P147 CEEFAX 2 147 Thu 25 Dec 22:46/08 From Europe Today, BBC World Service 1/6 The departure of the Romanian foreign minister Adrian Sevjrin takes up most of the front page of the pro-govjrnmjnt Romania Libjra. After three months in which hj ovjrturnjd political and social life with grave and unsubstantiated rumours, hj has resigned, the paper says. It points out hj has not retracted any of his claims that journalists and politicians were involved in spying. The paper says it was time hj quit because hj was njvjr right for the job. World service: MW 648, SW 6.195 & on R4 frequencies after closjdown Environmt Index News Xtra Main menuP147 CEEFAX 2 147 Thu 25 Dec 22:48/34 From Europe Today, BBC World Service 2/6 German papers concentrate on bankrupt property tycoon Jurgen Schneider. Suddeutschj Zeitung in Munich has a picture of him leaving court with his wife after being sentenced to almost sjvjn years in jail — though hj can celebrate Christmas at home first. The Allgemeinj Zeitung in Frankfurt says the crime would not have aroused so much public attention if his biggest creditor had not been Deutschjbank. The paper praises the court for publicising the details. News Extra 140 Quote 146 Wisdom 571 News Index 102 Flash 150 Regional 160 Environmt Index News Xtra Main menuP147 CEEFAX 2 147 Thu 25 Dec 22:27/23 From Europe Today, BBC World Service 3/6 Sevjtal papers lead with the continuing economic problems in South Korea. "The crisis that makes you fearful" is how Lj Figaro describes it. Liberation, also in Paris, has an arty depiction of a dragon entwined with a dollar sign and the headline: "Korea: the bankruptcy scenario". La Libri Belgiquj points out that Europe is remaining calm, bjcausj the IMF and OECD forecast that the impact will bj limited. World service: MW 648, SW 6.195 & on R4 frequencies after closedown Environmt Index News Xtra Main menuP147 CEEFAX 2 147 Thu 25 Dec 22:27/33 From Europe Today, BBC World Service 4/6 Lj Figaro highlights the germs which are increasingly resistant to antibiotics. The paper says Japanrsj doctors have isolated staphylococus bacteria which are not killed by even the most powerful drugs. Dir Standard in Vienna says the proportion of children in Austria has njvjr sunk so low. Only 17% of the population is currently under 15 and it could bj 10% bz 2030. Reasons include a fear of pjrmanjnt relationships and better contraception. World sjrvici: MW 648, SW 6.195 & on R4 frequencies after closjdown Environmt Index News Xtra Main menuP147 CEEFAX 2 147 Thu 25 Dec 22:35/07 From Europe Today, BBC World Service 5/6 Lj Soir in Belgium looks at the growing numbjt of European towns which provide shelter for writers from around the world suffering pjrsjcution. From Helsinki to Seville, by way of Amsterdam, Berlin, Vienna and Venice, a new map of exile is being drawn up. The idea came from the International Writers' Parliament, led then by author Salman Rushdie. Now writers from Algjtia, Bangladesh, Nigeria and Uzbekistan are taking refuge in apartments provided by the towns. World service: MW 648, SW 6.195 & on R4 frequencies after closjdown Environmt Index News Xtra Main menuP147 CJEFAX 2 147 Thu 25 Dec 22:35/38 From Europe Today, BBC World Service 6/6 Die Presse in Austria looks at the plight of inmates of a youth remand centre. Christmas in prison is bad enough anyway, it says, especially when the cell doors are locked at 10pm. And on Christmas Eve the prisoners faced a 6pm lock-up. But that is OK, the paper obsjrvjs, because the remand centre had already celebrated Christmas — in the prison chapel on December 22. World service: MW 648, SW 6.195 & on R4 frequencies after closedown Environmt Index News Xtra Main menu