the italians that it has passed the hospital starting or if it is the growing concern that the u.s. instead largest economy could become the latest victim of the euro quite this. also this palestine is still pushing for a vote on its un statehood despite the fact it knows it will likely lose and if it does fail it wants the its opponents to justify their decision which it believes will be dictated by the u.s. . and western corporations to send the libyan seeking to explore the riches they're following nato's bombing mission our top stories this hour.

international news in comic night from moscow this is archie with you twenty four hours a day italy has slashed its perceived lethargic bureaucracy into action as it seeks to rush a critical austerity package through both houses of parliament the nation's president has promised once the war is past prime minister silvio berlusconi will resign with his possible successor being a former e.u. commission of course want to sort of first is in rome with more from a lot of the people a lot of the m.p.'s we've been speaking to the last couple of days they want to send a very clear message to the markets to the international community that they can take decisive action now at a very critical maybe it's late history now we saw that they possibly can to believe that each day a hundred and fifty six days to twelve and it's expected tomorrow that similar things going to happen in the final approval will be given in the lower house and not of course with them pay. the way the prime minister berlusconi needs to step

aside is he vowed to do once a response have been passed and at that point is still the italian president will try to appoint new hairs and some sort of technocratic government will be formed to going to happen very quickly from what we've been hearing is that the emphasis really head now is on decisive action and the front runner this emerged recently is a man and marry a monthly he's a former economists and he says they've noticed amongst politicians here that the most serious they need is well he's got very close links with brussels he's thought to be the man he can lead the way we this crisis situation is leigh now finds itself by no means is the new government going to be a quick fix to all the problems that is essential at this moment the some form of action is taken to stand a strong message next week to try and stem a lot of that uncertainty mistrust and the political guidance here in the country that we've seen from the markets and from the international community and as he

said mary months is a safe release of the italian president making quite a clever chesney when he points to understand it's a polite and now that's made him a much more appealing candidate the m.p.'s much more politically viable to take the top spot and we've also seen the top spot in greece taken by a former e.c.b. official you've now got very monti possibly carrying out state the top spot he's. there is that the concern amongst the public in these countries that were you saying as an extension of process in this issue really that is what's happening it can be m.p.'s that we're speaking he was saying that this technocratic government now is really good it is pushing through these harsh measures just getting them off the ground because they've been long promised and have failed to materialize and that's really what's needed to be seen up in the year as a leader of course it's labor the entire usa future right now looking extremely uncertain but the public very concerned. about the loss is the greatest thing about

whether the new governments are going to be acting in their country's interests here in italy you still got this very harsh reforms that not only have to be passed but they don't have to be influence a is one thing to put in place. thanks to a peace process and the quite another to gain that public support that we've seen in the past and countries like greece a loss of public support that really had a very significant impact in d.c. by no means if the game to be out of the woods if the when that need government is formed it's expected to happen early is saturday not out of the woods yet there's still a long way to go says a very critical point in that. reporting that the new greek prime minister lucas papademos has been sworn in as the head of a unity government and makeup of his new cabinet was also announced on state television after the ceremony the former banker and european central bank vice president's immediate task will be to implement yet more austerity measures in return for continued. payments mr president morsi has vowed to do all he can to

bring greece's finances under control a promise to keep the country in the euro zone. the director of studies at the paris institute of democracy and cooperation believes brussels has escaped much of the blame for the blocks that crisis. these people who have taken power in greece and shortly to take our initially have never been elected these are men who have made their entire careers through garnering important appointments and cases like the european commission or the european central bank they have no democratic mandate at all and precisely what is so frightening about what is happening in the office as the european union and the euro enters its death agonies because that's what i think it is is the way in which the european union really is showing and i say this without any eight hundred it's true nature as it takes a ship after all it is europe which has effectively commanded it these two prime ministers to leave office and drew had to leave office the moment he suggested a referendum on the debt package and berlusconi had to leave office the moment he

said that italians had become poor under the euro so we're seeing really a very ugly development of course the governments are responsible for the crisis but there is a code responsible element and that is the euro itself they only need bailouts from the european union because they don't have the option of devaluation they don't have the option of managing their own economic and monetary affairs i am absolutely convinced that the euro project is at an end i can't say when it's going to break down but it is written and yes there's been financial irresponsibility in greece and italy but the situation has been made worse well catastrophic by their membership of the euro. bad for you in just a few minutes here on r.t. armed to the teeth syrian authorities ring the alarm bells over an increased amount of weapons being smuggled into the country to extremist factions fighting the regime. that's still to come but first nato may have finished bombing mission in

libya but now there's a full scale western invasion energy corporations are queuing up to do business with the new government which is rewarding the military victory with lucrative oil and gas contracts and it is laura smith that looks at how the harvest of war is being reach. first british bombs tourists are part now british companies get paid to put it back together libya is open for business and u.k. firms are being encouraged to join the gold rush relatively wealthy country. and i expect. british. companies to get involved in the reconstruction philip hammond is urging c.e.o.'s and sales directors to pack their suitcases and head to the north african country the u.k.'s bill for its part in the nato intervention in libya is estimated at just under five hundred million dollars

but according to the u.k. department of trade and investment the value of contracts to rebuild libya in areas ranging from electricity and water supplies to health care and education could mounts to upwards of three hundred billion dollars over the next ten years and the british government will make sure it takes a leading role in that just to fit it in the war and that's raising more questions about the u.k.'s motives in playing such a big role in the recent conflict john hillery of war on want says it has shades of post-war iraq when companies from countries involved in the allied invasion were awarded best gigs. journalist john pilger says there was evidence of battering before nato even got involved. transitional council told the french.

they would give. the u.k. department for trade and investment already has staff on the ground in libya ready to welcome british companies. warded contracts wanting to get in on the action or oil firms shell and b.p. shares rose on the news they were talking to the transitional government engineering firms are up and mark macdonald also reportedly keen both the latter refused to put up spokesman when asked preferring instead to send basic statements which critics say is a new tactic to avoid defending their ethics it's better p.r. for them. any form of public discussion of why around the world. so far the conflict in libya looks like an excellent investment half a billion dollars to oust a dictator with

a return of three hundred billion in business contracts when it's all over now that humanitarian goals no longer need to be touted wall suddenly makes great business sense nor a smith party london. the un security council is reviewing palestine's bid for un membership in new york the motion was filed in september too much euphoria in the west bank and the deciding vote may come as soon as next week. ways are palestine's chances. palestinians have resigned themselves to the fact that it's unlikely they going to get the two thirds majority they need in the united nations security council for the statehood good what this means is that they will not become full members of the united nations and the united states will not be forced to exercise its veto rights there are eight countries amongst the security council who have indicated that they will vote in favor of the palestinian bid these include russia china india south africa brazil eleven and nigeria and gabon both the

british and the french have announced that they will abstain from the vote there they will abstain and longside portugal and bosnia while germany and colombia might either abstain or vote against it alongside the united states now this really leaves the palestinians with two options the one is that they can still next week demand that the security council vote on the statehood bid this will force those countries who are not supporting it to publicly justify their position and the palestinians might go ahead with this although they know that they are not going to get their admission into the security council the other option and this seems likely is that they still take the bird to the general assembly what this will give them is upgraded observer status or though they will not become full members of the international body is it is seems a lot of pressure going on behind the scenes the palestinians have accused the united states of meddling and putting pressure on other countries not to support the state would put you just need to look at the united kingdom as one example and

here the foreign secretary william hague has said that it is to quote him tactical judgment why the u.k. is abstaining from this blood now the palestinians were relying on the british to support the bird and the foreign secretary has now been accused of being hypocritical and abdicating responsibility when you mention the unesco admission to the palestinians in need. the following that the united states canada and israel withdrew all stops giving funding to the body so much so that it can escape has had to suspend temporarily its activities now that kind of pressure comes while israel continues to build settlements in occupied east jerusalem and the occupied territories so certainly while the palestinians a short time ago had a lot of euphoria at the international community would that they bid for statehood this kind of pressure going on behind the scenes seems to be paying off. so

palestinian american activists in russia has told me earlier that the palestinian bid for recognition will just prove america israel's inability to stick to their promises of a two state solution. i honestly think the approach to the united nations is less about membership of palestine in the united nations and more of challenging the west and the ability to walk the walk over to speak paradigm or what we're seeing is forty four years of the west specifically the united states making a case for two states but in the first real test of bringing two states about has failed to move it forward and i think what is at stake is a lot much more than just the membership issue but rather the entire term state paradigm and that's dangerous i believe u.s. foreign policy as it relates to this issue has been hijacked by a pro israeli lobby inside u.s. politics and i don't believe the united states is acting in its interests by

ignoring this big which is exactly in line with what it has been calling for not only for forty four years but for twenty intense years of new bilateral negotiations president of bats has basically put on the table then he was position and is asking them to vote for it and they refuse and that leaves the palestinians with very few options to keep the can state solution alive and i think the newer generations that are coming out seeing the arab spring around them are going to be much more interested in calling and demanding their rights then calling for statehood as we move forward. to people being wounded after stepping on a land mine planted by syrian troops on the northern border with lebanon syrian authorities say it was mind to prevent illegal shipments of arms ammunition and military supplies which increased over the last few months professor of international relations marc hellman says that syria has fallen victim to lebanese

political games. the people doing so may be doing it for money but if somebody is paid and i think there is ground in lebanon for instance the explosive situation there is being made worse by the fact that one faction of politics the sunni muslim factions with former prime minister hariri also backed by the saudis for instance. see the fall of the syrian regime because it's its rival and it supports its rivals has the christians in lebanon who don't wish to see a revolution in syria bring to power a sunny fundamentalist regime which will likely be. a religious minorities and so we are seeing that are cynical people who do anything for money we're also seeing people who say the way to paris for the. up to date for the moment coming up to sixty minutes past the hour here in moscow with a recap of our top headlines in about forty minutes from now but in the meantime for those are eager to come to the russian capital the business we have the

ultimate guide moscow out is coming up very shortly for you.

maundering. historic. dynamic. kill. a. a trusted secretary that hello i walked into the show this week fargo will be taking a look at business facilities and locations in the russian capital every week thousands of business women come to moscow for various meetings completes this edition is

a most starts off by riding a bus guys main eccles terminals there are three international airports in moscow sheremetyevo in the north and the south and look over to the southwest of the capital around thirty kilometers from the city since each and all served by express trains and major highways. if traveling by car the way out of traffic twenty times vary greatly through all these transport hubs depending on the time of day says the nine hundred ninety s. with globalization and perestroika interest from western companies to do business in russia has increased dramatically thousands of foreign companies have moved here into game profit in the countries developing markets is terminal insurer much of a was recently voted one of the best in europe with this new hotels and restaurants a rifle areas he says lounges and services and information in english and russian facilities a way ahead of what he and for us and several years ago the soviets out of high

tech question in. the field or sure to be is always a sure makes you know we have the right people around us and an executive lounge for the first in business calls passengers there's also a sense of business aviation for those passengers who prefer to travel on their own private jets in all these lounges prissy of the guests is all priority that. even the airport and we all met our driver many private companies efficient systems operate. from limousines to largest any vehicle can be preloaded who organized the airport lounge prices to the city center from sure and that's about start at around one thousand two hundred rubles roughly forty dollars. this. jools schedules schedules time is money when traveling on business so it's into the car and off we go. to accommodation now and moscow has a wide range of business routes how's the cases for budgets wisconsin's elegant

modern building is located on the street to the sky or just across the road from red square and the kremlin is one of the most convenience hotels moscow for business tourism opens in the summer of two thousand and seven they brought a new level of luxury to the city with extremely spacious exquisitely appointed bridge and suites and range of amenities. the hotels public spaces are even more lavish with the city's biggest pool room adding the list of spectacular conference amazing spaces. in this hotel i would say to seventy eighty percent it's all business travelers moscow's is one of those business nations where business is booming and therefore the majority of our guests are business travelers and they have here a business center they have conference rooms we have eleven conference rooms and meeting rooms as well the service with all the facilities technical facilities.

everywhere is very wide fire on the internet concierge. every wish business people feel your you are truly truly at home entering the room your met with a fragrant smell polished wood interior and british natural fabrics very nice no wonder this is a destination for royalty top foreign politicians celebrities and the jet setting business elite a nice touch now the ritz carlton hotel here ours is sixty six weeks popular with business and other women from russia and indeed all around the world everything and think of this eighty four special services delivery of printed documents but below menus all the. cons you can think of including various docking stations and fully functional. there's a wide range of services for business travelers in modern trade must go private

secretaries business centers where you can rent your office or office equipment conference schools and legal services also many major companies realize the growing need for language support english german french japanese multilingual started becoming and this is a many russian business is. next and we're right at the glittering skyscrapers of the moscow city complex as the capital's own city canary wharf in london for example and this some eighty three hundred thousand people will be working living in the complex. at any given time. in some of the interior is a largish and contemporary society that computers can walk confidently along the polished floors this area and its new russia at its best the moscow international business center is still under development when finished it's expected to become the first cell in russia taken by business activity its aim and a living space in a while

a single developer and hundreds of companies are already working here including many international investment. boasting some of the best cities in europe something some of the best use this area is clearly the future business in the russell from children's aries and conference holders to private meeting rooms and beyond he lounges every need is cases for. cost the city is a need to be at the forefront of such services rest assured that top notch office spaces here will not disappoint in europe everything is already more or less standard so you have your procedures you have your way your fighting business and your russian you have to invent more or less something everything and that this is in my point of view the main difference between russia and europe so far. moving on and what other business locations or facilities are worth taking note of

in moscow. for years there have been two main stock exchanges in the russian capital my sex and aussie yes my sense they must go into back currency exchange that opening. is one of the largest stock exchanges in eastern europe. at the same time party yes the russian trading system is a stock market established in moscow in one thousand nine hundred five to consolidate regional trading companies into want to exchange recently a decision has been made to incorporate the two of them and then you have course is this just opened. for business. travel if you want to stay close to the city center a lot you have a muscular you are about street is a great choice the area is a driving financial and shopping center it's also walking distance of the capital's major sites and landmarks the five star promising group is part of careers largest luxury hotel group and features three hundred more. swanky restaurants banquet halls and start. making business services are provided in our canal grounds

there are two meeting rooms an ability to organize a video conference and also a translator and think with the resources. to cook a script is a project from a successful businessman and last i got a lot of concern thousand and one he founded the crocus city complex a mosque is ring road and right now hundreds of thousands of people a week visit the city within a city as it's called when for both business and pleasure the complex includes a business hotel and a large international exhibition center called crocus expo the features dozens of conference halls a complex also boasts a concert hall several shopping malls restaurants and even a yacht club. successful businessman is often too busy to deal with car rental ticket or restaurant reservations and other entertainment needs for those in need of tough and service the worldwide concierge service quintessentially is one answer to that needs the membership is strictly limited it does come at

a price but for those you know the prize of that i have any requests and twenty four seven around the globe is essential. but it's also only. as all over the world that we are one of. our client is a businessman. i would like. moscow is a vibrant place to say the least and boredom due to loss of any this is worries of the business moves quickly in russia and many high end deals are made of visits to the venue or in the city's elegant restaurants hectic day of meetings can even end up in the cities there is it see night clubs one worth mentioning is soho rooms a must party scene that's if you get in the face control here

suits and dresses sides is harsh one way to gain access is to be invited. into that group such as intimations a small world in the british business club to name just a few as many social events and then use such as so peruse the main to connect ex-pats together with fellow foreigners and business minded muscovites of drake to impress your business partner. is a changing world and. business is still thriving in the russian capital and with more facilities for foreign interests moscow has surely. has a few job international investments whether it's new for i still have exhibitions senses of conference rooms on the thirty fifth floor of the city one thing is for sure with a business or pleasure a trip to the russian capital is something we will never forget it's. very easy my

life of the rest. of the our. business. well unfortunately about for. a year again. next week for me and the rest rick perry. greats. comfortable. unique. so different but. most go.

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