Erstellt am: 16. 3. 2015 - 16:06 Uhr

... and he's back ...

Reality Check: President Putin seen in public again; Syria & talks; book "die Pazifische Epoche"; Roma exhibition; Vanuatu.

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Putin’s reappearance

After a disappearance from the public eye which lasted 10 days and sparked all kinds of wild speculation about the reason behind it, the Russian president Vladimir Putin resurfaced on Monday at a meeting in St. Petersburg, with the president of Kyrgyzstan. Our correspondent in Moscow, Charles Maynes, told us the latest:

Syria negotiations?

US Secretary of State John Kerry has said that the international community was upping pressure on Syria's regime to hold new peace talks. He stated that "we have to negotiate in the end" with Mr Assad. So how much of a turnaround is this in the West's view of how dealing with the Syrian regime? We'll speak with Middle East Analyst, Shashank Joshi:

The rise of Asia

Asian economies are developing rapidly and a middle class has grown up with new dreams and opportunities that were unthinkable to previous generation. In his new book, "Die Pazifische Epoche", Thomas Seifert from the Wiener Zeitung describes historical developments and delves into the thoughts and experiences of young people in Asia to gauge what the future will bring and how Europe can respond to these rapid changes:

Roma and Sinti exhibition

Rosie Waites speaks to the curator of a new exhibition in Vienna which documents the history of Roma and Sinti in Vienna and Burgenland, aiming to dismantle stereotypes and offer new perspectives:

Vanuatu after the storm

Aid agencies say it could be one of the worst disasters ever to hit the South Pacific region, and President Baldwin Lonsdale said the storm had "wiped out" all development of recent years. We find out more about the archipelago in a report by Riem Higazi: