Kosmolinks #12

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The “Kosmolinks” are finally back, and with the help of diigo I will try to make it a weekly feature! You can also watch and navigate through a slide show of all live pages of “Kosmolinks”: Just click here to start the “WebSlides”! Medvedev’s Russia A bunch of experts share their views about the new [...]

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Kosmolinks #11

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Today’s main topic is of course Kosovo, the World’s Newest Country. DJ Nozem sums it up with a ‘pinch’ of sarcasm: Another Show of Unity I have been looking at some EU news services lately and as a result I created a EU universe (www.netvibes.com/eu) which brings together most of the available official EU – [...]

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Kosmolinks #10

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Here we go again! A (small) selection of interesting links I collected during the last few weeks: Two articles that remind us of the last couple of years in US politics: Think Progress » The legacy of Bush’s presidency & Iraq: The War Card – The Center for Public Integrity Here is an interesting article [...]

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Kosmolinks #9

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Goodbye 2007, hello 2008! So, what happened last year? … of course a non exhaustive list The Top 10 Stories You Missed in 2007 An Interview with the “Person of the Year 2007″: Putin and the Time Magazine Can it get any better? well, we have to wait and see: Awaiting us in 2008… The [...]

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Kosmolinks #8

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Marko Bucik looks at Sarkozy’s wise men group that was transformed into a reflection group. The signing of the Charter of Fundamental Rights caused some turmoil in the European Parliament. This is the Treaty of Lisbon. And here is a useful collection of papers and studies dealing with the new treaty. ISN Security Watch reports [...]

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Kosmolinks #7

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Some more commentary on the new Reform /Lisbon Treaty: “Here is what changes!” A new Euro referendum is coming up: Denmark is to hold new euro vote Educating Russia looks at the education reform in Russia: A new history book for example claims: “We see that practically every significant deed is connected with the name [...]

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Kosmolinks #6

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As expected, the recently held elections in Kosovo did not solve anything and Dec.10 is coming closer. At the same time, we are witnessing the last attempts of the international community to get its act together. At least the EU should speak with one voice! Whatever the outcome, a good overview about Kosovo’s contested future [...]

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Kosmolinks #5

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Richard Corbett (MEP) complains about the depressing state of the press in the UK when it comes to EU topics. Last week we heard two supposedly important EU speeches by Nicolas Sarkozy and David Miliband. Both speeches were rather uninspired and aimed at a home constituency in my opinion. The only interesting fact was that, [...]

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Kosmolinks #4

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Italy and immigration – Disharmony and tension – “The recent hysteria over Romanian immigrants says much about Italy and the fragile state of its politics” says The Economist. Back to the people at TOL Romania It would all be about Nov 25 in Romanian politics if the “Italian hysteria” had not been dominating the political [...]

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Kosmolinks #3

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Russia’s past – The rewriting of history | Economist.com Regular readers of this blog might remember my blog post with almost the same title and similar content (I wonder if the Economist journalists read blogs for inspiration? ) Guardian Abroad: Slow seduction in Belgium After all, living as an xpat in Brussels is apparently not [...]

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