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Money, Anger, Sport and War on Stage

Reality Check: EU Youth Unemployment, a financial transaction tax, protests in Russia, London's Olympic Village, and a play about the Iraq War.

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Spanish people waiting for a job.

Youth Unemployment

Young people should be offered a good job within four months after leaving school, EU leaders will say at an informal summit today according to a draft statement obtained by EurActiv. More than 5.5 million young people in the EU are unemployed – Spain is the hardest hit, with youth unemployment there edging close to 50%. Chris Cummins spoke with FM4's Brussels correspondent Vanessa Mock to find out more...

France's Financial Transaction Tax

President Sarkozy hasn't officially said he's going to run for a second term in the up-coming Presidential election in France BUT he is making all sorts of indications that he wants to be the one to protect a volatile economy in Europe for a few years yet to come. One suggestion he has made--a financial transaction tax. Riem higazi spoke to ATTAC's David Walch to see if this suggestion is a thumbs up or a thumbs down situation...

Protests in Russia

It was a bit of a white-out in central Moscow yesterday and not because of a snow blizzard. White ribbons and white balloons were worn, held, and let go by anti-Putin protesters. Just outside the capital, a pro-Putin protest was also taking place... our man in Moscow, Charles Maynes reports from both demonstrations.

London Olympic Village

What does it take to build an (Olympic) village? That's what Joanna Bostock asked Nina-Maria Potts, FM4's London correspondent.

Time Stands Still

A poignant play at Vienna's English Theater describes the horrors of the Iraq war through the eyes of two journalists.