Three years of bloggingportal. And what a journey it has been. I remember sitting around a huge table in a flat in Brussels – with a certain Jon Worth and the (back then) mysterious Brusselsblogger – dreaming up something that is now known as bloggingportal. Well, resources were scarce and it took us only another [...]
Sorry, time for a selfish plug. A post best characterised as a self-congratulatory ego trip which is so typical for the blogosphere - well, at least some would say that. In case you have not seen it, a couple of days ago my post on German UN diplomacy on Libya was featured here. Actually a [...]
A small step for the EU institutions… - or a small step for bloggers? (sorry for this piece of plagiarism) Anyway, it was a world premiere: The first time ever that bloggers were accredited (as bloggers!) to an official EU institution! OK, it was just a pilot project but nevertheless a very interesting endeavour – [...]
We bloggers tend to criticise EU media coverage (and with good reasons!). But we should not forget to “honor excellence in reporting on the European Union” and show the rest of the media how to do it properly! You can now nominate outstanding pieces of journalistic work (print, radio, TV, online, blogs,…) to be considered [...]
Just in case you have not seen it yet: Bloggingportal.eu proudly presents its first ever public event! Join us for the UK/EU bloggingportal conference in London on December 10th! Everything you need to know can be found here. Just in case you have not seen it yet: Bloggingportal.eu proudly presents its first ever public event! [...]
Andrew Marr: A lot of bloggers seem to be socially inadequate, pimpled, single, slightly seedy, bald, cauliflower-nosed, young men sitting in their mother’s basements and ranting.They are very angry people. OK – the country is full of very angry people. Many of us are angry people at times. Some of us are angry and drunk. [...]



