Standort: fm4.ORF.at / Meldung: "NATO puts pressure on Turkey"

Joanna Bostock

Reading between the headlines.

9. 10. 2014 - 13:55

NATO puts pressure on Turkey

Reality Check: US/NATO/Turkey/ISIS; Ukraine; Austria v. EU on Nuclear Power; Ebola in Europe; Bucharest reinvents itself.

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Kurds who live in Greece burn portraits of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as they demonstrate in support of Kurdish fighters in Kobane, Syria. Kurds have been protesting in several counties, saying that the Turkish government turns a blind eye to the genocide committed by ISIS.

THE FIGHT FOR KOBANE

Top NATO and U.S. military officials are in Istanbul amid frustration at Turkish inaction on Islamic State militants in Syria. Dorian Jones reports:

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UKRAINE

In spite of a ceasefire agreed in early September, the conflict in eastern Ukraine is still claiming about 10 lives a day. An update from David Stern in Kiev:

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NUCLEAR POWER

Austria opposes British plans to build a heavily subsidized plant at Hinkley Point, which have been approved by the EU. Vanessa Mock is following developments:

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EBOLA

How well prepared is Europe to deal with an outbreak? Are some countries facing a greater risk of importing the virus? Questions for Debora Mackenzie of New Scientist:

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BUCHAREST

In the capital of one of the newest member of the EU, volunteer "Greeters" are keen to shake off the Romanian city's grey image and show visitors its more colourful side:

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