In both the French and Dutch No camps some voices were raised against Turkey entering the EU. Via Dutch weblog Sargasso I found a very interesting entry at Turkish weblog Turkish Torque. One excerpt:
It seems like AKP, like many Turks, has been discouraged by the French and Dutch referenda. This will only strengthen the hand [...]

The FT is carrying a story today which draws our attention (indirectly) to the fact that events in Iraq may well have more impact on Turkey’s future accession possibilities than the French referendum vote. According to the FT:
“Iraqi Kurdistan’s newly elected regional parliament convened for the first time on Saturday in the northern city [...]

Laura Rozen thinks that the broadcast of a graphic video from the massacre at Srebrenica may mark a tipping point in Serbian public opinion and pave the way for the arrest of Ratko Mladic and his extradition to The Hague.
She quotes an international justice listserv:
B92’s Danijel Bukomirovic, speaking in Dutch on NOS Journaal at 20:00 [...]

In the light of what went on around yesterday’s post, I find the following report incredible:
“Kosovo’s U.N. governor will tell the U.N. Security Council next week the disputed province has made major progress on security and minority rights, in a report that could mark the beginning of the end of the province’s uncertain status.
In the [...]

This is an updated version of an earlier post. I first retain the post as it was, then I have added some reflections in the light of comments received.
The Independent is running the following story:
“Germany is deporting tens of thousands of Roma refugees to Kosovo despite clear threats to their safety and dire warnings from [...]

People in Turkey are getting nervous. If French voters reject the Consitution Treaty later this month, it will be for a whole string of reasons, none of which necessarily are related to any of the others. Some will vote against the treaty because it is perceived as removing sovereignty too much, others because [...]

The latest news going the rounds today centres on the round-up of ’suspects’ following the clashes and demonstrations in Andijon last week. Of course, numbers vary. The LA Times Moscow correspondent cites interfax to the effect that 70 people have been detained (interfax in its turn cites Uzbek Interior Minister Zakir Almatov).

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The European Court of Human Rights ruled has just ruled that the trial of Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan, which took place six years ago, was unfair. Turkey has already suggested that it is willing to conduct a retrial. Those of us who favour the proposal that Turkey should eventually join the EU, but who [...]

As I end my two weeks here as a guest blogger, with events turning dramatic in Kyrgyzstan, the revolution that didn’t happen is fizzling out in Moldova. (See today’s RFE/RL Newsline, which unusually has no less than five stories from the forgotten republic.)
Those few of you who have been following the story may recall [...]

As you probably know, there appears to have been a peaceful revolution in Kyrgyzystan.
Latest news.
Photos.
BBC backgrounder on the recent events
For general information on Kyrgyzustan, Wikipedia.
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Some original, not too informed analysis: The last years peaceful revoutions have all happened in countries with some democratic features, not straight out dictatorships. Kyrgyzystan was always [...]