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In the mean time, A Turkish Airlines PR disaster in Istanbul airports due to snow…

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Thousands stranded in Istanbul airports as more flights cancelled Thousands of passengers were stranded on Jan. 1 in Istanbul’s two main airports due to continuous heavy snowfall, adding to the cancelation of around 300 scheduled flights on Dec. 31, 2015 Frustrated passengers say being a sponsor of Messi is nothing to us… news in Turkish here. … Read more

Waiting for snow- which might be a heavy one… İstanbul news roundup…

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Istanbul braces for snowfall ahead of New Year’s Eve Hurriyet Daily News The Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB) is bracing for a rapid drop in temperatures with the expectation of snow, as the municipality takes Christmas Mass continues in İstanbul, despite it all Today’s Zaman Earlier this week a Christmas tree that had been put up … Read more

it looks like İstanbul is now over with the snow… news roundup..

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l Visitors to Istanbul on rise   The number of foreign tourists visiting Istanbul increased by 11 percent this year by joseph dana (@ibnezra)joseph dana joseph dana (@ibnezra) 8:05 AM on Dec 11, 2013: This vendor gets points for trying. Even on a snow day you can get a simit in Istanbul. http://t.co/nj1pNv2UdV (https://twitter.com/ibnezra/status/410651550068264960) ****************** … Read more

Eurosphere roundup: No new pope yet, Snow brings chaos to Northern Europe …

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Cardinals fail to elect new pope from BBC News | Europe | World Edition Black smoke emerges from the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating that cardinals have failed to elect a new pope on their first day of voting. The Great Graphics Glut of the 2013 papal conclave from FP Passport by Elias Groll VIDEO: … Read more

J.A. McCarroll: Grand Bizarre #7: Snowed In

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  Grand Bizarre #7:  Snowed In by J.A. McCarroll February 1: 9 52 A.M. According to wikipedia, Istanbul has been settled since at least 660 B.C.E.  Presumably, each year since then has had a winter, which should, in theory, have prepared the populace for snow. This doesn?t seem to be the case, as from my … Read more

Eurosphere roundup: Big freeze over Europe, Greek bailout, ACTA

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Italy hit by shortage of Russian gas from FT.com – World, Europe Cold weather and reductions in supplies from Europe have put strain on the gas systems across the continent Europe’s big freeze tightens grip from BBC News | Europe | World Edition The Arctic conditions sweeping Europe tighten their grip, with more deaths reported … Read more

Europeans fighting against ACTA and snow… A Eurosphere roundup

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ACTA activates European civil society (News) from EurActiv.com Growing ACTA protest online and on the ground by Grahnlaw By now, more than 1.526 million netizens have signed the Avaaz.org petition for the European Parliament to reject #ACTA. The call is also directed at the parliaments in the EU member states, where most of the governments … Read more

İstanbul’da kar. 16 Ocak öğleden sonrası… [Snow in Istanbul, 16 Jan afternoon]

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(little bit of) snow photos from istanbul today and an istanbul news roundup…

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http://storify.com/sakaerka/istanbul-a-biraz-kar-ya-d   İstanbul crowds welcome New Year Today’s Zaman Despite the rainy weather, İstanbul’s Taksim Square saw a magnificent New Year celebration show. (Photo: Today’s Zaman) Complete with all of its good moments and bad, Saturday saw the passing of another year in İstanbul. The city was largely quiet on Memorable concerts in İstanbul mark … Read more

Europe paralyzed with snow, Istanbul having a spring day. A Euro roundup

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What next for the UK’s student movement?, Guy Aitchison from open Democracy News Analysis – by Guy Aitchison The volcanic eruption of student anger and militancy in Britain over the last few months has blown the political space wide open, making a broad-based movement against austerity thinkable where previously there was only rumbling discontent. It … Read more

European personalities of the year from Cafe Babel

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Italy: Nichi Vendola, future leader of Italy?

Catholic, homosexual, communist and ecologist, the Bari-born politician is the only credible alternative to Berlusconism. The problem is that the democratic party (the main opposition party PD) doesn?t like the 52-year-old or his Sinistra, Ecologia e Libertà (?left ecology freedom, SEL) party. Nor has Vendola any representatives in parliament. But the young generation see hope for the future via the left in him. The BBC is dubbing him Italy?s Obama whilst the Italians call him a ?left-wing Berlusconi? (?Berlusconi di sinistra?) (Federico Iarlori, cafebabel.it/ Image: (cc) GhostSwann/ Vincenzo Fiore/ Flickr)

check out the rest which includes a Turkish one!

and a Euro roundup:

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Egoyan to shoot Orhan Pamuk’s Snow

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Atom Egoyan to shoot film based on Orhan Pamuk’s novel
Information-Analytic Agency NEWS.am
Canadian director of the Armenian origin Atom Egoyan plans to shoot a film based on ?Snow? novel by Turkish writer and Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk. …

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