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German millionaire Gunter Sachs, known for his three-year marriage to actress Brigitte Bardot, committed suicide

German playboy Gunter Sachs, known for his three-year marriage to actress Brigitte Bardot, killed himself Saturday at his home resort of Gstaad in the Swiss Alps, transmit HuffingtonPost. Sachs was 78 years old and suffering from an incurable degenerative disease.

In a statement released by his family, at his request Sachs, millionaire said he chose to end their life after he concluded that he suffers from a serious degenerative disease that affected his memory and ability to communicate.

"I always did before the great challenges, " Sachs said in statement.

AP wrote that the family did not give details about the location or circumstances of death millionaire, but the weekly Focus reported that Sachs was shot Saturday at his home resort of Gstaad in the Swiss Alps.

Sachs was born in 1932 into a wealthy family of German industrialists. He used his intelligence and wealth to fund a glamorous lifestyle, which has fascinated the German public opinion '60s and '70s.

At that time, German tabloids reporting on his connections with romance and friendships on celebrities such as Andy Warhol.

Sachs has become known as a photographer, documentary filmmaker and art collector.

Swiss magazine Bilanz estimated the value of its assets of $ 340-455 million.

Sachs was married to Brigitte Bardot, between 1966-1969.

The millionaire had three children: Rolf (first marriage), Christian and Alexander (whose mother is the third wife of Sachs, Mirjam Larsson).

Austria: Former Prime Minister Ivo Sanader be extradited

An Austrian court ruled Monday that former Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader can be extradited to his homeland where he will be tried for acts of corruption, Reuters. Former chief executive of Croatia between 2003-2009, Sanader was arrested in Austria in December 2010 under an international warrant for his arrest.

Sanader was wanted by the authorities in Zagreb for an investigation of corruption. Croatian prosecutor said seeking punishment of 15 years in prison for corruption and abuse of power for the former premier.

Hans Rathgeb, president of the Salzburg Regional Court, Sanader said that Austrian authorities will remain in custody after his lawyers appealed the decision Monday.

Sanader Croatia had left a day before his arrest, shortly before the Parliament in Zagreb waive his immunity.

Prosecutors suspecteza him that it was in power, Sanader was behind a plan for setting up secret funds for the HDZ, the conservative political faction. Sanader is the highest ranking Croatian accused of corruption so far.

Croatian Office requested the fight against corruption in December 2010 blocking properties and assets of Sanader, among which several businesses and apartments.

Just days after his arrest in Austria Sanader, Parliament adopted the law in Zagreb that allows seizure of assets obtained through illicit means, the decision of the Croatian parliament authorities as part of the fight against organized crime and corruption, a country aspiring to join European Union in 2012.

The document stipulates that the authorities can seize property both before and during investigations. The judges will decide which part of his fortune was acquired through illegal means and, once the verdict is announced, the goods will be taken over by the state.

The law also obliges banks to provide information about the finances of suspects.

Palestinian Authority announces that can not pay salaries for May since Israel stopped transferring tax collected

Palestinian Authority, the lead in the West Bank, said Monday it could not pay salaries for the first time since 2007 because of Israel's decision to stop transferring funds it collects on its behalf, said on Monday. Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said the Israeli decision has executive authority in a financial position "very difficult".

Fayyad said that since mid 2007, the Palestinian Authority paid "promptly" on the salaries of 150,000 employees who have, in the 5th of each month. "We are now on the 9th of May and I could not fulfill our obligations," said Palestinian Prime Minister.

According to Fayyad, Israel's decision was prompted by concerns of the authorities in Jerusalem about the agreement signed last week between Fatah and Hamas. The government in Ramallah has been in a financial position as "very difficult," Palestinian official said.

Government of Israel decided on May 1, to stop the transfer of funds, which represent about 70% of revenues Palestinian Authority, saying the money would reach the Hamas militant group considered a terrorist by the authorities in Jerusalem.

On Wednesday, Mahmoud Abbas and Khaled Meshaal, leader of Fatah, Hamas respectively, have signed an agreement in Cairo, which put an end to the rupture of four years. Palestinian Authority President and Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas said the Palestinians have decided to "turn the page forever splitting the dark."

On 1 May, the Israeli Ministry of Finance said it will delay the transfer of taxes collected by the Palestinian Authority until it is proved that money does not reach Hamas. Also, Obama said the U.S. administration will reconsider its policy of aid to the Palestinian Authority.

Hamas is considered a terrorist by the U.S. and Israel. Islamist groups would terminate the state of Israel and to support bin Laden.

Pakistani Ambassador to U.S.: heads would roll after the discovery that Bin Laden fled to Pakistan years

Pakistani Ambassador to the United States, Hussain Haqqani, has assured that "heads will fall among Pakistanis Senior" after discovering the fact that Osama bin Laden took refuge in Pakistan for years. He explained that a decision in this regard could be taken immediately after completion of the investigation. Pakistani ambassador made the remarks in an interview given to CNN and took the France Presse.

"If these heads fall for incompetence, we will inform the United States. If it proves collusion, then will be zero tolerance" - said Hussain Haqqani.

White House demanded, moreover, the authorities in Islamabad to explain how it was possible that the world's most wanted man to live for years in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad. Request Americans takes place in a context where Washington has not informed the Pakistani authorities about the operation that launched her to kill the leader of Al Qaida, one week ago.

Sunday, Mr. Obama said that Bin Laden would have benefited from support to "just inside" Pakistan. "

Osama bin Laden lived in Pakistan for over seven years - said Saturday officials of the Pakistani security services told Reuters. One of the widows terrorist leader told investigators the terrorist group Al Qaeda leader lived in a village in Pakistan for almost two and half years before moving to the nearby city of Abbottabad, where he was found and killed U.S. forces.

Japan will continue to use nuclear energy

 

Japan will continue to use nuclear energy despite the current crisis in which it occurs. The statement belongs to the Japanese Prime Minister Secretariat and Yoshito Sengoku was made public in a TV program. Sengoku said that Japan's energy strategy remains focused on nuclear energy and that the government is not going to stop other than those three nuclear reactors at Hamaoka, Ria Novosti announced.

Prime Minister Naoto Kan previously said he wants to close Hamaoka reactors located on the Pacific coast because of the risk posed by the earthquake.

Immediately after the earthquake of March authorities re-started the 54 nuclear reactors in Japan.

 

EurActiv.ro: Iberian Party of Romanians to participate in municipal elections in Spain

500 Romanian Community of Cartaya (Huelva), Spain will be represented at the May 22 municipal elections of Roman Iberian Party (Pirum). Party has expressed willingness to participate in the elections with the intention to fight for full integration of foreigners and to improve working conditions of seasonal workers. In fact, the vast majority of members are Pirum agricultural workers from Romania and other countries, established in Cartaya, a mainly agricultural town in which the immigrant vote could prove decisive.

Heading the list is Roman Iberia Party Emanuela Popa, a Romanian woman aged 42 years. Popa Roman explains that the idea of community comes from the need to form their own party to fight for real and total integration. "

Ukraine: An artist who has fried eggs at the flame of a monument, accused of grave desecration

An artist who has fried eggs on the flame of the monument dedicated to the Second World War, risking five years in prison, writes Daily Mail.

Sin'kova Anna, 20 years, she cooked food in the Park of Glory in Kyiv, which marks the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany. In the video posted on YouTube a young woman can be spotted eggs in a frying pan.

The images provoked an outburst of anger from the Ukrainian authorities, who arrested the young. She was charged with desecration of graves and was refused bail by the court of appeal in Kiev.

In turn, she said: "They say they have desecrated a grave, but it is quite the opposite. eternal flame is a grave is a sign of totalitarian communist propaganda.

Young added: "If it was a sacrilege, a desecration was an object of Soviet propaganda, not the soldiers graves. "

She claimed he was arrested by a group of men who wore masks when leaving a supermarket.

Also, she was interrogated for four hours without being present and a lawyer, so they intend to appeal to European Court of Human Rights.

Vladimir Voronin accused the Moldovan Ministry of Defense concluded that "secret agreements" with Bucharest

PCRM leader Vladimir Voronin, the Moldovan Ministry of Defence accused of fact could conclude that "collusion" with Bucharest, advocating for the permanent neutrality of the Republic of Moldova, announces Mediafax, quoting the newspaper time. Former president of Chisinau held a press conference to present a draft law on permanent neutrality status of the Republic of Moldova: "The project idea emerged after the advent to power of the Alliance for European Integration."

"Moldovan Ministry of Defense sign secret agreements with the Defense Ministry in Romania - a NATO member. I am sure that in future the authorities will start reshaping the different targets for conversion into foreign military bases," said Vladimir Voronin.

The project contains the foundations of political, military, economic and humanitarian neutrality and will be submitted Tuesday to Parliament. "The project provides for partial or total demilitarization of the territory of the Republic Modova, it will decide later and, of course, also requires the Transnistrian conflict," said the former leader of Chisinau.

According to Radio Free Europe, Vladimir Voronin has accused the ruling parties that would make the "European integration in Euro-Atlantic integration", eroding the status of neutrality stipulated by the Constitution. During the press conference, he stressed that the bill is meant to strengthen Moldova's neutrality and to prevent the country's accession to NATO.

According Jurnal de Chisinau, Voronin's draft prohibits foreign troops coming in Moldova and prohibiting participation in foreign military action: "There are some hidden dangers and attempts to use bases on the Marculesti. There are other things. Therefore, we must have this law, "said former Moldovan president.

Communist leader suggested that the main danger is the "non-transparent agreements" between Moldova and Romania, as well as "nonsense" political leaders.

"Hungary's shame of Europe" - German commentators on the new Hungarian Constitution

New Hungarian Constitution, adopted Monday by the Parliament in Budapest, is harshly criticized by the international community to "attack on pluralism, religious intolerance against sexual minorities. German public television commentators, quoted by Der Spiegel, said after the vote that "Hungary's shame of Europe."

Critics fear the new constitution will become a nationalist ideology, the party's conservative Prime Minister Viktor Orban (of government) in a state doctrine will strengthen the party's power and could undermine the democratic Hungary.

Deputy Foreign Minister of Germany, Werner Hoyer, told Der Spiegel that the new Constitution is even more worrisome than the media law, which drew an international scandal in Hungary.

"Only if there remains a trace of pluralism, variety of opinions, the gains of a free society. If you talk to people about politics in Hungary, see fear, as in the old East Germany. In this manner, place Hungary is no longer EU.'s shame of Europe. But Europe does not say anything "- so the public television station ARD commented vote in Hungary.

The main changes brought by the new Constitution:

- Reducing the powers of the Constitutional Court, by eliminating tax and budget decisions
- Stipulates the obligation of the Hungarian state to be responsible for ethnic Hungarians from abroad
- Enhances the powers of the President about the appointment of the management of Central Bank
- Public debt limit
- Defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman
- Refer to Christianity in the Preamble
- The government has a veto in respect of indebtedness of local councils

Barcelona: Sagrada Familia, evacuated after a fire

Sagrada Familia Church in Barcelona has been evacuated after a fire Tuesday morning, AFP. A mayor's spokesman said there were no injuries.

"It was more smoke than fire and the fire was less severe than we initially thought, " said the spokesman, adding that visitors were evacuated as a precaution.

According to statements preedintelui association Sagrada Familia, Joan channel, made ​​the Catalan TV3 television is the home fires alleged criminal and author, considered to be "mentally unstable" was retained.

Approximately 3000-4000 people were inside or near the church in momemntul evacuation, according to the Catalan media.

Sagrada Familia (Holy Family) is a huge church in the capital of Catalonia, Barcelona (north-eastern Spain). The huge building is still unfinished, although we are working on it since 1882.

Sagrada Familia church's original design was done by architect Antonio Gaudi, who worked with him over 40 years, his last 15 years exclusively devoted his life. Initial estimates based on construction techniques of the early 20th century, predicted a period of several hundred years for completion.

Currently the estimated time is 2026. After Gaudí's death in 1926, work continued under the leadership of Sugranyes Domenech, until 1936, when they were interrupted by the Spanish Civil War.