take a look at the current members that are actually at risk of exiting the euro zone now we got slovenia they actually adopted figure in two thousand and four now this is actually the latest country in financial trouble and now public debt has more than doubled from twenty two percent of g.d.p. in two thousand and eight to almost fifty five percent in twenty twelve just as for cyprus really the recent banking crisis did little to enrich their economy just sixty six percent of public debt to g.d.p. as for greece right here one hundred eighty nine percent that's actually nearly double of that so. piece a quite phenomenal really if we actually take a look at a few countries that don't have the year i will be able to see that figure really isn't crucial to having a healthy economy as you can see just they're not bothered to read it so it's probably no wonder looking at the figure out of his urgency is actually being questioned right now. it is hard to hew to the monetary policy which is suitable for germany and that means that once the direction of the interest rates changes from the current

take a look at the current members are our risk right now of exiting the eurozone we can see that slovenia which adopted figure in two thousand and four is the latest country in financial trouble now public debt as almost doubled to reach forty seven percent as a slight burst the recent banking crisis did little to enrich their economy as you can see there sixty six percent as for greece and that figure is nearly twice as much as the g.d.p. just that if we take a look at a few countries that don't actually have the euro we can see that the top two nigger is not crucial to having a reasonably healthy economy particular in the case of vogue area there with with twenty percent and this is got some experts wondering what the urgency is for latvia to join the common currency. it is tied to here their monetary policy which is suitable for germany and that means that once the direction of the interest rates changes from the current very low to the historical averages and they will be your own they're. likely going to suffer a significant contraction of the mystic investment for example the issues

most likely going to suffer a significant contraction the mystic investment for example these are slovenia greece cyprus or to go and all the rest of the peripheral europe. in terms of the future instability in the euro valuations and in terms of the interest rates there . means for countries like lochley who have to have certainty in planning in terms of the longer term investments especially infrastructural investment simply future that will present significant problems and significant costs is also another issue that latvia will need to consider now since still favorites cyprus hit the infamous banking crisis of course funds about she been flowing towards latvia she strengthening the small baltic states position as a tool by consensus but once a country adopts a euro the european ministers were as you have far more control over the country's bank he rolls and as a consequence dreams of becoming a tax haven might be all you've up along with a lot so five days of historic protests in turkey on the prime minister ducks out of town for a few days what is going on in that country is all of l

going to suffer a significant contraction during the mystic investment for example the issues of slovenia greece cyprus or to go are long and all the rest of the peripheral europe certainly going to lay in terms of the future instability in the euro valuations and in terms of the interest rates means. country's like lucky to have certainty in london in terms of the longer term investments especially infrastructural investments in blue future that will result significant problems and significant course and there's also another issue not the overall need to consider since offshore favorite cyprus hit the infamous banking crisis phones have been flowing towards latvia strengthening these small boat estates position as an offshore banking center but once the country adopts a year right european ministers will have more control over the country's banking rules and as a consequence dreams of becoming a tax haven might be over along with a lot of next on c investigates the desperate circle of dependency on hunger across africa. wealthy british style. time to. market why not. find out what's real

in 2009.e banned it it has also been banned in slovenia and italy. what we saw was a rebound of the bees in those countries. >> charles annenberg weingarten -- clothianidin is not banned in the united states. however, is that epa has cited a provision in our federal pesticide law that allows us to conditionally registered pesticides. it is that discretion to allow pesticides on the market prior to having a full battery of tests to make safety determinations that is problematic. >> this loophole allows companies to sell a pesticide before epa gets all the safety data, and that is precisely what happens with clothianidin. >> epa registered chemical without having full knowledge of what its impacts on bees would be, and said we would do a study with the manufacturer, bayer, but in the meantime, we will allow this pesticide on the market. those are concerned about the affect of clothianidin wanted to test it in the natural setting. instead, the epa allowed bayer to conduct the study on its own product a year later. clothianidin was already in use on a 88

> it has struggled to earn its membership, cracking down on corruption, it's border dispute with slovenia, and dealing with legacy depute -- legacy of the war. >> critics say there is much more to do. >> she has not seen her husband in 22 years. she thinks he was buried at this cemetery in eastern croatia. but there is no gravestone, no marker with his serbian name. he's been missing since the beginning of the croatian war in 1991. all she has is these photographs. >> when i was here in 1997, i found these two wooden crosses in the grass. i took two photos. that's the proof that there used to be grapes here. but none of them had names -- graves here. but none of them had names. >> the photos were taken before the cemetery was built after the end of the war. she believes her husband was kidnapped and murdered by croatian nationalists at the beginning of the country's fight for independence. he was part of the yugoslav elite. >> shortly before he disappeared, someone saw two unmarked cars without license plates stop in front of the shop he was in. >> she never saw her husband again. that wa

> it has struggled to earn its membership, cracking down on corruption, it's border dispute with slovenia, and dealing with legacy depute -- legacy of the war. >> critics say there is much more to do. >> she has not seen her husband in 22 years. she thinks he was buried at this cemetery in eastern croatia. but there is no gravestone, no marker with his serbian name. he's been missing since the beginning of the croatian war in 1991. all she has is these photographs. >> when i was here in 1997, i found these two wooden crosses in the grass. i took two photos. that's the proof that there used to be grapes here. but none of them had names -- graves here. but none of them had names. >> the photos were taken before the cemetery was built after the end of the war. she believes her husband was kidnapped and murdered by croatian nationalists at the beginning of the country's fight for independence. he was part of the yugoslav elite. >> shortly before he disappeared, someone saw two unmarked cars without license plates stop in front of the shop he was in. >> she never saw her husband again. that wa

in slovenia, apparently, they don't really do that. this is a fire truck and video coming from a fire truck headed to the scene of a pretty severe car accident, and as you can see, cars are just not moving out of the way. so, the volunteer firefighters on this truck decide they are just going to have to make it happen one way or another, and so one of them actually gets out of the truck and starts running, and has to tell each driver how to move out of the way, dude. this means that firefighter has to run in front of that fire truck telling everybody to move while in full gear. if you notice, that can't be easy. >> it is working. if he didn't do this, they'd be stuck there and couldn't get to the scene. >> according to the person, it took 15 minutes to drive the 2 1/2 miles to get to the accident. >> that is unacceptable, and that is 15 life-saving minutes. >> eventually, we do see the fire trucks finally pulling up towards the scene of the accident, and there you can see the big rig that has turned over blocking completely these two l

in austria, slovenia, poland and hungary they are bracing themselves. tonight in prague they warn they will have to open the flood dams of the vltava river as they are close to bursting the >> amazing pictures there from central europe. and it is still raining in those areas. now for an escape from all these news and worries, -- mystery, and live jazz, the hall marks of the speakeasies of the 1920's. party planner juliette campbell tells the bbc how she keeps that excitement and intrigue in new york city's night life today. >> i run a speakeasy. mermaid, party with a a 1920's-1930's party. i've been doing it for about six years. the speak easy is the same thing it is today. it's an illegal accomplishment where you serve alcohol and there is jazz and dancing. in new york -- or -- we have a cab eret law which means you have to have a cabaret license to have more than three musicians on stage where there is alcohol and people dancing. i'm originally from southern california and i moved here when i was 18 and i really wanted to do theater and be a starving

croatia is only the second of the six former yugoslavian states to join the bloc, after slovenia in 2004 of the e-u on monday it will have a major job to do. guarding the block's longest land border. it's more than 800 miles long and it lies in a region notorious for trafficking. the 100th tour de france cycling race kicked off today. the three-week race covers more than 21-hundred miles. and several british riders are favored to win it. it's the first tour since lance armstrong was stripped of his seven straight titles for doping. the disgraced athlete recently said it's impossible to win the race without doping. but the head of the international cycling union says that accusation is both "sad" and "categorically wrong." coming up on kron 4 news weekend live look outside. san mateo bridge you're on timeout leo! ♪ ♪ some things won't last 25 years. ah! woof. some things will. save up to 20% on an ikea kitchen. except what it's done to my hair, so i'm doing something new. new age defy shampoo, conditioner and treatment from pantene. it's a system with pro-vitamins and caffeine. 7 signs of

fraught with aour recent presidents trying to get something tangible out of putin going back to sloveniat said he looked into his eyes and realized this is somebody he could trust. i think they realize these things have their real limits especially with putten. >> go ahead. >> chuck, what is the administration's response or what is their thinking when it comes to with regard to syria, getting to the negotiating table when they've announced the principle point of negotiating, assad, has to go? i don't understand that. how can you have a negotiation over something that, perhaps, the other party doesn't want to negotiate? >> well, that's the problem. they're hoping somehow the russians will take their side on this issue that maybe the russians will agree that assad not being -- that assad having to go, that he's lost personal legitimacy, will force this situation. assad gave this interview yesterday to one of germany's largest newspapers and, you know, he is as defiant as ever. they thinks he's winning. he calls the rebels terrorists. refuses to believe it's -- refuses to acknowledge that t

work, and the iron ore mines and forests of northern minnesota seemed the closest thing to home in slovenia grandpa never graduated from high school and he saved money in a coffee can to send my dad to college. my dad earned a journalism degree from the university of minnesota after getting a community college degree in northern minnesota at vermilion community college. he was a newspaper reporter and a long-time columnist for the minneapolis star tribune. my mom was a teacher and she taught second grade until she was 70 years old. her parents came from switzerland to milwaukee, wisconsin, where my great grandma ran, guess what, a cheese shop. the depression was hard on their family and out of work for several years, my grandpa actually made and sold miniature swiss chalets made out of tiny pieces of wood. so i stand here today on the shoulders of immigrants, the granddaughter and great granddaughter of iron ore miners and cheese makers and craftsmen, the daughter of a teacher and a newspaperman and the first woman elected to the united states senate from the state of minnesota. it could no