Новости за 21.05.2017

Der niedersächsische Ministerpräsident Stephan Weil (SPD) fordert von seiner Partei baldige Klarheit in der Steuerpolitik. "Die SPD wird sich in den kommenden Wochen für ein Konzept entscheiden müssen", sagte Weil der "Welt am Sonntag". Das von ihm kürzlich vorgestellte eigene Steuerkonzept zur Entlastung kleiner und mittlerer Einkommen habe er "vorab mit (SPD-Kanzlerkandidat) Martin Schulz kommuniziert, und er hat es als konstruktiven Debattenbeitrag betrachtet".

A Turkish basketball star has become the latest victim of Turkey’s widening international crackdown on alleged coup plotters and political dissidents. Enes Kanter, who lives in the US while playing for NBA team Oklahoma City Thunder, was held by Romanian police at Bucharest airport after his passport was cancelled. Mr Kanter said he was held for several hours, accusing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of being a “dictator” and the “Hitler of our century”.

A Turkish basketball star has become the latest victim of Turkey’s widening international crackdown on alleged coup plotters and political dissidents. Enes Kanter, who lives in the US while playing for NBA team Oklahoma City Thunder, was held by Romanian police at Bucharest airport after his passport was cancelled. Mr Kanter said he was held for several hours, accusing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of being a “dictator” and the “Hitler of our century”.