.cat Domain a Casualty in Catalonian Independence Crackdown EFF.org Updates On October 1, a referendum will be held on whether Catalonia, an autonomous region of the northeast of Spain, should declare itself to be an independent country. The Spanish government has ruled the referendum illegal, and is taking action on a number of fronts to shut it … Read more
Next move BBC News | Europe | World Edition The French authorities have already made detailed plans for moving migrants out of the Jungle camp near Calais. Fate of child migrants uncertain before France demolishes Jungle camp EurActiv.com Aid workers accused France and Britain on Sunday of failing more than 1,300 unaccompanied child migrants whose future remained … Read more
MAIN FOCUS: Row over Syria policy | 30/09/2015 euro|topic The presidents of Russia and the United States met to discuss a policy on Syria at the start of the week. Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad remains the main bone of contention between the two leaders. According to some commentators Putin has pushed through his strategy of including … Read more
VIDEO: Voting under way in Catalonia BBC News | Europe | World Edition Voting is under way in local elections in the Spanish region of Catalonia, seen as a test of support for independence. MAIN FOCUS: Separatists win in Catalonia | 28/09/2015 euro|topics The separatist coalition Junts pel Sí and the far-left party CUP won an absolute … Read more
No agreement in Greek eurozone talks BBC News | Europe | World Edition Greek and eurozone officials have left a seven-hour meeting without even basic agreement on how to proceed in talks over the country’s debt crisis. Greek debt talks fail, next meeting on Monday EurActiv.com Greece’s new leftist government and its international creditors failed to … Read more
Syriza-led Greek parliament ‘will never ratify TTIP’ EurActiv.com The newly-elected government in Athens has always been suspicious of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and will use its Parliament majority to sink the EU-US trade pact, claims a former Syriza MEP now turned minister. EurActiv Greece reports. Greece holds ‘crucial’ meetings to secure new debt agreement … Read more
Istanbul Ancient Wall Gives No Defense in Property Fight: Cities Bloomberg For centuries, Istanbul’s ancient walls safeguarded the city from attack. What remains of those 1,600-year-old battlements has become the source of . Skies open for drones over busy Istanbul airport With a 12 minute-long aerial footage, an amateur drone pilot has revealed that any remote-control unmanned … Read more
Catalonia poll ‘backs independence’ BBC News | Europe | World Edition An informal vote on independence for the Spanish region of Catalonia has shown more than 80% in favour, officials say. Spain’s Catalans set to vote on independence AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (IN DEPTH) Catalonia vote: first reactions open Democracy News Analysis – by Fernando Betancor Artur Mas was … Read more
Juncker bitten by the hand that fed him as the European Parliament undermines his Commission Open Europe blog Juncker and Schulz in happier times… The letter from European Parliament (EP) President Martin Schulz to European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has now been published in full and contains an extensive list of questions for the UK’s Lord … Read more
Just who are Podemos? open Democracy News Analysis – by Fernando Betancor Who are the people voting for Podemos? An analysis of election data reveals some surpising results… I?ve be following the impact of the ?Podemos? phenomenon on Spanish politics since the European elections late last May. It is not too much of an … Read more
Mandela: a visual memorial VISUALIZING IMPACT 15 December 2013 ********************** World’s leading authors join surveillance of personal data debate Over 500 of the world?s leading authors released an open letter calling on governments to curb mass surveillance methods European Universities? Identity Crisis VÍCTOR PÉREZ-DÍAZDEC 10, 2013www.project-syndicate.org/ Víctor Pérez-Díaz, President of the ASP Research Center in Madrid … Read more
İstanbul ve İstanbullular kazandı Dualar kâbul oldu, şehir ve şehirliler şimdilik bir nebze nefes aldı. Darısı başta Kanal olmak üzere diğer ?lüzumsuz projelerin? başına inşallah. Olimpiyat denince ortaya saçılıveren millî gururla başedebilmek kolay değil. Birkaç Donkişotun dışında Olimpiyat denince akan sular duruyor. Ne kimsenin ödenecek bedelden haberi var, ne de umurunda. Millî gurur böyle köreltici … Read more
Let the blames begin; Yeni Safak accues Reuters of sabotaging Olympic bid by …showing the news? http://t.co/MHFEzbIYFw via @yenisafak ? Andrew Finkel (@FinkelAndrew) September 8, 2013 A long list of possible construction work planned for Turkey’s bid can be found here. From NYT piece: For the International Olympic Committee, environmental concerns in Japan appeared … Read more
https://twitter.com/barry_stocker/status/376440369241546752 Istanbul reaches the final round in IOC’s 2020 Olympics host city vote Istanbul and Tokyo reach the second round of IOC’s voting for the host city of the 2020 Olympics. Madrid was eliminated Armenian community members in Argentina protest against Istanbul 2020 bid Members of the Armenian community in Argentina protested over the presence Istanbul’s bid … Read more
Olimpiyatlar İstanbul?un ocağını söndürecek Yarın, 2020 Olimpiyatları kararı açıklandığında İstanbul?un kalan son canının çıkıp çıkmayacağını öğreneceğiz. İstanbul beşince defa olimpiyatlara başvuruyor ve üçüncü defa aday gösteriliyor. Hükümet İstanbul?un adaylığını inşaat ve turizm yoluyla ekonomik getiri ve spora özendirme olarak pazarlasa da Olimpiyat organizasyonu herşeyden evvel itibar ve kibir demek. Erdoğan?ın Büyük Türkiyesinin taçlarından birisi. … Read more