POLAND
Former President in CIA bases charge
5 August 2010
Presseurop
Rzeczpospolita Ex-president Aleksander Kwaśniewski may face the State Tribunal on war crime charges, Rzeczpospolita reports. Prosecutors investigating alleged CIA secret prisons in Poland may file similar charges against ex-prime minister Leszek Miller and ex-head of intelligence, Zbigniew Siemiątkowski. At first, the investigation focused on potential abuses of power by public officials – to approve a CIA base in Poland – but today, writes the daily, prosecutors are certain that it wasn’t just a base but also that “terrorist suspects were held, and perhaps tortured, there,” which violates Art. 123 Par. 2 of the Criminal Code that penalizes the “torture, inhumane treatment or experimentation on prisoners of war.”
The game has gone on for nearly two years: Athens pretends to comply with the demands of its creditors and partners, and they pretend to believe in Greece’s commitments. As the spectre of default comes nearer, however, the Greek bluff cannot go on much longer, writes an El Mundo editorialist. 
Asserting national values is central to the political project of the Hungarian PM. Since the start of the year, fifteen paintings, specially commissioned for an exhibition in the Castle of Buda, have been putting this ambition on show. 
Since Portugal has been subjected to an austerity regimen by the EU/ECB/IMF troika, Portuguese consumers have adapted their habits. The crisis is pushing consumers to save but also to be more creative.