Eleven Turks enter German Parliament Eleven lawmakers of Turkish origin have been elected to the German Bundestag Merkel faces tough coalition talks Chancellor Angela Merkel is triumphant but must now form a new ruling coalition, with the Social Democrats (SPD) seen as likely partners. As focus shifts to German coalition negotiations, who are the … Read more
British Foreign Office to drunk Britons everywhere: No, we can’t translate that tattoo for you Here, in all its glory, is the full list: A man who required hospital treatment in Cambodia when a monkey dislodged a stone that hit him demanded help getting compensation and wanted assurance that it would not happen again A … Read more
Austerity row lays bare Europe-wide divisions from Hurriyet Daily News The financially-hit European countries seesaw between the European Union?s austerity impositions and their citizens and international economic organizations? insistence on lifting tight measures Iceland rejects austerity and EU from Grahnlaw by Ralf Grahn Tired of austerity, voters in Iceland seem to have returned to … Read more
Italy?s centre-left fails in presidential vote from FT.com – World, Europe Berlusconi supporters celebrate ?death? of rival party after more than 100 Democrat MPs vote against Romano Prodi, dashing hopes of an end to political deadlock Italian centre-left leader ‘to quit’ from BBC News | Europe | World Edition Italy’s centre-left leader, Pier Luigi … Read more
IMF sees a mixed outlook for Europe – calls for more ECB action and a fiscal union by Open Europe blog team The IMF today released its latest World Economic Outlook forecasts. As usual the forecasts are not overly different from the previous ones – published in October last year – but there are a … Read more
Germany suffering worker shortage from FT.com – World, Europe For Ursula von der Leyen, solving that dilemma will require fundamental reforms in the heart of the eurozone, and its periphery The Google EU settlement: Full details from Brussels Blog by Alex Barker Google?s three year tussle with Brussels over its search business is almost … Read more
1988 | Margaret Thatcher Speech at dinner given by Turkish Prime Minister from Mavi Boncuk by M.A.M Margaret Thatcher’s legacy — in political cartoons from FP Passport by Marya Hannun The death of a class warrior: Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013) from open Democracy News Analysis – by Tom Mills Thatcher did not seek to win over … Read more