Today it’s the 9th of May, Europe day. Like every year, celebrations are organised, with various intensities, throughout Europe. Of course, the main festivities are held in Brussels, where the European institutions open their doors to the public. Having attended the event for the last three years as a visitor (and enthusiastic collector of pens [...]

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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 [...]

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Some Kosmopolito housekeeping

by Kosmopolit in Digital Public Sphere

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OK, the polls for Best European Blog (Non UK) closed with a suboptimal result for this blog. However, without much campaigning and without any proper blogging during the voting process this is not a big surprise. Due to their innovative format of online democracy which allowed multiple voting, this competition clearly favours blogs with a [...]

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The Czech council presidency is organising several EU chats! Today at 15.30 there will be a Live Chat with the Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek about the Czech council presidency! Ask your questions here. (Hat tip Brusselsblogger) Update 15.31: This is not a chat! Dear Czech Council Presidency, if you announce a chat you should [...]

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Kosmolinks #11

by Kosmopolit in Kosmolinks

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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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