EDITORIAL: E.U. and free speech

University Wire;  March 14, 2001 ;     467 words ......ruled his criticism of the European Union was not protected speech...the past remarked that free speech has no place in European...lasted it 50 years. The European Union has received criticism...damage the reputation of the European Union more than the literature...The ...

Blair says Turkey has made progress on reform, hopes free speech issue...

AP Worldstream;  November 23, 2005 ;     306 words ......LONDON Turkey must abide by European Union standards on free expression as a condition for...prerequisite for membership of the European Union should be protection for the right of free speech?" Blair said his government...wants to become a member of the European ...

The European Union and its Constitution: From Rome to Lisbon.

M2 Presswire;  September 29, 2008 ;     390 words ......September 2008-Research and Markets: The European Union and its Constitution: From Rome to...researchandmarkets.com/research/5e0293/the_european_union) has announced the addition of the The European Union and its Constitution: From Rome to...

THE EUROPEAN UNION'S NEW AMBITIONS

American Society of International Law. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......this is a very special moment. The European Union is developing into an entity of a kind...nation-states rather than an entity like the European Union, in which twenty-five states have irrevocably...thing to realize is that, although the European Union is a genuinely novel legal ...

European Union responds to name-calling by...

The Washington Times;  April 9, 1999 ;     365 words ...The European Union is neither a make-believe country...what lies at the very roots of the European Union is not to be reduced simplistically...Roberts' latest column comparing the European Union's future to the present turmoil...

Judge orders halt in trial of Turkey's best-known novelist; Free speech...

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  December 17, 2005 ;     390 words ......accused of insulting Turkey's national identity, a free speech case that has divided the nation. He faces up to three...damaging the country's case for EU membership. The European Union and human rights groups have harshly criticized the case as an attack on free speech. If the ...

Turkey and the European Union: a difficult match

The Boston Globe;  December 18, 2006 ;     237 words ......commentary on efforts to block Turkey's application to join the European Union ("Slamming the door in Turkey's face," op-ed, Dec. 14...isn't that the point? If Turkey views the principles of free speech, free exercise of religion, and basic democracy without...wants to be on. DAVE BROWN Malden ...

Enlarging the European Union: Stuart McMillan discusses the likely impact...

New Zealand International Review;  May 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...On 1 May 2004, the European Union is expected to admit ten more countries...Will the enlargement change the European Union significantly? What influence will the war in Iraq have on the future European Union? To what extent does New Zealand...

DECLARATION BY PRESIDENCY ON BEHALF OF THE EUROPEAN UNION ON RECENT...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 20, 2006 ;     516 words ...The European Union issued the following common foreign and security policy statement: The European Union refers to recent developments in the...by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union on recent developments in Georgia...

Fordyce Maxwell: Pondering on the joys of free speech

The Scotsman;  April 13, 2001 ;     495 words ......devolution. From there it was but a short step to why the European Union was to blame for everything, including life on Mars. Speaking...wonderful and British while metrication and devolution and the European Union and a Labour government were the symbols of all that was evil. And, of course, ...

EDITORIAL: Free speech also applies to unpopular

University Wire;  February 21, 2006 ;     403 words ......In most countries in the European Union, denial of the Holocaust...1989." Under the shelter of free speech, Irving is to be protected...millions of Jews -- it is free speech and how far governments will go to attempt to stifle this free speech.

Turkey may relax limits to free speech International Herald Tribune;  November 7, 2006 ;     493 words ......to amend a law limiting free speech, in an apparent 11th-hour...prevent a crisis with the European Union. The surprise move Sunday...attempt to gain favor with the European Union before the commission's...an EU member, until the European Union lifts trade restrictions...

EU criticises Turkey's charges against author.(European Union)(Orhan... M2 Best Books;  September 14, 2005 ;     157 words ......LTD Turkey has been criticised by MEPs as well as the European Union's enlargement commissioner for its decision to charge...currently bidding for membership to become part of the European Union. According to the BBC, one MEP described the court case...join the EU while it still practised such ...

ESTONIA: PRIME MINISTER ANSIP SPEAKS ON EUROPEAN UNION POLICY OF... US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 9, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Andrus Ansip in the Riigikogu on the European Union policy of the government, on 9 October...Riigikogu, Estonia has been a member of the European Union for over three years and it is difficult...Participation in shaping the future of the European Union has become an integral part of ...

A First Amendment threat from abroad. (European Union) American Journalism Review;  December 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ......not, newsworthiness and free speech prevailed. That's not the...American attitudes toward free speech that lurk beneath the surface...8. In that spirit, the European Union in 1995 issued its Directive...to countries outside the European Union as well. Nations ...

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