Wednesday
26th Jul 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.
A "high level political dialogue" ended with tense exchanges at a press conference over the human rights situation in Turkey.
"It's hard to imagine that, overnight, UK law would suddenly forget European law," said Ian S. Forrester, a British judge at the Court of Justice of the EU.
Threat of US fines against German and other EU firms involved in Russia's Nord Stream II gas pipeline could prompt angry European response.
The trial, which opened Monday, of 17 journalists and administrative employees of the daily newspaper Cumhuriyet is considered one of the most important episodes in a systematic campaign to silence dissent.
Some eastern EU member states worry they are being sold inferior food. The Slovak prime minister will speak to commission chief Juncker about it.
Andrzej Duda's veto on two controversial justice reforms reveals cracks in the ruling PiS party, but it could still be bypassed.
