Tag Archives: Europe
William Wallace: Does Britain Have a European Policy?
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“:
Quotes of the week (VIII)
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 [...]
Posted in European Debate, Other Also tagged academia, Berlusconi, Cameron, ECR, Italy, lisbon treaty, quotes of the week, REF, UN, United Nations, Vaclav Klaus Leave a comment
Quotes of the Week (VII)
… 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 [...]
Posted in European Debate Also tagged History, HSP, ideology, quotes, quotes of the week, Russia, Switzerland Leave a comment
Quotes of the week (V)
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 [...]
Posted in European Debate, blogging Also tagged EP elections, EU, EU09, European Parliament Elections, media, quotes of the week 3 Comments
Vote for eurotopics!
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 [...]
The "Festival of Europe": efficient communication or just a colourful marketplace?
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 [...]
Posted in Brussels, European Debate Also tagged Brussels, election campaign, elections 2009, EU communication, europe day, European Parliament, open day 7 Comments
The Union of Subsidized Farmers
OK it is a couple of months old but I have not seen it yet… ArtWerks perception of Europe and the neighborhood in January 2009. (via €urowonk) Actually quite interesting how some issues disappear within a couple of months or does anyone still remember the Turkey/Youtube problem? Iceland would certainly associated with something else than [...]
Posted in European Debate, blogging, culture Also tagged Eastern Europe, EU, European Neighbourhood, fun, map 1 Comment
Bloggingportal.eu launched!
Finally! We launched Bloggingportal.eu! The new place to read EU blogs and keep yourself updated on the EU blogosphere. We have been working on it for almost one year in our free time. At the moment we are aggregating almost 300 blogs and we are publishing a daily editors choice selection! Check it out! It [...]
Posted in blogging Also tagged aggregation, blog, blogging, bloggingportal, EU blogs, euroblogosphere 3 Comments
Visualization of The Decline of European Empires