Turkish politics roundup: Erdoğan’s media attack strategies…
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TweetWSJ reporter responds to Erdoğan’s remarks from Hurriyet Daily News Wall Street Journal reporter Joe Parkinson has taken a recent conflict between the newspaper and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to the microblogging website...
Libya (and the E.U.): Writing a Constitution
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Should writing a constitution, or “basic law,” be done piecemeal by successive amendments (e.g., the E.U.), or all at once (e.g., the U.S.)? In terms of unions of states, the answer might depend on how comfortable the state leaders are with trans...
InfoSoc and Enforcement Directives: Austria asks more questions of the CJEU
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Thinking of Austrian accessproviders, the IPKat dreamsof more than the internet ... Once upon a time, Austria was regarded by many people -- including non-Austrians -- as a jurisdiction of pivotal importance since the country, then recently admitted...
Turkey’s FP roundup: technical iran nuke talks, syria vs. turkey and probably a new crisis to happen between Turkey and France…
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TweetHollande pushes new law to criminalise denial of Armenian genocide – FRANCE – FRANCE 24 Technical Iran nuke talks start in Istanbul from Hurriyet Daily News The negotiations between Iran and the world powers are to continue today in...
Russia: Parkhomenko Chronicles Krymsk Statements
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In a widely shared Facebook post [ru], journalist Sergei Parkhomenko lists a series of contradictory official statements by the Russian authorities about the flooding in Krymsk, arguing that the state is flip-flopping and deceiving the public. Writt...
Russia: Krymsk Footage & the Reservoir's Owners
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Krasnodar environmental activist Suren Gazarian blogs videos from the wreckage in Krymsk, dismissing the theory [ru] that the flooding was caused by water released from the Neberdzhaevsky Reservoir. Marina Litvinovich, meanwhile, provides backgrou...
Russia: Krymsk Floodgate Conspiracies
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In the aftermath of flooding in Krymsk that has claimed over 140 lives, bloggers debate whether officials are to blame for water that may have been released from a nearby reservoir. Evgeny Shultz tries to debunk [ru] this theory, whereas local Yulia...
EFD Rights Watch: “Le grand enfermement des libertés en Turquie” and more..
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TweetLe grand enfermement des libertés en Turquie from Mavi Boncuk by M.A.M Mavi Boncuk |Le grand enfermement des libertés en Turquie Le Monde.fr | 05.07.2012 à 10h03 • Mis à jour le 05.07.2012 à 10h03 Par Hamit Bozarslan, Yves Délo...
‘Tap water’, please!
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The beginning of 2012 saw the launch of the first sustainable EU’s presidency and Denmark’s seventh row in holding it. With a modest budget of only 35 million euros, a promise for fewer lavishing gifts and tap instead of bottled … Continue...
Some news from Turkey
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Gul: “We will not swallow it at all” – June 27th 2012 President Abdullah Gül responded to reporters’ questions after a press conference he held along with Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic as part of the 20th Anniversary Sum...
Lest We Forget – Srebrenica Massacre July 1995
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Late on 9 July 1995, emboldened by early successes and little resistance from largely demilitarised Bosniaks, as well as the absence of any significant reaction from the international community, Radovan Karadžić issued a new order authorising the V...
Spain is where the doom of the euro will be determined
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Tomorrow, in an unobtrusive committee room in Brussels, finance ministers from the eurozone states will decide whether or not they are truly prepared to firehose money at Spain's banks without asking anything in return. The decision was announced, th...
FTfm on AV
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Some highlights from Monday’s FTfm.Brussels targets big bonusesExisting pay policies create incentives for fund managers to take excessive risks and must be revamped to protect investors,...
Neither Grexit, Nor Spexit, It’s Fixit or Fexit
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The aftermath to last weeks EU summit has certainly proved to be a damn sight more perplexing than the actual summit itself. Contrary to earlier experiences, this time round the more the details have been “clarified” the mo...
