it's perceived bureaucracy into action as it seeks to rush a critical sturdy package through both houses of parliament the nation's president has promised once the law is passed prime minister silvio berlusconi will resign with his possible successor being a former e.u. commissioner our correspondent sara firth is in rome with more from there. 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 moment in its latest three now we saw that very positive result of these late one hundred fifty six days to twelve and it's expected that similar things going to happen in their final approval will be given in the lower house and not of course with them pave the way for prime minister berlusconi to step aside as he vowed to do once says reforms had been passed and at that point his thought that the italian president will try to appoint new hairs and some sort of technocratic

government will be formed 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 that's emerged recently is a man named mary muncie he's a former economic and he says they've noticed among politicians here that amongst you is a need is what we've also seen the top spot in greece taken by former e.c.b. official you've now got married monti possibly gehring out to take the top spot he served for me commissioner there is definitely concern amongst the public in these countries that what you're saying now is an extension of brussels in the sense issue really that is what's happening again the m.p.'s that we're speaking to is saying that this technocrat government now is really good at just 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 now from the years and leaders and of course not just italy but the entire usa

future right now looking extremely uncertain but the public very concerned about the losses the credit say about whether the new governments are going to be acting in their country's interest here in its late we still call this very harsh reforms that not only have to be passed but they don't have to be influenced so is one thing to put in place these euro. quite another to gain that public support to be seen in the past. a lot of public support can really have very significant impact. means it's league to be out of the woods when that is expected to happen as early as saturday they're not out of the woods yet there's still a long way to go. very critical point in the. search for three porting the new greek prime minister lucas papademos has been sworn in as the head of a unity government the 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 e.u. payments mr president has vowed to do all he can to bring greece's finances under control and promise to keep the country in the euro zone and john laughlin the director of studies at the paris institute of democracy and cooperation but he's brussels has escaped much of the blame for the blocks that crisis. these people who have taken power in greece and surely to take our in italy 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 and they have no democratic mandate at all and precisely what is so frightening about what is happening in najaf that has 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 exaggeration it's true nature as a dictatorship after all it is europe which has effectively commanded these two

prime ministers to leave office and really you had to leave office the moment he suggested a referendum on the debt package and berlusconi had to leave office at 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 and 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 at an end 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. john laughlin there well still ahead for you in just a few minutes from now on r.t. to the teeth syrian authorities ring the alarm bells ever an increased amount of weapons being smuggled into the country to boost extremist factions fighting the

regime. but first nato may have finished its 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 smith looks at how the harvest of war is being raped. first british bombs tourists apart now british companies will get paid to put it back together libya is open for business and u.k. firms are being encouraged to join the gold rush the relatively wealthy country with oil reserves and i expect that there will be opportunities for british. companies to get involved in the reconstruction of libya 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 amount to put 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 as it did 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 all the best gigs. destroy. journalist john pilger says there was evidence of battering before nato even got involved transitional council told the french.

they would give thirty five it was shown to. the u.k. department for trade and investment already has staff on the ground in libya ready to welcome british companies. awarded contracts wanting to get in on the action or oil firm shell and b.p. who shares rose on the news they were talking to the transitional government and generic firms arab and more mcdonald's are also reportedly keen but if the latter refused to put up a 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 to be involved any form of public discussion of why that 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 forty london. the u.n. security council is reviewing palestine's bid for u.n. 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. weighs up 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 but 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 levanon nigeria and gabon both the

british and the french have announced that they will abstain from the vote they will abstain alongside 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 that admission into the security council the other option and that seems likely is that they still take the bird to the general assembly what this will give them is upgraded observer status although they will not become full members of the international body this it 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

statehood but 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 bid now the palestinians were law. 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 e.u. nasco admission to the palestinians immediately following that the united states canada and israel withdrew or stopped giving funding to the bodies so much so that you miska 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 that the international community would back the bid for statehood this kind of pressure going on behind the scenes seems to be paying off. their

reporting in. palestinian american activists and writer told r.t. earlier that the palestinian bid for recognition will just prove america and israel's inability to stick to their promises of a two state solution. i honestly think that 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 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 much more than just the membership issue but rather the entire two 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 not bilateral negotiations president a bass has basically put on the table very u.s. position and is asking them to vote for it and they refuse and that leaves the palestinians with very few options to keep the two state solution alive just days after the unit on it watch talks disputed report on iran's nuclear activities came to light the u.s. has announced plans to sell high tech bunker buster bombs to the united arab emirates it's being seen as part of washington's new plan to build a coalition against iran's influence in the region but mohamed so he may a professor at the university of southern california told me earlier that he questions the basis from which the u.s. is building its own argument. the tone of the reports of the agency has moved more

decisively political directions for example. there as moderate abroad they did former director never talked about united nations security council resolutions and only talked about the technical issues at hand the new or the new reports by. year brings out the political issues that france which is not the job that they are you e.m.r. still because our task is technical and scientific it is supposed to inspect monitor and report about some of the various member states to the board of governors so in that sense the our. reports and tone have moved in a very decisively political direction which in my view actually has the credibility of i.a.e.a. because as a as i said the task of the agency is not to talk about political issues and leave them alone for united nations security council and the international community

rather just talk about the technical issues two people have been wounded after stepping on a landmine 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 when russia is calling on the syrian opposition to stop a mining itself with extremist gangs which is smuggling weapons into the country and then be triggering the violence which comes amid an increase in illegal shipments of military supplies from neighboring lebanon over the last few months. dr says the west is playing a geopolitical game with syria. it's not that i but in my opinion. we're not witnessing it a bit as a matter of fact we're witnessing a conflict now we have to understand the nature of this conflict i don't believe it said evolution we saw a genuine revolution in tunisia in egypt and to

a certain extent in yemen and perhaps but not in libya and syria now this is a geo political conflict so there is an attack and organized attack on syria there's no doubt in my mind i had my doubts in the past few months but now absolutely sure that syria is being targeted by. the holy alliance and there is an unholy alliance between certain western powers on the one hand certain gulf states turkey and fundamentalist groups attacking the syrian regime not for democratic purposes but for geo political purposes. brings us now very nearly just seventy minutes past the. headlines in about thirty minutes now in the meantime for those of you eager to come to the russian capital for business we have the ultimate guide for you. is next stay with us sir.

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a. trusted secretary that. will be taking a look at business facilities and locations in the russian capital every week thousands of business women come to moscow for. this. by arriving. there all three international airports in moscow. to the south to the southwest of the capital as he comes from the city each they

also have by express trains major highways. if traveling by car traffic journey times greatly to all these transport hubs depending on the time of day says the nine hundred ninety s. with globalization perestroika interest from western companies to do business in russia has increased dramatically thousands of foreign companies have moved here game profits in the country's developing markets this terminal insurer mexico was recently voted one of the best in europe with this new hotels and restaurants. business. services and information i'm. this is a way head of the amp or often several years ago the soviet out. west in. the field or should be as always. we have. an executive lounge for the first in business class 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 prissie of the guests is our priority. leaving the airport and we are met by a driver many private companies interested to see firms operate. from limousines any vehicle can be preordered organized at the airport lounge prices to the city center from sheremeta start at around one thousand two hundred rubles roughly forty dollars. schedules 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 hotels that cater for budgets wisconsin's elegant modern building is located on the street. just across the road from red square and the kremlin is one of the most convenient hotels in moscow for business tourism opened in the summer of two thousand and seven it brought

a new level of luxury to the city with extremely spacious exquisitely appointed rooms and suites and range of amenities. hotels public spaces are even more lavish but the city's biggest boardroom heading the list of spectacular conference and meeting spaces. in this hotel i would say to seventy eighty percent it's all business travelers. is one of those business nations where business is booming. there for the majority of our guests are business travelers. they have here a business center they have conference rooms we have eleven. inference rooms and meeting rooms as well with all the facilities technical facilities. everywhere. everywhere businesspeople feel truly. truly at home entry room your met

with a fragrant smell polish good interior and natural fabrics. this is a destination for royalty top foreign politicians celebrities in the jet setting and eat at. the ritz carlton hotel here ours is sixty six suites popular with other women from. all around the world everything is a tip for a special service is. printed document it's. menus all the. cons you can think of including various docking stations and a fully functional. there's a wide range of services for business travelers. 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

a necessity for many russian businesses. next so we've arrived at the glittering skyscrapers of the city complex as the capital city canary wharf in london for example and three hundred thousand people will be working living in the complex at any given time. and contemporary. confidently along the polished floors this area it's. at its best the moscow international business center is still under development when finished it's expected to become the first in russia. taken by business activity entertainment a living space in the wallet single development hundreds of companies already working here including many international investment. boasting some of the best facilities in your possibly some of the best views this area is clearly the future business in russia. from children's and conference hall to private meeting rooms

and. every need catered for. is aimed to be at the front of. the top notch office spaces here will not disappoint. in europe everything is already more or less. so you have your. business you know russian you have to invent more or less something every day and this is 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 inversely capital my sex and yes my sex the moscow interbank exchange that opened in one thousand nine hundred is one of the largest stock exchanges in eastern europe. at the same time

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 on a new headquarters just opened. for business travelers who want to stay close to the city center. streets is a great choice the area is a thriving financial and shopping center it's also one of the capital's major sites among mox a five star property group is part of korea's largest luxury hotel group and features three hundred. twenty. restaurants banquet halls and the spa. business services are provided in our club lounge the right to meet in an ability to organize a video conference and also a translator and secretary services. crocus group is a project from a successful businessman and us. thousand and one he founded the crocus city

complex a moscow's ring road and how it now hundreds of thousands of people a week visit the city with a list city as it's called went for both business and pleasure the complex includes a business hotel and a large international exhibition center called crocus expo features dozens of conference halls the 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 telephone service worldwide concierge service quintessentially is one answer to that needs the membership is strictly limited it does come at a price but for those who know the price of online having any requests twenty four seven around the globe is essential. sixty offices all over the world we are one of. our client is

a businessman. the business. like. moscow is a vibrant place to say the least and will be the loss of any this is his worries private business moves quickly in russia and many high end deals are made over visits to the bank or in the city's elegant restaurants hectic day of meetings can even end up in the city's various glitzy nightclubs one. worth mentioning is soho rooms a must party scene that's if you get it in the face control here suit and tie all glamorous dresses side is harsh one way to gain access is to be invited. into that group such as intonations small world and the british business

club to name just a few many social events and use such as so peruse the aim to connect ex-pats together with fellow foreigners and business minded muscovites. as a drink to impress your business partner. is a changing world and. business is still thriving in the russian capital and with more facilities good foreign interests moscow has surely. as a future international investment whether its new five star hotels exhibition centers or conference rooms on the thirty fifth floor of moscow city one thing is for sure for the business or pleasure a trip to the russian council is something we will never forget. well unfortunately. go i'll see you again

next week for me and the rest of my. great. comfortable. journey. so to. the. technology innovation. development.

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