as agreed by the council of the arab ministers of information this decision was made by foreign ministers which means it was politically motivated it's part of an anti syrian political agenda we all understand that these plans are being implemented on political and economic level the main purpose of this decision is to silence syrian channels can uncover the role of some of these countries providing support to terrorists in syria when i help him financially and smuggling weapons into the country and they're all sort of fraid of syrian channels disclosing the truth about terrorist connections of some media outlets financed and supported by these outside players we have had a situation where terrorists acted as correspondents for foreign media that would be very people are sponsible for that film their crimes and sent a footage to the media blaming my government for the atrocities of the syrian people and the ministry of information condemning this decision ministry considers

it as its responsibility to provide satellite broadcasting the syria of satellite channels. how will the government organize satellite broadcasting for syrian satellite channels do you plan to work together with our upside and outside since you have contracts with them. nor. considering the current situation of you and hysteria around syria we anticipated that a decision of this sort it would be made especially after the u.s. and europe impose sanctions on syria media outlets and also the us and canada took technical measures to stop syrian t.v. channels and radio stations from broadcasting in north america so we are prepared to help syrian satellite channels continue broadcasting through different satellites and the same orbits used by arab satellite. but we have the capability as for the absolute now. satellites you know that arab sat is controlled by the

council of arab ministers of information and that the head of the council is a sound but saudi arabia was one of the gulf nations that suggested slapping syria with sanctions if outside complies with this decision that this will constitute a violation of satellite broadcasting regulations this would be a politically motivated step organized by external forces that are attacking syria and the syrian media as a mass that it's a joint stock company some of the stock that belongs to the egyptian government some of the private investors and that's why we insist that now such should not comply with this decision should on its legal and contractual obligations to the syrian ministry of information which means continuing the satellite broadcast of our channels. i want to assure all of our viewers in syria and abroad that syrian satellite channels will continue broadcasting without any destruction. there is no

need to get new antennas or reprogram your equipment today daily satellite broadcasting of syria a sixteen hours without any specialized information channels have not reached this level yet. since arab states and other countries as you say are waging an information war against syria does the syrian government media still provide balanced and unbiased coverage do they provide an accurate picture of the situation in syria especially considering that they were not prepared for this information war and how do we and i like best of all it should be said that everything about the mass media is in fact down to the audience if we take polls around inside and outside syria we shall see that the audience of the syrian satellite channels has grown up and so has the number of viewers who perceive these channels as the source to turn to a live news coverage. syrian satellite channels provide live coverage sixteen hours

a day and this includes both the official channels and the specialist and private. thus we can say that the official syrian media has taken a firm lead in the coverage of the barbaric war syria has been forced into all of them and they are exposing the plans to undermine the strength of spirits by the syrian people i'm deeply convinced that the recent sanctions against our mass media came as a response to its increased impact and there be no such impact needed to introduce sanctions against on mass media the american and european sanctions by those by some gulf states at the recent arab league meeting only confirm that the influence of the syrian media has grown and because of all that we will have to develop our informational policy and improve the structure of the syrian media when. the arab league sees to shut down some of the syrian channels but the annan plan

actually calls for as many channels as possible to cover the events in syria. of course it's very strange we ask a fianna in the un security council who will protect freedom of speech democratic principles and liberties how can you shut it down syrian national media when the annan plan calls for free accreditation for foreign media coming to syria to cover the situation here and we have one hundred eighty media outlets from all over the world represented in syria and over one hundred accredited foreign reporters permanently working travelling freely across the country to cover the event that we took and how can you shut down syrian satellite channels and at the same time allow for new services to operate freely this will result in biased coverage you with all this is part of the information. ways to get syria we know that eighty percent of

the satellite channels dedicate thirty minutes of their news hour to syria today and a recent study shows that ninety percent of satellite coverage on syria has nothing to do with the actual situation in iraq it's all lies and fabrications it's again that there's a real information in it waged against syria with real facts being substituted by fabrication. these lies and the only way for them to achieve their objectives in their war against syria that the how about the houla massacre is a good example of that as soon as the first pictures of a massacre were released everybody started accusing the syrian army and security forces but we all know who was really behind us crying in i know the atrocities used against the syrian people as well as the sanctions introduced against the syrian government media that have revealed the true nature of those waging war against syria that today the people of syria

a targeted by terrorists armed sponsored by regional powers like qatar and saudi arabia and turkey. as well as by western nations such as the us the how those who often talk about fighting terrorism joined their forces today to support terrorists attacking syria in the bus what are you going to thank you very much for being with us today mr. syrian minister of information.

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parties top stories creeping contagion eurozone champion germany interest ratings downgrade with fears the crisis is heading the monetary union biggest economy. military maneuvering russia plans closer ties with china while america promises to move most of its warships to the asia pacific in the coming years. and protest peacefully or pay a fortune on russian lawmakers pass a bill that sparked some of the most heated debate and said a new parliamentary record. sport is next here on r t with andrew farmer. hello again thanks for watching the sport and these are the headlines into the semi's russia's maria sharapova and rafael nadal reach the last. of the french open

. class a man rushes first choice to keep the evil act in fear dispels fears over his fitness ahead of their euro two thousand and twelve showdown with the czech republic. and on the move ranji threw for star striker listening to it all in their first signing of the summer. the first marriage to wrap of a has reached the semifinals of the french open pairing past the stoniest in straight sets six two six three the score there drop it will ask victoria as a rank as the world number one if she reaches the final and if she wins that she will complete a career grand slam having also won wimbledon. and us open well in the last ball the russian will create her wooden champion petrak of eight over the czech beating kazakh qualifier established in three sets meanwhile the defending men champion rafa nadal is also into the semi is a short time ago he beat fellow spaniard nicolas almagro in straight sets amazing the dow has only lost once in seven years here rather than go off britain's andy

murray was a set down against the other quarterfinal but it's just levelled that match on a tie break. later on this plenty of russian interest in the doubles maria kirilenko. are up against checks and they're allowed back over to see him today in the women's semifinal for the russian. and the page from india have just started their mixed doubles semi she went up against clarity against the cheek and santiago it's just get used to russia ahead of the game at the european championships first choice keeper it back in fair is back in training with the main squad after struggling with a knee strain he had developed fluid around the joint but looks set to be fit for the first game against the czechs on friday and was going to was doing the same training is the other goalkeepers in the squad on wednesday fear of currently then the only slight injury other than that pick up a car has a fully fit squad to choose from. robot one of the checks what we're in training

rotfl of in a wednesday sitting this one i had become attached right striker has a muscle problem in his leg but should be fit enough to resume training tomorrow the czechs have played russia only once before that was at euro ninety six and saw the czechs come back from three nil down to snatch a draw and qualify for the quarter finals and they believe friday's game will again be crucial. i'm not sure if it's the hardest one but it's certainly the most important match as it's the first one we don't really know where we are in terms of how good we are but i think russia doesn't know either they've had a better build up unfortunately we lost ours but things are going to start from zero and we will see who is the better team. wiemar spot at moscow when aiden mcgeady was put through his paces with the rest of the irish squad in between yet he says his team mates were a bit jaded after their goal of strong against hungry on monday but coached year danny trapp attorney dismissed days worries even though he rested goalkeeper shay

given for this session of the republic of ireland are increasing with spain and italy but will kick start their euro campaign against croatia on sunday. the very good you know a lot cause who grows so quickly very good. you know your start so well probably of the three teams you probably would want to create just to start the storm and there would say so and so it would alter those to start the tournament. elsewhere in poland manchester united winger nani sat out portugal's training session he picked up a knock in a friendly with turkey early this week but should be fit for their first game against germany on saturday in the group of death that also contains the netherlands to play their game against denmark and sweden finished their preparations for the tournament with a two one win in a friendly over serbia all are taller than and maybe one nil to sweden from a corner midway through the first half however nevin spiffy equalised heading home

also from a corner kick. the ball in and then earned a penalty for sweden soon after the restarting captain slatternly but him if it stepped up to convert it clinically sweden opened their campaign against co-hosts ukraine on monday but ukraine do have major problems at the moment ten of their players came down with food poisoning just before their team of defeat in a friendly last night ukraine kavin and italy to shoot among them elsewhere france looking strong they got a solid four new victory over stone yet in a friendly last night karim benzema scoring twice. if you are unsure who might win the game against poland or between poland and greece why not trust the judgment of an elephant this one is called seat a base that is doing crack off and has become the official mystic animal of the tournament he correctly predicted chelsea would win the champions league by choosing the right melon and this time went for the fruit representing poland much the joy of the local crowned. well in other football news big spending and g.

have made their first summer signing they have bought striker seen it all away from fellow russian premier league side to ban the thief the fee is thought to be around eight million dollars through a scored eighteen goals in thirty eight appearances last season and he will partner samuel eto up front as the dagestan club compete in the europa league for the first time in a decade. youngsters are looking good for next year's under twenty one european championships they lead their qualification group and one choose day got a convincing win over england in another cup tournament in moscow with more his role but the down yet. on friday russia will have their first test at euro two thousand and twelve against czech republic meanwhile the russian used team is still on the way to their own grand finale the twenty thirteen european championships. group six on tuesday the young hopefuls got a chance to fine tune their skills. representing the country in the international

challenge trophy a two year a competition for missional under twenty three teams. russia's opponents tonight see a school of presenting lower leagues it didn't take long for the hosts to prove their class with the goal scoring chances going out of their undisputed possession advantage however it was the visitors mistakes rather than russian excellence that resulted in two million by the break. we made. so we felt that we came in time presented to. the service men kept dominating the game all through the second half and added two more to set the final score for neil. i like the way my men played they were

focused motivated and far from underestimating the opponents despite the fact that our cost is high and we scored four goals and it's a very good result as it's always a tough task against a defensive team and impressive result for the russians had their next qualifier against bill bennett which will take place on the same page on june the twelfth. for the next. twenty one tournaments. with the world. they've got to have a very good team. we're in the same boat as a national team. we're there back up and any of those who played tonight have a chance to represent the country at the highest level in the very near future margaret was dying of was a candidate for the euro twenty twelve squad xander kerkorian is already there and we wish our senior team luck to make it to the finals robert barchi ask your region now some sad news one of the soviet union's greatest ice hockey players fatima

cruet office died at age fifty two he died on wednesday after being taken to hospital several days before we stomach bleeding creator of helped lead the soviet union to gold at the one nine hundred eighty four and nine hundred eighty eight olympics and was one of the first russians to play in the n.h.l. when he joined the vancouver canucks he also coached here scar for one season in two thousand and one and two thousand and two. another news that american boxer timothy bradley says he intends to knock out manny pacquiao in this weekend's title fight in las vegas partly i was defending his w b a welterweight crown and has won fifty four of his fifty eight fights which included victories over. ricky hatton and antonio margarito bradley though hasn't lost any of his twenty eight professional bats and says he is after his thirteenth career knock at. i think at the end of the night i think i'm a winner i just like to savor every other fight i'm always going to fight you know

in this country so it's the same thing you know i'm expecting i want to i want to not go absolutely you know i want to put this guy on the campus someway somehow i mean it's been a couple of couple of fights he hasn't been down in a very long so i want to be first got to put him down i'm fine it has been announced some of formula one's top stars will come to moscow for next month city racing show for a test drive a young college fifty cal i was in the russian capital today he says he will be joined by mclaren's form of world champion lewis hamilton for the f one show event and that will see f one cars tour around the kremlin and city center giving spectators a chance to see the machines up close the world rally championships will also be promoted by the appearance of three time runner up we could have been in finland and according to physically the drive is looking forward to it as much as the spectators. for us. it's a great feeling it's. a different situation before. we came here it's much more seen police much that it's much less pressure. but it's

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drinking days in a euro zone championed germany endorsed ratings downgrade with fears the crisis is hitting the monetary union's biggest economy. military maneuvering russia miles closer ties with china while america promises to move most of its warships to the asia pacific in the coming year. and protest peacefully or pay a fortune russian lawmakers passed a bill that sparked some of the most heated debate and said new parliamentary. fits nine pm here in moscow this is r.t. coming to you live from new so now with our top story the eurozone debt crisis is getting dangerously close to the monetary union's powerhouse germany moody's has

cut the ratings of several german banks including the country's second biggest lender austria is also affected here's our europe correspondent tessa are cilia. granted that there's a lot of skepticism surrounding the moves or the motivations of ratings agencies what has just happened does confirm already existing skepticism on the health of the whole banking economy the whole economy at large of the eurozone and nations the fragility and the vulnerability of certain countries even economic powerhouses such as germany to what happens in the so-called periphery countries the losses countries like spain or portugal greece would be taking in now this a downgrade happens on the back of some negative news coming from spain also leaders of the g seven countries meeting together to find a solution to spain's increasingly dire situation spain had said that banks are losing access to markets because borrowing costs of going up so much this begs the question is there going to be another.