think that we can hold these companies accountable. on the other hand, some of the regulations that were posed are problematic in that just as back in the '90s the crypto wars blocked encryption technology from being exported. i'm sorry, the regulations on encryption rather and we have that ability to support encryption technology. there are similar regulations on surveillance technology. right now syrians are prohibited from accessing certain communications tools for existing commerce and treasury departments so they are trying to strike a balance between ensuring that the surveillance tools don't get in the wrong hands but also ensuring that communication tools are accessible to all. it does seem like an unfair for -- fight. in terms what people can do we should be looking at the same sort of model. users need to be aware, not just users, sorry, obviously multiple users but stakeholders and everyon

in brussels we meet a coordinated set of the european union's representatives because they're getting together to explore space together, embark on space adventures together. and one of the issues was we were perfecting our gps. yes, it was a military funded project, but once it became part of our commerce, then the ownership in a way kind of shifted from the military to the public. our planes are equipped with gps. gps receivers, so they can find their way around the world. europe was planning a competing system to gps system, called galileo. it's extremely expensive to do this. we are there, remember, this is the aerospace commission. we said you could use our gps, what's the matter? we want to build our own. our worry was that if they build it then they will require every one of our airplanes to be equipped with their galileo receivers, upping the cost of equipping all of our airplanes which is already in a bad economic state. so we are at the table, and i remember the guy sitting across from me. he was kind of smug. we were saying we want you to use this, and they were just doing

and hello, and a very warm welcome to "european journal", our magazine from brussels with storieall across europe. here ishat we he for you. whe jewish families are contemplating leaving france. spain -- while more horses have to be rescued from the slaughterhouse. informants on the church board. france's jewish community is the largest one in the eu, and french jews are particularly shocked at the series of attacks in toulouse. the perpetrator first killed three french soldiers. in his eyes, there were los souls. then he shot dead three jewish childrennd a rabbi. the attacks have renewed public debate in france about immigration and fundamentalism. those topics are now dominating the election campaign, and the attacks have already changed the daily lives of jewish families in france. >> the knapsacks are packed. he accompanies his daughters to school. after the attack, french jews are more cautious than before. the rabbi wrs a cap over his yamulke. not everyone has to see that he is a jew. his children attend the state's goal, not the district jewish school. that already increases the dan

one of my colleagues was in brussels testifying how the tools have been used and rethink we can hold companies accountable. some regulations proposed is problematic to block a encryption technology to be exported. said now we do have that ability and there are similar issues. syrians are prohibited from accessing commerce tools for regulations from the commerce department. but to strike a balance they don't get in the wrong hands but also having communication tools. users need to be aware, but those are aware but in the past year we have seen awareness retain -- ratings but look at the bloomberg coverage has been incredible delineating how and where and what is going on. >> host: to follow-up, to call it the wiretappers although it is generally accessible to the public. if we look at the export issue, there are virtually no regulations preventing european countries from capable of equipment to unpleasant places because they are tools to be used for stopping porn or erred catching bad people or to spy on everybody. is there any way to change that or have greater restriction? is their

globe belgian police have arrested almost five hundred peace activists outside nato headquarters in brussels protesters tried to storm the building but were met with a heavy response from hundreds of officers demonstrators say the march was told to protest nato's intervention policies activists for more than ten european countries took part in. the north korean and u.s. officials have held informal talks amid tensions over appealing yang's plans to launch a long range rocket in the next few weeks the meeting in germany comes after the u.s. called for the launch to be cancelled over concerns that might be a cover for a long range missile test north korea denies this and says the rocket will only put a satellite into orbit. the u.k. and argentina marking the thirtieth anniversary of the start of the falklands war oriel is being held to remember almost a thousand people killed in the conflict is the mid strained relations between the two countries with buenos aires threatening legal action against companies involved in drilling for oil in waters off the islands coast. nowadays many see the inte

♪ >> hello and a very warm welcome to "european journal," our weekly magazine from brussels with stores from all over europe. -- compulsory in armenian schools. paribas in danger. why yorkshire could become a mining center again. and kids keep up -- the controversial ban. armenians do not have it easy. the cease-fire with neighboring as a rise and is very unstable, and the relationship with turkey is difficult because the turks still deny the mass murder armenians during and after the first world war. things are not much brighter when it comes to the country's economy, either. in florida prospects in the small country in the caucuses are low, prompting people to leave the country look for jobs elsewhere in russia or in the u.s.. so how do you make young armenians believe in their future? give them something armenians are famous for. >> they may be only seven, but they already know how to topple a king. these second graders in armenia are learning to play chess. it is a required subject at the anton chekhov school. she says chess is great because it change your mind. it will make some cl

brussels and they don't headquarters are not particularly peaceful some might say. well what reflektor trying to do is to bring the legal look people the official policies before the courts have you tried to do that ourselves bar and i prefer civil disobedience or if they prosecute us we also have a discussion on the legality of the like the nuclear weapons policies and the military interventions before so that's a good distance behind the protests let's take a step back and look at the broader picture nato has been credited by some with bringing a fled fledgling form of democracy to libya for years has been working to bring the same to afghanistan isn't nato a successful pro peace organization. well i would hope to successful i mean nato is not for ten years in afghanistan and i don't see a lot of success libya now we see like the revenues of more than on that that's between wars or between militias so effectively you can question if the military interventions are really pretty or are we just arming the next phase in civil war but if it through the military the num

we are coming to you live from moscow still to come in the program here a bus stop in brussels to find out how a bus a first demo quickly turned into a violent showdown with police just outside nato's headquarters. also with most italians choked by austerity the country's affluent region of south to roll sees a rise in separatist sentiment. from the pirate party of russia to the group headed by billionaire tycoon mikhail prokhorov but there's no shortage of fresh political blood hoping to find a place in russia's parliament this week with the president expected to sign a new laws making it easier for them to register the competition could get a whole lot tougher and he said now reports on what's become a real party russia. politics in russia may never be the same protests have become a common sight and new parties are registering left and right as political reform. starts them fall former deputy prime minister in the ninety's is no stranger to the white house here. you are right here on our i'm told was long off the political radar until a sudden mass protest movement picked up after v

artsy belgian police have arrested almost five hundred peace activists outside nato headquarters in brussels protesters attempted to storm the building but were met with a heavy handed response from hundreds of officers pounds at lamar and a spokesman for nato game over he took part in the protest they were trying to stop a global war machine which isn't functioning honestly. perfect these are to this doesn't mean we have to stay specifically cite we didn't use violence but actively trying to get them to stop preparation of war policies by needle so we see the nature of course what happens there is appropriation of war war crimes and governments don't stop it's. citizens. to show that they want to stop the need for ten years not just. for the success in the believe your war and what you see you know is that the system. works and you. can sort of political importance so effectively you can question the committing their pensions are really pretty obvious just arming the next phase in the civil war. not just about our top story here on our all day today we've been talking about this tragic acci

in brussels protesters attempted to storm the building but were met with a heavy handed response from hundreds of police officers to discuss the situation when i was joined by anti nato activists and international affairs commentator rick ross offered good to see you today it's not the first time and the nato activists a fellow held a protest like this that explain to us exactly what you're unhappy about. i think world peace and anti intervention activists are concerned about is the fact that as a highlight of going to sponsoring organization and all of your action for peace though we should mention the worry that there are participants from several countries revealingly polluting finland and sweden which though not formal nato members of the peace activists is frak and with the braves and their countries and surreptitiously dragged into nato there is seven hundred some sort of some then one in sweden fighting in northern afghanistan currently in sweden nominally neutral contributed warplanes for nato as war against libya last year what the activists are highlighting what are the thre

artsy belgian police have arrested almost five hundred peace activists outside nato headquarters in brussels protesters attempted to storm the building but were met with a rather heavy handed response from hundreds of officers the demonstration was organized by a belgian and the nato group action for peace campaigners were speaking out against the military interventions in afghanistan and libya and the alliance is nuclear missile shield plans across the globe just a bit earlier on the program i spoke to hans a lot more under spokesman for the nato game over who took part in the protest he says that they were just trying to stop a global war machine the fact that these activists doesn't mean year after steve presley site we didn't use violence but actively trying to get him to stop the preparation of whopper the secret meeting of so we see the need to read quote that's what happens there is appropriation of war out war crimes and evil governments don't stop it it's the citizens who each are for to show that they want to stop it it's not for ten years in afghanistan i don't see a lot of succes

for now belgian police have arrested almost five hundred peace activists outside nato headquarters in brussels protesters attempted to storm the building or met with a heavy handed response from hundreds of officers the demonstration was organized by a belgian and see nato group action for peace campaigners speaking out against the military interventions in afghanistan and libya and the alliances nuclear missile shield plans across the world earlier here on the program i spoke to hands around spokesman for the nato game over he took part in the protest and says they were trying to stop a global war machine. the fact that through europe peace activists doesn't. i mean we have to stay specifically cite we didn't use violence but actively trying to get him to stop the preparation for our policies by nato so. the nato headquarters for what happens there is a preparation for a walk around i need for confidence to stop it when it's done it or its citizens are. to show that they want to stop it and they do this now for ten years in afghanistan and i didn't see a lot of success in the libya war and wh

belgian police have arrested almost five hundred peace activists outside nato headquarters in brussels and has attempted to storm the building but met with a heavy handed response from hundreds of officers demonstration was organized by building and he nato group action for peace campaigners and they were speaking out against the military interventions in afghanistan and libya and the announces nuclear missile shield plans across the world well you know we spoke to hans limerence a spokesman for nato game over who took part in the protest and he says they were trying to stop a global warming chain. the fact that through europe peace activist doesn't mean we have to stay specifically sides we didn't use violence but actively trying to get them to stop the preparation of war policies by nato so we say in the nato headquarters what happens there is appropriation of war i walk crimes and if our governments don't stop it it's the only target citizens reach or to show that they want to stop it they think it's not for ten years enough to understand and i don't see a lot of success in the liby

belgium police have arrested almost five hundred peace activists outside nato headquarters in brussels protesters attempt to storm the building but when met with a heavy handed response from hundreds of officers the demonstration was organized by a belgian anti nato group action for peace campaigners were speaking out against the military interventions in afghanistan and libya and the largest nuclear missile shield plans across the world hands up clement a spokesman for nato gave over and took part in the protest says they were trying to stop a global war machine. the fact that they are a peace activist doesn't mean we have to state specifically sides re didn't use violence but actively trying to get them to stop the perpetration of four policies parnate or so or say in the neighborhood quartus what happens there is a preparation for our walk arounds many of our corners don't stop it it's not going to target citizens. to show that they want to stop it later it's not for ten years in afghanistan i don't see a lot of success in the libya war and what you're seeing now is that it's just s

the opposition despite what the saudis these united states and the british have said strikingly from brussels i'm this progress most in the head of need to has leaders here that need to doesn't feel like it wants to end this conflict and that he has backed peace proposal so you know if one used to speak plainly to the opposition this is that time could be could vantage of what i think is a historic opportunity to stop the violence in syria in fact just a man's peace proposal the six points has one important point which needs to be emphasized and that is the call for what the have a name a humanitarian force to allow people in cities and to have a few hours in the day where they can you know have a normal life where they can get supplies and this is a very important development and it needs to be emphasized yes but important development also needs to be monitored and indeed one of the announced proposals was for the security council to consider monitoring that mission you're talking about but just how different would that be from the arab league's efforts which we saw earlier that failed well

jeff joins us from brussels. can you tell us why the new tensions are such a source of concern were you are? >> it is little known fact that in the recently agreed lisbon treaty on european union, strangely enough there was a reference to the falklands. the declaration of the treaty says that the falklands along to the united kingdom, and therefore, of course, that means that 27 nations, including the u.k., have subscribed to that belief. officially. now, if you talk to european commission felt here, they will say, look, it has nothing to do with us. this is a foreign policy matter for argentina and for the united kingdom. so we do not want to get involved. but in fact, if there's any by is one where the other, because of the treaty reference, the express instructions of the british foreign office, then the official opposition for the european union is malvinas are the falklands and belonged to britain. >> latin america is pretty much united behind argentina on this. in spite of this treaty, what else is happenin

europe from from brussels that were willing skiing and recorded an awful lot. twenty two something children die while whole europe was mourning for four for for a couple of weeks four for two dozen children that were killed their acts and but every day hundreds of children around the world even us are dying because the tragic incident because of the condition of the wife is organized in a way that will make people die tomorrow and the day after tomorrow and nobody seems to cheer for that is a double standard is. it made me i makes me and it make me angry turn makes me very upset actually i was very upset by this accident on. not only because six of the children. and i find it's a terrible tragedy for the family should but i did not react publicly because precisely of the reason which you're given every day children die as a result of. violence against children trafficking. eases diseases and there there's a so we we should really as adults. look at children as as not as our future children suffer today and we must do everything we can to prevent this from happe

that and he what we're looking for is nice sounds coming out of brussels. >> so you're saying spanish spreads will be driven by what he says rather than investors making up their own minds? >> he's the first person who will speak on the issue. and he's the most important person. if he speaks favorably and says, yes, they are doing the right thing, then i think that feeds into investor sentiment, that to some extent bolsters the bond market and then we go go on and hopefully see a virtual sir ket in international markets overall. >> an interesting straw because you could have a situation where financial markets -- you're assuming -- >> i'm talking about politics. >> i know. but you say the markets is led by the politics. you're assuming they're always going to get money in bailouts. >> not always going to get bailouts. >> but in terms of what's the significance of help sthem say' okay, we'll give you support? doct >> greece didn't play the game. they had 24 months to engage in the eu and stay on course and we saw what happened to "greasgre . >> numbers don't add up in greece. >> that's

brussels is almost always about to break apart. we've got these down and hungry but my friend down there. look at the rise of all of these teen anti-immigrant populist parties. and this i think is the future. even the chinese are not oblivious. look at the way they do battle with the uighurs, and see game to to that. the tibetan religion and at that identity is challenging the breakup of china and that was fun -- they want to break away china and establish each turkestan and the chinese are terrified of this. they saw the russian and things fell apart. it ain't going to happen to us and they keep moving chinese saying. i'm like, people say we can't talk about that. we won't be talking about what it is that can kill us. >> i will be committed to catch on. first of all in britain were quite happy for scotland to leave. [laughter] that not going to worry us. but since the beginning i've lived for six in los angeles. and i think hispanics are pretty good job of integrating. i think they share a lot of. they're very religious, very focu

brussels is almost always about to break apart. you've got problems in hungary. my friend paul duffy talks about the race about these right-wing anti-immigrant populist parties and this they think is the future. even the chinese are not a theist. but that the way the to do battle with the leakers in pyongyang and into bed. the tibetan religion and ethnic identity is challenging the week up of china and the muslims want to break away from china and established east turkestan. they sell the russians and that fell apart. that ain't going to happen to us. so they keep moving chinese send. so i know that people can't talk about that. we'll be talking about what it is that could kill us. >> first of all in britain were quite happy -- [inaudible] last night. >> tell me the same thing. [laughter] >> i've lived for about six months in los angeles. they think hispanics are pretty good job of integrating. i think they share letters to american values. hard-working, focused on their families. they're still a melting pot up reading. heather macdonald dutchess solomont p. she

brussels, berlin, paris, amsterdam, the ecb has flushed the money markets with cheap money two three, $1 trillion. money into the market. not to mention the other nonthree-year ltros and the standard procedures. the eurozone money market is a wash with money. lowered interest rates twice, we've still got a bond purchasing program that's dormant but could be reactivated. we've got a covered bond purchasing program, the ecb's done for the time being. of course, talking about exit strategies is premature, probably foolish, but i think that's more of a political backstop position for the bank that have to make their voice heard and say, yes, but we will have to have an exit strategy early enough. we will have to find out how to basically haul in, how to rein in this extra money that is more speak than do. and for the time being, we have to wait how these two ltros really filter through if at all to anything like the real economy. we know the first one was basically aimed at sort of unclogging the dysfunctional money market that has worked to some extent. the second one was more or less de

prepares to sign tents brussel business friends victor boot for conspiring to smuggle arms and kill americans as he protests innocence and vowels to appeal. violence erupts in central our friends after a seventy seven year old man shoots himself in front of the greek parliament claiming austerity costs for decimating his action. bus to france contractors not up for business as india makes plans to modernize the military hit by corruption scandals and crumbling weaponry. from our headquarters in central moscow you're watching our team with me and he said now it's two pm here in the russian capital six am in new york where it's judgment day for a russian businessman victor boot found guilty by an american court of conspiracy conspiring to sell arms to terrorists he faces life behind bars and the sentence to later on thursday but defense maintains his innocence and will appeal they also claim the case has been swayed by the u.s. media sorts he's an associate turk and reports of years spent by the u.s. to hunt down one russian man tens of millions of dollars of taxpayer cash poor into a sting ope

as a bureaucratic mess which takes more then it gives really i mean is this it does dumping on the brussels vassal ban like enter as the e.u. influence waning well the e.u. influence is waning but for reasons that have to do with the so-called dead crisis that is the way europe needers a try to solve a crisis which banks invented by not taking the appropriate measures and also all these new liberal policies but make the rich richer and poorer but there is an tag in his employ is that on the part of many people but even the people who are against this kind of europe and against the euro in an idea percy they want a different kind of europe they are hostile to the way europe runs its policies or is totally incompetent when it comes to solving this problem is if we had a functioning central bank it would be no problem so there is this weariness and hostility but not necessarily. against europe as an idea but against this particular kind of europe and of course there is room corporate civility within europe and things can change whoever's elected president. in may. but last month of course he t

own minority dot com report i know brussels far reaching ambitions to move the tantalus up or grabs a scientist first have plans to be at the forefront of a status they are prominent man mention of their service. plus an american fighter jet crashes into apartments in the state of virginia injuring at least seven people you can see the footage of the aftermath on our you tube channel. these are the images real world in seeing from the streets of canada. trying to corporations rule the day. sea of red flags flooded central moscow today as hundreds of communists gathered to show their political support dishonest side with the results of the presidential election they want to revamp the party image and see the movement become a real opposition force to have the mark say was that the event. the red flags of the communist party as well as they play cards and day banners have been flying high here in pushkin square in moscow with slogans saying a decent life there parliamentary elections as well as russia with each and now this gathering here was all apologies to the party members talking t

♪ >> hello and a very warm welcome to "european journal" coming to you from dw's studio in brussels. life easier for working parents. why the you canadian -- when the ukraine is seeking refuge abroad. -- finish kindergarten making life easier for working parents balancing your professional and family life can be quite a challenge, especially with a number of 9-5 jobs on the decrease. more europeans have to work shifts in hospitals, 24-hour supermarkets, or in the media, but who looks after the little ones when you have to work a night shift? your partner? mother? family friends? finland now has a solution -- an around-the-clock kindergarten. >> shall be working the evening shift today and stuffs her daughter enter her snowsuiand heads for the day care center, and all-day care center, open around-the-clock. >> my husband and i both work shifts. it is to be a regular center. it was complicated to work out who could take her, who could pick her up, and where she could spend the evening. with a 24-hour day care center, it is much easier. >> it is a big help for her husband as well. he wo

. >> transportation workers in brussels or are in -- are on strike after the brutal death of a colleague. police have arrested a suspect. transport police have refused to call off the strike before measures are discussed concerning their safety. the nobel peace prize winning german author has been banned from travelling to israel. his poem published last week caused outrage in the jewish state. the poem also caused controversy here in germany. he said the country was "a threat to world peace." >> at first, few israelis seemed interested in the pelham, but the interior minister -- in the poem, but the interior minister's decision to declare him persona non grata has excited the controversy. >> he says things we cannot accept people in >> opposition leaders say that the government of prime minister benjamin netanyahu is trying to position itself as the protector of national interest. the former ambassador to germany described the travel ban as over the top and slightly hysterical. >> this is just domestic politics. it is wrong. i do not believe he is anti- semitic, not at all. >> since the

we saw that with nafta to be the the uruguay round collapsed in brussels in 1991. we came home and began to negotiate nafta. president george h. w. bush signed it in december of 1992 and was put through congress the following year. within four or five months we completed the round. people came back. they didn't want to have the north american market which was so large to not have the benefits for the global economy. my friend to my left thinks doha is dead. i agree is on life support plan also believe there's a way to bring it back. >> and he's still on my left. [laughter] >> no change at all. and i believe doha could contribute to the strategies i just mentioned but i don't have time in my five minutes to go through but i will tell you there's a simple package that would harvest some games and i would move forward if i had the chance to do so. now the trans-pacific partnership is the only trade agreement this administration is negotiating and i think it could great. the stated goal, and i quote is to bring together economies from across the pacific developed and d

greece the idea of a losing big national sovereignty in other words control over decision making to brussels in return for financial aid so he said it's good that russia still controlled its own destiny as you put it with the current economic growth which is the third force that is in the g eight off to china and india within three years while she will be one of the world for biggest economies boy p.p.p. that's purchasing power parity but he admits of the countries still like small global's in cheek areas productivity is only twelve as high that means it takes a russian worker twice as long to make the same result as a western one for example if for missiles to ease doing business for investors also guarantees he talked about discussing with president method of creating a new public prosecutor who will control a living playing field for business but as you say overall the term of the speech was optimistic it was well received boy n.p.c. with a standing ovation at the end all right thank you for that. i we've got time to take a look at the russian markets how they're faring and they're lookin

you'll have people commenting saying brussels is trying to get involved. first they are trying to deal with everyone's budgets and now tell everyone what labor policy should be like. you'll get a lot of criticism. i think on the balance this is certainly good news. you want to see how tough things still are. take a look at some things on periphery like champagne sales. it means nothing to most of you or to me of course. champagne sales are down. these are measured year over year. here's what's interesting. if you look at what's going on, european shipments are down 14% but other countries around the world are actually up 9.6%. again, this doesn't mean a lot to me. if you lookty company that's a in the luxury market, one company makes the most popular in the world, they've been moving up recently after bottoming in december on hopes that luxury goods might do better. you can see it's up fractionally today but it's been under pressure for the last month. i know nothing about these matters. the 2002 is drinking well. i think i read that on a website. >> try t

states like greece losing their sovereignty in effect handing over national decisionmaking to brussels in return for aid so it's good he said that russia doesn't need help slide help now for the countries however is not too small novelty for price changes as some may think this listening to what he had to say seeing. all the social initiatives connected with oil and gas revenues we shape but it according to a conservative scenario for protocol prices and even if the oil price falls to seventy dollars a barrel will still be able to meet. you in the most to the surprise of truth does stay high russia will be one of the world's fourth biggest economies by p.p.p. those purchasing power parity he said but he admitted the country still lags world warbles in cheap areas for two teaser you call first time that means it takes twice as long for russia working to achieve the same amount he also said that there will be laws to ease doing business of bringing guarantees for investors he's discussing with president medvedev creating a public prosecutor who will control a level playing field for busi

road coming into brussels. you can see there is an industry on the left and the right, but the infrastructure is really very scary for even for daily cyclists as i am. what we are quite doing and it is also quite important if you were a town, let's say, taking off with the bicycle policy is that we have been very successful in organizing events and in setting upestal programs. of course, my criticism and the parliament was like take care. you have a big responsibility because of the events and because of the educational program, you invite people to take the bicycle on the street on a regular day, you have a big risk because your infrastructure is not yet there. so that was part of the political debate. still, i am willing to defend that policy that organizing events, this is in front of a mayor bank in the heart of brussels where the employees have been invited to come to work not by a car and to have a taste, as it says, of another mobility. it is part of the european car-free day which is organized every yea

have opinion future -- how much power can brussels have in future? >> and anti-western german state of westphalia, -- in the western german state of westphalia, they are monitoring a group of fundamentalists on the high streets. >> the action has been criticized by politicians of most major parties and many ordinary muslims to see this as a misuse of their holy book. >> free translations of the koran. they give away copies in germany. the handouts have garnered criticism and put the group on the radar of german authorities. >> distributing the koran is not the problem. the problem is the group. it is an extremely dangerous one. >> :-based preacher is one of the -- the cologne-based preacher is one of those trying to convert people to the state. many see this as an this use of their holy book by the movement. >> this is a very fundamentalist movement and then is some. it is very backward-looking. they seek to establish a a social system that is antiquated. their view does not respond to that of most moslems. -- muslims. >> following the outcry, printe

that is not going down well with brussels. turkey is still denying that a genocide actually happened with armenia. there are a number of domestic issues like freedom of the press. reporters without borders are saying there are more journalists in present at the moment in turkey then in china. some people in brussels are saying that the chances of turkey to join the eu are today slimmer than there were 25 years ago. >> so there are more misconceptions -- there are misconceptions, rather, on both sides. how all -- how long you think turkey will have to wait? >> well, it is not going to happen anytime soon, that is clear. in brussels, people have been saying that everybody knew that 2012 was going to be a particularly difficult year in terms of turkey and eu relationships with the french presidential elections and with cyprus, as i mentioned, taking over presidency of the european union. so far, the consensus seems to be, ok, it is a good thing that we're in talks that all and let's not worsen our situation. so there is a big ent

that exist for social networking company's to surveillance companies so one of my colleagues was in brussels last week testifying to the european parliament about how these tools are used and how we think we can hold these companies accountable. some of the regulations proposed is problematic just as the crypto wars blocked encryption technology from being exported. regulations on encryption. we had these crypto words and the dirksen senate office building export technology. there are similar issues putting regulations on surveillance technology as things stand right now. assyrians are permitted from accessing certain tools because existing commerce and treasury department regulations. the fear is to strike a balance between insuring the surveillance tools don't get in the wrong hands the also that communications tools are accessible to all. it seemed like an unfair fight. in terms of what people can do i think we should be looking at the same sort of models. users need to be aware. not just users. a lot of these have multiple uses but stakeholders and everyone needs to be aware of how these

you were in brussels correspondent from 2002 through 2005. the early years as the euro project developed. i would -- i would love your sense of the internal german dynamics on this but appreciate the anti-german sentiment we are saying in the south. how does the german foreign policy and economic policy react to that? we look forward to your comments. thank you. >> thank you and thanks for your patience. i know this thing -- it is 10 days old. angela merkel said -- they ask, what is your name and would international become a german. she said i am just coming for vacation. icthey know they have a problem. i also would like to talk about that. and i guess i would like to comment on that as well. i think i would address two or three basic misperceptions i have observed here in d.c. german crisis management. i think no one in germany commensurately not the delran has any plan for this crisis trade what they're doing now is they're trying to define what they did as a plan. it is a little bit unfair because no one has anticipated this. there was no

to ease the tension between brussels and the means but no direct connection has been made so far only the party of the. released prisoners is connecting the fact of the release of the sanctions directly but certainly this is a very interesting move and we have to wait and see where there. could be. easing of this tension and lowering his crackdown on the opposition to continue a crackdown which has been taking place for the past two years ever since the presidential vote in three to ten. counties. there thank you. count down to one of the most anticipated shows a year has begun chief. program. where he comes face to face in the headlines and makes it stayed. inside. and phone interviews coming up later this hour. what were your criteria. so the single biggest criterion something i would come up with. that's quite that's quite interesting because there are a number of guests that we couldn't get so let's talk about that sort of thing ship so we're trying to we he's currently in prison on behalf of some sort of even music and political situation makes it extremely difficult for him to s

who said that releasing these two prisoners is definitely a right move to improve relations between brussels and minsk and she demanded that the old political prisoners must be set free as well definitely the ties between brussels and. i have been very much strange after the events in december and the presidential election and the crackdown on the opposition in fact all heads of all diplomatic missions to. the european union left immediately all twenty seven passengers then the european union imposed sanctions umbrella was namely more than two hundred state officials and businessmen are still brought here from traveling to the european union countries as well as several companies are blacklisted from trade with the european union several companies certainly now there have been talks of more tougher sanctions to come within the next several weeks and political analysts are trying to determine whether this unprecedented move by a look at trying to releasing the two high profile prisoners is somehow connected to the possible for the prospect of tougher sanctions but while they are speculating d

who said that releasing these two prisoners is definitely a right move to improve relations between brussels and minsk and she demanded that the old other political prisoners must be set free as well definitely the ties between brussels and minsk have been very much strain after the events and in december twenty third and the presidential election and the crackdown on the opposition in fact all kinds of old diplomatic missions to do the european union left immediately old twenty seven investors then the european union imposed sanctions on bella was namely more than two hundred state officials and businessman are still prohibited from traveling to the european union countries as well as several companies are blacklisted from trade with the european union there have been talks of more tougher sanctions to come within the next several weeks so the possibility that the two. possible sanctions and the release of the prisoners are connected cannot be ruled out by many experts. small world news in brief period out this hour. live pictures down over trial that's just begun again so we can go on and