Erstellt am: 2. 12. 2014 - 14:03 Uhr

South Stream

Reality Check on how the cancellation of the South Stream Pipeline Project by Vladimir Putin will affect Austria.

South Stream

Russia's Gazprom has cancelled a project to construct the South Stream pipeline to supply gas to southern Europe. President Vladmir Putin blamed opposition from the European Union for the move. So how does this affect Austrian companies? South Stream pipeline was a plan to pump Russian gas across the Black Sea through Bulgaria, a route which would have by-passed Ukraine. The Austrian oil and gas concern OMV was involved in the project and earlier this year a deal was signed concerning the Austrian section of it. So what's being said in the Austria business sector today. We speak with Business Journalist Hans Weitmayer.

Climate Change

A UN conference on climate change has opened in the Peruvian capital, Lima. Delegates hope to work out draft resolutions for cuts in greenhouse gases which will be finalised in Paris at the end of next year. So what hope is there that the big polluters across the world will be willing to sign up?

Hong Kong

The protests have shut down parts of the Asian financial center for more than two months. And now three protest leaders are calling for an end to street demonstrations to prevent violence and take the campaign for democratic reforms to a new stage. But they represent only one faction of demonstrators. So is the movement losing momentum? We’ll go to our China correspondent Jörg Winter.

YouTuber day on FM4

YouTube has been around for almost a decade but it has evolved in recent years to create a small number of superstars with their own fanbase. We get an update on the power of the Youtubers from Robert Glashüttner. More on fm4.ORF.at/smallscreenstars.

Hypo Untersuchungskommission

The Hypo investigation commission is publishing its report today. Anneliese Rohrer from Die Presse has been following events and gives us her assessment.

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