March 04, 2007
Margot Wallström coming to town...
Top EU official to visit Turkey
Vice president of the European Commission responsible for institutional relations and communication strategies, Margot Wallström, will visit Turkey next week, reported the Anatolia news agency. Wallström is scheduled to meet some members of the Cabinet and Turkish Parliament on March 7 in Ankara. Wallström will also visit Istanbul to deliver a speech at Bilgi University. I will be there:)
Protesters are detained in Copenhagen, Denmark Thursday March 1, 2007, during clashes between youths and police over the eviction of squatters from a house. Over 100 people were arrested Thursday after angry protesters threw cobble stones at police when an anti-terror squad evicted squatters from a Copenhagen building. (AP Photo/John McConnico)
* Anarchists from across northern Europe flocked to the Danish capital on Saturday to join protesters....
DJ Nozem has another considerable post: Flexible Integration
The European Union is looking into entering the virtual world and opening up an office in Second Life, and how this plan is harshly teased here...No Pasaran also teases EU focus on Microsoft.
Some are older posts but here is round up in French Elections:
* A New Hope: Intellectuals support Royal
* Sarkozy speech on foreign policy
* Segolene Wrap-up
* French Election for Dummies
* Meet the Contenders
Kurds' struggle blocks Turkey's entry into EU By Andrew Borowiec
EU set to start new accession talks with Turkey as EU hopes for progress in Turkey talks. In the mean time, Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen's Association (TÜSİAD) Supreme Assessment Board (YİK) President Mustafa Koç said yesterday Turkey should set Jan. 1, 2014 as the day when Turkey will become a member of the European Union, arguing that this would mobilize all to reach the objective by that day.
TÜSİAD chairwoman calls for social consensus for presidency
Taha Akyol in Why I was against Feb. 28
Mehmet Ali Birand in Why does Barzani make us so angry?
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