Germany suffering worker shortage from FT.com – World, Europe For Ursula von der Leyen, solving that dilemma will require fundamental reforms in the heart of the eurozone, and its periphery The Google EU settlement: Full details from Brussels Blog by Alex Barker Google?s three year tussle with Brussels over its search business is almost … Read more
Who?s next in line in the eurozone crisis? Portugal and Slovenia are the prime candidates by Open Europe blog team In anticipation of tomorrow’s eurozone finance ministers meeting (which will discuss finalising the Cypriot bailout and potentially extending the bailout loans given to Portugal and Ireland) Open Europe has published a new briefing looking at … Read more
Turkish PM Erdoğan?s Gaza visit to take place after Obama meeting from Hurriyet Daily News Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said he will probably visit Gaza after his trip to Washington Greek Cyprus rebuffs Turkish side?s offer from Hurriyet Daily News Greek Cyprus has rebuffed the offer of Turkish Cypriots to start negotiations. … Read more
Cyprus reaches end of a long and sleazy road from FT.com – World, Europe The collapse of the Cypriot economy is not the result of a random lurch or shift in axis. It is the end of a path traced in a long, complacent arc of ease and sleaze The Cyprus Bailout: Factsheet from … Read more
Kerry to ask Ankara to join Middle East peace from Hurriyet Daily News U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will stage his second visit to Turkey in two months this weekend. Turkey and Israel Feel the Effect as Syria?s Civil War Fuels Tensions at Borders from NYT > Turkey by By SEBNEM ARSU and RICK … Read more
Turkish PM Erdoğan set to embark on US visit on May 16 from Hurriyet Daily News Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan?s long-expected meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama will take place on May 16… European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (L) meets with Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara April 3, 2013, in … Read more
Google faces European privacy probe from BBC News | Europe | World Edition Six European data protection bodies are to launch coordinated investigations into Google’s privacy policy Islamic headscarf debate rekindled in France from BBC News | Europe | World Edition Court ruling tests power of French secularism Slovenia dismisses Cyprus comparisons from FT.com … Read more
Cyprus closes the shutters as it announces capital controls by Open Europe blog team Some more details coming out about the much talked about capital controls in Cyprus (details via @MatinaStevis and RANsquawk): A New Business Model for Cyprus by Acturca Today?s Zaman (Turkey) 27 March 2013, p. 17 Español Français Javier Solana … Read more
MAIN FOCUS: Cyprus wants to save itself | 22/03/2013 from euro|topics The Cypriot parliament will vote on an alternative plan for the country to contribute to the bailout package today, Friday. The plan foresees the establishment of a fund using capital from pension funds and Church property that would also issue bonds. But who would … Read more
Greek Cyprus parliament vote on bailout postponed to Tuesday from Hurriyet Daily News Greek Cyprus parliament speaker Yiannakis Omirou said a vote by lawmaker Morning Brief: Cyprus bailout sparks new round of economic turmoil in Europe from FP Passport by Elias Groll Russia attacks Cyprus bailout plan from FT.com – World, Europe Financial markets are … Read more
Kerry in Turkey for talks on Syria from Hurriyet Daily News US Secretary of State John Kerry was due to discuss the Syria crisis with Turkey’s leaders. Zionism row risks overshadowing Kerry visit to Turkey from Yahoo news ANKARA (Reuters) – A row over Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s description of Zionism as a crime … Read more
Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and German Chancellor Angela Merkel review a guard of honour during a welcoming ceremony in Ankara February 25, 2013. REUTERS/Altan Burgucu Merkel backs ‘open-ended’ Turkey’s EU talks from Yahoo news ANKARA, Turkey (AP) ? German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday the European Union should move forward with its talks with … Read more
Morning Brief: Post-election stalemate in Italy spooks investors from FP Passport by Ty McCormick Tense wait for Italian leftists in neck-and-neck election from Hurriyet Daily News Leftist supporters in Italy settled in for a tense wait at campaign headquarters.. Europe jitters over Italy deadlock from BBC News | Europe | World Edition European politicians and … Read more
Europe is turning away from Turkey ? and the rest of the world | Orhan Pamuk from World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Orhan Pamuk Whatever happened to liberté, égalité, fraternité? Fear of Muslims is putting Europe’s secular tradition at risk I have spent my entire life at the borders of continental Europe. From the … Read more
Çözümler er veya geç gündeme gelecek Hükümetin 2023-2071 ufkunda Kıbrıs yok. Geçen hafta oradaydım. Kuzeyde CTP’nin kadrolarını gençleştirmeye çalıştığını, hükümet partisi UBP’nin hızla AK Parti’nin kontrolüne girdiğinive toplumun kolonyal gücün dayatmalarıyla cebelleştiğini gördüm. Hızla Türkiyelileşen kuzeye anakaradaki okul kargaşası da yansımış. 1974 işgalinde dahi açılan okullar bu yıl ilk kez açılamamış. Güney daha hareketli. AB Dönem Başkanlığı’ndan değil, ekonomi ve şubattaki başkanlık seçimleri nedeniyle. Yunanistan’a yatırım yapan … Read more