Tag Archives: elections
EP elections made cool(er)
With just two more months to go until the European Parliament elections, it seems that the number of initiatives aimed to attract people to vote is growing at a steady pace. Unsurprisingly, following the success of the Obama campaign in the US Presidential elections, the EU decided to make use of the Internet, thus trying [...]
Posted in European Debate, European Union, internet Also tagged EP, EU communication, EU09, EUdebate, European Parliament, MTV, online campaign, th!nk09 10 Comments
Moldova: “Revolution, here we come!” Or Consequences !?! (part 4)
Written by Guest blogger Dorina in Chisinau - Read more here: part 1 , part 2 & part 3! On April 8 2009, people knew that the evening before it was said that the protests will continue and that meeting hour was 10 AM in PMAN (the National Square, in front of the Government building). [...]
Posted in Eastern Europe Also tagged Chisinau, media, Moldova, pman, protests, Revoloution, riots 1 Comment
Moldova: "Revolution, here we come!" Or who is to blame? (part 3)
Written by Guest blogger Dorina (in Chisinau/Moldova). Here are part 1 and part 2 of her story! NEW: part 4 Soon after that the Presidency have been occupied, the protesters entered into the building, got on the roof and on the 1st level balcony and entered the cabinet of the Mr. Vladimir Voronin, the President [...]
Posted in Eastern Europe Also tagged Chisinau, Moldova, pman, protests, revolution, riots 8 Comments
Moldova: "Revolution, here we come!" (part 2)
Written by Guest blogger Dorina (in Chisinau/Moldova). Read the first part of her story here. NEW: part 3 and part 4 The population in Chisinau, the capital of Republic of Moldova doesn’t recognize the results of the elections in which the communists won. They believe the elections were rigged. The protest continued today, April 7, [...]
Posted in Eastern Europe Also tagged Chisinau, Moldova, opposition, pman, protests, revolution, riots, violence 7 Comments
Moldova: "Revolution, here we come!"
Guest blogger: Dorina (Live from Chisinau/Moldova) NEW: Read more here: part 2 , part 3 and part 4! On April 6, at 6 pm, the second day after the Parliamentary elections, when the counting of almost 98% of the votes was indicating that the communist have won again (obtaining almost 50% and 61 seats in [...]
Posted in Eastern Europe Also tagged Chisinau, Moldova, pman, protests, revolution, riots 10 Comments
Romanian politicians and the attraction of the European Parliament (salary)
On June 7, Romanians will go to the polls to vote for the 33 MEPs who will be representing them in Brussels for the next five years. It is the first time when Romanian MEPs are elected for a full mandate, after Romania’s accession in 2007. But the prospect of spending five years in Brussels, [...]
Posted in Eastern Europe, European Union, Romania Also tagged Elena Basescu, European Parliament, MEPs, party politics 8 Comments
Waiting for Godot in Slovenian politics
The formation of the new government is in these days the biggest news in the Slovenian media. Parliamentary elections, which were held on 21st of September 2008, have brought changes on the Slovenian political horizon. The slight difference between Social Democrats (SD) and the Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) in the recent elections has to be [...]
Posted in Eastern Europe, culture Also tagged Beckett, change, Slovenia, slovenian politics, Waiting for Godot 1 Comment
Hope.Act.Change. 50% more or less
“A leader is a dealer in hope”. I believe Napoleon said that. The spectacular Obama campaign and his likely imminent victory seem to prove him right. Sometimes I wonder if Romanian politicians are aware of that. Traian Basescu seemed to be aware of that in December 2004, when he defeated Adrian Nastase. People Hoped. People [...]
How to explain a political process with a video?
The brilliant people at Common Craft just released a great video that explains the US elections in ‘plain English’! If you don’t know their other videos (mostly about internet issues) you really missed something and I strongly recommend them to you. Basically they “make complex ideas easy to understand using short and simple videos.”(mission statement!) [...]
Posted in European Debate Also tagged education, EP elections, EU, European Union, online video, politics, US elections, video 4 Comments
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