Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Monday 28 April 2014

SPIEGEL ONLINEINTERNATIONAL NEWSLETTER 

Compiled on April 28, 2014, 06:04 PM CET

IRAQI ELECTION FEAR

'No One Is Safe Anymore'

Iraq's former interim prime minister, Ayad Allawi, is hoping to oust the current government in this week's elections. He speaks to SPIEGEL about his belief that the Americans robbed him of power and about the country's escalating violence.

'A GOOD START'

Analyzing Erdogan's Genocide Comments

Nearly a hundred years after the mass murder of Armenians by Ottoman soldiers, Turkey's prime minister spoke last week for the first time of the "suffering" of the victims. Turkish-Armenian journalist Hayko Bagdat says Erdogan's words mark a good start.

FOREIGN MINISTER STEINMEIER

'Russia is Playing a Dangerous Game'

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier talks to SPIEGEL about military escalation with Russia, which he describes as the "worst crisis since the end of the Cold War," Vladimir Putin's long-term goals and how NATO is adapting to a difficult new reality.