Ethnic groups in Russia

During a recent meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an delivered a report about human rights violations against Crimean Tatars, drafted by an unofficial Turkish delegation who visited the region. 

Less than a third of Ukrainians have stated their support for the policies of the current government, according to a research conducted by Pew Research Center, quoted by Financial Times.

President Klaus Iohannis stated on Sunday in a message on the Day of Romanians Everywhere that the adoption of a law that offers the possibility to all Romanians abroad to express their right to vote is a priority.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an phoned Crimean Tatar leader Mustafa Dzhemilev on May 19 over the 71st anniversary of the mass deportation of Crimean Tatars in 1944. 

?Turkey is in solidarity with their Crimean Tatar brothers in these days of mourning,? the Turkish Presidency quoted Erdo?an as saying.

Approx. 60 per cent of the Romanians believe that the government should stay in office until the term actually expires and that Romania needs a new Constitution, an Inscop Research poll revealed on Friday.

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In Turkey and elsewhere, identity politics have defined the last 30 years. Across the spectrum - from Islamist to secularist politics, from Kurdish nationalism to Turkish nationalism - cultural identity has become the key conduit for political expression.

One of the most visible characteristics of authoritarian rulers is restricting dissident voices through political pressure, curbing freedom of expression and imposing a crackdown on media outlets in order to silence any opposing voice.

An unofficial Turkish delegation is set to visit Crimea to examine alleged human rights violations against Crimean Tatars, but the visit is being delayed until Ankara and Moscow can determine a route for the commission so that Turkey does not imply recognition of Russian control of the peninsula.

AGERPRES special correspondent Florentina Peia reports: Romania's President Klaus Iohannis said Thursday in Warsaw, Poland, that after years of disappointments and failures a new Romania will be built which citizens will no longer feel like abandoning.

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Romania needs to increase the number of people in higher education by at least 10 per cent by 2020 and stop the sharp fall in the number of people going to university, an Education Ministry paper says.

According to official data, only 465,000 students enrolled in late 2013, compared to 891,000 only four years earlier.