By Ali Rıza Taşdelen The European Parliament elections are being held between 6-9 June. We are in a position to make clearer inferences about the EP structure and the distribution of groups following the elections. We will use the data of the survey results of the Ipsos research group conducted in March 2024 with 26 thousand voters in the 18 ...
By Islam Farag – Cairo, Egypt Over the past two years, Egypt has been facing bleak economic prospects that have been worsening day by day. The features of its economic crisis began to take shape and worsen clearly after the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian war in February 2022, but the flight of hot money from the country thwarted all government ...
By Tolga Dişçi The most important event of the last days in Hungary is the resignation of the President. Hungarian President Katalin Novak’s pardon of a person convicted in a sexual abuse case sparked public reactions and Novak resigned on 10 February. Hungarian journalist Ferenc Almassy, Editor-in-Chief of Visegrad Post, explained the developments to us. How do you interpret the ...
Russian President Putin’s proposal to establish a gas energy hub in Türkiye is in negotiations between the Russian company Gazprom and Turkish BOTAŞ, state-owned-entreprise responsible for transportation and sale of natural gas. We spoke about the idea of becoming an energy hub with Professor Şenay Yalçın from the Bahçeşehir University in Istanbul. An Yalçın spend his entire academic life researching ...
The railway tragedy in central Greece, where a still unknown number of mostly young people (probably more than 100) have perished, is an incomprehensible accident. In 2023, it is simply inconceivable that two trains will move on the same track and in opposite directions without anyone in the system – machine or human – watching them and averting the collision. Recently ...
The recent visit of French President Emmanuel Macron to the United States has surfaced differences among the transatlantic powers in respect to the policy towards Russia and the Ukraine crisis. These constitute part of a quest for a new international order. At the same time, centrifugal forces within the European Union are gaining strength. We spoke about these and more ...
On her visit to Cairo, Egypt, EU Commission President von der Leyen signed a joint statement with Egyptian President al Sisi and a Memorandum of Understanding with Egyptian and Israeli counterparts on June 15. The European – Egyptian joint statement referred to the fact that Egypt is hosting this years climate summit COP 27. Both sides agreed to advance the ...
The Ukraine crisis was the main item on the European Council’s meeting 30-31st of May, which concluded with some decisions and more debates. Among the agreed measures are: – A sixth package of sanctions against Russia will cover crude oil, as well as petroleum products, delivered from Russia into Member States, with a temporary exception for crude oil delivered by ...
Earlier, he had gathered attention with his statement that “NATO was brain dead”. Now, the French President Emmanuel Macron has incited a new debate with his proposal of a ‘European Political Community’. Having stated that the European Union would not suffice to answer the needs of the peoples of Europe and that its reform was necessary, Macron is expected to ...
Along with the continuing Ukraine crisis, not only the relations between Russia and the West deteriorating. Relations between Turkey and the West suffer the same fate. United World International expert Onur Sinan Guzaltan evaluated the Ukraine crisis, NATO’s enlargement discussions and the future of Turkey-Western relations in an interview with the Italian-based l’Antidiplomatico website. The original text can be read ...