Greece closes banks amid debt crisis BBC News | Europe | World Edition Greek banks are to close and capital controls imposed, the prime minister says, amid fears of a default and possible exit from the eurozone. ECB ‘to maintain Greek funding limit’ BBC News | Europe | World Edition The European Central Bank says it will … Read more
Erdoğan vows to replace Gülen schools abroad with Turkish ministry schools The Turkish president has again called on foreign countries to shut down schools operated by supporters of Fethullah Gülen Turkey to send medical aid to African countries Turkey will send 2.5 million Turkish Liras’ worth of medical aid to Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia to fight … Read more
Release of attempted murder suspect in Turkey not closed, says Danish PM Questions over Turkey’s release of the shooting suspect of a right-wing writer and critic of Islam in Copenhagen in 2013 have not been resolved, Danish PM Helle Thorning-Schmidt has said Release of Danish murder suspect ‘decision of Turkish judiciary’ Danish media had reported that Turkey … Read more
MAIN FOCUS: Juncker and Schulz both after presidency | 27/05/2014 euro|topics After the European elections the wrangling over the post of Commission president has begun. With the conservative European People’s Party behind him, Jean-Claude Juncker has the support of the largest parliamentary group. But social democrat Martin Schulz is also laying claim to the post. … Read more
Litany of ifs and buts on Europe?s banks Properly done, asset review exercise could quickly establish the ECB as a tough regulator and help restore investor faith in Europe?s lenders Privatised justice and the erosion of democracy in the UK Public service outsourcers G4S and Serco were caught overcharging taxpayers by tens of millions of … Read more
#UACES2011 in Cambridge: A look at some interesting EU research from Ideas on Europe by Ronny Patz I must say that I very much enjoyed the UACES conference in Cambridge last week, especially some of the finished and ongoing research I was able to witness. Listening to the presentations, discussions and interventions, I?d say some … Read more