We were in Yarl’s Wood for 26 days with no idea when we were getting out. I felt like killing myself Teofil Muntean and Marineta Olariu We come from Romania. We left for the reasons most people do. It’s a corrupt country. If you have money you can do what […]
Ahead of the Hamburg G-20 summit, the EU trade conflict with the U.S. is threatening to escalate. Both Brussels and Washington are looking into sanctions and Chancellor Merkel is concerned that a fiasco could ensue. By SPIEGEL Staff REUTERS U.S. President Donald Trump June 30, 2017 0 Wilbur Ross is […]
Agence France Presse | Published — Sunday 28 May 2017 German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a speech during a joint campaigning event of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Christiqn Social Union (CSU) in Munich on Saturday. (AFP / dpa / Matthias Balk) FRANKFURT AM MAIM, Germany: Europe “must […]
US president’s first visit to Europe memorable for body-language battles and patchy understanding of the bloc Donald Trump passes in front of Montenegrin prime minister Dusko Markovic (on his right) […]
Carl Bildt | Published — Friday 19 May 2017 Even after abandoning its empire, the UK hesitated for decades to join Europe. But it eventually did, and in the past half-century it became a proponent of EU enlargement, and a champion of key EU policies such as the single market. […]
SAADET ORUÇ@saadetoruc Pro-PKK supporters seen holding a banner that reads “Lift the PKK ban” during a demonstration in front of the Reichstag building in Berlin to show solidarity with the terrorist group Regarding concerns from the refugee influx to security, the EU should simply cooperate with Turkey The recent move […]
Denis MacShane Europe is waking up on May Day to the most devastating document published so far on Brexit. In what appears to be an almost verbatim account of the […]
JOSCHKA FISCHER Joschka Fischer was German Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor from 1998-2005, a term marked by Germany’s strong support for NATO’s intervention in Kosovo in 1999, followed by its opposition to the war in Iraq. Fischer entered electoral politics after participating in the anti-establishment protest… READ MORE APR 29, […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg presents NATO’s annual report for 2016 during a press conference at alliance headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, 13 March 2017. (EPA Photo) North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg praised Saturday Turkey’s contribution to the security in Europe. “NATO would undoubtedly be […]
Reuters International APR 28, 2017 – 16:54 Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu (3rd L) talks with Slovenia’s Foreign Minister Karl Erjavec (2nd L), as German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel (4th L) and European Commissioner Johannes Hahn (R) talk, after a meeting between European Union and candidate country Foreign Ministers in […]
Reuters International APR 25, 2017 Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attends an interview with Reuters at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, April 25, 2017. REUTERS/Umit Bektas (reuters_tickers) By Samia Nakhoul, Nick Tattersall and Orhan Coskun ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey will not wait at Europe’s door forever and is ready to […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL AA Photo Presidential Spokesman İbrahim Kalın urged the European Union to fulfill its obligations within the scope of the migration deal reached between the bloc and Turkey. Kalın told a news conference that Turkey only received 790 million euro of 3 billion euros pledged by the bloc […]
Apr 02,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Amer Al Sabaileh The world is facing several crises today. In the Middle East, so far, there is a security crisis; other countries around the world are facing a serious ideological threat. Europe’s problems are, in part, related to external factors such as refugees, but […]
Reuters International MAR 25, 2017 Football Soccer – Turkey v Finland – 2018 World Cup Qualifying European Zone – Antalya arena, Antalya, Turkey – 24/3/17 Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan reacts […]
REUTERS LJUBLJANA AFP Photo The Council of Europe’s human rights commissioner said Thursday that Europe does not have a sustainable refugee policy and that the European Union should move quickly to change it. Nils Muiznieks said EU states should take family ties into account when relocating asylum-seekers and harmonize the […]
Mar 19,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Dani Rodrik This month the European Union will celebrate the 60th anniversary of its founding treaty, the Treaty of Rome, which established the European Economic Community. There certainly is much to celebrate. After centuries of war, upheaval and mass killings, Europe is peaceful and democratic. […]
SADIK ÜNAY@sadikunay PublishedMarch 18, 2017 A group of Turkish people protesting the Dutch police’s treatment of a Turkish minister in Rotterdam, outside the Dutch Consulate in Istanbul, March 12. The […]
Mar 07,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Osama Al Sharif If polls are to be trusted — especially after missing their target in the US presidential elections and the Brexit vote last year — the party of the most controversial politician in the Netherlands is projected to win most seats in the […]
Reuters International FEB 18, 2017 – Netherlands’ Party for Freedom (PVV) leader Geert Wilders attends a news conference after a European far-right leaders meeting in Koblenz, Germany, January 21, 2017. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay (reuters_tickers) By Thomas Escritt SPIJKENISSE, Netherlands (Reuters) – Dutch anti-Muslim, anti-EU party leader Geert Wilders promised to […]
EXPLAINER By Stefania Summermatter, Marc-André Miserez FEB 9, 2017 – The construction industry is heavily reliant on foreign workers (Keystone) On February 9, 2017, a deadline expired to implement immigration quotas approved in a nationwide vote three years earlier. With a solution still a long way off, we look […]