EFD Haftanın Web Projesi: Roman Medya (@RomanMedya) sitesi

Proje organizatörlerinden gelen mesaj:   Humanity in Action hibe yarışmasını kazanarak, EVZ vakfının maddi desteği ile hayata geçirdiğimiz Roman Medya projemizin websitesi tamamlandı. 16-17 Mayıs’ta düzenlediğimiz Medya ve İletişim seminerindeki sunumlarınız ve videolarınıza da websitemizde yer verdik. http://romanmedya.org/index.php/medya-ve-iletisim-egitimi/ Değerli katkılarınızdan ötürü bir kez daha sizlere hem kendi adımıza hem de katılımcılarımız adına teşekkür etmek istiyoruz. … Read more

Eurosphere agenda: European Pirate Parties… Bosnia/Serbia floods…

  The Pirate Bay Running Promos For European Pirate Parties In Election Week  Falkvinge on Infopolicy by Rick Falkvinge Pirate Parties:?In a last-minute visibility boost, The Pirate Bay is providing front-page exposure to the European Pirate Parties in this European Election. Offline-borns would tend to scoff at this; however, the net generation understands that this is an … Read more

Europshere agenda: Surveillance reports on several European countries… Russia backs Ukraine separatists…

France’s surveillance: justice, freedom and security in the EU open Democracy News Analysis – by Amandine Scherrer, Francesco Ragazzi, Joanna Parkin, Julien Jeandesboz, Nicholas Hernanz, Sergio Carrera and Didier Bigo François Hollande sharply criticised US surveillance last year, but the fact remains that France also engages in mass data collection and intelligence sharing. This is an excerpt … Read more

EU supporters battle on in Ukraine… Empowering Europe?s Roma… Eurosphere roundup…

MAIN FOCUS: EU supporters battle on in Ukraine | 26/11/2013 Opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko began a hunger strike on Monday in a bid to have theassociation agreement signed. Meanwhile tens of thousands continue to demonstrate for the country to strengthen its ties with the EU. The Ukrainians still believe in the European dream, commentators write, calling on the EU’s … Read more

Eurosphere roundup: “Merkel possibly spied on by US…

MAIN FOCUS: Merkel possibly spied on by US | 24/10/2013 The German government has evidence that Chancellor Merkel‘s mobile phone may have been tapped by US intelligence services. Merkel complained to US President Barack Obama about the matter on Wednesday. The chancellor is only making the spying affairher business because she is personally affected now, commentators criticise, … Read more

Eurosphere roundup: “EU lawmakers vote stricter data privacy rules…France brings US eavesdropping to EU summit table

EU lawmakers vote stricter data privacy rules   Lawmakers in the European Parliament?s civil liberties committee voted to strengthen Europe’s data protection laws on Monday (21 October), including plans to impose fines of up to ?100 million on companies such as Yahoo!, Facebook or Google if they break the rules.   The vote in parliament’s civil … Read more

R.I.P. Tuncel Kurtiz… A Social fabric roundup…

Veteran Turkish actor Tuncel Kurtiz dies at 77 Veteran Turkish actor Tuncel Kurtiz has died at the age of 77 after falling at his Istanbul home. More images Tuncel Kurtiz Actor Tuncel Kurtiz is a Turkish theatre, movie and TV series actor, playwright and film director. Since 1964, he has acted in more than 70 … Read more

Eurosphere roundup: Germany elections aftermath… “Swedish police confirm illegal Roma database

  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

Sarkozy finds the weakest target- Roma people under attack

Anger mounts over Sarkozy’s Romany pledge from FT.com – World, Europe France’s extreme right National Front and the Catholic Church have joined the chorus of criticism over the crackdown on illegal Romany camps by Nicolas Sarkozy, French president The Roma of France: beware of oversimplification from Social Europe Journal by Rene Cuperus We could easily … Read more

Euro roundup: Media freedom threatened in most European countries, Wilders backs Dutch minority government etc…

Wilders backs Dutch minority government from European Voice – RSS – News & analysis Talks begin to form a minority liberal-conservative administration with the informal backing of the anti-immigrant party of Geert Wilders. MAIN FOCUS: The Netherlands pulls out of Afghanistan | 02/08/2010 from euro|topics On Sunday, the Netherlands became the first Nato member state … Read more