German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday said she had raised concerns over freedom of expression in Turkey in bilateral talks in Ankara with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. “I emphasized from my side that in this far-reaching change the separation of powers and freedom of expression must be ensured,” Merkel said, ...
Norway on Wednesday summoned the Russian ambassador to lodge a formal protest after Moscow refused visas to two senior MPs in a move Oslo denounced as “unjustifiable”. “It’s unreasonable and unjustifiable that these Norwegian members of parliament have been refused visas,” Foreign Minister Borge Brende told reporters.
