Reflections on a 'snub'
In Greece, where I spent the better part of this week, the "snub" didn't register. No one spoke of the perceived slight of an American president passing on attending an EU-American summit. The people there are focused on the real...
Terry judgement shows that there is absolutely no bias in favour of individual privacy
Last week in Brussels the European Parliament held a hearing on the problem of libel tourism. The problem arises because of an apparent gap as to the appropriate court and the applicable law to be applied to cross border libel cases; a gap which app...
Diana - 'disappointed by UK government on Wills and Succession'
Speaking at a recent meeting of the European Parliament's Legal Affairs Committee, MEP Diana Wallis raised directly the uncomfortable issue of the UK's now repeated use of the opt out in civil justice matters.
euro doom
When the euro goes up against the dollar, we get [Europe.Is.Doomed Alert] because Europe is...
Bellissimo! The Neapolitan Pizza receives EU trademark status
Pizzerias in Naples will be celebrating today as the pizza, the Italian city's most famous culinary creation, is now part of Europe's food heritage and protected under its new EU trademark status.Today's European Union ruling signals the end of a lon...
Zimbabwe urged to delay EPA implementation with EU
The Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) has urged the government to renegotiate the implementation date of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU) until the country’s industry achieves further recovery. News age...
European Young Journalist Award 2010
Again this year DG Enlargement are running the European Young Journalist Award 2010. (post on last years competition is here). Its simple, if your aged between 17-35 you can enter the competition. All you need to do is send them a copy of your publis...
Iran: Ten days of dawn
Yet again the eyes of the world are on Iran. Yet again for all the wrong reasons. 1 February marked the start of the 10 Days of Dawn, commemorating the return to Iran of Ayatollah Khomeini in 1979 and the victory of the Islamic Revolution on 11 Febru...
The Road to Monetary Union in East Africa
Keynote address by Prof Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile, Governor of the Bank of Uganda, at the Validation Workshop of the Draft Final Report of the Monetary Union Study: 18-20 January 2010, Kampala...
Where does Europe End? – The future challenges of EU Enlargement.
Where does Europe End, is one of the often asked questions when talking about the enlargement of the European Union. With the current negotiations with Turkey progressing (albeit slowly) the next challenge will be where next? Will the accession of...
Does the CAP fit?
The biggest driver for reform of the CAP is budgetary and the views of member states are critical, since they hold the EU's purse strings. A new analysis of member state positions on the EU budget and the CAP shows that while there is support for ref...
Harlem Désir welcomes EU-ACP partnership 2010
Harlem Désir expressed his general support for the Partnership between the European Union and ACP countries, but stated that the historically special relationship should not be lost by the need to comply with certain rules, for example, of the WTO.I...
European sugar exports pending approval from Brussels
Despite soaring sugar prices resulting from poor cane harvests, European beet growers are blocked from exporting their surplus sugar, despite repeated requests. Enough is enough! Europe has produced record sugar production this year, thanks to the fa...
Arab young opinion-makers invited to apply for leadership program
Young opinion-makers from select Middle East and North Africa countries who are actively working for social change are invited to participate in The Swedish Institute Young Leaders Visitors Program 2010 in Sweden. Deadline to apply: February 28. The...
Négotiations Maroc-Polisario: « Le moment est opportun », dit Abdel-Aziz
Le moment est « opportun d’entrer en toute sincérité » dans les négociations entre le Maroc et le Polisario, a affirmé jeudi à Alger le chef de la mission de l’ONU au Sahara occidental, Hany Abdel-Aziz, qui a per
Horace’s spam sandwich
Let me do some maths today. I have been an editor of the EP website since the beginning of 2007. We write one or two stories per day, let us make it average: one and a half, times three years, be it 200 working days per year (minus holidays etc.), an...
EU and Switzerland: Bilateral treaties and challenges
Since Switzerland is outside the European Union (EU) as well as the European Economic Area (EEA), the relations have been developed mainly on the basis of bilateral agreements. The Treaties Office of the European Commission’s DG External Relations...
Prof. Aydın Uğur on Turkish cultural analysis
From Aydın Uğur’s talk Culture and Politics in Turkey. 11/24/2009. Well, i am quite late to post it but it is still valid. Prof. Aydın Uğur, who is one of two life-saving academicians in my early academic years, gave a special lecture for...
Must-reads of the week
Populism popular in Davos — By David Ignatius, Wash Post The Death of Global Warming — By Walter R. Mead, AI blog Obama’s Halfway House — By Roger Cohen, NY Times Desperate for a Taliban Deal? — By M.O’Hanlon, H.Sherjan, Daily Beast W...
Who’s the twit?
So, I’ve made a decision to change the approach to Twitter. As you may have noticed, I’m a big fan. I love the interaction with people, the information and intelligence and having a lovely helpful network at your fingertips (literally) to...
