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State of the Union

Reality Check: Obama's speech; Kosovo's "Self-determination" movement; new EU laws on data protection; Fracking in the Weinviertel

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EPA

US President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress on 24 January 2012. Photo: SAUL LOEB/AFP

Our Washington correspondent Priscilla Huff reports on President Obama’s last State of the Union speech before November’s election.

Kosovo

As the multinational International Steering Group, which has been overseeing Kosovo’s independence announces that supervision will end this year, we take a look at the “Self-determination” movement, its political aims and its development.

EU & Data

The European Commission is presenting new, tougher, rules on data protection. RC hears about the implications for Web giants like Google and Facebook and how they will affect users.

Fracking

A report on OMV plans to extract shale gas in the Weinviertel using the controversial fracking process, which has been banned in France and sparked big protests in other countries in Europe.