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European consular help abroad
Brussels has set out to remind Europeans in difficulty of their rights. During emergencies, such as in Japan or Libya recently, EU citizens abroad have the right to ask for help from any EU consulate or embassy where their country is not directly represented. But many Europeans do not know they have this right, so the European Commission is taking steps to boost citizens??� awareness. Europeans take more than 90 million trips outside the EU each year and around 30 million live in non-EU countries. Yet it is only in the US, China and Russia that every one of the 27 member states has a diplomatic mission. Viviane Reding, EU Commissioner for Justice and Citizenship, explained: “We have to clarify some questions: let’s take Luxembourg citizens who are lost in Kazakhstan and the British embassy is going to save them, that comes at a cost to the British tax payer, so it is normal that they are paid back by the Luxembourg authorities. How this transfer is going to take place, that has to be regulated by a European law and will be.” A website on consular protection is being launched, providing addresses of diplomatic missions in non-EU countries and access to all EU member states’ travel advisory services.

Israel’s Birthday
Celebrations have started to mark Israel’s 63rd year of independence. The state was founded on May 14, 1948. The events usually start with the lighting of a dozen torches on Mount Hertzl in Jerusalem. On May 15 Palestinians, by contrast, mark the birth of Israel with a day of mourning.

Libya: the latest situation in Benghazi
Muammar Gaddafi’s control of Tripoli looks increasingly tenuous, but the east of the country has been free from his grip for days. Euronews spoke to freelance journalist Francesca Cicardi in Benghazi. She said: ‘‘The revolutionaries in Benghazi are already working hard to give the city new institutions and start a post-Gaddafi era.” “All the cities east of Libya are managing themselves through revolutionary committees and are hoping the west will soon fall. Especially Tripoli, where Gaddafi remains completely isolated. The Colonel controls barely 15 per cent of the country, according to the rebels in Benghazi. The army has said that it is ready to defend the city but that it will not take an active role in the final fall of the regime. We can say that the east of Libya is completely liberated following the fall of the city of Kufra in the southeast, near to the border with Sudan.’‘

Deaths reported in Yemen clashes
At least two people are reported dead and around 20 have been injured in Yemen as protests spread across the country. In the capital Sanaa security forces used tear gas to disperse protesters demanding an end to President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s three decades in power. After a crowd several hundred strong rallied at a university campus, police were unable to isolate them from pro-government demonstrators who charged at them armed with daggers and clubs. Meanwhile a 21-year-old man was reportedly shot dead in the southern port of Aden. Over three weeks the protests have grown increasingly violent. Yemen which borders oil-rich Saudi Arabia is desperately poor, with youth unemployment of at least 35 percent. The president has described the unrest as a foreign plot to create chaos in Arab countries. He has said he will not stay in power beyond 2013 but the protesters want immediate change.

New Zealand rescuers face ‘hard choices’
Rescuers in Christchurch have been concentrating there efforts on earthquake damaged buildings where signs of life have been detected. Around 120 survivors have been pulled out across the city on New Zealand’s south island, some after having limbs amputated. Christchurch Hospital has been inundated with patients seeking treatment for injuries. But the search at a collapsed TV building which also housed a language school has been abandoned. A number of Japanese students are among dozens feared dead in the rubble. Friends of the missing find it hard to take, but rescuers said they needed to divert teams elsewhere. “The sad fact is that we’re moving the resources we’ve got from this site to other sites where there’s a higher probability of life survivability,” said police operations commander Dave Lawry. “We still have survivors, we believe, at several other sites and, at the end of the day, we have to make that choice. It’s a hard choice.” For others life goes on. Large parts of Christchurch are without water, leading to long queues for those seeking supplies. The authorities said electricity workers are battling hard to restore power. The impact of New Zealand’s worst natural disaster for 80 years is going to be felt long after the quake’s aftershocks.

Clashes after protest death in Iran
There have been fresh clashes in Tehran at the funeral of a student killed in anti-government protests on Monday. Anger between supporters and critics of the Iranian government spilled over into violence as mourners made their way through the city. 26-year-old Sanee Zaleh was one of the two people who died when opposition campaigners rallied for the first time in more than a year. Both sides have blamed each other for his death. Thousands of people took to the streets of Tehran on Monday, wanting to demonstrate their solidarity with the opposition movements in Tunisia and Egypt. Now the country’s hard-line clerics have added their voice to calls for the opposition leaders to be tried and executed. Mir Hossein Moussavi and Mehdi Karroubi have been under house arrest since they issued the call to protest last week.