Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Friday, 22 April 2016

VIBRANT, NOISY AND BOOMING

Welcome to the New Moscow

Moscow was long in the hands of criminals and the nouveau riche. Today, Europe's biggest metropolis is undergoing rapid change. It is becoming more open and more cosmopolitan, despite Putin's nationalism.

DONALD TUSK ON REFUGEE CRISIS

We Can Never Negotiate Our Values with Erdogan

Tough policies on migration do not rule out humanitarian goals in the EU, the European Council president argues in an editorial. But Europe must also set clear limits on the concessions it is willing to make with its partners in resolving the refugee crisis.

THE 'FREITAL GROUP'

German Prosecutors Go After Right-Wing Terrorism

Local prosecutors in a German state believed a group had sought to intimidate refugees. But federal prosecutors have now taken over the case, accusing members of being part of a far-right terror cell that may have been out to kill.

SATIRE AFFAIR

Turkish-Germans Caught Between Two Nations

An insulting poem about Turkish President Erdogan by German comedian Jan Böhmermann has set off widespread anger among German-Turkish people. But why is the community so attached to the Turkish president?