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Eurosphere agenda: Merkel rules out Greek debt relief as Greece shuns debt talks with troika…
In Uncategorized on January 31, 2015 at 12:15Greece shuns debt talks with troika
Greece’s new finance minister snubs his main eurozone counterpart, saying Athens will not negotiate over debts with the EU-IMF troika.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel rejects any cancellation of Greece’s debt, saying banks and creditors have already made substantial cuts.
Greece’s new left-wing finance minister says his government will not negotiate over the Greek bailout conditions with the “troika” team from the EU and IMF.
The far-left Spanish party, Podemos, is to hold a mass rally in the centre of Madrid looking to build on the recent victory of Syriza in Greece.
EU financial commissioner Pierre Moscovici tells the BBC that Greece belongs in the eurozone, and vows to prevent a “Grexit”.
Spanish feminists criticise male-dominated Greek cabinet
If a compromise is to be reached to avert a messy Greek default, there are three things that need to happenFollowing the formation of the new Greek government we are entering a period of negotiation. This is good news, and overdue given the scale of the social and economic crisis in Greece. The new prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, has announced that he will not unilaterally walk away from Greek obligations but seek dialogue with creditor countries. He has a clear mandate for change, but it is also important to bear in mind the constraints on the other side of the negotiation table.
A quick examination of their policies shows a Green party hard to reconcile withMoore’s description.
MAIN FOCUS: EU deliberates further sanctions on Russia | 28/01/2015
After the attack on a residential area in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, the EU foreign ministers plan to discuss further economic sanctions against Russia on Thursday. The EU is yet again being far too hesitant, some commentators criticise. Others go a step further and say Ukraine should be given weapons.
France is taking new steps to combat terrorism and believes French citizens can play an important role in identifying potential jihadis.
Pro-Russian separatists vow to push ahead with offensive as shelling on city of Donetsk kills six civilians.
Italian lawmakers failed to elect a new president in a first round of voting on Thursday (29 January), leaving Prime Minister Matteo Renzi hoping to push through his candidate only in a fourth round, when the required threshold of votes is lower.
Even before the leftist Syriza party’s overwhelming victory in Greece’s recent general election, it was obvious that, far from being over, the crisis was threatening to worsen. And it does not take a prophet to predict that the Greek election result will leave the European Union’s German-backed austerity policy in tatters.
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras plans next week to make his first visit to Brussels since coming to power promising to renegotiate his country’s international bailout, an EU spokesman said Jan. 30
Will Syriza’s victory lead to a ‘radical left’ spring across Europe, or are such reactions premature?
New government to host the head of the European Parliament as European Commission says cancelling debt is not an option.
The Portuguese government grants citizenship rights to descendants of Sephardic Jews expelled from the country five centuries ago.
Elected Greek decision-makers take office, ready for long-awaited showdown with the Eurozone.
Charlie Hebdo numero 1178: all is forgiven?
Mutual recognition between people and cultures moves in mysterious ways, the cartoon its Rorschach test.
On Tuesday’s 100-days-to-go mark for the general election, UKIP published a list of ‘100 great reasons‘ to vote for them.
We want to be sure that the new Commission will not deregulate the labour market, because EU citizens are more important than the market, said Marita Ulvskog.
The European continent, ravaged by war for much of the last century, has been transformed to a bastion of justice, tranquility and progress, writes Egidijus Vareikis.
The Irish political elite is deeply invested in an essentially religious narrative: Ireland sinned, Ireland confessed, Ireland did penance, Ireland has been forgiven, Ireland will be rewarded. If Syriza’s strategy in Greece succeeds, this will be exposed as a folly.
The fact that SYRIZA (Coalition of the Radical Left) won last Sunday’s national elections in Greece was not a surprise. It had been leading opinion polls for months. The fact that the radical left SYRIZA formed a coalition government with the right wing ANEL (Independent Greeks) within hours of its electoral victory was not particularly surprising either. Greece has been governed by coalition governments that have included both left-of-centre and right-of-centre parties since 2011. The left-right dimension of party competition has become secondary to the issue of the terms of Greece’s membership of the Eurozone and both SYRIZA and ANEL are opposed to the current terms, which they feel have been imposed on Greece.
The new leader of Germany’s controversial anti-Islamisation group Pegida, Kathrin Oertel, resigns a week after her predecessor.
Related posts:
- Eurosphere agenda: Greek elections tomorrow. Syriza is comin’
- Eurosphere agenda: “Europe’s Jihadi Generation… “The middle-class voters who can’t resist Marx…
- Eurosphere agenda: Rise of Syriza… Rise of Anti-Muslim sentiments…
- Eurosphere agenda: Grexit debate…
- Eurosphere agenda: Cover of new Charlie Hebdo issued… “More Surveillance Won’t Protect Free Speech
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an Infographic about Turkey’s human rights record in ECHR rulings… Dispatches from Turkey…
In Uncategorized on January 31, 2015 at 11:05Turkey still heads the notorious list of countries sued or convicted at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), but the number of applications against Ankara has recently been falling.
The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is making calculations in an effort to determine how many extra seats it must win in June 7 elections to allow it to change the constitution on its own.
On June 7, 2015, some 54 million Turkish people will cast their votes to elect their parliamentary representative and to elect the new government.
The Turkish lira hit a record low against a strong dollar on Jan. 30, weighed down by expectations that the Central Bank could hold an extraordinary meeting next week to cut interest rates.
The Health Ministry is planning to introduce new measures and limitations on the use of tobacco in public places in Turkey, daily newspaper Sabah reported on Jan. 30.
On June 7, 2015, some 54 million Turkish people will cast their votes to elect their parliamentary representative and to elect the new government.
Turkish fighter jets entered Greek airspace after Panos Kammenos flew over uninhabited islets off Turkey coast which nearly triggered war in 1996
Greece’s new nationalist defence minister has prompted Turkey to scramble fighter jets just days after taking office by taking a helicopter trip over the uninhabited islets off the Turkish coast that nearly triggered a war in 1996.
Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos starts his term by reportedly leaving a wreath off the waters of the Aegean islets that led Ankara and Athens nearly to the point of war in the past. The right-wing politician’s move came days before PM Tsipras, leader of dovish Syriza, visits Greek Cyprus.
Related posts:
- In 2 days, Turkey’s HSYK shaped by gov’t, Erdoğan slams nearly all opposition as traitors and Police powers increased….
- Erdoğan’s palace to be protected by commandos… Open Source Analysis of The IS Attack on Kobane… “NATO calls on Turkey to join EU sanctions against Russia as Putin visits Ankara…
- Davutoğlu in Paris becomes an Internet meme… Dispatches from Turkey…
- As Facebook caves in, Turkey’s authoritarian march continues: “Specially authorized courts to be reintroduced
- US just replied Erdoğan again. Turkey doing Ballet internationally but with the last legal package more authoritarian domestically…
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Zeki Müren, Turkey’s first gay icon remembered….
In Uncategorized on January 31, 2015 at 10:11You can watch 40 of his songs here.
Zeki Müren in Wikipedia
Turkish singer who kept his trousers backstage
An exhibition that charts the colourful life of Zeki Muren, a gay icon and Turkey’s most famous singer, has been drawing record crowds.
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In Uncategorized on January 30, 2015 at 23:29
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10 favorite Kebap places in İstanbul… Grand Bazaar haggling for survival… İstanbul news roundup…
In Uncategorized on January 30, 2015 at 20:19
Japanese art of painting Sumi-e, which has a significant place in Far Eastern culture, has been brought to Turkey by SushiCo.
The sixth World Forum on Energy Regulation will gather energy regulators from all around the world in Istanbul later this year, Alberto Pototschnig, director of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators, said Jan. 28.
Life As a French Lesbian in Istanbul
I am a woman living in Istanbul and lately, I’ve been coming across a lot of articles titled “Why I left Turkey,” or some variation of that, in the local press.
The world’s most visited tourist attraction in Istanbul may collapse from sheer indifference.
Istanbul’s eaters are spoiled by opportunities to eat great beans – and in the Turkish kitchen that means white beans, in particular, if you’re lucky, the şeker fasulye type grown in Eastern Turkey’s Ispir region.
LOCAL > VIDEO: Istanbul’s shoeshine boys filmed conducting trick on tourists
A group of shoeshine boys in Istanbul has been caught on camera using a classic trick to swindle foreign tourists. Turkish broadcaster Show TV …
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- “Anonymous starts #OpCharlieHebdo -A #CharlieHebdo Massacre roundup…
- The 3rd Istanbul airport built on marsh area, says Turkish transport minister. İstanbul news roundup.
- Eurosphere agenda: Cover of new Charlie Hebdo issued… “More Surveillance Won’t Protect Free Speech
- Bloomberg piece: Istanbul Ancient Wall Gives No Defense in Property Fight… Istanbul news roundup…
- EFD Rights Watch: Another child killed in Cizre… Children profiled by Diyarbakır Education Office…
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Erdoğan likens himself to Britain’s Queen as Turkish government suspends metal workers’ strike in the name of NATIONAL SECURITY
In Uncategorized on January 30, 2015 at 20:15In a bid to justify his support for a change to the political system in Turkey, President Erdoğan has suggested that the United Kingdom is run as a semi-presidential system in which the will of the Queen is dominant.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan brushed off criticism that he’s trying to amass sultan-like powers, saying he really just wants to be more like Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II. Erdogan told state-run TRT channel on Thursday that his desire for an expanded presidential role would not undermine democracy — and he pointed to the UK as an example. The UK is a constitutional monarchy, governed …
Leader vying for more powers says Britain’s constitutional monarchy is close to system he is trying to buildRecep Tayyip Erdoğan raised eyebrows last year when he unveiled a grand new presidential palace on the outskirts of Ankara that was bigger than Buckingham Palace (and the Kremlin, and the White House). Now he has sought to boost his ongoing campaign for a presidential system in Turkey with claims that the Queen is in charge of Britain.
The government has suspended an ongoing strike in Turkey’s metal sector, citing national security.
A CHP)deputy has filed a parliamentary question for Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu to answer about the death of a 12-year-old boy in Turkey’s southeastern district of Cizre
A Turkish court has ruled that the owner of a hamam, Turkish bath, in Istanbul is to pay 3,000 Turkish Liras for discriminating against a transgender woman by denying her entry
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- As Facebook caves in, Turkey’s authoritarian march continues: “Specially authorized courts to be reintroduced
- Clear cut: “The End of Turkey in Europe”/ “New Turkey” deconstructed in Open Democracy series…
- More than 3 thousand university students are in prison in Turkey… Dispatches…
- Dispatches from Turkey. Davutoğlu threatens: “Normalization not possible after Gaza offensive…
- Turkish Constitutional Court working on 10 percent election threshold… Turkey’s Science Minister declares Muslims discovered Earth… Dispatches from Turkey…
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New photo from Facebook January 30, 2015 at 07:09PM
In Uncategorized on January 30, 2015 at 19:15
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Literati roundup: Orhan Pamuk looks at sources of inspiration for “The Museum of Innocence”
In Uncategorized on January 30, 2015 at 17:49A look at the sources of inspiration behind “The Museum of Innocence”
In a famous article in the “Paris Review”, Hemingway made a list of the literary figures who had influenced him. When I decided to become an author, I was determined to make the same list.
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The Public Domain Project Makes 10,000 Film Clips, 64,000 Images & 100s of Audio Files Free to Use
Sure, we love the internet for how it makes freely available so many cultural artifacts. And sure, we also love the internet for how it allows us to disseminate our own work. But the internet gets the most interesting, I would submit, when it makes freely available cultural artifacts with the express purpose of letting creators use them in their own work — which we then all get to experience through the internet. The new Public Domain Project will soon become an important resource for many such creators, offering as it does “thousands of historic media files for your creative projects, completely free and made available by Pond5,” an entity that brands itself as “the world’s most vibrant marketplace for creativity.”
Critics Pick the Top 100 Movies of All Time in the Pages of Cahiers du Cinéma
Yesterday I wrote about the hugely influential film journal Cahiers du cinéma. It is not hyperbole to say that the publication not only altered the course of cinema history but it also, most likely, affected the way that you understand film. If you think of The Shining as a Stanley Kubrick movie instead of a Jack Nicholson flick, you can thank Cahiers du Cinema.
Dostoevsky Draws a Picture of Shakespeare: A New Discovery in an Old Manuscript
Dostoevsky, a doodler? Surely not! Great Russian brow furrowed over the meaning of love and hate and faith and crime, diving into squalid hells, ascending to the heights of spiritual ecstasy, taking a gasp of heavenly air, then back down to the depths again to churn out the pages and hundreds of character arcs—that’s Dostoevsky’s style.
Last month, we featured Every Frame a Painting, Tony Zhou’s series of video essays examining the filmmaking techniques of directors like Martin Scorsese, Edgar Wright, Steven Spielberg, and David Fincher. His newest piece looks at just one element of just one scene, but one directed by one of the highest figures, if not the highest figure, in the cinematic pantheon: Akira Kurosawa. Zhou, as any cinephile might expect, has a full-length examination of “the Emperor” of Japanese film in the works, but for now he’s put out a short video essay on the geometry of a couple minutes from The Bad Sleep Well (1960).
Whitney Museum Puts Online 21,000 Works of American Art, By 3,000 Artists
Soir Bleu by Edward Hopper, 1914.
The trend has now become delightfully clear: the world’s best-known art institutions have got around to the important business of making their collections freely viewable online. We’ve already featured the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Rijksmuseum, and the National Gallery (as well as new, internet-based institutions such as theGoogle Art Project and Art.sy). Today, we bring news that the Whitney Museum of American Art has joined in as well.
Related posts:
- “The Rise of the ‘Edupunk’
- “Pamuk’s contribution to the theory of the novel” from Austin American-Statesman
- for the record, “Naipaul cancels Istanbul travel plans following reaction
- A literati roundup: Orhan Pamuk in Newsweek, Digital Literacies, Kurdish files, Neal Stephenson’s remarks, Happy Planet Index, Academic PDFs on the iPad
- Literati roundup: Significant push for Open Access with the White House promise… Orhan Pamuk interview… Seven Tips From Ernest Hemingway…
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New photo from Facebook January 30, 2015 at 04:28PM
In Uncategorized on January 30, 2015 at 16:34
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