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From Freedom to Death: A Narrative of Human Rights in Belarus
Le Taurillon 1 Hour, 10 Minutes ago
Having been a USSR constituent republic for seven decades, Belarus declared its sovereignty in July 1990 and its independence in August 1991. In January 1994 the country's Parliament ousted the reform-oriented President Stanislav Shushkevich to prote...
After Barcelona, Turkish Airlines gets Manchester United
Erkan's field diary 1 Hour, 41 Minutes ago
Turkish delight for Manchester United WebWire (press release) - ‎9 hours ago‎ Turkish Airlines, Europe’s fourth-largest Airline will transport the Manchester United team and officials on their travels for Champions League matches and&#...
Violences à Jérusalem, la tournée de George Mitchell en suspens
Regards citoyens 5 Hours, 36 Minutes ago
Une quarantaine de Palestiniens ont été blessés à Jérusalem-Est mardi, décrété " jour de colère " par le Hamas à la suite de la réouverture la veille dans la vieille ville occupée depuis 1967 d'une synagogue détruite durant le confli...
Why U.S. - EU Economic Co-Operation Holds The Key To Global Governance
EuroDialogueXXI 5 Hours, 50 Minutes ago
The globalised economy and the rise of new economic giants demand a radically reformed international system, says Robert Hutchings. But it will nevertheless fall to Europe and America to fashion these new structures for global governance. READ M...
Why U.S. - EU Economic Co-Operation Holds The Key To Global Governance
EuroDialogueXXI 5 Hours, 50 Minutes ago
The globalised economy and the rise of new economic giants demand a radically reformed international system, says Robert Hutchings. But it will nevertheless fall to Europe and America to fashion these new structures for global governanceDespite th...
Baku-Yerevan: Competition For West
EuroDialogueXXI 6 Hours, 5 Minutes ago
“Asia is not dead… Only its boarders have changed for good. Now Baku lies within Europe and this is not a coincidence. As there are no Asians in Baku anymore.” The kind of evaluation to the geopolitical situation established in the...
Russia and Croatia Resurrect Druzhba-Adria Oil Transport Scheme
EuroDialogueXXI 6 Hours, 8 Minutes ago
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin of Russia and Jadranka Kosor of Croatia discussed the oil transportation scheme known as Druzhba-Adria integration during Kosor’s recent visit to Moscow. The trip marked Croatia’s accession to Gazprom&rsqu...
International Law in Cairo
Ideas on Europe 6 Hours, 17 Minutes ago
I unfortunately did not notice earlier, but the Faculty of Law of the University of Zurich in cooperation with the University in Cairo (AUC) are holding a summer program in international law in Cairo in five modules: Islamic and Middle Eastern Law...
Was there something you needed from me before ten?
A Fistful of Euros 6 Hours, 20 Minutes ago
The American NPR web site has a nice story about what happens when a company / organisation’s management stops caring about when employees come to work. And what happens is that employees not only get better lives, they up their output; at leas...
Brussels and London in finance face-off
Gulf Stream Blues 6 Hours, 43 Minutes ago
Tensions between the UK and the EU over finance rules seem to be coming to a head this week. No sooner had news broke today that British prime minister Gordon Brown is blocking EU efforts to increase financial regulation of hedge funds and private eq...
Heavy-handed propaganda alienates Europeans from China
Stanley Crossick 6 Hours, 48 Minutes ago
The following interview appeared in Global Times on 15 March 2010: Editor’s Note: China constantly complains of being misperceived by the West, but how much of that is China’s own fault? Do Europeans still see China through an ideologica...
Face à la chute des correspondants de presse à Bruxelles, quelles sont les réactions des journalistes ?
Alors que le nombre de correspondants à Bruxelles est en régression de 1 300 en 2005 à 847 en 2010 – pour la première fois depuis 1957 – les réactions de plusieurs journalistes traitant des questions européennes mettent en perspective la no...
European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 17 March
European Tribune 7 Hours, 20 Minutes ago
 A Daily Review Of International Online Media Europeans on this date in history:1820 – Jean Ingelow,...
Il y a quelque chose de pourri au Royaume de Flandre (suite et hélas pas fin)
Coulisses de Bruxelles (Libération) 7 Hours, 22 Minutes ago
Un nouveau grand moment d’intelligence en Flandre: Le Soir vient de révéler un nouveau cas de discrimination frappant des francophones belges. En application d’un décret flamand dit « Wonen in Eigen streek », une habitante de Rhode-Saint-Gen...
IPSA International Conference, Luxembourg 2010
Power&Politics Weblog 9 Hours, 10 Minutes ago
The International Political Science Association (IPSA) is proud to co-host its latest international conference with the newly formed Luxembourg Political Science Association (Luxpol) and the European Governance Program at the Unive...
Till att börja med till Abu Dhabi
Carl Bildt (SE) 9 Hours, 12 Minutes ago
STOCKHOLM: I morgon bitti lämnar jag åter Stockholm för en resa som först tar mig till Förenade Arabemiraten och Oman och därefter – på söndag kväll – till Bryssel för utrikesministermöte där under måndagen och andra möten u...
Cardinal Brady and the Pope
Stephen Spillane 9 Hours, 13 Minutes ago
Image by Getty Images via Daylife From the Archdiocese of Dublin, the Primate of Ireland and now the Supreme Pontiff, allegations of involvement in the cover up of child abuse have been directed at them all. When reading the stories regarding the...
GP des ressources: national?
EGEA 9 Hours, 25 Minutes ago
A la suite du dernier commentaire de Daniel Besson sur la GP de l'eau, je me suis fait la remarque suivante : la recherche des ressources est-elle une affaire de nations, ou de firmes ? En effet, on avait tendance à penser, à la suite d...
I grunden enighet
Carl Bildt (SE) 9 Hours, 37 Minutes ago
STOCKHOLM: Äntligen en möjlighet att under några timmar mer eller mindre i lugn och ro kunna gå igenom och sortera upp papper. Rapporter från olika ambassader, promemorior från olika delar av UD, material från olika utländska vänner, informa...
Forum: Rail safety
Writing for (y)EU 9 Hours, 41 Minutes ago
On 15 February this year, 18 people died and 200 were injured when two passenger trains collided on the outskirts of Brussels. Who or what is to blame? Two MEPs and the director of the European Railway Agency debate liberalisation of the sector, lack...
Wahlplakate zur NRW-Landtagswahl Teil 1 (SPD, Grüne, CDU)
Blog von Andreas Grieß 10 Hours, 56 Minutes ago
Noch neun Wochen sind es bis zur Landtagswahl in Nordrhein-Westfalen und die Parteien haben den Wahlkampf begonnen. Die ersten Wahlplakate sind bereits fertig. Zwar hängen noch keine an den Straßen, im Internet haben einige der Parteien ihre ersten...
Fonds monétaire européen : une bien mauvaise idée
Telos 11 Hours, 1 Minute ago
Il n’y aura pas de Fonds monétaire européen. C’est une idée saugrenue qui répond à des motivations largement infondées. C’est aussi un projet complexe dont les défenseurs ne mesurent ni les implications, ni les conditions de succès. en...
9 Challenges for the Spanish Presidency
CTA Brussels Weblog 11 Hours, 30 Minutes ago
Showing global leadership in EU’s external policies in a time of crisis: SOLIDAR calls on the Spanish Presidency in its responsibility for the Europe 2020 strategy and preparations for the 2010 review of the Millennium Development Goals, to use key...
More trouble for Bercow
England Expects 11 Hours, 38 Minutes ago
Paul Waugh digs into teh Speaker's excerable performance today.It apperas that the dimunitive chap actually wants to lose all Tory support in Buckingham. Good, good.
PR-krig om klimatet
Henrik-Alexandersson.se 12 Hours, 10 Minutes ago
Nu mobiliserar den alarmistiska sidan i klimatdebatten - efter vinterns kyla, snö och Climategate.De tycks mena att media och journalister inte längre går att lita på. Därför vill de nu ha allt från nya, balla websidor om Global Warming till t...
Making Tracks - Winter 2009 - Spring 2010
Caroline Lucas 12 Hours, 12 Minutes ago
Making Tracks...
EU, US and UN plan for relocation of 1 million Haitians
CTA Brussels Weblog 12 Hours, 20 Minutes ago
The European Union, the United States and the United Nations are going to divide up the workload in order to provide shelter for more than one million Haitians before the rains, which have already started in the Caribbean country, get any worse.
Leipzig liest: Lesung am 19.3.2010 im ‘krahmerladen’
Holger Krahmer (MEP) 12 Hours, 25 Minutes ago
am Freitag, den 19.03.2010 findet um 19:30 Uhr im Krahmerladen eine Lesung im Rahmen der Leipziger Buchmesse statt. Der Autor Detlev Crusius liest aus seinem Roman „Absturz”: Dieser autobiografische Roman ist eine spannende und beklemmende R...
Recidivi
Debora Serracchiani 12 Hours, 25 Minutes ago
In  Friuli Venezia Giulia l’amministrazione di centrodestra annaspa e non riesce a fornire soluzioni concrete e valide ai problemi dettati dalla crisi dell’economia. Altre infatti sembrano essere le priorità  del Pdl, che ha deciso di...
EUs regning til greske bønder: 1 milliard
Europabloggen.no 12 Hours, 37 Minutes ago
Samme dag som EUs finansministre vred og buktet seg for å slippe unna vriene spørsmål om støttepakke til Hellas’ skakkjørte økonomi, slo Kommisjonen til med en saftig regning til den samme greske regjeringen. Kommisjonen har ved en kontro...
The Lapland experience
Finnish foreign minister Alexander Stubb has drawn up quite a useful metaphor for Catherine Ashton in her job as EU foreign policy chief. She is akin to a football club manager. She has to deal with 27 foreign policy egos or players – “27 Ronaldo...
Tuesday Open Thread
European Tribune 13 Hours, 9 Minutes ago
Public holiday here tomorrow, so it feels like a Friday afternoon....
‘Through an Intergovernmental Decade: All Heads on Deck!’, by Pierre Defraigne
Regards citoyens 13 Hours, 11 Minutes ago
The Lisbon Treaty strengthens the EU as it stands today but with no further objectives. The way it has embedded unanimity in key areas will put huge pressure on the European Council. Pierre Defraigne argues that the coming decade will be mark...
Krone: Nacktscanner der EU landen vielleicht bald auf der Deponie
Martin Ehrenhauser (MEP) 13 Hours, 12 Minutes ago
Da sich keine Bieter für die vom Europäischen Parlament zum Verkauf stehenden Nacktscanner gefunden haben, sieht Martin Ehrenhauser nur mehr “verschenken oder verschrotten” als Alternative.
Gunnar Hökmark on Europe’s future Digital Agenda
Gunnar Hökmark 13 Hours, 49 Minutes ago
- The telecoms industry is crucial for economic recovery and for opening up EU’s internal market, contributing to sustainable economic growth in Europe. Swedish MEP Gunnar Hökmark said at a breakfast debate in the European Parliament on “...
Climate Change does not tolerate Complacency
Eberhard Rhein 13 Hours, 55 Minutes ago
The   Copenhagen Climate Conference has been a water shed in the fight against climate change. Disappointment, indifference and frustration have annihilated the little hope that the endless series of preparatory UN conferences had generated. Today,...
Möjligheternas Land – how social democrats need a bit of Swedish optimism
Jon Worth's Euroblog 13 Hours, 59 Minutes ago
I’ve been at a conference in Brussels this morning organised by the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) and I was asked to give a presentation about Social Democracy in the e-society era – you can find my slides...
Rena snurren
Henrik-Alexandersson.se 14 Hours, 4 Minutes ago
Albin Ring Broman hjälper oss att komma ikapp alla turer om Monica Greens (s) olika uttalanden om incest.Man blir inte så mycket klokare på vad Green egentligen menar. Men underhållande är det...
EU moet aan de slag met VN-rapport over oorlog Gazastrook
GroenLinks Europa 14 Hours, 5 Minutes ago
GroenLinks-Europarlementariër Judith Sargentini is tevreden dat het Europees Parlement vorige week heeft opgeroepen om de aanbevelingen uit het VN-rapport over de Gazaoorlog over te nemen. In het rapport staat onder andere dat Israël en Hamas zich...
Politique commerciale vis-à-vis des pays en développement : la Commission consulte les parties intéressées
Regards citoyens 14 Hours, 13 Minutes ago
Le commissaire européen au commerce Karel De Gucht a inauguré aujourd'hui une conférence consacrée à la politique commerciale de l'Union européenne vis-à-vis des pays en développement. L'objectif est de lancer un débat public sur la faç...
The Party of European Socialists: A Democratic Way Forward
Social Europe 14 Hours, 30 Minutes ago
The Party of European Socialists has done some important initial work in preparing the ground for a more democratic and social European future. It has introduced consultation and participation into new areas of European politics. I think it needs to...
Vers une transformation radicale et un rôle accru du Conseil européen
Regards citoyens 15 Hours, 11 Minutes ago
Institution officielle, pouvoirs reconnus. La transformation du Conseil européen qui est entrain de se faire sous nos yeux s'annonce plus radicale et innovatrice que tout ce que l'on pouvait prévoir. Les personnalités politiques et les comment...
And From Berlin Down to Beijing, Can’t You Just Hear Those Factories Hum?
A Fistful of Euros 15 Hours, 16 Minutes ago
It’s curious how one and the same message is emanating from both Beijing and Berlin at the moment: “don’t blame us, it’s not our fault”. And it isn’t. According to the Financial Times, the Chinese Authorities spent...
KRAHMER zu Lebensmittelkennzeichnung: Ampel ist abgelehnt
Holger Krahmer (MEP) 15 Hours, 16 Minutes ago
Eine Stimme gab den Ausschlag - mit 31 zu 30 Stimmen votierte der Umweltausschuss des Europäischen Parlaments gegen die Ampel-Kennzeichnung von Lebensmitteln. Stattdessen sprachen sich die Abgeordneten für die sogenannten „Guideline Daily Amounts...
A European own goal
Brussels and beyond (Ole Ryborg) 15 Hours, 50 Minutes ago
Expectations were high when the Lisbon Treaty entered into force and Catherine Ashton was appointed head of EU foreign policy. One of the first questions asked at the press conference when Ashton was appointed, was whom the world should call on matte...
Roma Education Grand Chamber Judgment in Orsus
ECHR Blog 15 Hours, 54 Minutes ago
Today, the Grand Chamber of the Court delivered its judgment in the case of Oršuš and Others v. Croatia. It found that the separate education of many Roma children in several Croatian towns (in one school most Roma were put in separate classes, in...
Croatian EU entry proof of credibility of enlargement policy
Gunnar Hökmark 15 Hours, 59 Minutes ago
“The expected EU membership of Croatia  , once the country meets all the criteria, will reinforce the credibility of the EU enlargement policy. Croatia has so far demonstrated that strict application of membership criteria can be a strong ince...
Links 16 March 2010
Talking about the EU 16 Hours, 19 Minutes ago
Neelie Kroes encourages you to contribute to two public consultations Two important consultations are now live. First, we are asking citizens and businesses and other interested parties consultation on how can we guarantee access to communications se...