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Syrian war threatens to escalate as Turkey accuses Damascus of attacking its troops - World Socialist Web Site
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Syrian war threatens to escalate as Turkey accuses Damascus of attacking its troops
By Jordan Shilton
25 November 2016

Turkey’s Prime Minister and armed forces both accused the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad Thursday of conducting an airstrike on Turkish troops in the vicinity of al-Bab in the country’s north, resulting in three casualties.

The incident threatens to escalate already sharp tensions between Ankara and Damascus into all-out war, posing the very real risk of direct clashes between the major powers.

#syrie #turquie

Tensions between Washington and Moscow rise as Russia intercepts US spy planes over Black Sea - World Socialist Web Site
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Tensions between Washington and Moscow rise as Russia intercepts US spy planes over Black Sea
By Jordan Shilton
9 September 2016

Moscow and Washington traded accusations yesterday over an incident involving US reconnaissance aircraft and Russian SU27 fighters in the Black Sea that once again demonstrates how perilously close a military clash between the two nuclear-armed powers is.

Two US defense officials denounced Russia for carrying out an “unsafe and unprofessional” act by flying within 10 feet of two US spy planes conducting patrols over the Black Sea. A Pentagon spokesman told RT that a P-8A Poseidon aircraft was conducting “routine operations in international airspace” when it was approached by the fighter jets around 11:20 a.m.

#rusie #états_unis #Mer_noire #crimée

US-Russia tensions flare in Baltic Sea - World Socialist Web Site

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US-Russia tensions flare in Baltic Sea
By Jordan Shilton
18 April 2016

The Pentagon announced Saturday that it was filing a formal complaint with the Russian Defense Ministry and US Secretary of State John Kerry threatened retaliatory action after two incidents involving US and Russian forces in the Baltic Sea.

The Pentagon alleged that a Russian SU-27 fighter jet flew within 50 feet of a US reconnaissance plane in international airspace on April 14, and that a Russian jet and helicopter “buzzed” the Navy destroyer USS Donald Cook as it was conducting military exercises with Poland in the Baltic two days earlier.

#russie #états-unis #mer_baltique #pays_baltes #otan

Danish and Swedish governments step up attacks on refugees - World Socialist Web Site
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Danish and Swedish governments step up attacks on refugees
By Jordan Shilton
20 January 2016

Denmark’s right-wing Venstre (Liberal) Party government led by Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen initiated a debate on a bill in parliament last week on legislation permitting the country’s border guards to seize money and personal belongings of refugees seeking asylum in the country.

According to the draft law, which is expected to win the support of the opposition Social Democrats, the far right Danish People’s Party, and two smaller right-wing parties, money or valuables worth more than 10,000 kroner (€1,340) are to be confiscated from refugees entering the country. The only exception to this draconian measure, included only after a wave of outrage and protest from around the world, was for items of special emotional significance such as wedding or engagement rings.

#réfugiés #asile #danemark #suède

Swedish elections: Support declines for establishment parties - World Socialist Web Site

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Swedish elections: Support declines for establishment parties
By Jordan Shilton
16 September 2014

The main feature of elections held on Sunday in Sweden, which resulted in the removal of the right-wing government of former Prime Minister Frederick Reinfeldt, was the growing rejection by the electorate of all the established political parties.

While the nominal victors were the Social Democrats, whose leader Stefan Löfven will take over as prime minister, the party secured just 31 percent of the vote. This was barely a 1 percent increase on the party’s result in 2010, when Sweden’s traditional party of government suffered its worst result in almost a century, polling just over 30 percent of the vote.

#suède #élection #extrême_droite

British court ruling on data seized from Miranda paves way for criminal prosecutions - World Socialist Web Site

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British court ruling on data seized from Miranda paves way for criminal prosecutions
By Jordan Shilton
5 September 2013

Britain’s high court ruled Friday that the government could continue to examine data seized from David Miranda, the partner of Guardian journalist Glen Greenwald, when he was detained at Heathrow airport earlier in August. The order will remain in force until a full judicial hearing scheduled for late October.

#guardian #miranda #prism #snowden #surveillance #controle

Irish government to impose austerity until 2020 - World Socialist Web Site

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Tout ça pour rembourser des dettes non garanties par l’Etat et produites par des banquiers crapuleux.

Irish government to impose austerity until 2020
By Jordan Shilton
17 June 2013

The Fine Gael-Labour coalition in Dublin is currently discussing a proposal from Finance Minister Michael Noonan, which imposes austerity budgets until 2020.

Although the programme has not yet been published, government officials have made clear that its purpose is to intensify the spending cuts under the bailout agreed with the European Union, European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund after the programme expires later this year.

#irlande #austérité #crise

Irish public sector workers reject austerity package - World Socialist Web Site

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Irish public sector workers reject austerity package
By Jordan Shilton
22 April 2013

An overwhelming majority of public sector workers have voted to oppose the Croke Park Agreement negotiated between the trade unions and the Fine Gael-Labour coalition in Dublin.

#irlande #crise #austérité

Irish unions support government austerity - World Socialist Web Site

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Irish unions support government austerity
By Jordan Shilton
15 April 2013

Having negotiated a further €1 billion (US$1.3 billion) cut in public sector pay with the Labour-Fine Gael coalition in February, Ireland’s trade unions are seeking to implement the agreement against strong resistance from public sector workers.

#irlande #crise #austérité

Cyprus to face savage cuts and economic dictatorship - World Socialist Web Site

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Cyprus to face savage cuts and economic dictatorship
By Jordan Shilton and Chris Marsden
23 March 2013

Cyprus’ fate illustrates how the European Union imposes the dictatorship of the global speculators, banks and corporations on the working class. The EU yesterday continued to demand massive austerity in Cyprus to raise €6 billion ($7.8 billion) in return for a €10 billion bank bailout.

#chypre #crise-bancaire #europe #bce

Cyprus banks close as bailout terms spark Europe-wide crisis - World Socialist Web Site

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Cyprus banks close as bailout terms spark Europe-wide crisis
By Jordan Shilton and Chris Marsden
19 March 2013

The terms attached to the European Union (EU) finance ministers’ bailout for Cypriot banks triggered heavy losses on financial markets that were lessened only on the basis of an expected climb-down.

A vote in Cyprus’s parliament was first postponed from Sunday until Monday, and then until today, as it remained uncertain if President Nikos Anastasiades could win majority backing for the plan. In a statement on national television Saturday, he declared that Nicosia had no other alternative but to accept the terms of the programme if the country was to avert a full financial collapse. He compared the current crisis to the Turkish invasion of the island in 1974, which led to partition.

Chypre #crise-bancaire

Irish government and trade unions deepen austerity measures - World Socialist Web Site

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Irish government and trade unions deepen austerity measures
By Jordan Shilton
4 March 2013

Ireland’s Fine Gael-Labour Party coalition have agreed a new three-year plan with the trade unions which will see another €1 billion (US$1.3 billion) eliminated from public spending.

The agreement continues the no-strike Croke Park deal first accepted in 2010 and will run until 2016.

#irlande #crise-bancaire #austérité

Irish debt deal means decades of austerity to cover bank bailout - World Socialist Web Site

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Irish debt deal means decades of austerity to cover bank bailout
By Jordan Shilton
13 February 2013

Ireland’s Fine Gael-Labour coalition announced an agreement with the European Central Bank (ECB) last week, ostensibly designed to remove the “promissory note” payments to bail out the failed Anglo Irish Bank.

In reality, the debt reorganisation means that the Irish population will take on responsibility for paying an even greater proportion of bank debt, which will be extracted through decades of austerity.

#irlande #crise-bancaire
The debt restructuring agreement exchanged the yearly payment of €3.1 billion (US$4.2 billion) of “promissory notes” for long-term government bonds. The government had been due to make these payments over the next 10 years to the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (IBRC)—the entity charged with managing the assets of the old Anglo Irish Bank.

Euro zone finance ministers demand deeper cuts in Greece, Europe

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By Robert Stevens and Jordan Shilton

13 November 2012

A meeting of euro zone finance ministers on Monday refused to make a decision on providing the bankrupt Greek state with a further instalment of 31.5 billion euros from the previously agreed bailout.

Eurogroup head Jean-Claude Juncker announced that “no definitive decision” would be made at the meeting, despite the passage in the Greek parliament Sunday of a new 13.5 billion euro austerity package.

Sectarian violence erupts in Northern Ireland

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By Jordan Shilton
7 September 2012

Sectarian violence has again flared up on the streets of Belfast.

Groups of nationalists and unionists battled over three nights with police, causing dozens of injuries, after a parade last Sunday by a Republican group ended in rioting and violent clashes provoked mainly by a unionist counter-demonstration.

The latest unrest comes in the wake of months of violence in the city, which began with Orange Order parades held on July 12. After the official Parades Commission permitted a march to proceed through a Republican-dominated area, violence erupted between dissident Republicans, opposed to Sinn Fein’s agreement to power-sharing with the pro-British Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and the police at a counter-demonstration later in the day.

#irlande #irlande-du-nord #belfast #religions #communautarisme #iles-britanniques

Norwegian mass murderer Breivik sentenced to 21 years

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By Jordan Shilton
25 August 2012

The Oslo District Court yesterday ruled that fascist mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik was sane and handed down the maximum sentence of 21 years imprisonment for his twin terrorist attacks on July 22, 2011. A mass shooting of social democratic youth on the island of Utoeya and an earlier car bomb led to the deaths of 77.

Announcing the decision, Judge Elisabeth Arntzen sentenced Breivik to “preventive detention”, which means the period of his jail term can be extended as long as he is deemed a danger to society.

#Breivik #Oslo #norvège

Norwegian government report whitewashes Breivik terror attacks

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Une réflexion très intéressante sur les conclusions du rapport de la commission du 22 juillet qui note que le rapport est entièrement dédié au décryptage des événements et ignore totalement les questions idéologiques qui ont poussé Breivik à mener les deux attaques, « dédouanant » ainsi le gouvernement travailliste et les autres partis politiques de leur « responsabilité » ou « laxisme » face à l’émercence de cette idéologie ultra-nationaliste et xénophobe.

By Jordan Shilton
23 August 2012

The report of the 22 July Commission, the official body set up by the government to review the events of Anders Behring Breivik’s twin terrorist attacks on July 22, 2011, has concluded that authorities could have prevented the slaughter from taking place.

But in all respects, the report is still a whitewash.

The commission, whose investigation lasted almost a year, released its findings on the eve of the announcement of Breivik’s sentencing, due Friday.

The 500-page report seeks to cover over the political character of the attack, ignoring any consideration of the motives behind Breivik’s actions. In the opening section the commission declares, “We have foregone issues related to the perpetrator’s motive, childhood and state of health, and we have not explored the measures society puts in place for the early prevention of radicalisation.”

#Norvège #Breivik #commission-du-22-juillet

Aggravation de la crise bancaire européenne, crainte en Irlande

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Deepening euro crisis increases fears over Ireland
By Jordan Shilton
11 June 2012

Mounting turmoil across the euro zone, focusing on concerns over Spain’s ability to borrow on the financial markets and the threat of a Greek exit, has seen Ireland’s economic outlook worsen sharply.

The government succeeded in securing backing for the European fiscal treaty on May 31. But the result had barely been announced before commentators expressed fresh doubts over Ireland’s ability to return to the financial markets.

The crisis gripping Europe has temporarily put on hold plans to sell short-term treasury bills, in what would have been the first attempt to sell government debt in nearly two years. Bloomberg reported Thursday that the planned sale of up to €500 million (US$630 million) of 6-month and 12-month government debt would have to wait until after the Greek elections on June 17. The article optimistically predicted more “stability” in the markets in July, but as the downgrading of Spanish debt to one notch above junk status has shown, such hopes are anything but assured.

Iceland’s former prime minister acquitted over role in financial crisis
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L’ancien premier ministre islandais, Geir H. Haarde, vient d’être reconnu non coupable de l’essentiel des charges retenues contre lui (sa responsabilité dans la crise financière qui a emporté l’Islande en 2008)

Iceland’s former prime minister acquitted over role in financial crisis
By Jordan Shilton
3 May 2012

Last week, Iceland’s high court, the Landsdómir, acquitted ex-Prime Minister Geir H. Haarde of all major charges in the case brought against him over his role in the 2008 financial crisis. The crisis led to the collapse of the country’s three main banks in a matter of days, as the economy entered a deep recession.

On three out of the four charges against him, Haarde was found not guilty. The court judged that he had done all he could to urge the banks to reduce their exposure to foreign debt, that he had not been negligent by failing to react to the danger of a financial crisis, and that he could not be held responsible for having failed to compel the banks to transfer the liabilities for foreign deposits in savings accounts to subsidiaries based in other countries. The only count on which he was found guilty was the token charge of failing to organise a sufficient number of cabinet meetings to discuss the issue of the financial crisis.