Category Archives: Europe
Towards justice, dialogue and reconciliation
Melbourne PEN presents: Towards justice, dialogue and reconciliation An open conversation with Fethiye Çetin Sunday, September 12, 6.30—8.30 pm Auditorium, The Wheeler Centre 176 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne Fethiye Çetin discovered that her Turkish Muslim grandmother was born an Armenian Christian and was a child survivor of the Armenian genocide in 1915. She had been [...]
Congressional Report says Turkish Govt Managed Kurdish Opening Poorly
By WLADIMIR VAN WILGENBURG US Congressional Report says Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey has not been so successful in his “Kurdish opening” policy. Brussels, Belgium: Carol Migdalovitz, a Middle-East expert, has written a new report for the US congress, suggesting that the government of the ruling Justice and Development Party of Turkey (AKP) have a [...]
Beware of Greeks Bearing Bonds
As Wall Street hangs on the question “Will Greece default?,” the author heads for riot-stricken Athens, and for the mysterious Vatopaidi monastery, which brought down the last government, laying bare the country’s economic insanity. But beyond a $1.2 trillion debt (roughly a quarter-million dollars for each working adult), there is a more frightening deficit. After [...]
The Imperial Anatomy of Al-Qaeda. The CIA’s Drug-Running Terrorists and the “Arc of Crisis”
Part I by Andrew Gavin Marshall As the 9th anniversary of 9/11 nears, and the war on terror continues to be waged and grows in ferocity and geography, it seems all the more imperative to return to the events of that fateful September morning and re-examine the reasons for war and the nature of [...]
Turkey’s Crises over Israel and Iran
Istanbul/Brussels While suspicions in Western capitals about its relationship with Iran and tensions with Israel have dealt setbacks to its “zero-problem” foreign policy, Turkey shares many of the goals of its Western partners and should continue to play an important role in resolving Middle Eastern and other conflicts. The latest report from the International [...]
Serbian immigrants seek answers about the horror
Class-action suit: U.S. mercenaries were behind Croatian offensive in Balkan War By Ron Grossman, Tribune reporter Zivka Mijic, 46, talks about her family’s narrow escape from Croatia in the Balkan War. She and her family now live in Stickney. (Zbigniew Bzdak, Chicago Tribune ) Zivka Mijic doesn’t burden people with her troubles — which would [...]
The last Orthodox patriarch in Turkey?
By Bill Wunner, CNNIstanbul, Turkey (CNN) — Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew is the living embodiment of an ancient tradition. From his historic base in Istanbul, Turkey, the 270th Patriarch of Constantinople claims to be the direct successor of the Apostle Andrew. World’s Untold Stories Today he’s considered “first among equals” in the leadership of the Greek [...]
My Grandmother Heranus
During the 1915 Armenian deportation, Mrs. Heranus was forcibly taken away from her mother by soldiers. Her name was changed to Seher, she was brought up as a Muslim girl, married, had children. Her grandchild Cetin wrote a book ttled My grandmother. by Yahya KOÇOĞLU Fethiye Cetin, who was the former spokeswoman of the Minorities [...]
Bob Diamond and the rise of investment bankers
by John Gapper You can’t keep an investment banker down, especially if he is near the top of of a European universal bank. That is the moral of Bob Diamond’s emergence as the next chief executive of Barclays, despite having been declared the “unacceptable face” of banking by Peter Mandelson. Mr Diamond’s appointment as the [...]
Workers strike for right to stop working
Paola Totaro, London THOUSANDS of French workers will take to the streets and shut down railways, schools and public services throughout the nation today, in a last-ditch bid to stop President Nicolas Sarkozy’s plan to raise the retirement age to 62. ( photo: Edmondon Sun )
Former army chief slams Blair and Brown
Patrick Hennessy, London THE former head of the British army has accused Tony Blair and Gordon Brown of letting down the armed forces during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. In a damning verdict, General Sir Richard Dannatt accuses Mr Brown of being a ”malign” influence by failing to honour guarantees on defence spending during [...]
Adams welcomes ETA announcement
The Spanish Government needs to hold inclusive talks with Basque separatists ETA as soon as possible, according to Sinn Féin. Party President Gerry Adams welcomed Sunday’s ceasefire announcement by the armed group and said the authorities should act quickly.
Spain’s Eta ‘declares ceasefire’
Armed Basque separatist group Eta says it will not “carry out armed actions” in its campaign for independence. In a video obtained exclusively by the BBC, the group said it took the decision several months ago “to put in motion a democratic process”. -It is not clear whether the ceasefire is permanent or temporary-
Locked out: The 12 million people without a country, and the need to become a citizen
By Stephanie Hanes, Correspondent The victims of shifting borders, politics, or the happenstance of birthplace, the world’s 12 million stateless people and their need to become citizens are rising on the international human rights agenda. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic - -A Palestinian in Beirut, Lebanon, holding a symbolic key during a commemoration of the dispersal of [...]
Human rights lawyer who fled Iran is reunited with family
By Ivan Watson, CNN A human rights lawyer who defended a woman sentenced to death in Iran for adultery enjoyed a tearful reunion with his wife and daughter Thursday after they flew from Tehran to Oslo, Norway. Mohammad Mostafaei specialized in defending Iranians under the age of 18 who have been sentenced to death It [...]
