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Director of Turkish Presidency

While signs of focus to Shanghai Five, France “vows to rekindle Turkey’s frozen EU bid

Turkey, France to launch new talks to clear Ankara’s EU path

from Hurriyet Daily News
With Ireland having taken over the European Union term presidency on Jan. 1, a visible increase in contacts..

France vows to rekindle Turkey’s frozen EU bid

from Hurriyet Daily News
Turkey may soon come in from the cold in terms of its EU bid as its biggest skeptic, France, vows to lift blocks on its accession chapters

‘Shanghai Five’ did you say?

from Hurriyet Daily News
It is not clear if Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is serious or just jesting when he intimates that Turkey.

Turkish President’s Letter To Bangladesh Denounced

from Global Voices Online by Rezwan
Last month Turkish President Abdullah Gül sent a letter to the president of Bangladesh. The main content of the letter was a request for “clemency” of the accused Islamist leaders who are under trial for crimes against humanity during the Liberation War of Bangladesh. He wrote, if these leaders are punished, it might affect Bangladesh’s socio-economic advancement and cause social instability and bloodshed.

The Turkish-Israeli Relations in 2013: Modest Expectations

by Acturca
Middle Eastern Analysis (ORSAM) Vol. 5, No 49,  January 2013, pages 10-20 Dr. Can Kasapoğlu * The Turkish – Israeli relations have never been perfectly stable throughout the history, and fluctuation between certain extremes has always been a characteristic factor. However, the flotilla incident caused an anomaly by inflicting deaths of Turkish citizens, and harming

Turkey’s boycott of the Cyprus EU presidency: Context, meaning and its consequences

by Acturca
EUC Working Paper (EU Centre in Singapore) No. 9, September 2012, 15 p. Loke Hoe Yeong * In 2011 Turkish officials began indicating their intention to suspend all contact with Cyprus’s presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU), slated for the second half of 2012, given the issues surrounding the unresolved Cyprus conflict

Iran and the US Need a Middleman ­— or Two

by Acturca
Christian Science Monitor (USA) January 29, 2013 Mahsa Rouhi * As Iran and the US prepare for negotiations on Tehran’s nuclear program, both sides should consider turning to middlemen. Turkey and Japan are perfectly positioned as trusted intermediaries to build a proposal that has a better chance at success than anything by the ‘P5+1.’ This

Why Did Erdogan Shift Focus From EU to Shanghai Five?
Al-Monitor
And when Kilinc was detained, accused of being a part of the Ergenekon military plot to overthrow the government, it was said that the anti-West clique in the army was being weeded out. So what happened in the meantime that brought our prime minister

Yeni Anayasa Gündemi… Erdoğan Mart’a kadar süre verdi…

 

Selçuk’ta Milli Anayasa Forumu Düzenlenecek
medya73.com
“Atatürk’te birleştik” sloganı ile yola çıkan Milli Anayasa Forumu’nun Selçuk oturumuna eski bakan Ufuk Söylemez, İşçi Partisi Genel Başkan Yardımcısı ve İzmir İl Başkanı Tugay Şen, CHP eski milletvekili Kemal Anadol, Parlamenterler Birliği İzmir Şube

Birand’ın Anayasa vasiyeti
Gerçek Gündem
Geçirdiği ameliyat sonrası hayatını kaybeden medyanın duayen ismi Mehmet Ali Birand, yeniAnayasa’da ” Darbe yapmak, iktidara el koymak suçtur ve cezalandırılır” ifadesinin de yer almasını istedi. Birand ” Yunanistan koydu. Ama önemli olan eğitimdir

Bahçeli’den yeni anayasa mesajı
Akşam
Bahçeli’den yeni anayasa mesajı. Ankara Genç İşadamları Derneği (ANGİAD) yönetim kurulu üyeleri hazırladıkları yeni anayasa raporunu Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi (MHP) Genel Başkanı Devlet Bahçeli’ye sundu.

Eskişehirde Hukuk Devleti, Demokrasi Ve Anayasa Paneli
Haberciniz
Türk Hukuk Kurumu Başkanı ve Yargıtay Onursal Başsavcısı Sabih Kanadoğlu ve İstanbul Barosu Başkanı Ümit Kocasakal, Eskişehir’de Atatürkçü Düşünce Derneği tarafından düzenlenen “Hukuk Devleti, Demokrasi ve Anayasa” konulu panele katıldı.

Anaç, ‘Anayasa gündemden düşmemeli’
Giresun IŞIK Gazete
Büyük Birlik Partisi (BBP) Espiye İlçe Başkanı Ömer Anaç, AK Parti ile MHP’nin ortak biranayasa hazırlaması gerektiğini söyledi. Yeni anayasa hazırlanması sürecinde partilerin samimi davranmadığını ifade eden Anaç ,”Samimi bir şekilde, ortak

Barışın güvencesi, yeni anayasa!
Milliyet
Anayasa yapmak teknik bir konu olduğu için şu aşamadan sonra işin teknik yönüne ilişkin önerilerle kafa karışıklığı yaratmanın bir anlamı yok. Ama yeni, sivil, demokratik biranayasanın hiç zaman geçirilmeden, tüm halkı kucaklayacak, herkesin anayasası

Kurtulmuş: Anayasa İmralı’da yazılmıyor
Focushaber.com
Bütün bu tartışmaların dışarısında Türkiye’nin yeni bir anayasaya ihtiyacı olduğunun ortada olduğunu ifade eden Kurtulmuş, “Bu yeni anayasa meselesi bizim de Ak Parti olarak en önemli önceliklerimizden birisidir. Zaten milletin hem 2007 seçimlerinde

Erdoğan’dan yeni anayasa sitemi
CNN Türk
AK Parti yeni haftanın ilk iş gününe yeni anayasa gündemiyle başladı. Başbakan Erdoğan ilk olarak parti içerisinde hukukçulardan oluşturulan komisyonla yeni anayasa sürecindeki gidişati masaya yatırdı.

Milli Anayasa Forumu Selçuk’ta Toplandı
Son Dakika
“Atatürk’te birleştik” sloganıyla yola çıkan Milli Anayasa Forumu, Tire’den sonra 116. oturumu Selçuk’ta yaptı. Milli Anayasa Forumu’nun Selçuk oturumuna katılan konuşmacılar gündemdeki konuları tartıştı. Selçuk Belediyesi Efes Tiyatro Salonunda

Bal: “Yeni anayasa çıkarılmalı”
Hakimiyet
Malatya Kongre ve Kültür Merkezi’nde düzenlenen Yeni Anayasa konulu konferansında yenianayasa hazırlıklarına temas eden MHP Konya Milletvekili Faruk Bal, 1982 anayasasından herkesin olduğu gibi kendilerinin de şikayetçi olduklarını ifade edip

Kent Konseyi yeni anayasa sürecini masaya yatırıyor
Bursada Bugün Bursa Haberleri
Türkiye’yi ve Bursa’yı ilgilendiren her türlü konuyu gündemine alarak vatandaşları bilgilendirmeyi hedefleyen Bursa Kent Konseyi (BURKENKON), TBMM Anayasa Uzlaşma Komisyonu Üyesi İstanbul Milletvekili Prof. Dr. Mustafa Şentop’un konuşmacı olarak

Çiçek: Anayasa’nın her halükarda değiştirilmesi gerekiyor
EtikHaber (Blog)
TBMM Başkanı Cemil Çiçek, Türkiye’nin mevcut anayasa ile yoluna devam etme imkanı bulunmadığını belirterek, ”Bunun her halükarda değiştirilmesi gerekiyor. Sorunları ileriye öteleme imkanımız da fazla kalmadı. Hepimizin bunun farkında olması lazım.

‘Yatırımcıları üzüyoruz anayasa değiştirilmeli”
Bursada Bugün Bursa Haberleri
”Yatırımcıları üzüyoruz anayasa değiştirilmeli”. Başbakan Yardımcısı Ali Babacan, yatırım ortamının iyileştirilmesi için hızlı davranmak gerektiğini kaydederek gerekirse anayasanındeğiştirilmesi gerektiğini bildirdi. Başbakan Yardımcısı Ali Babacan

Irkçı zihniyet yeni anayasa yapamaz
İlke Haber Ajansı
CHP İzmir Milletvekili Birgül Ayman Güler’in Kürt milliyetçiliğini bana ‘ilericilik’ ve ‘bağımsızcılık’ diye yutturamazsınız. Türk ulusuyla Kürt milliyetini eşit, eş değerde gördüremezsiniz’ söylemlerine Hür-Der sert tepki gösterdi.

Yine tasa anayasa…
Milliyet
Biz Anayasa ile 1960 öncesi tanışanlardanız, o zaman bir adı da “Teşkilat-ı Esasiye Kanunu” idi, Anayasa’dan şikayeti olan “Demokratlar” eski dile döndüler, Anayasa oldu, “Teşkilat-ı Esasiye Kanunu” ve sürüp gitti. “27 Mayıs” darbesinin en önemli

Yeni Anayasa Türkiye’yi nereye götürüyor?
Ulusal Kanal (Blog)
24-31 Ocak Adalet ve Demokrasi Haftası kapsamında Atatürkçü Düşünce Derneği(ADD) ve Büyükşehir Belediyesi tarafından düzenlenen “Yeni Anayasa Türkiye’yi Nereye Götürüyor?” konulu konferans Antalya Kültür Merkezi(AKM) Aspendos Salonu’nda

Eşitlikçi Bir Anayasa İçin
Bianet
“2007’de ilk kez anayasanın yeniden ele alınacağı gündeme geldiğinde, hükümet tüm sivil toplum kuruluşlarına bir çağrıda bulundu. Bu çağrı çerçevesinde 200’den fazla örgüt ve bağımsız akademisyenler bir araya gelerek taslak bir anayasa hazırladık.

Erdoğan’ın yeni anayasa için kırmızı çizgisi
Haber7.com
Başbakan Recep Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, yeni anayasa süreciyle ilgili, ”Bu konuda AK Parti olarak, bizim herhangi bir önyargımız, ön kabulümüz 26 madde dışında yok. Çünkü 26 madde millete gitmiştir, milletten yüzde 58’le onayını almıştır. Dolayısıyla biz

Milli Anayasa Forumu Selçuk’ta Toplandı
Haberler
Milli Anayasa Forumu İzmir İl Başkanı Av. Erdoğan Özer’in yönettiği oturumda ilk konuşmayı eski Devlet Bakanı Ufuk Söylemez yaptı. Milli Anayasa Forumu’nun önemini anlatan Söylemez, “Atatürk’te birleştik” sloganıyla Türkiye’nin çeşitli il ve

Füle: Anayasa reformu, Kürt reformu için çerçeve oluşturmalı
Haber X
BRÜKSEL(ANKA) – AB Komisyonu’nun Genişlemeden Sorumlu Üyesi Stefan Füle, anayasareformunun, özellikle Kürt sorunu ile ilgili birçok önemli reform çabaları için yararlı bir çerçeve sağlaması gerektiğini bildirdi. Füle, Avrupa Parlamentosu’nda Mara

Haşim Kılıç: Öncelik yeni anayasa değil! Fatih Karakaya
Haber7.com
Anayasa Mahkemesi başkanı Haşim Kılıç geçen hafta insan hakları mahkemesini ziyaret etti. Bu vesile ile de akşam saatlerinde Strasbourg’ta bulunan Türk dernek ve gazetecileri ile Başkonsolos Serdar Cengiz beyin verdiği resepsiyona katıldı.

Müzakerede İrlanda, Anayasa’da İspanya
Timeturk
Barış kimseni kimseye verdiği ulufe değildir. Adil ve kalıcı bir barışın şartı silahların sustuğu ve ayrılma hakkı da dahil olmak üzere her şeyin konuşulabildiği bir zeminin yaratılmasına yatar. Ne devlet ne de PKK tek başına kazanabilir. Kimse kimseye

Güler’in sözleri Anayasa görüşmelerine de yansıdı
Radikal
CHP’li Birgül Ayman Güler’in TBMM Genel Kurulu’ndaki “Türk ulusuyla Kürt milliyetini eşit, eş değerde gördüremezsiniz” sözleri TBMM Anayasa Uzlaşma Komisyonu’nda da tartışıldı. Güler’in sözleri Anayasa görüşmelerine de yansıdı.

Anayasa Uzlaşma ‘Cumhurbaşkanı seçimini’ tartışıyor
T24 (Basın Bildirisi)
TBMM Anayasa Yazım Komisyonu, “Yürütme” bölümünün müzakerelerine başladı. “ Cumhurbaşkanı’nın Nitelikleri ve Tarafsızlığı” başlıklı bölümünde CHP ve MHP, Cumhurbaşkanının Meclis tarafından seçilmesini önerdi. BDP, halk tarafından seçilsin dedi.

Anayasa Uzlaşma Komisyonu’nda renk krizi
T24 (Basın Bildirisi)
Anayasa Uzlaşma Komisyonu’nda renk krizi çıktı. AKP, üç muhalefet partisinin üçte iki çoğunlukla anlaşma sağladığını gösteren maddeleri ‘yeşil’ renkle yazmasına karşı çıktı. Müzakere yöntemini tartışmaya açtı. Tartışma uzadı ve komisyon kilitlendi

Anayasa Komisyonu’nda oylama krizi
Haber7.com
TBMM Anayasa Uzlaşma Komisyonu’nun Yazım Komisyonu’nda, AK Parti İstanbul Milletvekili Mustafa Şentop, bazı fıkraların, sadece iki partinin mutabakatıyla kabul edilmesine itiraz etti. MHP Erzurum Milletvekili Oktay Öztürk başkanlığındaki Yazım

Son dakika… Yeni anayasa geliyor
Vatan
Başbakan Erdoğan konuşmasına dün Katar’a yaptığı ziyarettin ayrıntılarını anlatarak başladı. Erdoğan, ‘Katar’da Emir ve Başbakan ve Dışişleri Bakanı ile görüşmeler yaptık.’ dedi. Erdoğan, Katar Emir’inin gelecek ay Türkiye geleceğini açıkladı

Yeni anayasa çalışmaları Mart sonuna kadar bitmezse referanduma gideriz’
Halkın Gazetesi Birgün
Başbakan Erdoğan, yeni anayasa çalışması Mart sonuna kadar bitmezse, AKP’nin teklifini referanduma götüreceklerini söyledi. AKP Genel Başkanı ve Başbakan Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, partisinin grup toplantısında yaptığı konuşmada, Yunanistan Başbakan

Erdoğan, yeni anayasa sürecinde partisinin yol haritasını açıkladı
Bugün
Başbakan Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, yeni anayasa sürecinde partisinin yol haritasını açıklayarak, Anayasa Komisyonu’nda uzlaşma sağlanamaması durumunda kendi anayasaçalışmalarını Meclis’e getireceklerini söyledi. Erdoğan, Meclis’te yeterli desteği

Erdoğan’dan anayasa için referandum çıkışı
Milliyet
Başbakan Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, yeni anayasa çalışmalarının mart sonuna kadar bitmesini istediklerini belirterek, “Bitmemesi halinde, Ak Parti’nin bu konuda yaptığı çalışma Meclis gündemine taşınacaktır. İnşallah Meclis gündeminde bizim yeni anayasa

Istanbul news roundup… Missing American hits the news…

Missing American was to meet Turkish man: police

from Hurriyet Daily News
Police are now looking for four Turkish citizens who contacted the missing 33-year-old Sarai Sierra..

Turkish police release footage of missing US woman

MiamiHerald.com

ISTANBUL — The husband of a New York City woman who went missing while vacationing alone in Istanbul was interviewed by police Tuesday in hopes of helping the search. Police meanwhile released security camera footage of Sarai Sierra, 33, who has

Police search for missing American’s last Turkish contacts

from Hurriyet Daily News
The police are now looking for four Turkish citizens who contacted..

Istanbul police dismantle a human trafficking ring in a joint operation

from Hurriyet Daily News
The Istanbul Police Directorate dismantled an international human-trafficking ring in a joint operation with six EU countries

Istanbul Mayor says security cameras to be installed to protect Armenian citizens

ArmeniaNow.com

Sign in or Register now for free. According to a report by Agos Armenian daily inIstanbul, Mayor Mustafa Demir of Fatih Municipality has suggested posting video security cameras in the Samatya district for protection against violence against Armenians

 

World’s biggest airport planned for Istanbul

Sydney Morning Herald

Turkey plans to build what it said would be the largest airport in the world in Istanbul, eventually able to handle 150 million passengers per year, in a project seen costing more than 7 billion euros ($A8.8 billion). Transport Minister Binali Yildirim

Istanbul police start search for missing NYC mom

CBS News

ANKARA, Turkey Police in Istanbul were scanning security camera footage Mondayto try to trace a New York City woman who went missing while vacationing alone in the city, an official said. Sarai Sierra, 33, was last in touch with her family on

Istanbul viewed as safe, but has its dangers

USA TODAY

ISTANBUL — With its gleaming domes and elegant spires, Istanbul has beckoned travelers for centuries, but the modern city is a bustling hub with all the trappings that come with a major metropolis, including crime. Rape and murder, especially of

 

Gallery Stroll: Istanbul

New York Times (blog)

ISTANBUL — Unpredictable weather means winter isn’t the most popular season for visiting Istanbul, but it is a great time for gallery-hopping: Many of the best museums and art spaces in the Beyoglu district have just opened compelling new exhibitions

 

Istanbul becomes a destination in quest for dream mustache | The …

By Agence France-Presse

Already known the world over for its baths, coffee and sweet Turkish delights, Turkey is on the road to adding another item to its roster of specialities: the moustache. Lip whiskers remain a highly sought-after mark of manliness in Turkey and

Son zamanların en interaktif @sosyalkafa sında @sirtcantalilar @serayney ve @filmhafizasi vardı…

 

EFD Rights Watch: “Turkey on 154th in press index, Maalouf’s Samarkand new target, Turkey Found Guilty in a Kurdish case…

Turkey on 154th in press index

from Hurriyet Daily News
Turkey slipped a further six places, dropping to 154th of 179 countries…

Maalouf’s ‘Samarkand’ investigated by Turkish education board

from Hurriyet Daily News
French-Lebanese writer Amin Maalouf’s historical novel Samarkand..

Turkey Found Guilty For Convicting Campaigns in Kurdish

from Bianet :: English
The European Court of Human Rights ordered Turkey to pay a total of 50,000 euros to 5 politicians who were convicted by Turkish courts for speaking Kurdish during various election campaigns between 2002 and 2007

According to tabsir.net “the winner is … Islamophobia [Argo]

And the winner is … Islamophobia

from tabsir.net by tabsir

The moral ambiguity of Homeland or Argo is a fitting tribute to the reality of US Middle East policy
by Rachel Shabi, The Guardian, Monday 14 January 2013

Bigelow: “I’m a pacifist,” so your “Zero Dark Thirty” criticisms are invalid

from Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin
Kathryn Bigelow: ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ torture criticism is invalid, because “I’m a pacifist.” The problem isn’t so much that torture scenes existed; but that their presence in a faux-documentary made the case that real-world use of torture was justified. Argo helmer Ben Affleck has an opinion. (latimes.com)

Best movie posters of 2012

from kottke.org by Jason Kottke
From MUBI Notebook’s Adrian Curry, a round-up of the best movie posters of 2012.

Django in chains: American racism and the bootstrapping myth

from open Democracy News Analysis – by Matthew Cole
The ideology of Tarantino’s new film resists the necessary dismantling of white supremacy – the system of structural racism that privileges white people over others, regardless of the presence or absence of racial hatred.

Atom Egoyan: Life and His Cinema

from U.S.A.K. Blog

Prof. Dr. Sedat LAÇİNER EARLY YEARS Mr. Egoyan was born in 1960 in Cairo (Egypt) as the first child of Joseph and Shushan Yeghoyan. Then the family was in the furniture business. However, his parents were interested in arts. Joseph Yeghoyan, in his youth, had studied painting in the Art Institute of Chicago. Sources say that the reason behind the family naming their first-born ‘Atom’ was the building of the first nuclear reactor in Egypt (Siobhan Rossiter, ‘Atom Egoyan’, Northern Stars,www.northernstars.ca/directorsal/egoyanbio.html; ‘All about Atom’, http:/members.cruzio.com/).

Turkish films easily accessible on the web

from Hurriyet Daily News
TurkishFilmChannel, a Seattle-based distribution company for Turkish films online, has recently opened…

Islamist salvation makes way to prime time with TV series

from Hurriyet Daily News
The popularity of the new TV series, ‘Huzur Sokağı (Serenity Street), adapted from a ‘salvation novel…

Eurosphere roundup: Eurozone vs. Britain, Berlusconi defends Mussolini, France at war in Mali…

 

Eurozone slump derails Britain’s economic strategy

by Centre for European Reform
The British government’s attempt to rebalance the UK economy has failed. In 2012, the deficit on the country’s current account (the broadest measure of foreign trade) was larger than in any year since 1990. Britain’s problem is not its trade performance with non-European markets: exports to these are rising strongly and the country runs a small surplus with them. The UK’s problem is the weakness of its exports to the EU, and the huge trade deficit it runs with its EU partners. As the eurozone’s biggest trade partner, the UK is bearing the brunt of the eurozone’s neglect of domestic demand.

G4S human rights record under tough Scandinavian scrutiny

from open Democracy News Analysis – by Adri Nieuwhof
Putting reputational capital at risk: when a security company’s human rights record counts in the contest for public contracts.

Lost in a 1990s timewarp: the UK and the European Union

from open Democracy News Analysis – by Kirsty Hughes
Is the crucial change in the UK’s position in the EU, that demands a referendum, really the need to extend UK doctors’ working hours? And what of the EU – has it got a better story to tell?

MAIN FOCUS: Zeman to be new Czech president | 28/01/2013

from euro|topics
The left-leaning ex-prime minister Miloš Zeman has won the presidential election in the Czech Republic. In the second round held on Friday and Saturday he claimed victory over the conservative Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg. Commentators attribute Schwarzenberg’s defeat to his opponent’s nationalist campaign and are hopeful that the future leader will at least do a better job than current president Václav Klaus.

Berlusconi defends Mussolini at Holocaust memorial event

from FP Passport by Joshua Keating

Anger over Berlusconi praise of Mussolini

from FT.com – World, Europe
Italy’s political left outraged as former PM defends the fascist wartime leader at a ceremony commemorating victims of the Holocaust

A Czech President and a Bulgarian Poll

from The European Citizen by Eurocentric
Milos Zeman, a former social democrat Prime Minister, won the first direct elections to the office of Czech president at the weekend. The presidency in the Czech Republic is mostly ceremonial, though Vaclav Klaus used the position to great effect in his opposition to the Lisbon Treaty during the Czech presidency of the Council. Before this the President was indirectly elected.

A false start for the UK’s fresh settlement with Europe

from open Democracy News Analysis – by David Gow
While Germany and France were celebrating 50 years of European successes, David Cameron outlined a much more pessimistic vision of the future of the Union, further underlining, if proof were needed, fundamentally different approaches to the European project. Can these two perspectives ever be reconciled?

MAIN FOCUS: Cameron evokes possibility of EU exit | 24/01/2013

from euro|topics
British Prime Minister David Cameron’s speech on Europe on Wednesday has for the most part met with criticism. He called for changes to the EU treaties and announced that a referendum on Britain’s exiting the EU would be held by 2017. While some commentators applaud the idea of putting London’s strained relations with the EU to the test, others say such a debate is the last thing Europe needs right now.

A view from France: “Long live Europe without the UK!”

by Open Europe blog team

Last week, we noted how the German media’s reaction to David Cameron’s Europe speech had been cautious, but receptive. Unsurprisingly, the French press has been much less receptive to the British Prime Minister’s call for a reformed EU. In today’s Les Echos, Jean-Marc Vittori pulls no punches:

Mali and France: about that ‘pact of European solidarity’…

by Open Europe blog team
It’s always interesting to watch rhetoric and negotiation posturing clash with reality.

Following David Cameron’s EU speech last week, Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, a French government spokeswoman,insisted that:

Mali, and the al-Qaida trap

from open Democracy News Analysis – by Paul Rogers
A decade ago, western leaders’ excessive reaction and inflated rhetoric served to amplify rather than diminish the power of Islamist groups. The same danger now overhangs Mali, Algeria and beyond.

MAIN FOCUS: Allied troops recapture Timbuktu | 29/01/2013

from euro|topics
French and Malian soldiers brought the town of Timbuktu under their control on Monday, leaving only the provincial capital of Kidal in the hands of radical Islamists. Commentators talk of an important victory in a battlethat will be a long one and say that now it’s time for politics to take the stage.

MAIN FOCUS: Paris and Berlin celebrate their friendship | 22/01/2013

from euro|topics
Members of parliament from Germany and France celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Elysée Treaty today, Tuesday, with a joint session in the Bundestag. The governments of both states want to promote even closer cooperation on the occasion of the anniversary. Commentators lament that the relations between the two countries have cooled considerably under Merkel and Hollande, and put their hopes in close people-to-people ties.

2013 Italy elections: no winner, only losers

from open Democracy News Analysis – by Giuseppe Lenzo
The run-up to the next national elections in Italy (to be held on 24/25 February) is marked by two trends that have already troubled the country’s political life in the past years: fragmentation and political instability.

Could Sarkozy be the next French tax refugee?

from FP Passport by Joshua Keating

Revolutionary France and the social republic that never was

from open Democracy News Analysis – by Vincent Bourdeau

After the 1830 revolution, French workers waited for the introduction of the republic into the heart of production. It never came. The struggle that ensued was to shape French politics during the Second Republic and after as republicans sought to reconcile work with the principle of non-domination.

Hungarian Student Protesters Face Punishment, Keep Fighting

from Global Voices Online by Atlatszo.hu
In December 2012, Hungarian university and high school students united to protest against the significant cutbacks in higher education admission quotas. Their fight for tution-free slots continues. (GV coverage is here,here, and here.)

A ‘Fresh Start’ for Britain in Europe?

from open Democracy News Analysis – by Stuart Weir
A new manifesto, ‘Fresh Start’, has been published by a group of Conservative MPs proposing a new relationship between the UK and EU. The (not so hidden) agenda: sweeping away many of the rights that protect British workers from exploitation.

Starting today all new standardized driving licences issued across the EU

from Turkish Digest by EU-Digest
Starting today, January 19th 2013, all new driving licences issued across the EU will be in the form of a plastic “credit card,” with a standard European format and tougher security protection.

“Greece is like Germany’s Weimar Republic” by Fabian Lindner

from Social Europe Journal » Blogs by Fabian Lindner

Algeria, Mali and beyond

from open Democracy News Analysis – by Paul Rogers
The seizure of an international gas-plant in Algeria follows closely the escalation of conflict in Mali. The response of western states to both reinforces the worldview of their Islamist adversaries.

Central European Links

from A Fistful Of Euros » A Fistful Of Euros by Alex Harrowell
Here’s a depressing but interesting story. More and more Jews are moving to Vienna, which sounds rather hopeful…except that they’re coming from Hungary, to get away from anti-Semitism and people like piece o’work Zsolt Bayer.

Europe’s capital strike, Central European edition

from A Fistful Of Euros » A Fistful Of Euros by Alex Harrowell
Even if Monti seems to have succeeded in dragging the spreads closer together, there are plenty of problems around the European economy. Bloomberg reports on central and eastern Europe’s economies in search of a growth model. So far, some of them chose export-led growth and integration into (basically) German automotive supply chains, and others had a credit and property boom.

Flashmobs and Citizen Classrooms – Spain’s Creative Protests Channel Discontent

from Global Voices Online by Anna Williams
Spain’s anti-crisis movement has been characterized by creative and constructive protests since 2011. Among the most well-known are organizations like the 15M (May 15 Movement) with its “occupation” of public space, demonstrations against austerity cuts (education, health, housing, etc.) by various affected sectors and their communal response, the 25-S protest that literally surrounded Congress and has repeated the act many occassions since, and marches that have swept the country.

Why is France in Mali

from Hurriyet Daily News
French troops engaged in clashes with Islamist militants in Mali on Jan. 16…

MAIN FOCUS: EU prepares for mission in Mali | 17/01/2013

from euro|topics
The EU foreign ministers hope to reach a consensus on a training mission for Mali’s military at their emergency meeting today, Thursday. However they continue to reject the idea of joint military intervention. Europe must prevent the creation of an Islamist terrorist state on its doorstep, some commentators demand. Others argue that Mali is purely a French issue.

A new angle to UK-EU trade?

by Open Europe blog team
The WTO and the OECD yesterday announced the release of a new set of trade data. This data tries to pin down the “value added” from trade rather than just the gross figures. Essentially, this means the data tries to track where the final demand for an exported product/service comes from, thereby netting out trade which simply contributes to the production line of the finished good/service.

MAIN FOCUS: Cameron advocates EU reform | 25/01/2013

from euro|topics
British Prime Minister David Cameron stressed on Thursday at the World Economic Forum in Davos that his country does not want to turn its back on the EU. At the same time he underscored his demand for a reform of the community. While some commentators support Cameron’s call for a more competitive Europe, others believe that Germany and France won’t agree to special terms for Britain.

Italians need more than the old politics

The lack of competitiveness weighing on the economy cannot be addressed by a continued refusal to face reality, says Lorenzo Bini Smaghi

MAIN FOCUS: Cameron’s risky game with the EU | 16/01/2013

from euro|topics
British Prime Minister David Cameron will deliver an eagerly awaited speech in The Hague on Friday on Britain’sposition regarding the EU. According to media reports he plans to announce a referendum on the return of competences from Brussels. The project could prolong the euro crisis and jeopardise Cameron’s political career, commentators write.

Inside the Audacious Assassination Attempt in Bulgaria

from Global Voices Online by Ruslan Trad
On January 19, 2013, a gunman attacked Ahmed Dogan, the founder of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF), described by some politicians as Bulgaria’s “Turkish party,” as he was delivering a speech at a televised party conference in Sofia. No shots were fired, and the gunman was beaten by MRF members, while security guards acted slowly.

Berlin and Paris need a relationship reset

The goal has to be to foster in a pragmatic way a European federation – or community – of nations, writes Joachim Bitterlich

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Cyberculture roundup: Google explains its approach to government requests..

Google’s approach to government requests for user data

from The Official Google Blog by A Googler
Today, January 28, is Data Privacy Day, when the world recognizes the importance of preserving your online privacy and security.

If it’s like most other days, Google—like many companies that provide online services to users—will receive dozens of letters, faxes and emails from government agencies and courts around the world requesting access to our users’ private account information. Typically this happens in connection with government investigations.

 

US gov displays growing appetite for Twitter users’ personal data

from Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin

Twitter Was Watched for Security Threats During Obama’s Inauguration

from Mashable! by Alex Fitzpatrick

Here’s What Google Does When the Government Wants Your Emails

from Mashable! by Alex Fitzpatrick

 

8 Reasons to Deactivate Your Facebook Account

from Mashable! by Neha Prakash

 

Rise of Infographics: Marketing in the Social-Media Age

from Mashable! by Anita Li

 

3 Ways Facebook Graph Search Could Transform Recruiting

from Mashable! by Erin Bazinet