DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES ISTANBUL The Turkish and Greek Cypriot delegations have failed to agree on maps for new borders on the divided island state, each slamming the other’s proposals as “unacceptable,” Turkey’s foreign minister said Saturday, after peace talks stalled. A week of U.N.-brokered talks in Geneva between Greek […]
Source: The Guardian By Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent The leader of the Scottish Anglican church has said he was deeply distressed at the widespread offence caused by a reading from the […]
Source: BBC The UK may be forced to change its “economic model” if it is locked out of the single market after Brexit, Chancellor Philip Hammond has said. Mr Hammond […]
ARGUMENT Before the continent started banning hijab, European aristocrats used to change their names to Abdullah and Muhammad, and going to the local mosque was the latest trend. BY MARYA HANNUN, SOPHIE SPAAN MAY 5, 2016 From the outside, with its high minarets and bulbous Mughal-style dome, the Wilmersdorf mosque, […]
The Local news.austria@thelocal.com 13 January 2017 An undercover reporter who visited 35 asylum centres throughout Germany, Austria and Switzerland says security is so bad that they risk fomenting terrorism as radicals can easily infiltrate them and convert vulnerable people to their cause. Investigative reporter and terrorism expert Shams Ul-Haq, 41, […]
The Local news@thelocal.ch 12 January 2017 Photo: SBB Members of the public are calling on Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) to remove controversial posters from its railway stations just days after right-wing campaigners launched their provocative publicity campaign. The poster, unveiled in railway stations on Monday, shows a woman wearing a […]
Source: Huffington post By Gilbert Reilhac Mandatory school activities overrode religious convictions. A Muslim couple who refused on religious grounds to allow their two young daughters take part in boys-and-girls […]
Source: BBC By Douglas Heaven 13 January 2017 Your book talks about the new globalisation. What’s new? Profile: Richard Baldwin Richard Baldwin is Professor of International Economics at the Graduate […]
Source: Associated Press By JOSEF FEDERMAN JERUSALEM (AP) — In a strong message to Israel and the incoming Trump administration, dozens of countries are expected this weekend to reiterate their […]
REUTERS GENEVA Refugees wait in line to receive a plate of free food during a snowfall outside a derelict customs warehouse in Belgrade, Serbia, Jan. 11. Europe’s recent cold spell left refugees and migrants in dire conditions and governments must do more to help them rather than push them back […]
GENEVA PEACE TALKS JAN 12, 2017 – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (centre), flanked by Greek Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades (right) and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci (left) (Keystone) The United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres says the talks in Geneva to resolve the division of the ethnically-divided island of Cyprus […]
Italy to train Muslim imams on constitution to ‘create climate of tolerance’ and fight radicalisation Source: The Independent Muslim imams in Italy are being enrolled on courses aiming to “create […]
Source: Independent By Lizzie Dearden Muslim imams in Italy are being enrolled on courses aiming to “create a climate of tolerance” and fight radicalisation by learning about the country’s constitution. … […]
Source: Broadly by Salma Haidrani Thousands of women in as many as 42 countries have joined the Catholic Order of Virgins. We spoke to some to find out what it’s […]
The Sydney Morning Herald: by Cosima Marriner & Rachel Browne — “She terrorises us.” That’s how bad it is for Steve Richardson* and his wife when their 17-year-old daughter is at home.Public Service Commissioner John Lloyd says domestic violence victims get all the support they need. Olivia has dropped out of school […]
theguardian: by Jennifer Rankin — Swiss authorities did not violate right to freedom of religion in rejecting parents’ request for exemption, court rules A mixed-sex school swimming lesson. The parents in the case argued that their beliefs did not allow their children to take part in mixed-sex lessons. Photograph: Fiona […]
NATURALISATION CONTROVERSY By Sibilla Bondolfi JAN 11, 2017 – 11:59 Naturalisations by municipality voting, such as this one in canton Schwyz, are controversial (Keystone) Dutch-born Nancy Holten has lived in Switzerland since she was eight, speaks fluent Swiss German, has three children with Swiss passports, has no criminal record, […]
Caroline Bishop news@thelocal.ch 9 January 2017 A Dutch woman has seen her request for Swiss citizenship refused for the second time by local residents who object to her media campaigning against cowbells and other Swiss traditions. Nancy Holten, 42, was born in the Netherlands but grew up in Switzerland from […]
Source: The Local The number of asylum seekers who came to Germany in 2016 was roughly one third of the number in 2015, according to new figures released by the Interior Ministry on Wednesday. In the past year, significantly fewer asylum seekers came to Germany compared to 2015 – about […]
Reuters International JAN 10, 2017 – Immigrants are escorted by German police to a registration centre, after crossing the Austrian-German border in Wegscheid near Passau, Germany, October 20, 2015. REUTERS/Michael Dalder (reuters_tickers) BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s interior and justice ministers, representing the two blocs in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s ruling […]