TURKEY:
Tayyip Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP), which has been leading the nation since 2002, certainly is responsible for providing Turkey an entrance door in the European bloc.
The reformist is the son of a poor sea captain but his party has given Turkey a wave of changes lately: abolishing the death sentence, cracking down on torture, increasing human rights for Kurds and fighting the power of Turkey's military.
CYPRUS:
President Tassos Papadopoulos of Cyprus said on a tv interview that unless Turkey includes the island in joining the European nations, his conutry will veto the membership.
An opposition is coming also from Italy's "Lega Nord" (Union for the North) deputy Roberto Calderoli, who said that Turkey is a "Trojan Horse in the earth of the west".
Il Romanaccio at 1:03 PM