EU’s Galileo satellite system goes live after 17 years BBC News | Europe | World Edition Europe launches its long-delayed Galileo satellite system, aiming to be the world’s most accurate. Romania: a social democratic anomaly in eastern Europe? open Democracy News Analysis – by Cornel Ban Romania should be the ideal playground for right-populist parties, … Read more
Commission won’t call Castro a dictator EUobserver.com – Headline News The EU executive says that a statement decribing the former Cuban leader as a “hero for many” is balanced and suggests that the use of the word dictator by a commissioner doesn’t reflect its position. France’s next President could be an Islamophobic “Thatcherite” who wants to dismantle … Read more
French terror investigators grapple with Telegram app EurActiv.com Smartphone app Telegram, favoured by the Islamic State group thanks to the encrypted messaging it offers, is proving a headache for French anti-terror investigators. Hungarian camerawoman who kicked refugees charged BBC News | Europe | World Edition A camerawoman who was filmed kicking and tripping up refugees near the … Read more
Notice allows governors to call soldiers to duty in fight against terrorism The government has paved the way for Turkish Land Forces soldiers to be used to intervene in acts of terrorism and public incidents, as tension grows in the country, with 30 Turkish security forces recently killed in three separate attacks in three days by … Read more