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Mention 25 February 2021

Russia Urges U.S. Take ‘Concrete’ Steps to Break Iran Deadlock

Russia sees a chance to resurrect the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal and is proposing a synchronized approach including “c...

Mention 03 February 2021

Display the parent document Austria attack highlights Europe’s jihadist dilemma

The fallout from last November's shootings on the streets of Vienna has shone a light on Europe's dilemma in dealing with jihadists, particularly the continent's struggles to deradicalise such individuals. France 24, 3 February 2021 by AFP / Photo credits: France 24 The fallout from last November's shootings on the streets of Vienna has shone a light on Europe's dilemma in dealing with jihadists, particularly the continent's struggles to der...

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Mention 26 January 2021

Coronavirus Pressures Plunge Italy Into New Political Crisis As Conte To Resign

Italy is no stranger to political dramas but when a fresh one erupts during a pandemic and the already battered economy...

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Mention 15 January 2021

“Teaching democracy is just as important as teaching maths”

Psychologist Ahmad Mansour is an expert in deradicalisation and prevention of extremism. Himself a migrant, he came...

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Article, Mention 27 June 2018

The EU is not closing the door to Turkey

Dr. Demir Murat Seyrek, Senior Policy Advisor, European Foundation for Democracy, says that according to the EU, the eff...

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Mention 26 June 2018

Erdogan only seems omnipotent thanks to ultra-nationalists

Dr. Demir Murat Seyrek talks about the June 2018 elections in Turkey with the Belgian 'De Standaard'...

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Mention 24 June 2018

Turks massively supervising ballot boxes

European Foundation for Democracy’s Senior Policy Advisor, Dr. Demir Murat Seyrek analyses the June 2018 Turkey electi...

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Mention 23 June 2018

There was never more hope for change

European Foundation for Democracy’s Senior Policy Advisor, Dr. Demir Murat Seyrek, was quoted by the Belgian ‘De Sta...

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Mention 18 May 2018

Integration of Syrian refugees in Europe needs scrutiny

The European Foundation for Democracy's (EFD) new report on "Refugees in Europe: Review of Policies & Practices" i...

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Mention 18 May 2018

New report highlights #refugees in Europe

The European Foundation for Democracy's new report on "Refugees in Europe: Review of Policies and Practices" is mentione...

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Mention 18 May 2018

Refugees have to learn what even other residents do not know

This article for De Correspondent talks about a panel discussion organised at the European Parliament by the European Fo...

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Mention 18 May 2018

Report recommends “better scrutiny” of publicly-funded NGOs working with refugees

The European Business Review discusses some of the key recommendations laid out by EFD in their recently published Refug...

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Mention 22 March 2018

“Le danger, ce sont les radicaux non violents”

In this article for 7Sur7, the event organised by the European Foundation for Democracy and the European Policy Centre t...

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Mention 22 March 2018

22-Mars: deux ans après, la Fondation européenne pour la démocratie met en garde contre les radicaux “non violents”

In this article for Bx1, the event held on 22 March 2018 to mark the second anniversary of the Brussels attacks is menti...

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Mention 22 March 2018

Attentats à Bruxelles – deux ans après – La Fondation européenne pour la démocratie met en garde contre les radicaux « non violents »

In this article for Metro, the event held on 22 March 2018 to mark the second anniversary of the Brussels attacks is men...

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Mention 22 March 2018

Brussels Attacks Anniversary: Julian King calls for action on ‘bedroom radicalisation’

The conference on "Two years after the Brussels attacks: the challenge of jihadist radicalisation in Europe and beyond"...

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Mention 22 March 2018

Europe’s terror response: Empowering right partners is key to preventing #radicalization

In this article for the EU Reporter, a conference organised by the European Foundation for Democracy and the European Po...

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Mention 22 March 2018

On the Westminster and Brussels attacks anniversary, the EU spotlights three catalysts for radicalization

President of the European Foundation for Democracy, Ms Roberta Bonazzi is mentioned in this article for Quartz, discussi...

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Mention 01 December 2017

Wahhabism has a huge outreach in Belgium

This article by Euractiv addresses the threat that non-violent extremist groups pose to society and mentions a panel dis...

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Mention 30 November 2017

Extremists accused of ‘hijacking identity’ of Muslims in Western Balkans

In this article for EuReporter, a conference organised by the European Foundation for Democracy, in partnership with TRE...

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Mention 30 November 2017

Growing concern on the Grand Mosque in Brussels and Islamic radicalisation in Europe

A conference organised by the European Foundation for Democracy, in partnership with TRENDS Research & Advisory and...

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Mention 29 November 2017

IS ideology “lives on” despite its military demise

The European Foundation for Democracy's Magnus Norell is mentioned in this article for the European Business Review, emp...

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Mention 20 October 2017

EU introduces new measures to combat ‘low-tech’ terrorism

This article from Deutsche Welle addresses the speech by Sir Julian King, European Commissioner for the Security Union ...

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Mention 20 August 2017

Jihad in the classroom: New curriculum unnerves Turkish minority

This article from Deutsche Presse-Agentur addresses the recent decision by the Turkish government to introduce jihad to...

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Mention 20 August 2017

Turkey’s education curriculum; Darwin out, Jihad in

This article from Adnrkronos addresses the recent decision by the Turkish government to introduce jihad to the education...

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Mention 10 July 2017

Risk of suspension of EU-Turkey accession talks

This article from Al Arabiya English discusses the possible suspension of the accession talks between Turkey and the EU....

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Mention 08 June 2017

Markus Lanz: Expert addresses the connection between religion and terror

This article by Huffington Post discusses EFD Senior Policy Advisor Ahmad Mansour's appearance as a guest on German week...

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Mention 30 May 2017

’Let’s bomb violence with compassion’

This article by jetzt discusses an advertisement campaign of Kuwaiti mobile service provider Zain. In the campaign video...

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Mention 26 May 2017

This Israeli ex-Salafist is one of Europe’s most outspoken critics of radical Islam

In this article, The Times of Israel echoes EFD Senior Policy Advisor Ahmad Mansour in his call for Western governments...

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Mention 04 May 2017

Integration: experts believe debate about mainstream culture to be vital

This article by Rundblick gives an account of a discussion on integration and German “Leitkultur“, hosted by the Kon...

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Mention 11 April 2017

Tips for teachers in the prevention of Islamism

This article by Neue Westfälische discusses the development process of EFD’s Practitioner’s Guide to Preventing Rad...

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Mention 07 April 2017

How teachers face against radicalisation among students

This article by Huffington Post mentions EFD’s latest publication, the Practitioner’s Guide to Preventing Radicalisa...

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Mention 23 March 2017

Commissioner King’s address at a book launch hosted by the European Policy Centre, European Foundation for Democracy and the Counter Extremism Project, ‘The Challenge of Jihadist Radicalisation in Europe and Beyond’, in Brussels

On 22nd of March, the European Policy Centre (EPC), in cooperation with the European Foundation for Democracy (EFD) and...

Mention 10 March 2017

Islamism: Author Ahmad Mansour calls for more digital intervention to fight radicalisation online

This article by Allgemeine Zeitung discusses a talk given by EFD Senior Policy Advisor Ahmad Mansour on the need for more digital intervention in the prevention of radicalisation. Youth must be reached out to on social media and made offers by mainstream society, a process currently dominated by Salafists....

Mention 08 March 2017

The Muslim Brotherhood is creating a ‘parallel social structure’ in Sweden, aided by ‘political elites’ making it impossible to criticise Islam, government report admits

EFD Senior Fellow Dr. Magnus Norell is mentioned by the British daily newspaper, the Daily Mail Online, on a report commissioned by Sweden's Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB), part of the country's Ministry of Defence....

Mention 10 February 2017

Focus on hard measures might even have fostered radicalisation

EFD Executive Director Alexander Ritzmann and RAN C&N Chair is interviewed by the Club de Madrid; he stresses the need for a critical evaluation of hard security measures implemented in the last years as they might be having a counterproductive effect....