What does the future hold for the founder of Wikileaks, Julian Assange, who became famous around the world for publishing top-secret materials regarding spy scandals, corruption at the highest echelons, war crimes and the diplomatic secrets of world powers? UWI spoke with lawyer and expert on media-related criminal cases Ahmet Çörtoğlu. HERO OR THIEF? Some consider the 48-year-old Australian to ...
The General Assembly of the United Nations urged the United Kingdom to leave the Chagos archipelago, ruling in favor of the West African country Mauritius. The United Kingdom had already face off with Mauritiu at the UN for control of the Chagos archipelago in February before the International Court of Justice gave a favorable response arguing for the decolonization of ...
European Parliament elections The elections for the European parliament took place this weekend. According to the results, the European People’s Party won 179 seats, and the EP’s second largest faction, the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, won 150. The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe came in third with 107 mandates, followed by the “Greens” with 70 and ...
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has come up with a proposal for the Persian Gulf states to sign a nonaggression pact in the wake of mounting tensions in the region. He voiced this initiative in Baghdad on May 25 as he met with the Iraqi Foreign Minister, Mohamed Ali al-Hakim. He also stressed Teheran’s aspirations for having the best ...
In total, citizens of 28 countries, including the United Kingdom who has not yet officially left the EU, will take part in the 2019 European elections. In total, 426 million voters are eligible to participate in the elections. https://twitter.com/EP_President/status/1131503956277039104 The ghost of Brexit The Brexit issue is one factor seriously complicating the EU elections. The UK has still not left ...
The role of the European Parliament The European Parliament, jointly with the EU Council, performs the functions of legislative power, participates in the adoption of the EU budget, exercises political control over the activities of other EU institutions, ratifies agreements on the admission of new members to the union, and has a deliberative right regarding any other issues. In addition, ...
The European elections will be held on May 26, 2019. They represent an important challenge for the social democrats and liberals of Europe. This is largely due to the rise of patriotic and Eurosceptic parties that reject Brussel’s policies and ideology. The traditional parties that have dominated the political spectrum in the European Union for some time may very well ...
Aylardır yerel seçimler ve ekonomik krizle uğraşan Türkiye’nin etrafı Doğu Akdeniz’de adeta kuşatılmış durumda. Son aylarda Akdeniz’e komşu ülkelerden İsrail, Mısır, Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti, Güney Kıbrıs Rum Kesimi ve Yunanistan’ın, ABD ve bazı Avrupa ülkelerinin de desteğini alarak petrol ve doğalgaz arama çalışmaları yapmaları suların gittikçe ısınmasına yol açıyor. Öte yandan, bölgeye sınırı olmamasına rağmen ABD, Rusya ve İngiltere ...
During an Iftar session in Ankara, the Turkish Minister of Defense, Hulusi Akar, met with leading media representatives. The minister made a number of important statements on issues such as the threats Turkey faces in the region, the fight against terrorism, the country’s need for its own air defense system and the purchase of Russian S-400 systems. Below are the ...
Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Milli Savunma Bakanı Hulisi Akar düzenlediği iftar yemeğinde medya kuruluşlarının Ankara temsilcileri ile bir araya geldi. Önemli açıklamalarda bulunan Akar, S-alımıyla ilgili ABD ile devam eden görüşmelerle ilgili olarak “ABD’liler ‘No deal is a done deal’(Hiçbir anlaşma bitmiş değildir) diyor. Bizde diyoruz ki ‘Done deal’(Anlaşma tamamlanmıştır). Önemli açıklamalarda bulunan Akar, Türkiye’nin ciddi hava ve füze tehdidi altında olduğunu belirterek, “82 ...