Switzerland was launched three years ago the tender for the renewal of its fleet, now consisting of F-5E / F Tiger built by the American Northrop, whose older copies have been flying since 1976.

She originally planned to order up to 33 devices.

The President of the European Central Bank (ECB) Mario Draghi Friday defended the independence of the institution subject to strong pressure to intervene financially better deal with the debt crisis, stressing that it was his "credibility" was at stake . "Our credibility implies the success of our monetary policy (consisting of) anchor the inflation outlook in the medium and long term (…) to sustain growth, job creation and financial stability.

The Nikkei gained 0.16% or 13.67 points to 8,514.47 while the Topix, larger yielded 1.17 points (-0.16%) to 729.13.

On the whole a week marked by a deepening debt crisis with the record level by the Italian sovereign bond yield, the two indices lost 3.3% and 3%.

Title Olympus finished down 4.96% to 460 yen after a volatile session.

The Economist, 68, former European Commissioner and now president of Bocconi University in Milan, is seen for weeks by the markets as the best candidate to lead a government of national unity and implementation of emergency austerity measures needed to redress the accounts of the country.The Paris Bourse was almost in equilibrium, Frankfurt advanced 0.5% and London gave up 0.45%.

Discussions in the PDL

Italian President Giorgio Napolitano has appointed Mario Monti senator for life Wednesday. Investors saw this as a sign that he would ask him to try to form a government from the start of Silvio Berlusconi, expected in the coming days.

And as the cost of borrowing to ten years in Italy continue to grow beyond 7%, a level deemed unsustainable by many, the assumption of a unity government seems to be gaining ground in the PDL.

"The LDP can not simply follow the call to the polls that emanates from the core," said Foreign Minister Franco Frattini in an interview with Corriere della Sera.

Objectives, duration and the choice of the directing personality similar government must be acquired before the start of the power of the current prime minister, said on national television MP Telemachos Hitiris.

"Just wait for the announcement of the (selection) Prime Minister in the cabinet. Everything must be done in the day, otherwise it will be hell tomorrow," he warned.

These operations include a bond due in December 2016, for $ 350 million with a coupon of 9.375%, said the automotive supplier in a statement.

The refinancing of Faurecia also involves a new syndicated loan of 1,150 million, consisting of two bands A (690 million euros) and B (460 million), respectively of maturity in November 2014 and November 2016.

These two operations will allow us to prepay a loan of 250 million euros made by Peugeot in conjunction with the refinancing of the existing syndicated bank also said Faurecia.

"We must fully meet the fiscal targets for 2011 and 2012," he told reporters.

Government members have spent their device review on the eve of a conference call with the inspectors of the European Union and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and will meet again then he said without disclosing further measures austerity.

The representative in Paris of the National Transition Council, the governing body of the rebellion Jamahiriya, denied Thursday that the CNT has signed with France a document promising him 35% of Libyan oil, in a statement to AFP.

Hours before the start of a summit dedicated to the democratic reconstruction of Libya in Paris, the French daily Liberation published a letter dated April 3, headed the "Popular Front for the Liberation of Libya" and addressed to the Emir of Qatar in which the CNT said it has signed an "agreement to give 35% of total crude oil in exchange for French support to our total and permanent

I've never heard of this front, "responded Mansour Sayf al-Nasr, special envoy of the CNT in Paris." All documents, all treaties are signed valid CNT ", he argued, rejecting any other document as invalid. The governing body of the Libyan rebels are known, since late February that as the National Transition Council.The only reference to a "Liberation Front" on the Internet refers to the letter of April 3, published by Liberation on Thursday and runs for weeks on the web.

Asked on RTL radio on Thursday, the French foreign minister Alain Juppe said "not aware of such a letter." "The CNT has said very formally in the reconstruction, he addressed preferentially to those who supported him, which seems quite logical and fair," he said, repeating does not have "knowledge of formal agreement. " "We are not alone. The Italians, the Americans are there," he said.

From London, the representative of al-CNT Guma Gamaty assured that future contracts on the exploitation of Libyan oil shall be granted "based on merit, not patronage."Libya, the fourth largest producer in Africa (after Nigeria, Angola and Algeria), exported before the insurrection against the regime of Muammar Gaddafi 80% of its black gold to Europe, especially Italy and France.

Libya has the largest oil reserves in Africa, with 44 billion barrels, far ahead of Nigeria (37.2 billion barrels) and Algeria (12.2 billion). These large companies are Italy's Eni, French giant Total and the Anglo-American BP, Shell and ExxonMobil. The country has also almost doubled its exports of natural gas in recent years, 5.4 billion m3 per year in 2005 to over 10 billion m3 of this year, according to OPEC, through a new pipeline to the Italy. Its reserves are estimated at 1,540 billion m3.In early August, the CNT was committed to honor, "he will govern as a temporary", "all financial contracts and petroleum agreements under Gaddafi."

The agreement, signed in the presence of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, includes assets that BP expected use and thus reduces to nothing the hopes of British oil to boost its own agreement with Rosneft, which was blocked in May by its partners in a Russian joint venture.

Exxon and Rosneft will invest $ 3.2 billion in the development of Prinovozemelski blocks is 1, 2 and 3, located in the Kara Sea and the Black Sea Tuapse block.

Rosneft will be offered in exchange for participation in various exploration projects Exxon in North America and elsewhere.