The Turkish government is trying to block Twitter, according to this BBC report. The Turkish prime minister, Tayyip Erdogan, had it in for the microblogging platform after users had posted documents to the site reportedly showing evidence of government corruption.

The European Parliament has moved another step closer to ending roaming charges in the European Union, with a vote in favor of the plan for a telecom single market by the Parliament's Industry, Research and Energy Committee.

Which?, the influential UK consumer rights organization, has conducted fresh research that reveals the not altogether surprising news that most British consumers are still not getting the broadband speeds or levels of service that they had been led to believe they were paying for. The research found that 63% of them experienced problems with their broadband, and 45% specifically suffering from slow download speeds. Which? has started an online petition in a surely doomed attempt to put matters right. See this press release for more details.

And finally… there's been a lot of talk this week about prehistoric "chickens from hell," the remains of which have been found in North and South Dakota. Okay, it's got absolutely nothing to do with telecoms (though they might have tweeted) or the EMEA region for that matter, but we'd just like to set the record straight. Get with the program, dino-boffins: Giant, hair-raising chickens aren't just bones in the Dakota dust -- they are still very much walking among us. And they should not be approached… Figure 1: A chicken from hell.

— Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, Light Reading