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Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Eurosphere agenda: “Tsipras to play his last cards…

MAIN FOCUS: Juncker breaks off talks with Athens | 15/06/2015

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EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Sunday broke off a mediation attempt in the debt conflict with Greece owing to major differences. While preventing a Grexit is imperative, the creditors must make no further concessions to Athens, some commentators argue. Others believe a Grexit would strengthen Europe.

Tsipras to play his last cards

EurActiv.com

Greece and its creditors are locked in a stalemate after loan talks collapsed over the weekend, bringing Athens just two weeks away from a catastrophic default on its debt. On Thursday (18 June), when the Eurogroup will for the last time try to find a solution, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will be on a visit to Russia.

Europe anger at ‘amateurish’ Greeks

BBC News | Europe | World Edition

German and EU officials vent their frustration, with time running out for reaching a Greek debt deal, as Greece’s leader tells creditors to get real.

Greek shares fall for third day

BBC News | Europe | World Edition

Greek shares fall for a third day after fears that it could leave the euro intensify and the French president warns there is “little time” to reach a deal on economic reforms.

Greece’s new plan: leaked weekend counterproposal

Brussels Blog by Peter Spiegel

Greece’s Alexis Tsipras with EU Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker last week

Spain’s new leftist mayors promise new era

BBC News | Europe | World Edition

Spain’s new left-wing mayors promise end to corruption

ERT: the inside story of Greece’s free speech experiment

open Democracy News Analysis – by Elliott Goat

The inside story of ERT – the Greek public broadcaster shut down by the former government, which kept broadcasting in a show of defiance, and was finally re-launched by Syriza last week.

Anti-EU MEPs form far-right bloc

BBC News | Europe | World Edition

French National Front leader Marine Le Pen announces she has formed a political group of far-right parties in the European Parliament.

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Saturday, May 23, 2015

“Dark Clouds Over Turkey” while “Turkish authorities try to gag independent media in run-up to elections” #TurkeyElections

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Dark Clouds Over Turkey

nytimes.com – The Editorial Board – May 22 – With two weeks to go before a crucial parliamentary election in Turkey, tensions are rising and some critics of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan fear a new crackdown is starting to ensure that his Justice and Development Party wins. That kind of

Ban sought. Turkish authorities try to gag independent media in run-up to elections

Reporters Without Borders – May 22 – With two weeks to go to parliamentary elections in Turkey, Reporters Without Borders condemns government harassment of independent media and is alarmed by a request by the Ankara prosecutor’s office on 18 May for the prohibition of several

Turkey’s main opposition party plans new megacity in centre of country

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk

Matching president Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ‘crazy projects’, the Republican People’s party said the city would create 2.2 million new jobs over two decades

DEPUTY CANDIDATE FROM LDP MAKES SUGGESTION:: “Marihuana Must Be Legal”

Bianet :: English

Deputy Candidate from LDP: “There isn’t a crime without its victim,” and defended Marihuana by saying it could distract people from phenazepam and its derivatives.

Turkish politics needs to be transparent for healthy polls

A report prepared by the Checks and Balances Network is shedding light on the untold part of the Turkish election system

Erdogan to Provide Mercedes to Top Cleric Following Uproar

nytimes.com – The Associated Press – May 22 – ISTANBUL — ‘Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes-Benz?’ Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his office will provide a Mercedes to the country’s top Muslim cleric, who returned one following an uproar over his extravagance. Mehmet

Party organizations and citizens apathetic during election campaign: President Erdoğan

Political party organizations and citizens in Anatolia are apathetic towards pre-election campaigns, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said

Demirtaş: Kurds Fighting the State for 100 Years for Their Mother Tongue

Bianet :: English

HDP Co-Chair Demirtaş indicated Turkish language had been taught compulsorily and mother tongue based education was still forbidden in reply to Minister of Education’s statement “We teach Kurdish students Turkish well. They learn it in playtime.”

TRANPARENCY INTERNATIONAL: ”What Is the Mission of YSK Apart From Dealing with the Violations of Election Law?”

Bianet :: English