Belarus expels Swedish ambassador, EU weighs response
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By Andrei Makhovsky, Foo Yun Chee Belarus has expelled Sweden’s ambassador over his actions to support democr...
Who reads this blog anyway?: Conclusions from two months of bilingual blogging
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It has been just over two months since I relaunched this blog (my it feels longer). As it’s been quite a shift in terms of style, substance and method, I figure it’s a good time to take stock and assess … Continue reading →...
Akademik Bilişim 2013 konferansı- 23-25 Ocak 2013 tarihlerinde Akdeniz Üniversitesi’nde
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Üniversitelerde bilgi teknolojileri konusunda ilgili grupları bir araya getirerek, bilgi teknolojileri altyapısı, kullanımı, eğitimi ve üretimini tüm boyutlarıyla tanıtmak, tartışmak, tecrübeleri paylaşmak, ve ortak politika oluşturma...
Russia: Graffiti Festival in Kazan
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Bloggers celebrate the recent conclusion of the “Like It. Art.” graffiti art festival in Kazan, which was co-financed by the local municipal government, along with funds from telecommunications company Beeline and other private sponsors.
Eurosphere roundup: “Trust in the EU at an all time low”, “The day after Draghi
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Trust in the EU at an all time low by Open Europe blog team * Plenty for Barroso to contemplate The European Commission has published the results of its latest Eurobarometer survey. Here are some interesting findings: Spanish government vs Spanish re...
FTfm on AV
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Some highlights from Monday’s FTfmPensions turn back to stocks for incomeRock bottom government bond yields are pushing some pensions schemes to reverse the industry’s...
After the latest PKK attack, same old responses from the Turkish statesmen, hateful discourses from the ordinary citizens…
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Angry PM is now subject to angry Turks… Turks vent fury at PM over Twitter after PKK attack from Hurriyet Daily News Turkish Twitter users voiced their frustration yesterday after an attack by the PKK left eight security forces dead Tu...
Get It Right on Gas – yeah right!
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“We can have a natural gas revolution that transforms our whole country or one that just transforms the electric grid. What’s it going to be?” (Source: NY Times) In the NY Times, Thomas Friedman gets it wrong on gas.His wishful thinking overloo...
European Commission confirms probe into whether Gibraltar tax regime is state aid
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European Commissioner Joaquin Almunia has this week confirmed that the Commission was looking into Gibraltar’s new corporate tax regime and whether it constituted a form of state aid not permitted under current European competition laws. The Compe...
Book Review: The Crisis of the European Union: A Response, by Jürgen Habermas
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In the midst of the current crisis that is threatening to derail the historical project of European unification, Jürgen Habermas has been one of the most perceptive critics of the ineffectual and evasive responses to the global financial crisis. In...
Book Review: Europe’s Encounter with Islam: The Secular and the Postsecular
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Since 9/11, the Muslim presence in Europe has been increasingly perceived as ‘problematic’. Events such as the French ban on headscarves in public schools, the publication of the cartoons in Denmark, and speeches by political leaders have hit th...
Şehir’de (İngilizce) Yeni Medya Okuryazarlığı Çalıştayına katılım başvurusu son tarih: 10 Ağustos
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Başvuru formu buradan bulunabilir. Eğitim İngilizce… Workshop ile ilgili ayrıntılı bilgiler burada Related posts: Alternatif Bilişim Derneği’nden bedava e-kitap: Cesur Yeni Medya. Wikileaks ve 2011 Arap İsyanları üzerine tartı...
Turkey retires charged commanders, now no excuse for military tutelage…
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Turkey Retires Charged Commanders from NYT > Turkey by By DAN BILEFSKY The move is the latest by the government to tame the once indomitable army. Turkish military council retires arrested generals from Hurriyet Daily News Turkey’s Supreme...
The Black Swan in Tallinn
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A relatively short distance of road leading in to the city centre of Tallinn has been a good reflection of the state of the country during these last few years. Just in the outskirts of town, before buildings start to consecutively become more and mo...
Why the eurozone crisis threatens liberal reform in the east | Andrea Capussela
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The eurozone's troubles have focused on southern Europe. But the financial crisis is also a concern for the eastern nationsHow does the eurozone crisis look from eastern Europe? Not good, is the short answer. Hungarian laws and Romanian decrees have...
Tennessee Tree House: Living, and Preaching, in an Appalachian Tree Cathedral
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David Walter Banks has some remarkable pictures from Tennessee, where Horace Burgess has spent twenty years of his life building an enormous tree house that doubles as a… cathedral. In fact,The tree house includes seven trees, including one of the...
Home Gym Reviews – Reviewing the Best Home Gyms
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These days, more and more people are turning away from memberships to gyms and instead choosing to invest money in a home gym. You can put a home gym in a spare corner of your home, or even in the basement if you wish. Along with helping you save mon...
TESEV Report: “The Evolution of Turkish Foreign Policy in the Middle East
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A funeral service in Turkey for five Free Syrian Army Soldiers who were killed in Syria’s Idlib province. Refugees and relatives gather to pray and weep for them. A young girl tries to come to terms with her father’s death. (SOUNDBITE) (A...
Greeks Break Silence over Culture of Bribes and Fraud
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The Greeks themselves have squandered public funds, says a former deputy prime minister and now leading anti-corruption campaigner.
José Manuel Barroso - an ideal choice to head the new EEC
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The Russian EU mission in Brussels recently informed diplomats and journalists in the EU capital about Vladimir Putin´s major foreign policy initiative, the Eurasian Economic Union: The Union aims to create an EU-like suprantional group in...
Roger Marsden for President!
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Our tour guide, Roger Marsden (in the picture), has been a superhero. Already, before our departure, everything (hotel bookings, travel reservations, etc) had been perfectly arranged. But through his constant, though discreet attentiveness and good h...
