Cyprus President replaced by Greek PM at EU summit EurActiv.com Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades was hospitalised ahead of the first day of the EU summit yesterday (23 October), and was replaced at the summit by Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras. This is the first time that a leader from another country replaces a colleague at the EU … Read more
Judicial bill aims at silencing social media, daily says Today’s Zaman Erkan Saka, a professor of communications at Bilgi University, believes the package may well lead to the violation of democratic rights. “The package clearly favors law and order at the expense of freedoms,” he told Today’s Zaman. The draft bill, while Turkish journalist briefly detained … Read more
‘No’ Votes Gain Ground in Scotland’s Referendum: Latest Poll Mashable! by Brian Ries A new poll on Scotland’s referendum shows “No” voters — that is, Scottish voters againstindependence — have retaken the lead with less than one week to go. Thousands on streets for campaigns BBC News | Europe | MAIN FOCUS: Change of government in Sweden | … Read more
Here is Zeynep Tüfekçi’s piece. *********************** Pop-Up Ad Inventor Apologizes for Creating a ‘Fiasco’ Mashable! by The Atlantic Ron Carlson’s short story “What We Wanted To Do,” takes the form of an apology from a villager who failed to protect his comrades from marauding Visigoths. It begins: Net Neutrality, Algorithmic Filtering and Ferguson Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin A prison visit with The … Read more
Left-wing leaders back Juncker BBC News | Europe | World Edition Jean-Claude Juncker‘s bid to head the European Commission receives a boost with the backing of nine left-wing heads of government The world’s most precious genes? BBC News | Europe | World Edition Why scientists are dying to get their hands on Icelanders’ DNA … Read more
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
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
French journalists killed in Mali Two journalists for French radio station RFI have been killed after being kidnapped by gunmen in the northern Mali town of Kidal. France says its journalists “coldly assassinated” in Mali Two French journalists killed in Mali on Saturday were “coldly assassinated” by the “terrorists” that France is fighting in the west … Read more
Google Announces New Search Algorithm One day before celebrating the company’s 15th birthday, Google went back to the place where it all started ? literally Google unveils search updates for mobile, new Page Rank algorithm, and Knowledge Graph comparisons This week, Google marks its 15-year anniversary and the team brought members of the media to the original Google House … Read more
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
Golden Dawn loses support after rapper killing: poll Support for Greece’s Golden Dawn has fallen by 2.5 percentage points after the fatal stabbing of an anti-racism rapper by a supporter of the far-right party and most Greeks believe it threatens democracy, a poll showed on Monday. The poll by Rass for the Eleftheros Typos … Read more
In yet another embarrassment for Turkey, U21 game between Turkey and Sweden was postponed this evening due to players’ exposure to pepper gas which was in fact used against Occupy Turkey protesters. As usual, there was excessive usage and some cloud of pepper gas reached Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium (Stadium name well fits to misery) … Read more
Czech communists to return in office for first time since 1989 The Czech parliament voted yesterday (20 August) to dissolve itself, triggering an early election that could hand the Communist Party a share of power for the first time since a bloodless revolution ended the party’s totalitarian rule two decades ago. Opinion polls show that … Read more
Stockholm riots spread around city A fourth night of unprecedented riots in Stockholm sees unrest spread around the city, with a restaurant and up to 40 cars burnt. Wait, there are riots in Sweden? You’ve read the stories about Sweden’s excellent health care system, innovative gender-neutral day care centers, and generous parental leave policies. But … Read more
Cyprus closes the shutters as it announces capital controls by Open Europe blog team Some more details coming out about the much talked about capital controls in Cyprus (details via @MatinaStevis and RANsquawk): A New Business Model for Cyprus by Acturca Today?s Zaman (Turkey) 27 March 2013, p. 17 Español Français Javier Solana … Read more