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Kosmolinks #19

By Kosmopolit | Published: May 9, 2010

Today is Europe Day and there is a #myeurope blogging carnival! Time for a special issue of “Kosmolinks“. If you follow me on twitter – most of it will be familiar. Anyway, a few weeks ago I attended the GARNET conference “EU and international affairs” in Brussels. Here is a very subjective summary and a [...]

Also posted in European Debate, European Foreign Policy, European Union, Kosmolinks | Tagged academia, José Manuel Barroso, myeurope | 2 Comments

Quotes of the week (VIII)

By Kosmopolit | Published: October 21, 2009

Foreign Policy: The Top 10 Craziest Things Ever Said During a U.N. Speech David Mitchell: If academic endeavour had always been vetted in advance for practicality, we wouldn’t have the aeroplane or the iPhone, just a better mammoth trap. Richard Laming It is ironic that the people who complain most about the complexity of the [...]

Also posted in European Debate | Tagged academia, Berlusconi, Cameron, ECR, Europe, Italy, lisbon treaty, quotes of the week, REF, UN, United Nations, Vaclav Klaus | Leave a comment

Comparing health care systems

By Kosmopolit | Published: August 17, 2009

There seems to be a health care hysteria in the USA. It is one of President Obama’s most prestigious projects and one of his central election promises. So it is not surprising that health care is back in the US news. But this time with a rare transatlantic twist (at least for a few days…). [...]

Also posted in European Debate | Tagged Frontline, health care, health care systems, international, NHS, PBS, policy, UK, universal, USA | Leave a comment

The EU Calendar and the EU's 5 golden rules to hide useful information

By Anda | Published: February 2, 2009

Anyone interested in European affairs would find it very useful. That is, if they can find it. It is the EU Calendar, a tool that existed for quite a while (without anyone knowing of its existence, thus making it utterly irrelevant) and it was officially presented last Friday, January 30- a piece of information restricted [...]

Also posted in European Union, internet | Tagged agenda, calendar, EU, EU policies, events, information, transparency | 5 Comments

Welcome to Kosmopolito!

By Kosmopolit | Published: October 30, 2008

And welcome to the new blog. New design, new authors, new features but basically the same kind of topics… That is the aim of the relaunch and I am very confident that this will be the next exciting stage for the blog formerly known as Kosmopolit. Some new features will be implemented in the coming [...]

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The traditional Summer break…

By Kosmopolit | Published: September 9, 2008

… of this blog is now officially over (I hope). Actually a lot of things happened during the “silly season” which is normally August: A war in Georgia. Olympics in China. Obama/Biden vs. McCain/Palin in the US. In Germany Merkel vs. Steinmeier/Müntefering (ok…that was in September). Noteworthy is also the collapsed ceiling in Strasbourg… Obviously, [...]

Posted in Other | Tagged blogging, politics, summer | Leave a comment

Friday the 13th

By Kosmopolit | Published: June 13, 2008

Posted in Other | Tagged 13.6.2008, friday 13th | 3 Comments

The new Eiffel Tower!?

By Kosmopolit | Published: March 24, 2008

I was quite surprised when I came across the plans to build an extension on top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. The aim is obvious: To enlarge the capacity for the visitor platform at the top level! There are some more pictures on the website of the architects. It is not quite clear whether [...]

Posted in Other | Tagged architecture, eiffel tower, France, Paris, public space | 4 Comments