Erstellt am: 29. 4. 2014 - 18:13 Uhr

Men armed with swords and baseball bats

Reality Check contemplates the breakdown in law and order in Ukraine's Wild East.

Eastern Ukraine

There’s been violence in Donetsk after a demonstration in support of Ukrainian unity was broken up by pro-Russian militants. The mayor of Ukraine's second-largest city is in a serious condition after being shot in the back. Reality Check's Tom Barton in Moscow reports on the latest news we are hearing out of the region.

EU TV Debate

With less than a month to go until the European Election, four of the five candidates vying to become European Commission president took part in a live TV debate in Maastricht, the first debate of its kind. Vanessa Mock reports.

Budget

With the Finance Minister Michael Spindelegger taking the podium in parliament we get talk to Volker Obermayr from the ORF business news department and Eva Linsinger from Profil.

Obama

The US president is on his way home from Asia and has to re-focus on domestic matters and his political goals at home. We ask cultural psychologist and author Dinesh Sharma for his take on Obama’s performance.

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