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July 13, 2018 www.intellinews.com
Trump gives Eastern Europe hope and pain at Nato summit
Wojciech Kosc in Warsaw
Donald Trump once again wreaked havoc on a
top international meeting, shaking the mid-week Nato summit in Brussels, as he attacked Ger- many for being “captive of Russia,” forced an emergency meeting of the alliance’s leaders over defence expenditure, and offered worrisomely vague answers about Russia and his meeting next week with Vladimir Putin.
Erdogan’s new cabinet announcement causes markets to tumble
bne IntelliNews
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan took the oath of office at parliament as Turkey’s first ex- ecutive president with vast new powers on July 9 and announced a list of names for his new cabinet that caused the currency to crash.
By Thursday afternoon, the storm had receded somewhat, as Trump headed to London, another stop of his much anticipated – though mostly with concern rather than hope – European tour.
But there were still plenty of questions left un-
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Markets have been in wait and see mode since Er- dogan’s election victory on June 24 where he took 52.6% of the vote, hoping that the president would give over the economic management of the coun-
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