Reporting Europe Prize

by Kosmopolit in Digital Public Sphere, EU politics

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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 [...]

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Here it is…[drumroll]… Brussels Leaks – the website we’ve all been waiting for. Finally a place where all the dodgy EU dealings will be  exposed. The wikileaks for Brussels! (I wonder whether anyone had noticed the BrusselsLeaks launch without the whole wikileaks saga…) Ok, there might be constant leaking in EU institutions anyway – but [...]

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This is mainly an experimentation with soft bodies using toxi’s verlet springs. The data refers to the evolution of the top 4 maritime empires of the XIX and XX centuries by extent. The visual emphasis is on their decline. More on that project can be found here. This is mainly an experimentation with soft bodies [...]

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A lecture by William Wallace at the Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA) in Dublin on “Britain’s complicated relationships with its European neighbours and with the EU“: A lecture by William Wallace at the Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA) in Dublin on "Britain’s complicated relationships with its European neighbours and with the [...]

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Quotes of the week (VIII)

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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 [...]

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Quotes of the Week (VII)

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… ok, “week” as in “last 12 weeks”… and as you can see  a rather short and  subjective list… Neil MacFarlane We may be living post-historically. Russia is not. Russia Today Opposition candidates will get the right to lose elections. Mark Danner If Everybody Knew, Who’s To Blame? Timothy Garton Ash Europe is nice, boring [...]

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Just a reminder: there were actually European Parliament elections last week… Francisco G. Basterra (El Pais) Global Vote, local mindset. Lykke Friis The EU elections are like a European soccer championship played in each national league with aggregated results. Evenimentul Zilei Send in the Clowns. NikOs To the 57% of Europeans: Not voting and at [...]

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Quotes of the week (IV)

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Poul Nyrup Rasmussen: In 2004 Barroso was a compromise candidate, in 2009 he is a compromised candidate. Daily Mail’s Chief Leader Writer We couldn’t report on what is going on in Europe, and no paper can because the readers won’t wear it. It is simply not conceivable that we would cover, for example, the European [...]

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Vote for eurotopics!

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One of my favorite European websites/online news services  – eurotopics – is nominated for a Grimme Online Award – the  most prestigious online award in Germany! You can vote here for eurotopics (just click on “Stimme abgeben”) until 21.6.2009.  The award is rather symbolic but the ceremony always generates quite some media attention – and [...]

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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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