Italy Launches Largest Ever Pirate Site Blockade TorrentFreak Alongside the United Kingdom, Italy is the most aggressive country in the world when it comes to blocking websites on copyright infringement grounds. Data-Driven Web Survival Guide The Purple Box by Andy Kahl If we’re going to make it through what’s sometimes described as a data-collection … Read more
7 experts on Europe’s biggest media innovators EurActiv.com The media’s search for new business models and the potential of new and social media has brought about a wave of enterprises and entrepreneurs across EU member states. What are Europe’s most innovative news applications and initiatives? EurActiv asked the experts. On election day, young Greeks will be voting for SYRIZA open Democracy … Read more
Report urges internet user-friendly copyright law EurActiv.com EU copyright rules need to be rebalanced to give internet users more rights as compared to creators and rights holders according to a draft European Parliament report published today (19 January). Global Digital & Social Media Stats: 2015 We Are Social’s huge report on the state of Digital in 2015, … Read more
VIDEO: Greek campaigning ends ahead of vote BBC News | Europe | World Edition The BBC’s Chris Morris reports from a Syriza rally in Crete as campaigning in Greece’s general election comes to an end. Syriza ‘to end Greece‘s humiliation’ BBC News | Europe | World Edition The leader of Greek anti-austerity party Syriza says an end … Read more
Turkish parliament set to vote in historic session Parliament is set to vote on whether to send four former ministers to the high court to be tried on charges of corruption Bar head sentenced to six years for participation in rallies A Turkish court has sentenced Tunceli Bar Association head Uğur Yeşiltepe to six years in jail … Read more
Twelve-year-old shot dead in Turkey’s Kurdish southeast A 12-year-old boy was shot dead in Cizre in southeast Turkey on Wednesday, the sixth person to be killed in the largely Kurdish town in the last three weeks, security sources said. The spate of killings risk undermining confidence in a two-year-old peace process between the government and the … Read more
France puts 10,000 troops onto the streets warning ‘threat is still present’ Mashable! France on Monday ordered 10,000 troops into the streets to protect sensitive sites after three days of bloodshed and terror, amid the hunt for accomplices to the attacks that left 17 people and the three gunmen dead. This map shows every attack on … Read more
RWB condemns presence of ‘predators’ in Paris march, calls for solidarity with ‘all Charlies’ Reporters Without Borders – Jan 11 – Reporters Without Borders welcomes the participation of many foreign leaders in today‘s march in Paris in homage to the victims of last week’s terror attacks and in defence of the French republic’s values, but … Read more
People react to mosque attacks in Sweden joyously independent.co.uk – Jan 2 – A Muslim community in Sweden that faced a series of Islamaphobic attacks recently has been taken aback after residents ‘love-bombed’ the local mosque in an outpouring of support. After anti-Muslim rhetoric was scrawled into an Uppsala mosque… One in 8 Germans would join … Read more
Germans ‘should welcome’ refugees BBC News | Europe | World Edition Germany’s President uses his Christmas message to urge Germans to welcome refugees amid growing support for an anti-Islam group. Israel, Palestine and the European Union Ideas on Europe by Jon Danzig This month UCL student and blogger, Lewis Barber, wrote an article for the Jerusalem Post … Read more
Anti-Islam march in German city BBC News | Europe | World Edition A controversial march against “Islamisation of the West”, and a big counter-demonstration, are held in the German city of Dresden. Germany and the eurozone: The view from Paris Centre for European Reform On recent visits to Berlin, I have been surprised at how negative people … Read more
Turkey’s Distressing Dance with Capital Flows Report (TEPAV) N° 201407, November 2014 The Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey Fatih Özatay * In the aftermath of the 2001 crisis Turkey took important steps towards achieving macroeconomic and financial stability. Together with favorable international financial conditions, this helped to achieve a rather high per-capita GDP growth. The … Read more
Violence erupts at Greece protests BBC News | Europe | World Edition Protesters in the Greek capital Athens throw rocks and petrol bombs, at a rally marking six years since police killed an unarmed teenager. Juncker says South Stream pipeline can still be built EurActiv.com European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has insisted the €32 billion South Stream natural … Read more
MAIN FOCUS: EU Parliament takes Google to task | 28/11/2014 euro|topics The European Parliament voted on Thursday in a non-binding resolution to separate Internet companies’ search engine business from other commericial activities. This could lead to Google being split up. Some commentators praise the Parliament for countering Google’s abuse of its market dominance. Others call for … Read more
VIDEO: Pope claims Europe appears ‘elderly’ BBC News | Europe | World Edition Pope Francis warns that the world sees Europe as “somewhat elderly and haggard” during a speech to the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Pope complains of ‘haggard’ Europe BBC News | Europe | World Edition Pope Francis warns that Europe appears “somewhat elderly” and … Read more