Russian envoy blames anti-Russian resolution on poor education of EP members

The European Parliament’s resolution declaring Russia as a "state sponsor of terrorism" indicates major shortfalls in the education of EP members and their misunderstanding of the very meaning of the word "terrorism", Russia's representative to international organizations in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov, said on Thursday.

Saudi Arabia to Shut Down 8 Turkish Schools - Tasnim News Agency

(Tasnim) – Saudi Arabia is going to shut down 8 Turkish schools affiliated with the Ministry of National Education operating in the capital Riyadh and other provinces at the end of the 2020-2021 academic year, according to information gathered by diplomatic sources on Wednesday.

Muchos padres españoles no quieren enviar a sus hijos a la escuela por temor al COVID-19

 

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Ex-NATO chief advises Trump to get tough on Putin. Baltics and Ukraine are close friends of the U.S.

Former NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen believes that Russian President Vladimir Putin "only respects a firm and steady hand."

Trump ignorant of Europe, poses risk to relations: EU's Juncker

Donald Trump's election as U.S. president poses risks for the relationship between the European Union and the United States, EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said on Friday.

German "Value Courses" : Austria Proposes 'One Euro Jobs' Scheme for Refugees

Austria’s foreign minister plans to introduce an integration proposal, including “one euro jobs” for migrants and refugees.

Turkey coup: 15,200 education staff suspended

More than 15,000 education staff in Turkey have been suspended after last week's failed coup, as a purge of state officials widens still further.

Mexico: Six killed in clashes during teachers' protest

Violent clashes between police and members of a radical teachers' union, who had blockaded roads in southern Mexico, have left at least six people dead and more than 100 injured, officials said.

Germany to adopt integration law for refugees

Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition partners agreed Thursday to adopt a new law to facilitate integration of refugees into society and the labor market.

EP calls for integration of child refugees into EU national education system

The European Parliament (EP) urged EU countries to help integrate child refugees into their national education systems in a resolution passed on Thursday, saying doing so could reduce the risk of young people becoming engaged in extremism.

S.Korea slams Japanese textbooks over claims to disputed islets

South Korea angrily responded Monday to new Japanese textbooks distorting history and laying territorial claim to the Dokdo islands, called Takeshima in Japan.

Bulgarian village residents protest against accepting refugee children in school

Residents of the village of Kalishte in Bulgaria’s Kovatchevitsa area protested on September 15, the first day of school, against accepting 12 refugee children at the school.

The parents of the 18 pupils at the school threatened to move their children if the refugee children arrived at the school, local media said.

Of the 12 foreign children, seven are first-graders and the rest in other grades.

Gökçeada, (“Imbros” in Greek), Greek high school will not open in 2014, after 50-year closure

Gökçeada’s Greek High School was unable to open this year, after the Education Ministry did not grant permission on the grounds that the school’s building was not physically prepared for the academic year as of Sept. 1.

Gökçeada’s Greek community established the İmroz Education and Culture Association on April 18 to open the high school on the island.

After remaining closed for 50 years, the Private Gökçeada Greek Primary School was reopened in 2013. Located in the island’s Zeytinli village, the school only had four students from the small minority population.

OSCE: High Commissioner looks forward to the clarification of Albania’s national minority protection framework

In the first visit by a High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) to Albania since 1994, Astrid Thors exchanged views with the country’s President Bujar Nishani and Foreign Minister Ditmir Bushati on regional co-operation. She welcomed the country’s proactive steps to forge closer ties with its regional neighbours, particularly in education matters, stressing that “national minorities can be a bridge to facilitate such initiatives.”

Deputy FM Gerontopoulos meets with Archbishop Stylianos of Australia and visits Canberra. -MFA

MFA, Wednesday, 26 March 2014

Within the framework of his tour of Australia, Deputy Foreign Minister Kyriakos Gerontopoulos met in Sydney on Tuesday, 25 March, at the seat of the Archdiocese, with Archbishop Stylianos of Australia. Mr. Gerontopoulos was briefed on the important ecclesiastical, educational, cultural and national work the Archdiocese carries out, as well as on the problems that exist, and he thanked the Archbishop for his many years of work, expressing support for the efforts he has been making in Australia for many decades now.

Russia regrets Europarliament’s resolution on Transdniestria. -European deputies as experts on such a complicated and delicate issue is deplorable

The Russian Foreign Ministry has expressed regret over the European Parliament’s resolution on Transdniestria.

"The resolution passed by the European Parliament at its plenary session on February 6, the resolution on the right to education in Trans-Dniestria, has not escaped Moscow’s attention," the ministry said on its website on Wednesday.

"We are surprised that the above resolution drafted by European MPs from Romania was literally "rubber-stamped" in the presence of less than 10 percent of the European lawmakers," the statement says.

"The self-opinionated desire of the European deputies who voted for it to position themselves as experts on such a complicated and delicate issue is deplorable," the ministry said.

Lettonie: Moscou dénonce l'assimilation forcée des minorités

La décision de Riga de supprimer la langue russe des écoles secondaires lettones à partir de septembre 2018 s'inscrit dans la politique nationale d'assimilation forcée des minorités ethniques, a déclaré jeudi à Moscou le porte-parole du ministère russe des Affaires étrangères Alexandre Loukachevitch.

"Les autorités lettones mènent toujours leurs politique visant à supprimer l'enseignement en russe. Or c'est la langue maternelle et de communication d'un tiers de la population lettone. Qui plus est, la Lettonie fait fi des recommandations formulées à maintes reprises par des organisations internationales", a indiqué M.Loukachevitch.

Štefan Füle (European Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy): Right to Education in Transnistria....

European Commission, 6/2/14
Mr. President, Honourable Members of the European Parliament,
The Republic of Moldova is facing a very difficult political situation this year, where deep-rooted domestic factors of instability are compounded by systematic undermining of the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity from outside. Attempts to escalate tensions in Transnistria belong to the latter category. We deeply deplore them and will continue to help Moldova withstand pressures.

Syriacs to regain Mor Gabriel’s land, no move on Halki Seminary in ‘democratization package’

The land of the historic Mor Gabriel Monastery will be returned to the Syriac community in Turkey as part of the “democratization package” announced by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan today, while the package fell short of meeting the expectations that the Halki Seminary could be reopened.

“The land of the Mor Gabriel Monastery will return to the monastery’s foundation,” Erdoğan promised today, while declaring a wide range of reforms on democracy.

“In fact, our government has shown a great sensitivity in this issue throughout the [Turkish] Republic’s history and has made serious efforts in return for such rights. We have taken sincere steps with regulations we made about the removal of such injustices in 2003, 2008 and 2011 and we received concrete results. We have returned more than 250 [properties], costing more around 2.5 billion Turkish Liras to the original owners,” said Erdoğan. Erdoğan also said that they would continue to return the properties of minorities without occasioning the suffering of others.

Δεν θα επαναλειτουργήσει άμεσα η Θεολογική Σχολή της Χάλκης.

Η επαναλειτουργία της Θεολογικής Σχολής της Χάλκης δεν περιλαμβάνεται στο "πακέτο" εκδημοκρατισμού που επεξεργάζεται αυτήν την εποχή η τουρκική κυβέρνηση, είπε σήμερα ο αντιπρόεδρος της κυβέρνησης, Μπουλέντ Αρίτς.

«Θα κάνουμε τα απαραίτητα βήματα (σσ: για την επαναλειτουργία της Θεολογικής Σχολής στη Χάλκη) όταν ειδικές, τοπικές και διεθνείς συνθήκες δημιουργηθούν», δήλωσε χθές στο τηλεοπτικό δίκτυο NTV.