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EU Commission says Turkey should investigate referendum vote ‘irregularities in #TurkeyReferendum But Erdoğan tells election observers to ‘know their place’…

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Turkey should investigate referendum vote ‘irregularities’, says EU commission  World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Daniel Boffey in Brussels President’s spokesman calls on authorities to launch transparent inquiry after observers raised doubts about poll result The EU has called on the civil authorities in Turkey to launch a transparent investigation into the referendum result granting the … Read more

Turkey is after the happiest country in the world, Norway, after the latter gives Turkish officers asylum… A FP roundup…

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Turkey protests against Norway giving officers asylum  AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (IN DEPTH) Ambassador to Ankara summoned after Norway grants political asylum to Turkish officers allegedly linked to failed coup. Debate: Berlin refusing to export arms to Turkey  euro|topics The German government has rejected several requests from Ankara for arms exports in recent months. The human rights situation … Read more

#Cyberculture agenda: “Data Mining Reveals the Rise of ISIS Propaganda on Twitter

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Data Mining Reveals the Rise of ISIS Propaganda on Twitter MIT Technology Review Twitter has closed 25,000 accounts that supported the terrorist organisation ISIS. An analysis of these tweets shows how ISIS emerged with a message of extreme violence. How to find out what Trump’s favorite big data machine knows about you Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow … Read more

Meanwhile in Davos, Low participation from Ankara at this year’s summit…

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Low participation from Ankara at this year’s Davos   There will be a limited participation from Ankara at the 47th World Economic Forum in Davos on Jan. 17-20, due to the ongoing debates over the constitutional amendment vote. Rutte and Schulz take the gloves off in front of Davos elite EurActiv.com by Jorge Valero reporting from Davos … Read more

Eurosphere agenda: “EU’s Galileo satellite system goes live after 17 years

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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

Eurosphere agenda: Austria elections disrupts the global right-wing tide, While Italy referendum vote leads to Renzi’s resignation…

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Austria election: Van der Bellen promises to be “pro-European” president BBC News | Europe | World Edition Newly-elected Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen promises to be “pro-European” and open-minded. [Analysis] Austrian far-right beaten but not defeated EUobserver.com – Headline News Far-right candidate Norbert Hofer’s loss to Green-backed Alexander Van der Bellen sent relief across Europe, but … Read more

Eurosphere agenda: Far right National Front success in French regional vote…

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Far right National Front dominates first round of French regional vote  Mashable! France’s far right National Front won more support than any other party in the first round of regional elections Sunday, according to polling agency projections, in a new boost for Marine Le Pen’s anti-immigration strategy and a new blow to President Francois Hollande’s Socialists. … Read more

Eurosphere agenda: “Techfugees aims to crowdsource solutions to Europe’s migrant crisis

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Techfugees aims to crowdsource solutions to Europe’s migrant crisis The Next Web by Amanda Connolly Over the past few weeks, we have highlighted the need for the tech community to look outside its bubble at the European migrant crisis. Today, Mike Butcher, Editor-at-large of Techcrunch, has taken this a step further and launched “Techfugees” – a … Read more

Mostly conspiratorial reactions from Turkish leadership as At least two killed in hostage-taking…

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At least two killed in hostage-taking in Paris Jewish store At least one person was injured when a gunman opened fire at a kosher grocery store in eastern Paris on Friday and took at least five people hostage, sources told AFP. Former President is the only exception in condemning the attacks without any Islamistic apology… Former Turkish president … Read more

More than understandable: “Record anti-Islam rally in Dresden… Eurosphere agenda…

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VIDEO: Disquiet in Dresden at anti-Islam rally BBC News | Europe | World Edition A record 17,500 people turn out for the latest “anti-Islamisation” rally in the German city of Dresden, according to police estimates. Record anti-Islam rally in Dresden A record 17,500 people turn out for the latest “anti-Islamisation” rally in the German city of Dresden, … Read more

Eurosphere agenda: EU Parliament’s time machine, Sinn Fein leader arrested, Unfortunate Odessa fire…

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How an Oral History Project Got the Head of Sinn Fein Arrested FP Passport by Thomas Stackpole Try our new time machine, see what’schanged since first EU elections in 1979http://www.europarl.europa.eu/ep_products/infographics/timemachine/index_en.html ?   Adams ‘quizzed for 17 hours a day’ BBC News | Europe | World Edition Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams is being questioned for up to … Read more

Eurosphere roundup: NSU trial… anti-Semitism in Hungary and more…

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  NSU trial a litmus test for German stance on Neo-nazi groups: Turkish EU Minister Turkey’s EU Minister Egemen Bağış has indicated that the National Socialist Underground trial could be used to exculpate the neo-Nazi image haunting Germany.   Trial Begins for a Neo-Nazi Suspect in Germany A member of a neo-Nazi trio is charged … Read more

Digital Taleban scares, too

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Are You Afraid of the Digital Taleban? from OPEN ANTHROPOLOGY by Maximilian Forte A Medal of Honor for Imperialism: But don’t look at this image! A digital transfer of Taleban contagion will begin downloading if you do. In the latest in militainment news, Electronic Arts has bowed to pressure from military officials in the U.S. … Read more