Portugal takes on EU presidency
Portugal takes on EU presidency; The first working meeting of Portugal's European Union presidency takes place with a new treaty on the agenda.
Small Portugal saddled with EU treaty and Turkey issues;Portugal took over the EU's hotseat yesterday with the rush already on to secure a new treaty for the bloc before member states become tangled up ina debate on Turkey, a potentially even more divisive topic.
Portugal's EU presidency to keep Turkish membership talks on track despite opposition
The Portuguese Presidency: In Brief
The Portuguese Presidency, which took over at the EU's helm on 1 July 2007, will focus on concluding talks on an EU Reform Treaty, as well as the foreign policy agenda, with a particular focus on relations with Africa and Brazil.......
Portugal: small country, big expectations
From 1 July, Portugal assume the six-month rotating presidency of the European Union, taking over a job well done from Germany – CafeBabel goes behind the scenes....
Election mumblings...
"Bahçeli to Erdoğan: Hang Öcalan if you can"
Leaders of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and the Justice and Development Party (AKP) continue their quarrel over Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned leader of the outlawed Kurdistan...
Baykal presents evidence on a US grant, Gül denies claims
An agreement between Turkey and the United States in 2003, which prevents Turkish government to cross the Iraqi border in return of a grant of $1 billion, created a renewed debate....
AKP's trio gives message of unity in Kayseri
The ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) three leading figures, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Foreign Minister Abdullah Gül and Parliament Speaker Bülent Arınç, came together...
Turkey's elections, EU membership and the Palestinian crisis
Shoshana BEKERMANUK car-bomb attacks revive EU terrorist fears
The UK is on critical alert following a car-bomb attack at Glasgow airport and the discovery of two further bombs in London. Five suspects have been taken into custody following the incident, which has revived memories of the 2005 London bombings that led to the EU stepping up its anti-terror response........
Europe skeptical on missile shield - by Peter Spiegel and Kim Murphy
For months, the Bush administration has courted Russian President Vladimir V. Putin to gain assent for its plans to build a long-range missile defense system in Eastern Europe. But the focus on Moscow may be misplaced. In the three capitals where legislatures must approve the system before ground is broken — Washington, Prague and Warsaw — support is thin and fading says the Los Angeles Times.
Europe’s Non-European Europeans - by Grigory Yavlinsky and Victor Kogan-Yasny
Nation-states are built on ethnic and territorial unity, and their histories and political development are grounded in a sense of collective identity. Empires emerge when a national group considers its existence inside its territorial borders either risky or ineffective, and embarks on a forced expansion that is usually connected with large-scale violence......Click for the report from the Korea Times
