“We have taken good note of the Venice Commission’s Opinion on the amendments to the Constitution of the Republic of Turkey adopted by the Turkish Grand National Assembly on 21 January 2017,” – says the joint statement by High Representative Federica Mogherini and Commissioner Johannes Hahn on the Venice Commission’s Opinion on the amendments…
Category: Conflict
Ankara threatens Dutch to retaliate
Turkish leadership vowed to retaliate in the “harshest ways” after their ministers were denied a rally in Rotterdam in support of President Erdogan, degenerated in riots of Turkish diaspora on Saturday night. Turkey will take steps against the Netherlands until it apologizes: minister https://t.co/n88OLyr6ED pic.twitter.com/tWLttXfMUS — Reuters (@Reuters) March 12, 2017 Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu…
Salvini met by violence outbreak in Naples
Italian police have clashed with protesters in Naples amid a visit by the leader of the Northern League party – Matteo Salvini. Questa è la Napoli che mi piace, questa è l'Italia che vincerà! #primagliitalianiP.s. Per i violenti dei centri sociali tanta pena! pic.twitter.com/O4LkXMHrnQ — Matteo Salvini (@matteosalvinimi) March 11, 2017 Riot police fired…
Rotterdam: police uses water cannons to end Turkish riots
Hundreds of Turkish protesters scuffled with police as authorities tried to end a demonstration at the Turkish consulate in Rotterdam, where a Turkish minister was refused to enter, and escorted back to German border, where from she came on her own initiative, in spite of the refusal of Dutch authorities to honor a rally…
EU condolences to Kabul hospital attack victims
“Patients, visitors, and medical workers alike have today been innocent victims of a terrorist attack on the Sardar Muhammad Dawood Khan hospital in Kabul, acts carried out in blind disregard also of international humanitarian law, including the Geneva Convention,” – says the statement of the European External Actions Service, commenting on Kaboul hospital attack. …
Kosovo: Mogherini at Mitrovica Bridge
“The European Union remains committed to the development of Kosovo, indeed 2016 saw a large number of projects commence and money transferred. I have already witnessed the investment that has begun to make a difference. The pedestrian area, sports hall and commercial centre are just three major infrastructural projects in South Mitrovica. Walking with the…
Serbians say "we don't need EU"
Serbian lawmakers booed the European Union’s top diplomat Federica Mogherini while she addressed the Parliament during tour aimed at playing down tensions in the Balkans. Mogherini’s trip to all six Western Balkans states, still traumatized by wars in 1990s along political, ethnic and religious lines, is meant to lay the groundwork for an EU…
Maidan tragedy investigation awaited
“Where are the results of the investigation?”- a conference held on Tuesday at the European Parliament in Brussels, initiated by MEPs Jiří Maštálka (GUE/NLG) from Czech Republic, and Tatiana Zhdanok (GUE/EFA) from Latvia, who called for establishing the truth and declare the official results of the investigation on the tragedy in Kiev, Ukraine, at Maidan square,…
EU-Sudan refugee management on the rocks
The Ethiopian refugees were whipped, fined, jailed and deported from Khartoum, Sudan, last weekend following a peaceful protest over a huge rise in visa processing fees. Reportedly 65 persons were victims of barbarism, rasing the concerns of the EU legislators. “The EU must voice clear criticism on the recent incidents, conduct a thorough investigation…
Libya lost UN vote right
For the second year in a row, Libya has lost its right to vote at the UN after again failing to pay its annual fee. It now has to pay a minimum of $6.5 million to cover its outstanding debts if it is to regain the right to vote. It is the largest amount any…
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