Asci, an attorney of law, declared in April this year "I am starting a hunger strike for the abolishment of isolation in prisons. I am on a hunger strike for the right to life in a country where law and justice have are being destroyed" and has since raised the support of a number of democratic mass organizations calling on the Ministry of Justice to end inhuman treatment in F-type prisons and save the lawyers life. Solution required before he dies Contemporary Jurists Association CHD chairman Huseyin Bicen told bianet that rather than waiting for Asci to die on hunger strike, a solution to the ongoing problem needed to be found.
Any tears to be shed after Asci's death will be crocodile tears. Basic rights must be guaranteed Turkey's Revolutionary Workers Unions Confederation DISK Ankara Regional Representative Tayfun Gorgun said problems encountered at Turkish prisons with F-type compounds coming at top of the list needed to be discussed immediately on a democratic and contemporary platform. Gorgun appealed to the Ministry of Justice and all officials to hear the demands of families of the inmates and convicts held in prisons.
Prior to seeing the lawyer, SES Sisli Branch chair Rabia Tuncer said in a statement that the F-type enforcement needed to be abolished to protect the mental and physical health of all individuals without discrimination. Support from democratic groups in Bursa A number of democratic mass organizations based in Bursa visited lawyer Behic Asci last week at his house where he is continuing his hunger strike.
Human Rights Association Bursa branch executive Abdulaziz Akyol made a statement where he stressed that living conditions in F-type prisons were becoming more difficult by the day and added, "As human rights advocates we are hear now to the F-type prisons against isolation and to show that attorney.. Asci is not alone". According to a news report in the Evrensel [Universal] newspaper, Asci continues his hunger strike at his home in the Sisli district of Istanbul and although he can still walk, has started to show signs of problems. The newspaper said he was thin and appeared to be exhausted and that he could not fulfill his daily functions.
AFP, 24 septembre Swedish Foundation Grant Blocked at Customs As Western grantmakers and local civil society organizations strive to get more aid to the southeast province of Batman where poverty, internal migration and lack of educational facilities compound problems for children, bureaucracy has stopped a recent grant made by the Swedish Olof Palme Foundation reaching the region.
According to a news report in the Batman Cagdas [Contemporary Batman] newspaper, a number of children's storybooks and over a dozen computers sent by the Foundation to the province have been stuck at Turkey's Kapikule Customs and their delivery now looks unlikely. Demir has said that legally, the material stuck at customs could reach them after the Police and the Ministry of Education approve of it".
Demir added, "Our initiatives led to no results.
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Kapikule Customs will not approve of the books. Although Kurdish is not banned, we cannot get delivery of the grant books. They are requiring us to allocate funds for the books we have not been delivered yet to be inspected. When we realized we couldn't cope with this situation, we wrote to customs for the books to be returned.
The investigation started after the prosecution received formal permission from the Ministry of Justice but Erkem told bianet on Wednesday that she was informed she had to prepare her defense in the next ten days or forgo her right of defense altogether. Erkem said her right to defense was being violated with authorities refusing to give a copy of the case file to her lawyer as required by the Criminal Procedures Law article In the said period, as member of the executive board of the Izmir Bar Association Group to Prevent Torture IOG , Erkem had passed on information and allegations to the press related to incidences of torture of children at the Buca prison children's ward, their denied access to legal counsel and refusals by prison authorities to requests of transfers.
The incident and reports coming prior to a riot at the children's ward were later referred to as reasons for a riot in the compound by the national press and were reported under headlines ranging from "Torture in Prison" to "Signs of a Riot Were There". We, as BDP attach a lot of importance to establish trust among parties. Because these are two equal powers, because one cannot succeed over the other.
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If you want to have peace it's much more delicate because we need to bring together many more qualities. As politicians we asked for peaceful qualities, patience, flexibility, respect intelligence and this might bring about trust.
We have not reached that point yet. We are not in a climate where parties trust one another. But until recently we could not even talk about having talks with Ocalan. For the last 30 years many people spent time in prison, everyone had to pay a price. Each of us should very careful about what we say if we really want to build trust. BDP has the task to analyse what was done wrong in the past in order to complete the process. The Turkish people are not an enemy. Kurdish people are part of the democratic processes in Turkey and will continue to do so.
The government should share with the public opinion their plan for the Kurdish issue, if they have one. The government should accept that the Kurdish people are not terrorist and the leaders of the Kurds are not leader of a terrorist organisation. Only then we could talk of trust. So we cannot be asked to put water in the half full glass, while we are bound by these limitations.
This should be used as a building block by the Turkish authorities to take this process forward. She urged Turkey for more initiative and more political will to resolve these problems once and for all. Terrorisme, le mot qui tue. Kurdish women marchers arrested all together.
A couple dozen of women who are marching from Hakkari to Ankara were taken into custody in Urfa stop by police intervention. Intense atmosphere is still on in Urfa. Women will arrive at Ankara on November 12 to present the reports and findings on the condition of women in Turkey to the Prime Minister and other authorities. According to the Justice Ministry, women were killed in first 7 months in , but this number was for the same period in ANF, 10 November The public use of Kurdish was prohibited in Turkey following a military coup and the ban was in place until Anti-terror law victims quitting school.
Kurdish children who have been imprisoned with terror crimes face police pressure at school which makes them leave the school. Although the Kurdish children who have been imprisoned and charged with terror crimes merely on account of stoning the police in demonstration have been released, they face police pressure at school which makes them leave the school. A Kurdish student M. E who was in Diyarbakir E Type Prison for 9 months went back to school upon his release. However, he is facing threats by the police which made him stop going to school.
The father Ihsan Ekdi stated that they are worried about the situation. The Father Ekdi said that his son who is at 9th year, have been stopped by the police on his way to the school and threatened. This happened to him at least 3 times. The father further stated that police is intimidating on purpose so that they can control them.
He also stated that the harassment from the police has depressed their son who does not want to go to school anymore. We are worried about what they are trying to do.
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Will have jail him again? Another victim of anti-terror law F. Y who was in prison for 8 months was again detained last week after their house was raided. The father Mehmet Yakar stated that their house was raided at 5 a. Father Yakar further stated that since then his son has been depressed and is not going to school. We are thinking of sending him to Antalya where his brother is living.
ANF, 9 November Court decided to remove Kurdish names from road signs. But the Diyarbakir directorate objected the decision and appealed the State Council. Turkish State Council yesterday decided to remove all the road signs which includes Kurdish names of the villages and towns. The Council's statement said that the road signs with the Kurdish names would cause problems for services like post and transport. In Kurdish region names of all towns and cities were changed after creation of the Turkish Republic in He is currently tried for having disregarded crucial information conveyed to him prior to the murder.
Due to the colonel's high military rank, the indictment was prepared by the Public Chief Prosecution of Rize, a neighbouring city to Trabzon. The case is heard before the Trabzon 1st High Criminal Court. The coming hearings for both the new trial at the High Criminal Court and the case at the Magistrate Criminal Court are scheduled for 9 December. The Wednesday hearing 24 November at the Magistrate Criminal Court was attended by the lawyers of both parties. The provision foresees an aggravated life sentence. The court was of the opinion that Turkey failed to take protective measures despite evidence of immediate danger.
He had the possibility to prevent the murder but he did not. I think he is just as guilty as the defendants who committed the murder".
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Daily News , 26 November A Catholic church in central Baghdad was attacked yesterday by Islamist militants believed not to be from Iraq. Iraqi forces stormed the church and a gunfight ensued with the militants, who raided the church and took its parishioners hostage. Reports suggest at least 58 people are believed to be dead, including a priest, with 75 people more wounded.
Worshippers were attending their Sunday mass when gunmen wearing suicide vests detonated bombs outside and then entered Our Lady of Salvation church and started killing indiscriminately. Once the attention of the Iraqi security forces was gained, they proceeded to make demands calling for the release of Al Qaeda militants who had been caught and detained. Survivors have spoken of religious taunts and killing at random. The militants started shooting hostages by saying "We will go to paradise when we kill you, and you will go to hell". Iraqi commandos along with American helicopters arrived on the scene shortly after.
Questions must be raised about the methods employed during the rescue as many lives were lost in the process. Violence towards the Assyrian Christian community is a persistent and endemic problem in Iraq. The Assyrians have endured a terrible time since and before Saddam Hussein's removal. Current security is highly inadequate as seen here with a large number of Assyrians being murdered by apparent foreign nationals with criminal intentions.
The Assyria Council of Europe's view is that "Assyrian Christians are once again the victim of a horrendous attack on their culture, their religion, and most importantly, their position within their homeland. This will prompt even more Assyrians to leave in search of safety. It is vital that Assyrian Christians are afforded with the same rights as other ethnic groups in Iraq.
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These include being granted a province, in accordance with federal law, which provides a secure geographically defined region where all minority groups, including Assyrian Christians, are given administrative responsibility and the authority to locally derive their security forces. More than 1 million Assyrian Christians have left Iraq post-Saddam, and this cannot be allowed to continue.
The attack happened during worship services on October 31, and claimed the lives of numerous innocent Assyrian parishioners, priests, and Iraqi security forces. These criminal acts are targeted against the Assyrian people in an attempt to force them to flee their homeland. We are confident that these criminals will not achieve their goals and that the indigenous people of Iraq will remain in their homeland.
The Assyrian nation has over 7, years of history rooted in Iraq, and while the nation is shaken, it will pull itself out of the ashes and carry on with its mission of bringing peace and harmony amongst all citizens of Iraq. The Assyrian Universal Alliance extends its deepest sympathy to the families who have lost their loved ones in this attack, and wishes a speedy recovery to all those who were injured. Bearing in mind both past and present heinous and unrestrained atrocities leveled against our people, we urge our collective national institutions to unilaterally and unequivocally demand justice for Assyrians in Iraq.
We call upon the Iraqi government to take swift and definitive action to stop the vicious attacks against our people, instituting immediate measures to address the humanitarian crisis threatening our future in our homeland. As Iraq's indigenous people, the Assyrian nation demands the establishment of an Assyrian autonomous region on our ancestral lands as an integral part of the Federal Republic of Iraq and administrated by Assyrians under the jurisdiction of Iraq's central government, in which we will provide the security forces necessary to safeguard our people.
The three officers later Wednesday applied to the military's Supreme Administrative Court to annul the decision. The suspensions come amid heightened tensions in the wake of a military boycott of an official ceremony hosted by the president to mark the founding of the republic on Oct. The relations were already strained due to the sharp disagreements between the military and the ruling government over promotions for military officers during the annual meeting in August. Daily Star reported that the suspension of three military officers of such high ranking was a first in the history of the republic.
The Sledgehammer case is a part of the Ergenekon probe into an alleged anti-government coup plot. However, the Turkish Armed Forces Personnel Law gives the interior and defense ministers the authority to override such decisions. Oktay Vural of the Nationalist Movement Party, or MHP, also criticized the move Wednesday, asking why the ministers chose to wield their authority now. It could easily be amended and could leave it under the authority of the Defense Ministry instead of the Prime Ministry. She said the laws are and should be applied to everyone regardless of civilian or military background and democratic supervision of the military is essential.
It was a late but right move. If there is suspicion that a military figure committed an offense, then he or she cannot be tolerated. On the eve of the YAS meeting, a court summoned 19 officers and various retired officers to testify as part of the Ergenekon probe into an alleged anti-government coup plot. The government refused to consider the promotion of military officers allegedly involved in the coup plots, delaying the promotion of 11 generals and admirals for whom arrest warrants had been issued in the ongoing Sledgehammer coup investigation.
The move came after Turkish military chiefs boycotted an official ceremony at the Presidential Palace to mark the 87th anniversary of the foundation of the Turkish Republic on Oct. Daily News , November 24, He had stated, "I am a conscientious objector and I do not want to do even one day of military service". His case was continued on 8 November. It had already been decided to hospitalize him in the previous hearing but he was not transferred.
An arrest warrant was issued in his name in the scope of an investigation into alleged desertion. He was taken into custody from his home in Istanbul on 5 August Lawyer Davut Erkan told bianet that his client started a hunger strike on 9 August. He gave a break when he was released from hospital and resumed the hunger strike on 31 August. Erkan said that an investigation was launched about his client under allegations of "absence without permission".
The lawyer announced that he is preparing an application to the European Court of Human Rights together with his colleagues form Izmir in order to end this "injustice that has been going on for ten years". The lawyer indicated that his client's situation will be clear within one month. Nobel laureate writer Sir V. Naipaul has canceled plans to attend the European Writers Parliament in Istanbul after attracting a storm of controversy for past comments on Islam, yet the debate surrounding him seems likely to continue.
The EWP is a large international literary event that will bring together a number of global writers in Istanbul between Thursday and Saturday. The daily said that after conversing with the author over the phone, it became clear he was not coming to Turkey. As a Turkish intellectual, my mission is to illuminate my own society. He might have received the Nobel prize, but it does not give him the right to insult the Muslim world.
Asked if he thought he had made Naipaul into a target for fundamentalist groups, Yavuz said: I have been persecuted for warning my society. I want to ask the Turkish intelligentsia — who define themselves as intellectuals — whether they want to sit at the same table with such a man or not. As an intellectual, I want to ask Yavuz the reason for his attitude.
The Bosnian-origin director was invited as a jury member to the 47th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, but his invitation was protested for apparent insensitivity toward Bosnian victims during war in the former Yugoslavia. Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul was born in Trinidad and Tobago in and educated at Queen's Royal College, Trinidad, before studying at Oxford on a government scholarship.
His first three books are comic portraits of Trinidadian society. His first novel set in England, "Mr. Stone and the Knights Companion," won the Hawthornden Prize. He holds honorary doctorates from Cambridge University and Columbia University in New York, as well as honorary degrees from the universities of London and Oxford. He lives in Wiltshire, England. Nationalization of massacre hotel not enough, say Alevis. Alevi communities have welcomed the nationalization of a privately owned hotel building in Sivas in which 37 Alevis were burnt to death at the hands of a religious mob in but also said it was equally important to them how the building would be used in the future.
Alevi groups would like to see the hotel transformed into a museum in memory of the victims. The government says it is not very keen on the idea for fear that this might provoke the religious sensitivities of others. It has said it will use the building as a library and perhaps include a memorial corner inside. The future of the building had long been a matter of contention between the government and Alevi communities. The nationalization of the building, which has long been used as a kebab house, was one of the major demands of the Alevi community raised during meetings with the government in a series of seven workshops, the last of which was held on Jan.
It is one of the most disgraceful places in history. He also dismissed the notion that transforming the hotel into a museum would cause sectarian hostility. Sources from the region say the owners were dissatisfied with the amount and were preparing to appeal against the ruling. Fifty-one people, including atheist writer Aziz Nesin, the main target of the attacks, were wounded. As the hours passed, people in the hotel found themselves besieged by an angry mob. In order to achieve this, first of all institutions belonging to the government and the political powers should assume responsibility and the entire number of related non-governmental and official institutions should co-operate".
This is the base where the recommendations of the Central Steering Board of the Psychiatric Association of Turkey against violence emerge from. In their announcement, the association analyzed the sources of violence, the kind of harm inflicted to the women who were exposed to violence and the role of the language that contributes to a permanent form of violence and its occurrence, the role of the media, the school curriculum and legal regulations. The Psychiatric Association of Turkey announced a number of precautions to prevent violence against women. All necessary steps should be taken accordingly and implemented de facto.
So-called 'honour' killings should be recognized as extrajudicial killings according to international law. Different strategies on various levels must be developed to prevent these murders. Factors for protecting and improving influences on the women's mental health should be defined. The violence involved in a rape should not be hidden and reports about rape must refrain from any sort of arousing manner.
Curriculums at all educational institutions including pre-school should be free of gender discrimination. Requests of non-governmental organizations should be met and their work should be supported. The foundation declared that the awareness on violence against women has increased over time.
Yet, the alternatives regarding places to apply to in order to escape the violence have not increased in the same ratio, the foundation criticized. The platform criticized the Minister for Women and Family Affairs, Selma Aliye Kavaf, and other officials for remaining silent on the problem of violence against women and demanded urgent measures. Subsequent to a protest march through the capital of Ankara, the women issued a press release, saying, "We are living in a country where three women are killed per day on average and where women murders have increased by 1, percent over the past seven years".
Members of the Istanbul Feminist Collective went to the streets as well to draw attention to the high number of women murders. They organized a demonstration in the scope of their campaign "We revolt against women murders". They shouted slogans such as "Male affections kills three women every day!
The murderers are in our houses". Throughout the coming ten years, the NATO is going to intervene in the areas of territory security, terrorism, cyber attacks and energy security in case of a threat even if that threat lies beyond the borders of NATO territory. Co-operation with international organizations will be enhanced in order to make interventions more effective. The mobility of military forces will be increased, nuclear deterrence will be positioned, efforts in political and civil areas are going to be increased and defence policies will pursue more completeness.
The NATO was established in and comprises 28 member states and cooperates with 22 non-member states. Turkey became a member in after the country had sent military troops to the Korean War. The Incirlik base hosts nuclear warheads. Turkey's acceptance of the USA missile shield system under the roof of the NATO was characterized as a "zero problem policy with neighbour states". Political scientist and writer Assoc. Haluk Gerger said that this would not contradict the country's foreign policies. Sarkozy said 'we call a spade a spade".
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In Turkey, we do not always call a spade a spade but we act as if we did so. Gerger called the NATO a "global attack organization of imperialism" and emphasized that the actual change within the organization occurred with the collapse of the Soviet Union. It comprised both sides of the Atlantic and declared the area stretching from the USA all the way to Turkey as an area with a single responsibility. We saw in Afghanistan and Iraq that its area of responsibility was exceeded and it was transformed into a global military organization".
According to this definition, NATO's target is "the countries opposing imperialism. Iran is a good example". Gerger reminded that not only countries but also "people's movements" such as the Hamas and the Taliban are a target of the NATO. Finally, it is in the midst of negotiations to update the Association Agreement with Mexico. In this context, can the Council specify what degree of priority it is giving to the possible negotiations to revise and update the current Association Agreement with Chile?
Reiterate their recommendation that the contents of the Association Agreement and the opportunities that it offers should be given greater protection and disseminated more widely for the benefit of entrepreneurs and citizens as a whole. In this respect, the parties stress the need to strengthen the design of new areas of cooperation in which both parties can contribute equally; to explore shared areas of interest more deeply; and to seek new forms of association to bring about bilateral cooperation, including greater participation by civil society and the private sector or the deployment of triangular cooperation initiatives;.
The Chilean proposal to review the Association Agreement is wide-ranging and covers institutional issues, sectoral dialogues and trade matters. The EU welcomes this initiative and will soon provide an answer to the Chilean authorities. Depending on the area of cooperation, the speed of review may differ. The EU intends to begin new sectoral dialogues that will be determined by the substance and joint interest of the parties.
Establishing new Sub-Committees is not foreseen for the time being. As far as trade is concerned, the Chilean proposal is a useful contribution to the process of exploring the possibilities of modernising the trade part of the Agreement. Finally, as the coverage of any ambitious modernisation of the Agreement would go beyond the scope of the review clauses on agriculture, services and investment , the Commission will have to respect the relevant EU procedures.
It is possible that this will require an impact assessment and proposals for negotiating directives before launching any possible negotiation. This will depend on the outcome of the consultation process with Chile as well as on the internal EU consultations. A second chance for entrepreneurial ventures is a basic measure for sustainable development and prosperity.
Does it intend to take the initiative to harmonise current Greek legislation with its own second chance proposals in a country such as Greece, where the need for a second chance applies to a large proportion of entrepreneurs and self-employed people? Although this measure was not adopted on the basis of the Greek adjustment programme, this pre-requisite is consistent with the objective of enforcing tax compliance in Greece, thereby contributing to a sustainable social security system.
Removing this requirement may therefore have a significant impact on collection of social security contributions, which already suffer from low collection rates. The Commission is of the opinion that such measures should aim to reduce administrative burden and foster entrepreneurship, while remaining fuly compatible with the achievement of the fiscal targets.
The Commission acknowledges the need to improve across the European Union the conditions for entrepreneurs including self-employed persons who are unable to meet their financial obligations, as set out in the Communication on a new approach to business failure and insolvency. As a follow up, the Commission is working on a legal instrument which would support the efforts of those Member States currently undergoing or considering reforms in this area.
What assessment has been made of the potential negative social and economic consequences for Member States of introducing a cap on the right of citizens to free movement? The Commission has not carried out any assessment of the potential social and economic consequences for Member States in case of introducing a cap on the right of EU citizens to free movement. Damit kommen auch Substanzen in den Blick, die in Ersatzteilen von historischen Fahrzeugen verwendet werden. Zudem ist nicht absehbar, wie eine Neukonzeption von einzelnen Teilen auf den Gesamtwirkungszusammenhang von Fahrzeugen wirkt.
For many substances this gives rise to new requirements for authorisation. This also includes substances used in spare parts for vintage vehicles. The relatively low demand for these spare parts makes new designs and the substitution of critical substances in the spare parts wholly unrealistic.
Furthermore, it is impossible to know how a new design for individual parts would affect the overall working of vehicles.
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REACH provides for a number of exemptions to that requirement, but the specific case of spare parts of vintage vehicles referred to by the Honourable Member is not foreseen in the regulation. The Commission is aware of these issues, which may also concern other older motor vehicles in addition to vintage vehicles. The authorisation requirement is not a ban and authorisations will be granted where the risks from the use of SVHC is adequately controlled or when the socioeconomic benefits outweigh the risks to human health and the environment from its use and there are no suitable alternatives.
The Commission is presently in consultation with the Member States in order to identify possible ways to address the matter within the existing legal framework provided by the REACH Regulation. Sebbene l'Ungheria abbia annunciato di celebrare l'Anno di commemorazione dell'olocausto , molti ebrei e altri osservatori nel paese temono che il problema dell'antisemitismo abbia radici profonde.
Quali misure sta adottando per sostenere i gruppi e le organizzazioni ungheresi che si prefiggono di contrastare le percezioni negative degli ebrei e della cultura ebraica? La Commissione ha annunciato di voler intavolare nel corso del dialoghi bilaterali con gli Stati membri per garantire il recepimento pieno e corretto della decisione quadro negli ordinamenti nazionali. Spetta dunque agli Stati membri prendere le misure necessarie, in particolare in termini di formazione e informazione, per evitare che la memoria della natura criminale e totalitaria del fascismo e del nazismo vada perduta o sia banalizzata.
The party has been accused of vilifying Jews and Israel in speeches in the Hungarian Parliament, where it is currently the third largest party. Hungary has announced that it will commemorate the Holocaust Memorial Year , yet many Jews, as well as other observers based in the country, suggest that the problem of anti-Semitism runs deep. What steps is the Commission adopting to support groups and organisations within Hungary that are working to challenge negative perceptions of Jews and Jewish culture? The Commission recalls that it is for the Hungarian authorities to investigate individual cases in order to determine whether they represent incitement to racial violence or hatred, and to draw the necessary conclusions under criminal law.
The Commission has announced that it will now engage in bilateral dialogues with Member States during with a view to ensuring full and correct transposition of the framework Decision into national law. It pertains to Member States to take the necessary measures, notably in terms of education and information, to ensure that, among others, the memory of the criminal and totalitarian nature of fascism and Nazism is not forgotten or banalised.
Stava cercando di prestare assistenza medica ad alcuni manifestanti, anch'essi in precedenza malmenati dalla polizia. Dopo quattro ore lui e altri otto detenuti sono stati portati al reparto penitenziario dell'ospedale per le emergenze di Kiev. Egli rischia ora di dover scontare da cinque a otto anni di reclusione. Quali provvedimenti sta adottando l'Unione europea per documentare i singoli casi di cittadini ucraini che sono stati vittime di brutali attacchi da parte della polizia, soprattutto alla luce delle numerose manifestazioni di protesta che hanno avuto luogo nella capitale?
He had been trying to offer medical assistance to some of the protestors who had also been beaten up by the police. Harahuts was stabbed a number of times in the stomach, back and head and was detained by Berkut for three hours without receiving any medical attention. After four hours, he and eight detainees were brought to the police branch of the Kiev emergency hospital. He is now facing a prison term of five to eight years. The EU Delegation in Kyiv is in close contact with all actors involved to report this and similar cases.
In addition, the European Union fully supports the idea of an Investigation Advisory Panel, proposed by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, and accepted by the government and opposition. Possibili connessioni tra perfluorurati e diabete di tipo 2. I composti perfluorurati PFC sono sostanze utilizzate in molti prodotti industriali quali pentole antiaderenti, schiume antincendio, grasso e materiali idrorepellenti, materiali a contatto con alimenti, sciolina e tessuti in GoreTex.
Il team di ricerca ha notato che questi sette composti perfluorurati erano rilevabili in quasi tutti gli individui coinvolti nello studio. Le analisi specifiche condotte hanno poi permesso di scoprire che alti livelli nel sangue di uno di questi composti, l'acido perfluorononanoico PFNA , erano collegati al diabete.
I risultati finali dello studio, pubblicati sulla rivista Diabetologia, hanno tuttavia mostrato che non solo il PFNA era collegato al diabete, ma anche il noto PFOA acido perfluoroottanoico utilizzato nella produzione di pentole antiaderenti. Perfluorinated compounds PFC are used in a wide variety of industrial products, including non-stick cookware, fire fighting foam, grease and water-repellent materials, food contact material, ski wax and GoreTex fabrics.
They have already been the subject of many studies and investigations into their effects on human health, but a new study has been carried out by the Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine at the University of Uppsala, Sweden, to measure the levels of 7 different types of perfluorinated compounds in the blood and assess whether these are related to diabetes. The research team observed that these seven perfluorinated compounds were detectable in virtually all the individuals involved in the study. Specific analyses then enabled the researchers to discover that high levels of one of these compounds in the blood, perfluorononanoic acid PFNA , were linked to diabetes.
The final results of the study, published in the magazine Diabetologia, nevertheless showed that not only was PFNA linked to diabetes, but so was the well-known PFOA perfluorooctanoic acid , used in the production of non-stick cookware. This same compound was also was also found to be linked to disrupted secretion of insulin from the pancreas. However, a change of the harmonised classification of a substance can be proposed by a Member State on the basis of new information.
Due to its classification as Toxic to Reproduction Cat. In the development of a restriction proposal, all relevant data shall be considered, including from registration dossiers and other information. Fortsatta oegentligheter i samband med transport av delfiner mellan medlemsstater. In 11 bottlenose dolphins were transferred from the Lithuanian Sea Museum to Attica Zoological Park in Greece, while the dolphinarium in Lithuania underwent refurbishment.
The Greek authorities have confirmed that they accepted revised source codes for the dolphins for their transfer certificates to Lithuania. What action will the Commission take in response to these irregularities in dolphin trade between Greece and Lithuania? The Lithuanian and Greek CITES Management Authorities have recently provided information to the Commission on the conditions under which the transfer of the seven dolphins to which the Honourable Member refers took place.
According to recent police investigations, Catalonia has become a focal point for the spread of Salafi-Wahhabi extremism across Europe. In the city of Reus, Islamic training conferences have been held by two Salafi organisations that have been in conflict with each other since mid in an attempt to gain control of the Salafi movement within their area of influence.
To what extent do Member States and their respective security services cooperate in fighting against terrorism in Spain? The Council has neither discussed nor taken a view on the specific situation referred to by the Honourable Member. Is the Commission aware of this situation in Denmark? What does it advise Denmark to do in order to provide an appropriate form of compensation, where necessary, for citizens who have been harmed by this?
Certain aspects with regard to the prohibition of defence lawyers to pass on documents to their clients as foreseen in Danish law seem to be related to the right to a fair trial. A limited exception from this right is foreseen only if the refusal is strictly necessary to safeguard an important public interest, such as in cases where access could seriously harm the national security of the Member State concerned. The Commission is therefore not in a legal position to take any measures against Denmark for possible non-transposition of this directive. As regards the interpretation of Art.
However, the Commission is not aware of ECHR cases which cover a legal situation comparable to the one in Denmark described in your question. The agreement focuses on copyright exceptions to facilitate the creation of accessible and affordable versions of books and other copyrighted works. It sets a norm for countries ratifying the treaty to have a domestic copyright exception covering these activities, and allowing for the import and export of such material. Why has this treaty still not been ratified by the EU? What measures have been taken by the Council to sign and ratify this disability rights treaty as soon as possible?
What are the next steps? No such proposal has been submitted to the Council so far. According to data recently published in a Bank of Greece report on fluctuations in the pay of employees in the private and the wider state sector, it is clear that the total reduction in unit labour costs will reach As a member of the troika, is it working for the promotion of arrangements to implement measures in labour relations and collective agreements in Greece that were provisionally suspended with a view to cutting remuneration, and thus to reduce its negative consequences for the economy and social conditions?
Fine tuning wage-setting mechanisms can help in ensuring an adequate response of wages to economic activity in order to preserve existing jobs and facilitate the creation of new ones. One main objective of a statutory minimum wage is to reduce the risks of abuse in the labour market, namely wages much below productivity linked inter alia to monopsony power.
Minimum wages can also reduce in-work poverty and sustain demand by low wage earners. The goal is to analyse the issue taking into account the economic and labour market developments up to that moment and the trends expected going forward. A solid analysis should precede any recommendation. A lower tax burden on labour, and subsequently a higher take-home pay, can favour incentives to work.
But those benefits have to be seen against the drag of lower tax revenues on the government accounts. As the European Parliament elections draw near, the sorts of political and ideological ideas that the people who are standing as candidates are relying on are becoming clear. Behind the political groups is a whole spectrum of social and ideological ideas and attitudes. Some of the political parties with their sights on the election, however, represent ideas that are questionable from the perspective of European values, and, furthermore, are contrary to the criminal legislation of many EU countries.
How is it possible that openly Nazi-minded or holocaust-denying candidates or candidates supporting racist attitudes and ideas are able to stand for election?
How will the Commission monitor the ideological backgrounds of European election candidates? Does it intend to take action if representatives of ideas that are against the law stand in future elections? The Commission strongly condemns all forms and manifestations of racism and xenophobia, regardless of who they come from, as they are incompatible with the values and principles on which the European Union is founded.
Member States must ensure that also legal persons are liable for such conduct. This is one of the four conditions political parties at European level must satisfy in order to apply for EU funding. The regulation provides for a specific procedure to verify that that this condition continues to be met. Si tratta di una discriminazione esplicita e diretta a favore dei cittadini tedeschi e nei confronti degli altri cittadini europei che si trovano in Germania. Pisciotti, cittadino italiano, arrestato in Germania al momento dell'arrivo a Francoforte, sulla base della richiesta di estradizione emessa dagli Stati Uniti per una violazione della concorrenza che, nella maggior parte degli Stati europei, non costituisce neppure un reato.
Al riguardo, secondo una giurisprudenza costante, il principio della non discriminazione impone di non trattare situazioni analoghe in maniera diversa e situazioni diverse in maniera uguale. Extradition of non-German European citizens living in Germany is permitted. That means that the regulations on extradition between third countries and the Federal Republic of Germany apply exclusively to foreign citizens, including Europeans, who are in Germany, but they never apply to German citizens.
This is blatant and direct discrimination in favour of German citizens, against other European citizens living in Germany. Within the scope of application of the Treaties, any discrimination on grounds of nationality shall be prohibited. It is in this regard settled case-law that the principle of non-discrimination requires that comparable situations must not be treated differently and that different situations must not be treated in the same way. The Treaty between the Federal Republic of Germany and the United States of America concerning extradition states that the contracting parties shall not be bound to extradite their own nationals subject to certain discretion for their authorities and provided their law does not so preclude.
This requires consultation and coordination with several different Commission departments. He will be informed directly of the outcome when finalised. Despite widespread violence and political instability in Egypt, Libya and Syria, relative peace and stability prevail in Tunisia, which was also affected by the Arab Spring.
It was the first state to overthrow its dictator, in , and Tunisian protestors continue to focus on the need for democratic transition and national debate, rather than tending towards violence. In this context, can the Commission detail what steps are being taken at EU level to facilitate continuing peace in Tunisia, as well as to encourage the application of democratic principles and values in every aspect of Tunisian society?
The EU is well aware of the security risks and terrorist threats. The reform of the security sector is a priority for dialogue and cooperation with Tunisia and the issue of radicalisation is on the agenda at different levels. The EU is closely monitoring the protection of human rights and the reinforcement of civil society. The EU financial instruments are used to support the transition in different fields ex. The EU has also facilitated the cooperation between the Council of Europe, and notably the Venice Commission, and the Tunisian authorities with a view to provide expert advice on the drafting of the new Constitution.
This week, it emerged that the Commission has opened three formal investigations following allegations that public funding given to seven Spanish football clubs was in breach of EU state aid rules. Allegations surround state-backed loans and the sale of land and involve seven clubs, including Real Madrid and FC Barcelona. In light of this, can the Commission provide a status update as to the nature, scope and proposed timeline for these investigations, as well as information detailing whether any other European football clubs are implicated? A second investigation concerns Real Madrid CF, which benefitted from a possibly advantageous real property swap with the City of Madrid.
The third investigation concerns the special tax status for four clubs. The effect of this exemption is that these clubs enjoy a preferential corporate tax rate. Spain has been invited to comment on the opening decisions. Once a non-confidential version of the decisions is established, in cooperation with the Spanish authorities, they will be published in the Official Journal, together with an invitation to third parties to make observations.
It is at this stage not possible to indicate a time for the adoption of the final decisions. The Commission is also looking into cases in other Member States. There is an ongoing formal investigation regarding several Dutch football clubs. Furthermore, complaints have been received concerning Celtic Glasgow and Swansea and possible aid to Athletic Bilbao for a new stadium.
These investigations are still at an early stage. What steps have been and will be taken at EU level to encourage social and political stability in the Central African Republic following the recent upsurge in violence? What specific efforts have been made at EU level to protect Christians and other vulnerable groups who are at risk of persecution as a result of the unrest? If it is able to provide assurances that its approach to promoting peace in the Central African Republic will have the rule of law and the respect of fundamental freedoms, including freedom of religion and of association, at its core?
The EU is involved in efforts of the international community to address the political, humanitarian, social, and human rights dimension of the CAR crisis and gave its full support to the appointment of the new transitional authorities and is ready to support the elections process. The EU is the most important humanitarian and development partner and has recently scaled up its humanitarian engagement. The EU has development cooperation projects in the field of justice, police, public finance and infrastructure and is preparing a development package to support the transition phase.
The EU will continue to support inter-faith dialogue and inter-communitarian mediation and reconciliation as well as the deployment of human rights observers within the UN Integrated Office in CAR. The European Institute for Gender Quality EIGE has published a report on the effectiveness of institutional mechanisms and gender mainstreaming in the European Union between and What steps is the Commission currently taking to ensure the effective application of the principle of gender equality?
In view of the conclusions of the EIGE report, what additional measures does the Commission plan to present? At the same time, questions such as a reduction in consumption and the re-use of recyclable products have been tabled within the framework of a dialogue on the creation of a new approach to waste management.
Does it have data on the application of recycling strategies in the Member States? Are evaluation tables available on the take-up of European recycling programmes by the Member States? Where does Greece stand? The Commission continues to develop end-of-waste criteria for certain waste streams to enhance their marketability. Recyclable products are promoted through the voluntary Ecolabel scheme and the Green Public Procurement policy.
The Commission is studying the feasibility of including mandatory material efficiency requirements, including some aspects of recyclability e. The Commission will present in the near future a legislative initiative on resource efficiency and waste. The initiative will build on progress of the Roadmap to Resource Efficient Europe in unlocking EU economic potential to be more productive whilst using fewer resources. It will review key targets in EU waste legislation and consider mechanisms and instruments such as industrial symbiosis, ecodesign and leasing to increase the proportion of waste being put back into productive use through circular economy models.
Adozioni internazionali — Famiglie italiane bloccate in Congo. Il benessere di ogni bambino e la tutela degli interessi e dei diritti dei minori sono aspetti di assoluto rilievo e principi cardine dell'Unione europea. Quali iniziative intende porre in essere al fine di sbloccare tale situazione e permettere ai cittadini italiani di rientrare in Italia con i bambini adottati? The situation has now been further complicated by the fact that the visas of some of the Italian parents have expired, and others will do so in the near future. Consequently, a number of Italian citizens could soon be forced to return to Italy without their adopted children, who have been looking forward to the day when they are welcomed into families which already regard them as one of their own.
What steps does it intend to take in order to resolve this situation and enable the Italian citizens currently stranded in the DRC to return to Italy with their adopted children? How does it intend to foster the establishment of a clear legal framework on international adoptions? There is currently no European Union legislation on adoption.
This matter is regulated by national laws and international conventions. This means that it is up to the national authorities in each EU Member State to establish rules regarding adoption, measures preparatory to adoption or its annulment. In particular, the Commission monitors in general the developments in relation to the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Inter-country Adoption, to which all the Member States of the European Union are Party.
It appears that independent consulting firms are being given contracts by the Troika to establish how much money the countries that have got into difficulties require in order to prevent a payment default. It is said that the consultants are often awarded contracts without any public tender procedure. Designing a financial adjustment programme is a complex task which has to be carried out in a relatively short period of time. In some cases, the high level of expertise needed to address very specific financial issues required national government to resort to external consultancies.
Asset Quality Reviews AQRs are supervisory tasks and it is the ultimate responsibility of the Member States concerned to contract for advisory services. This also applies to the handling of the selection process which is fully under the control of the governments of beneficiary Member States and any agreement on fees involved, but, as in any other case, the Commission always insist on the thorough application of EU procurement rules.
External consultants are not involved in the design of the ensuing policy response within, or outside, the context of the programme. Relevant expertise is normally available within respective national supervisors. But in the context of a severe crisis of the banking sector market participants typically question the quality and impartiality of prudential oversight of competent supervisors.
Such doubts may give rise to major macro-financial risk. While Troika partners do not have the necessary capacity to necessarily quickly carry out large-scale banking sector assessments, the use of external consultants provides for a degree of independence of appreciation that is necessary to obtain a clear and timely assessment of the main problems in credit institutions and to reassure market participants and the broader public of the impartiality of such assessment. According to a report by PricewaterhouseCooper PwC , the European financial system is threatened by the surge in the volume of non-performing loans across Europe.
Given that the policies for the recapitalisation of European banks and the imposition of stabilisation regulations have created strong recessionary pressures on European economies, without creating stability within the banking system:. Does it have information on the volume of non-performing loans in the European Union and in each individual Member State? Stability of the financial assistance programmes aim at ensuring financial systems. Other measures have been implemented for significant banks such as the EBA recapitalisation plan and the ECB comprehensive assessment to be conducted in Data on non-performing loans are made public by Central Banks, national supervisors or banks but the Commission does not forecast the evolution of NPLs in banks.
As a follow-up a public consultation was launched at the end of to acquire views on the need for and feasibility of harmonising some aspects of insolvency law. The Commission is aware about the social impact of unemployment and poverty. Hence, the Commission has promoted several initiatives to tackle these problems, including the Youth Employment Initiative adopted last year by the European Council. Freedom of expression is not unlimited: Anti-defamation laws pursue the legitimate aim of protecting the reputation and rights of others.
However, it remains the case that in a number of Member States actions in this field are pursued and prosecuted via the criminal rather than the civil law. There are currently no plans at Union level to regulate the decriminalisation of defamation. Member State laws and policies differ considerably with regard to the rules and procedures concerning defamation.
A recent survey carried out by the Cyprus Institute of Statisticians shows that approximately 6. This is due to the rapid deterioration of the economic situation and the rise in unemployment, leaving many Cypriot citizens unable to afford even the staple foods necessary for survival. Does it agree with the view expressed widely in Cyprus that austerity policies implemented under the memorandum of understanding MoU are sharply exacerbating the social and economic cost of the crisis? Does the Commission intend to introduce new support programmes for citizens who are unable to cover even their most basic needs due to the crisis?
The economic adjustment programme for Cyprus puts emphasis on the crucial role of safety nets and takes into consideration the need to minimise the impact on vulnerable groups. To this end, the Cypriot authorities have embarked on a reform plan of the welfare system aimed at increasing its efficiency and effectiveness, notably by providing a guaranteed minimum income GMI scheme, which will replace the current public assistance scheme and expand its coverage to cover also those currently not covered by the public assistance scheme i.
The Youth Employment Initiative aims to faciliate job creation and the entrance of youth to the labour market and help reduce the youth unemployment. In addition, a new instrument, the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived, will provide material aid contributing to reducing poverty. The Commission has also set up a Support Group for Cyprus whose aim is to assist Cyprus in alliviating the social consequences of the economic shock by mobilising these funds from European Union instruments.
Does the Commission consider its decision to participate in the Troika, while being an EU institution as appropriate? What are the democratic deficits and shortcomings identified by the Commission itself in the adjustment programmes in terms of transparency and accountability? Does it intend to review the fiscal multipliers used as a basis for the assumptions on which the support programmes rely? Why is it that the consequences of the fiscal policies currently implemented in Greece and in other Member States were not taken into account?
The Commission's role in past financial assistance programmes is to act on behalf of euro area Member States. Within this framework, the final decision on financial assistance and on conditionality lies with the lenders. The financial assistance programmes have been negotiated with the sovereign governments of the beneficiary Member States which are fully accountable before their national parliaments. In crisis conditions historical fiscal multipliers do not provide a reliable guide for economic and fiscal forecasting. Fiscal multipliers tend to be larger at the current juncture. Economic assistance programmes prevented the disorderly default of a Member State, avoiding much more severe and abrupt social consequences, and limited contagion.
The Commission assessments of the implementation of the programmes can be found in the regular compliance reports that are available on the Commission website: The Commission published its replies to the questionnaire related to the own initiative report of the parliament at: As stated by the Spanish Agency for Data Protection AEPD , the breach pertains specifically to the collection of data on users, the consolidation of the said data across all Google services and the retention of this consolidated file indefinitely, without the knowledge or the consent of the users.
Does the Commission know whether the other five countries, namely Italy, Germany, France, Great Britain and the Netherlands, have taken similar measures to prevent privacy law breaches by Google? Without prejudice to the competence of the European Commission as guardian of the Treaties, the supervision and enforcement of data protection legislation falls within the competence of national authorities, in particular the data protection supervisory authorities DPAs and courts.
The national DPAs have been examining the new Google privacy policy. The proceedings before the other four DPAs are pending. Several other expenses were included in the budget, e. The tender procedure was repeated and the project was finally awarded at a slightly higher price, in the context of which, the bribery in question was requested.
The standard procedures at the selection stage include appropriate gathering of information from MS Authorities, with whom contacts are ongoing. The purpose of the evaluation-process is to verify whether the information falls within OLAF's mandate and is sufficient to open an investigation or coordination case. On the basis of the results of the selection process, OLAF will decide if a formal investigation needs to be opened. Due to confidentiality of OLAF's investigative process, and in order to protect the fundamental rights of persons possibly involved, OLAF cannot make any further comments on this matter.
Hoe reageert de Commissie hierop? Deelt de Commissie de mening dat deze arrogante houding, van nota bene een kandidaat-EU-lidstaat! Ondermijning van de rechtsstaat. Tientallen leden van de regerende AK-partij en goedverdienende zakenmensen worden opgepakt op verdenking van corruptie. Drie ministers stappen vervolgens op.
Is de Commissie bijgevolg ertoe bereid de toetredingsonderhandelingen tussen de EU en Turkije onmiddellijk, eens en voor altijd! Does the Commission share the view that every cloud has a silver lining and that it is therefore sensible to take advantage of this situation by terminating the accession negotiations once and for all?
If not, why does the Commission wish to continue with these never-ending accession negotiations, seemingly at whatever cost? If not, how would the Commission describe these actions? How does the Commission respond to this? If not, how does the Commission view the matter?