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Democracy Digest: Polish Government Takes Heart from Hungary’s Win at CJEU
The controversy over the tax has been rumbling on since June 2014, when the Hungarian parliament passed a law levying a progressive tax on advertising revenues of all media companies, including newspapers, magazines, radio stations, TV stations and billboard companies.
ING Survey: Three in five Romanians make home-buying decision in three months at the most
Three in five Romanians make the decision to buy a new home in no more than three months, and most view a maximum of five properties before the purchase, found an international ING survey on home ownership. "Although half of Romanians say that finding a home that ticked all their selection criteria was difficult, they were the most determined and fastest to decide in Europe in 2020.
Americans Less Likely to Trust Facebook than Rivals on Personal Data
Opinion polls published on Sunday in the United States and Germany cast doubt over the level of trust people have in Facebook over privacy, as the firm ran advertisements in British and U.S. newspapers apologizing to users.
Germans see refugees as biggest problem despite falling numbers
More than half of Germans see refugees and integration as Germany's biggest problem, a survey showed, despite the number of newcomers falling significantly on the year.
A record 890,000 mainly Muslim migrants from the Middle East, Africa and elsewhere arrived in Europe's largest economy in 2015, prompting concerns about security and integration.
Merkel “sits” on a toilet in first German Charlie Hebdo edition
Angela Merkel sits on a toilet, a copy of Charlie Hebdo in hand, and the slogan “Charlie Hebdo, the newspaper that relaxes” … This is the poster chosen by the satirical weekly for the launch on Thursday, December 1 of its German version, the satirical magazine’s first experience outside the French borders. The same edition will be launched in Vienna.
Iraqis top list of property-buying foreigners in Istanbul, Russians in Antalya
Iraqis bought more properties in Istanbul last year than any other foreign buyers, while the biggest foreign buyers of property in southern Antalya province were Russians, according to Turkish Environment and Urban Affairs Minister Fatma Sar?.
More than half of Germans think planned Greek deal is bad: Poll
More than half of Germans think the planned deal with Greece is bad and many would have preferred that the crisis-stricken country left the euro zone rather than getting the chance for further aid, according to an opinion poll.
Greek-German FMs meet with resolve to tighten relations
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Sunday that we must cooperation between Germans and Greeks should seen as having mutual benefit. Following his meeting with Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias, he said that both countries should work to strengthen the two countries mutual trust.
German opposition to Turkey's EU membership rises: poll
A growing majority of Germans are opposed to Turkey entering the European Union, according to a poll published days after Prime Minister Tayyip ErdoÄan made a controversial speech to Turks in Cologne.