Erstellt am: 16. 2. 2012 - 16:14 Uhr

Emails, candidates and legalising drugs

Reality Check: The Telekom emails; Sparpaket and the young generation; Greece; Sarkozy's candidacy; Guatemala's president proposes legalising drugs.

APA/Barbara Gindl

Telekom Emails
As the parliamentary enquiry into alleged corruption heats up and amid revelations of flows of money from Telekom Austria to political parties, we speak to Kurt Kuch, author of "Land der Diebe" and reporter with News magazine, which has obtained copies of 200,000 Telekom emails:

Sparpaket and Youth
Wolfgang Moitzi, a member of the team which chairs the Bundesjugendvertretung, talks about how the young generation in Austria will be affected by measures in the Sparpaket:

Greece and the EU
Progess is made on a new bailout for Greece, but Eurozone finance ministers want to keep a closer watch on how Athens handles its budget. We ask Brussels correspondent Vanessa Mock about signs of increasing distrust among Eurzone members:

Sarkozy Candidacy
The French President Nikolas Sarkozy has announced his candidacy for a second term. An update on his campaign and his chances from Hugh Schofield in Paris:

Guatemala and Drugs
Guatemala’s President Otto Perez Molina, an ex-general elected on a platform of crushing organized crime with an iron fist, wants to do that by legalising drugs. Danny Kushlick, director of the Transform Drug Policy Foundation, explains the theory behind such an approach: