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    Change Turkey’s Electoral System
    Apr10

    Change Turkey’s Electoral System

    Friday, April 10 , 2015 - 0:31 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    Photo credit: Zaman, Ali Unal Turkish ruling party AKP announced this week that a shift to the presidential system will be its top electoral agenda. The party, which has ruled more than any other party in Turkish history, is bracing to solicit votes for upcoming parliamentary elections with a promise that the country will be better shaped if led...

    Ukrainian Town Cut off By Military Struggles to Survive
    Apr10

    Ukrainian Town Cut off By Military Struggles to Survive

    Friday, April 10 , 2015 - 0:16 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    In eastern Ukraine, villages cut off by military front lines are on the brink of a humanitarian crisis. Ukraine’s Kyiv government can’t seem to get supplies in supplies and pro-Russia separatist forces have not been able to restore war-damaged services in towns behind their lines. Next week, European leaders are to meet in Germany to...

    13 pictures that prove Amal Clooney is a complete boss
    Apr09

    13 pictures that prove Amal Clooney is a complete boss

    Thursday, April 9 , 2015 - 23:46 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    Amal Alamuddin Clooney has landed in New York City, and she’s made an even bigger splash than her mega-star husband, George Clooney. The pair are in the Big Apple while Clooney films a movie, and Alamuddin Clooney has been spotted everywhere from lunch with Anna Wintour to the halls of Columbia Law School, where the noted human rights...

    The Bursting of the BRICs Bubble
    Apr09

    The Bursting of the BRICs Bubble

    Thursday, April 9 , 2015 - 23:16 (EEST) Section: The American Interest (USA)

    For much of the past decade, the seemingly inexorable growth of the BRICs led many experts to argue that the post-American world was at hand. This was always an exaggeration, but the narrative stuck. Today, the BRICs have stalled or gone into reverse while America is enjoying a period of renewed good fortune. Yet you wouldn’t guess this...

    Ukraine Bans Soviet-Era Symbols
    Apr09

    Ukraine Bans Soviet-Era Symbols

    Thursday, April 9 , 2015 - 22:16 (EEST) Section: The Wall Street Journal (USA)

    Parliament voted to ban Soviet as well as Nazi symbols here, a move that reinforced Ukraine’s recent pivot away from Moscow but raised the prospect of exacerbating the country’s divisions. …read more Source: The Wall Street...

    Sanctions – Impact on Average Russian Life
    Apr09

    Sanctions – Impact on Average Russian Life

    Thursday, April 9 , 2015 - 21:31 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    Co-authored by William Witenberg a contemporary artist focused on abstract painting Russia’s economy is suffering from dramatically lower oil prices, a rapidly declining ruble, interest rates that are an astonishing 17 % and western sanctions over Ukraine. We thought it might be interesting to share some of the effects that this economic...

    US, Russian War Games Rekindle Cold War Tensions
    Apr09

    US, Russian War Games Rekindle Cold War Tensions

    Thursday, April 9 , 2015 - 20:46 (EEST) Section: ABC News (USA)

    US, Russian war games rekindle Cold War tensions in Eastern Europe amid Ukraine crisis …read more Source: ABC...

    Threefold Increase in Illegal Migrants Arriving in Greece by Sea
    Apr09

    Threefold Increase in Illegal Migrants Arriving in Greece by Sea

    Thursday, April 9 , 2015 - 20:46 (EEST) Section: Newsweek (USA)

    The number of illegal migrants entering Greece by sea has dramatically increased, with the figure for the first quarter of this year standing at over 10,000. According to the Greek Coast Guard, 10,445 undocumented migrants entered Greece via Greek islands in the first three months of this year, representing a threefold increase on the same period...

    Russia Tempts Greece With Improved Trade, But Offers No Aid
    Apr09

    Russia Tempts Greece With Improved Trade, But Offers No Aid

    Thursday, April 9 , 2015 - 20:31 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    With Greece locked into tough negotiations with its European creditors, the visit to Moscow by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is being seen as a possible attempt to gain leverage. Hosting the Greek leader Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin made a point of saying Greece was forced by the EU to vote in favor of sanctions against Moscow over...

    With Russia in Mind, NATO Tries to Get Faster at Responses
    Apr09

    With Russia in Mind, NATO Tries to Get Faster at Responses

    Thursday, April 9 , 2015 - 19:46 (EEST) Section: Newsweek (USA)

    EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands (Reuters) – Dutch troops gathered at an air base on Thursday as part of an 11-nation exercise to test NATO’s new rapid response targets that have been tightened following concern over new Russian assertiveness. Given just 48 hours to deploy, around 200 soldiers arrived at the air base near Eindhoven with the...