Populism

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan became the 12th president of the Turkish Republic on Aug. 28 with three ceremonies in Ankara.

By Adrian Croft & Barbara Lewis

European Union foreign ministers voiced concern on Friday at reports that Russian military vehicles had crossed into Ukraine overnight, but behind the tough talk there were signs that EU unity over sanctions against Moscow was fraying.

The political formations Blue Unity, Bulgarian Democratic Forum and Unified People's Party and ex-members of the Democrats for Strong Bulgaria, will set up a new coalition. 

We are currently marking several milestones in Greece’s contemporary history, events that took place exactly 40 years ago.

More than 20 years ago, I was antagonizing my secularist friends on the matter of religious freedoms. I was discussing the shortcomings of the Kemalist regime with “the old-fashioned Republicans” in the name of democracy.

The Republic of Turkey was founded in 1923, after the fall of the Ottoman Empire during World War I.

By Angelos Stangos

We now know the presidential candidates.

I have to say it in advance, none of the three suit me.

If you say “Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...”

He has got himself so stuck with his 50 percent that there is no way in the world for him to be the president of 100 percent.

If you say “Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu...”

Romania's Foreign Minister Titus Corlatean on Friday said the free movement of persons and the enlargement of the European Union have never endangered the EU; on the contrary, it turned it into a force to reckon with on the world stages.

Senate Speaker Calin Popescu-Tariceanu said on Tuesday he deeply regrets the fact that over the past few years "we had to witness an attempt to disband the Senate."