Decision comes days after Donald Trump’s inauguration and a year after prosecution of German comic who wrote crude poem about Turkish President By Katie Forster @katieforster Germany has decided to abolish a law which defends the honor of foreign leaders. International heads of state will no longer be able to ask the […]
İLNUR ÇEVIK@ilnurcevik Articles COLUMNSTurkey remains a ray of hope for Africa COLUMNSTrump should not be fooled by pro-PKK lobby COLUMNSBeware of the imported terrorists from Central Asia The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe rejected a motion for an “urgent” debate to put Turkey on the […]
COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES ISTANBUL This file photo taken on January 16, 2017 shows then European Parliament President Martin Schulz waiting for the announcement of the candidates for the election. (AFP Photo) Germany’s Social Democrats leader Sigmar Gabriel on Tuesday said the party had formally nominated former European Parliament chief […]
By AFP – Jan 24,2017 – JORDAN TIMES NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (3rd right) speaks during the North Atlantic Council — Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) meeting after opening ceremony of NATO-ICI regional centre in Kuwait on Tuesday (Anadolu Agency photo) KUWAIT CITY — NATO Chief Jens Stoltenberg on […]
Source: Irish News By John Monaghan THE Muslim community in Galway is hoping to produce an Irish language version of the Qur’an, if a translator for the project can be […]
Source: The Local By Luigi Albonico, Peter Maxwill, Vladimir Otasevic, Charlotte Teunis and Katharina Wecker The large number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea from Africa to Italy continues unabated, […]
Source: The Local The German leader made a plea for people to think critically using facts rather than emotion, in statements seen as a nudge towards the new US President. Chancellor Angela Merkel held a reception on Monday at the Chancellery to celebrate the “royal couples” chosen in each state […]
Source: The Local MPs in Britain’s parliament and not the government should trigger Article 50 to begin Brexit negotiations, the UK’s Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday, backing an earlier decision by the High Court. Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative government lost its appeal on Tuesday against a surprise High Court […]
Source: The Local A growing trend of doing drugs at school has German officials concerned about society’s “downplaying” of the risks of certain drugs. Rolling joints in the school bathroom, pills tossed aside in courtyards: Figures released by state authorities and the federal Interior Ministry show that ever more students […]
Source: BBC Weeks before Dutch voters go to the polls, Prime Minister Mark Rutte has said that anyone who rejects the country’s values should leave. “Act normal, or go away,” he says, in a message seen as taking on the anti-immigration Freedom party currently running high in the opinion polls. […]
Source: Balkan Insight Human Rights Watch said on Friday that Croatian police have not been respecting the rights of asylum-seekers arriving in the country and have been pushing them back across the border to neighbouring Serbia. Ten Afghani asylum seekers – including two unaccompanied children – told the campaign group […]
Haaretz: The South London Liberal Synagogue plans to house a family of Syrian refugees, once it raises the funds to renovate an apartment where a caretaker once lived. The house of worship in Streatham belongs to Citizens UK, which campaigns on behalf of refugees and other social causes, The […]
Source: The Local Germany’s foreign minister on Sunday predicted turbulent times ahead for the world following Donald Trump’s accession to power in the United States. “With the election of Donald Trump, the world of the 20th century has definitely been overtaken,” Frank-Walter Steinmeier wrote in a commentary published in the […]
Source: The Local French presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen will headline a European gathering of eurosceptic and far-right leaders in Germany on Saturday as they seek to put on a united front in a year of high-stakes elections. Billed as a “counter-summit”, organisers said the parties would use the event […]
Source: The Local A new poll ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration shows that most Germans are pessimistic about what he will bring to Europe. According to the poll released on Friday by opinion research group Civey, very few Germans have anything positive to say about Trump. Just 5.2 percent of […]
How might Europe turn Brexit to its advantage? There was something of that in the Prime Minister’s speech but what she says carries no force. What we think does not matter. It is up to them Hamish McRae How can Brexit be better for Europe? From the UK perspective the whole business […]
Source: The Local Despite a major 2015 Constitutional Court ruling striking down absolute headscarf bans in schools, a lower court has rejected a case brought by a woman who was not allowed to teach due to wearing the garment. An Osnabrück court on Wednesday dismissed a complaint filed by a […]
By AFP – Jan 15,2017 – JORDAN TIMES This file photo taken on September 3, 2016 shows French far-right party Front National (FN) president and member of the European Parliament, Marine Le Pen gesturing as she delivers a speech during a FN political rally in Brachay, northeastern France (AFP […]
Source: Daily Sabah Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte ruled out the possibility of a coalition with Geert Wilders, the leader of the Party for Freedom, who is known for his […]
Boris Johnson blocks statement on how EU could encourage resolution of Israel-Palestine conflict in second row in 24 hours Boris Johnson’s rejection of the EU statement follows the UK’s dismissal of the conclusions of a Middle East peace conference in Paris. Photograph: Isopix/Rex shutterstock Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor and Jennifer […]