civil society
Romanian Party Adopts Integrity Test for Candidates
The National Liberal Party, PNL, on Wednesday decided that its candidates for next year's local and parliamentary elections in Romania have to comply with at least 10 criteria in order to be eligible to compete.
Turkey does not want Germany to cherry-pick migrants
Upon an invitation from the Goethe Institute, I recently attended a conference focusing on the relations between the German Foreign Ministry and various foundations.
While the foundations are keen to underline their sensitivity over their independence and their wish to not be told what to do by the state, the two sides agree nevertheless on the need to have a dialogue.
Davuto?lu: AKP needs support for constitutional change
The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) would seek to make changes to the constitution with consensus even if they had the power to alter the document on their own, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has said.
NATO invites Montenegro to join alliance as 29th member
NATO foreign ministers on Dec. 2 invited Montenegro to join the U.S.-led military alliance, a move Russia has repeatedly warned would be a provocation and a threat to stability in the western Balkans.
"NATO foreign ministers have just taken the historic decision to start accession talks for Montenegro to become the 29th member," alliance head Jens Stoltenberg said.
Albanian Activists Rally for Kosovo MP's Release
Several dozen activists gathered on Tuesday in front of the Pyramid, a well-known landmark in Tirana, to protest against Kurti's 30-day remand in a top-security jail.
Students, civil society representatives and independent MP Mesila Doda took part in the rally alongside the Vetevendosje (Self-Determination) party supporters.
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RSF launches appeal for arrested Cumhuriyet journalists
The Paris-based Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has launched an international appeal for the release of arrested Cumhuriyet journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül, as well as many other reporters who remain detained in Turkey.
Video Game Spotlights Energy Choices in Balkans
A group of civil society organisations gathered in the South East Europe Sustainable Energy Policy Program launched a video game version of the South East Europe 2050 Energy Model on Monday, as UN climate change talks open in Paris.
The goal is to make audiences in the region aware of choices about the energy and environmental development of their countries.
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Macedonia Considers Legalising Medical Marijuana
The health ministry in Skopje told BIRN that it is carrying out wide-ranging consultations about making marijuana treatments available to people suffering from serious illnesses
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The puzzle of non-Western democracy
'The Puzzle of Non-Western Democracy' by Richard Youngs (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 213 pages, $20)
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The scope of e-bookkeeping and e-invoice obligation expands in Turkey
Bookkeeping, as an indispensable part of general accounting and taxation, has been employed from its very inception, no matter how primitive it was, as a tool to record financial transactions and other information pertaining to a business entity on a day-to-day basis. The core function of any type of bookkeeping in any period of history has been, unmistakably, to ensure that records regarding e