Regarding the arrest of Gerry Adams open Democracy News Analysis – by Lorcan Mullen In Northern Ireland, the the arrest of Gerry Adams highlights the tensions between justice and peace. Language as a barrier to dialogue in Ukraine open Democracy News Analysis – by Polina Sinovets The issue of language and politics has long been a … Read more
Anayasa Uzlaşma Komisyonu 2. yılı doldururken 60 maddede mutabakat sağladı T24 Anayasa Uzlaşma Komisyonu 2. yıl bitimine yaklaşırken 60 maddede mutabakat sağladı. 112 maddede şerh var. “Yürütme”, “Son hükümler”, “Mali, Ekonomik ve Sosyal Hükümler” bölümlerinde komisyon ‘sıfır’ mutabakat sağladı. AKP’nin ‘Başkanlık’ önerisi CHP’de Kart ile Batum arasında Anayasa krizi tırmanıyor T24 CHP’de Anayasa Uzlaşma … Read more
Kurdish autonomy in Syria alerts Turkey Two days after the capture of the Syrian border post of Turkey near the town of Rasulayn on July 17 Kurds cement power in war on Turkish border Clashes between Islamist rebel forces and Kurdish fighters spread to a second Syrian province on July 20, activists said, as factional … Read more
MAIN FOCUS: EU outraged over US spying | 02/07/2013 After media reports about spying activities of the US intelligence services in EU offices, the European Union is checking its facilities for bugging devices. The European Commission has demanded speedy explanations from the US. Some commentators say Europe should stand up to America, while others … Read more
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EU enlargement commissioner Stefan Fule. AFP photo
EU finance ministers gathered in Brussels yesterday to formalise a timetable for the Greek government to reduce its budget deficit from 12.7% to 3% by 2012.
And now there’s a T-shirt to prove it. Hiney shirts at CafePress
Founs in H1N1: It’s Pronounced “Hiney”
Closing speech by Wim Wenders, President of the European Film Academy, during the European Culture Forum.
The speech was read out by EFA director Ms Döring, and is available for download as a PDF on the European Commission website.
A few months ago, the European Film Academy organised a think tank dedicated to “THE IMAGE OF EUROPE”.
The think tank took place under the patronage of the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, who actually joined us on that occasion and took a very active and very outspoken part in it.
and Erkan’s rounup of interesting things from the web:
More moves on the Eastern front…
EDITORS’ NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to film or take pictures in Tehran. Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) shakes hands with Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan during a meeting in Tehran October 27, 2009.
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Katinka Barysch of Centre for European Reform explains why EU enlargement is in trouble and there is more from the EU in the roundup…
With most mainstream political parties and the economic establishment pushing for a ‘yes’ vote, anti-immigration populists suffered a defeat yesterday (8 February) in a referendum to open up the country’s labour market to Bulgarian and Romanian workers.
The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) commissioned OgilvyOne to develop a website campaign to encourage people across the EU to take action to reduce their environmental impact. The site is called the changers.found in The Changers
Europe’s hierarchy of aliens
A few days ago Jovan wrote about Gabriele Marranci’s blog. When I was in Singapore I had a chat with Gabriele about xenophobia in Italy, and to my surprise he told me that the main xenophobic party, Lega Nord, which is part of the current government, has recently upgraded Chinese immigrants to being as dangerous as Muslims. I had thought that in the last few years Muslims have become the unchallenged embodiment of the dangerous Other. This does have its flip side, though. At a conference today in Amsterdam I heard a paper by Gargi Bhattacharya denouncing Britain’s criminalization of forced marriage as a step to stigmatize Muslims/South Asians further. But, commenting on her paper, anthropologist Jacob Rigi reminded us that “slavery” (combatting which was one of the rationales for the legislation) really does exist; just look at all those trafficked Chinese. In other words, even those in the academia who are sensitive towards “security talk” about Muslims may not be so critical when the same type of rhetoric crops up with regard to other migrants.