Eurozone slides into recession

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Eurozone slides into recession

The second quarter of the current year had already seen a decline of 0.2 percent. Economists speak of a recession when economic growth is negative for at least two quarters in a row. The last time the eurozone had been in recession was after the global banking crisis began in 2008. At that time, economic output fell for five consecutive quarters until the summer of 2009.

The current recession is being blamed on the poor economic situation in the crisis-hit countries of southern europe. In spain, the third-quarter decline was 0.3 percent, in portugal 0.8 percent. Italy’s economic output also fell by 0.2 percent. Germany, europe’s largest economy, posted a positive performance of 0.2 percent.

Third-quarter figures worse than expected. EU commission had expected only stagnation for the third quarter. Experts are again forecasting a downturn for the winter and predict an economic slump of 0.4 percent for 2012 as a whole. In the EU as a whole, the situation is somewhat better. The 27 EU countries recorded mini-growth of 0.1 percent in the third quarter.

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The 26 houses in the former u.S. Housing estate corlette circle, about a kilometer from kitzingen (in the direction of groblangheim), could become shared accommodation for around 150 asylum seekers.

However, this is only a plan of the government of lower franconia, which is urgently looking for accommodation: so far, neither a rental agreement has been signed, nor has the city council of kitzingen approved the project, as it said at a press conference on wednesday.

Only one thing is clear at the moment: the number of asylum seekers is rising. According to a forecast, around 100,000 people from many parts of the world will be seeking asylum in germany this year, as thomas weingart from the government’s refugee support department explained. 1700 of them are supposed to find a (temporary) home in lower franconia, after a distribution agreement.

And because the existing capacities are not sufficient, the government is looking for locations in all counties. In the offer there was the 2.6 hectare rough land of the corlette circle, which the owner – according to weingart – had offered for lease the previous year. A "constructional" examination of the housing estate followed. Result: the site would be suitable for the establishment of community housing. However, the houses had to be brought up to an "appropriate standard" and the access to electricity, water, gas and sewage had to be restored, according to weingart.

A discussion with the owner was positive: "an agreement is within the realm of possibility." Weingart’s hope now is that the accommodations can be made ready for occupancy "as soon as possible. However, he expects that it could be "tight" in 2013.

The kitzingen city council was able to put a spanner in the works. According to mayor siegfried muller, the "political decision" on the use of the land and the houses dating back to 1938 will be made shortly after the summer break – within the framework of his planning authority. The establishment of a community center for asylum seekers is "viewed very critically by large parts of the city council," muller had already written to government president paul beinhofer at the end of july: "a political majority is therefore not to be expected for it."

Many city councillors feared disadvantages for kitzingen as a business location, said the mayor in a press interview. He emphasized that the city had wanted a "different kind of government facility". Otherwise, the city has done its part in accommodating asylum seekers – with 46 places in kitzingen.

What happens if kitzingen rejects the 150 asylum seeker places in the corlette circle is still unclear. Then it would presumably be the turn of the district, which, according to antonette graber, head of the social affairs department at the district office, has to see "where we can find accommodation" anyway.

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Speed skaters did not know about bouwman announcement

"We found out about it from the press," moritz geisreiter, athletes’ spokesman for the german speed skating association (DESG), told the "suddeutsche zeitung". His colleague leon kaufmann-ludwig explained that in his opinion this was no coincidence. It must have been clear to the provisional DESG president, matthias grobe, "that there was no approval from the athletes for this. It was only claudia pechstein and matthias grobe who had a public dispute with bouwman."

Grobe had announced in berlin at the beginning of the month that bouwman would be celebrating in writing the end of his employment contract on his 31st. July had been communicated. The dutchman announced legal action. The background to this is the year-long rift between pechstein and bouwman, since the latter declared that he had "no desire" to train the five-time olympic champion. Thereupon there had been a months-long mud fight between both sides.

"Athletes who talk to me say they see no other profiteer than pechstein and grob. They were happy to continue working with bouwman," geisreiter said now. In addition, the 32-year-old spoke of a climate in the association that is changing in a negative direction. "Since the interim presidency, athletes have been coming up to me and saying – unasked – that they’re concerned about changing their mind because they don’t know if they’ll keep their squad status," geisreiter said. "We are currently experiencing an unpleasant phase of controversy. I am optimistic, however, that things will soon get better."

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