The rise of anti-establishment parties concurrently in several European countries first became apparent in the European Parliament elections in May 2014 and prompted concerns for the prospects of a united Europe and monetary union.
The choices of citizens of a country on various issues are important parts of the inputs that governments receive during their decision-making process, so governments try to gauge the perceptions of the public more or less accurately.
The massacre at the office of satire magazine Charlie Hebdo in France on Jan. 7, 2015 topped the headlines all over the world throughout the last week, and world leaders marched across Paris to pay tribute to the victims and protest senseless violence against freedom of thought.
Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a revised version of his country’s military doctrine on Dec. 26, 2014 to replace the document issued by his predecessor Dmitri Medvedev in February 2010.
The Taliban and al-Qaeda have not been vanquished and still carry out their attacks by using safe-havens in the border region of Pakistan
Dec. 16, 2014 was an important anniversary in Turkey’s long and arduous road to the EU. Ten years ago on that day, the EU Council agreed that Turkey was ready to start accession negotiations with the EU for full membership
Russian President Vladimir Putin created a sensation when he announced during a visit to Turkey on Dec. 1 that Russia would stop developing the South Stream Gas Project and would instead explore a new pipeline project to transport natural gas to Europe through Turkey.
Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Turkey on Dec. 1 to attend the fifth session of the High-Level Cooperation Council (HLCC)
The negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries, that is, the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council plus Germany, regarding Iran’s nuclear enrichment program was extended on Monday for another seven months, just hours before the deadline.
