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| Compiled on June 25, 2013, 06:49 PM CET |
| ABOUT FACE Chancellor Merkel Cools on European Integration German conservatives have long been passionate supporters of increased European integration. But lately, Chancellor Angela Merkel has applied the brakes to the process. Brussels, she believes, has become part of the problem. |
| CYPRIOT PRESIDENT Troika Conditions 'Are Stifling Our Economy' Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades, 66, discusses "unfair" and "bitter" conditions linked to his country's bailout that he says are "stifling" the economy. Despite her austerity drive, the leader says he supports German Chancellor Angela Merkel's re-election. |
| WORLD FROM BERLIN 'Do Costs of Hunting Terrorists Exceed Benefits?' Revelations that Britain has been expansively spying on German and European data has deepened a public debate over mass privacy violations. German editorialists argue that London and Washington have some explaining to do. |
| 'ICH BIN EIN BERLINER' An Indelible Memory of Kennedy's Speech In the summer of 1963 Kennedy came to the divided city of Berlin and spoke his famous words "Ich bin ein Berliner." Fifty years later, the visit of the 35th American president still shapes the city's collective memory. |
| GENERATION GAP Turkish Family Split Between Gezi and Old Way The rift currently dividing Turkey also runs right through the middle of many families. SPIEGEL reporter Özlem Gezer has an uncle in Istanbul who loves Erdogan, a cousin who sleeps in the protesters' camp and parents who sit in Germany arguing over the unrest. |
| EU ACCESSION Turkish Talks to Continue Despite Berlin Tiff The European Union agreed on Tuesday to continue accession talks with Turkey, but only after a progress report due in October. The compromise deal serves to defuse the recent acrimonious dispute between Ankara and Berlin. |
| TURKISH POWER STRUGGLE Brotherly Love Begins to Fray in Ankara Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan and President Gül have long been political allies. But ongoing protests in the country have caused their relationship to fray and the ensuing power struggle could spell the end of the AKP. |
| EX-PRIME MINISTER CONVICTED Berlusconi Has One Trick Left Silvio Berlusconi paid a minor for sex and he abused his office in order to cover it up, a Milan court ruled on Monday, sentencing Italy's former prime minister to seven years in jail. |
| ISLAMIST RAIDS German Police Shoot Down Model Plane Terror Plot German officials on Tuesday targeted two men suspected of planning to carry out terrorist attacks using remote-controlled model airplanes. The pair is thought to be influenced by radical Islam, but are not considered to be members of a terror group. |
| PICTURE THIS The Horseman Cometh |
