Monday
23rd Oct 2017
By EUOBSERVER
Turkey's authorities have issued arrest warrants for 42 journalists, local media reports, as part of the crackdown following the failed coup on 15 July. The list is said to included prominent commentator 72-year-old Nazli Ilicak, who was fired from the pro-government Sabah daily three years ago for criticising ministers over corruption. Several media outlets were ordered to close after the attempted coup.
Klaus Mangold, a German businessman with good connections in Russia, and who provided a jet for Commission vice-president Guenther Oettinger, played a crucial role in Hungary's controversial Paks nuclear deal with Russia, Direkt36's investigation has found.
Eight member states have urged the EU's foreign service to significantly expand its work on countering Russian propaganda.
EU leaders at their summit spent some three hours deliberating on relations with Turkey before asking the EU commission to come up with a plan on cutting and reorienting some €4.5 billion in pre-accession aid.
The posted workers file will be on the table of ministers and MEPs this week, while budget, journalism, Schengen and party funding are also on the EP's plenary menu.
The official agenda point on where to relocate the EU medicines and banking agencies after Brexit was over in "one minute", but lobbying took place in the corridors.
The Commission is preparing to amend an EU energy law in order to rein in Russian plans for a new gas pipeline to Germany.
