When Aziz Yildirim, the head of Turkey’s foremost soccer club, Fenerbahce SK, denounced this week an appeals court decision upholding his conviction in a massive match fixing scandal, he drew a parallel with a construction-related corruption scandal that is rocking the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and pitting the country’s foremost Islamist factions against one another.
Their motto is succinct: “Hollande out!”
The challenges faced by Beirut’s expanding tech scene are not surprising given the tense political climate within Lebanon- the strides it has made are noteworthy, however.
Now, fighting is as much about ethnic divisions as the desire for a share of oil revenues and control of vital trade routes.
Even if the C.A.R. selects a qualified interim president, Paris’ hopes for a December vote remain ambitious.
Despite its landmark status, however, the court’s lengthy, and often inconclusive, preparations have left its efficacy in question.
Tensions have been electric since President Viktor Yanukovych made the unexpected decision this November to reject a series of landmark deals with the E.U. in favor of closer ties with Russia.
Questions remain over Algeria’s trigger-happy response, as well as the specifics of how the terrorists entered the complex.
That the suspension didn’t come earlier is surprising; the United States blacklisted Hamas as a terrorist organization back in 2006.
Pantic’s stand comes as Serbia lurches towards E.U. accession, with the international community looking on, and the pesky question of normalized ties with historic foe Kosovo – a precondition for Serbia to begin the integration process – resolved.
