Group Bank of Africa and AFD sign partnership agreement
Groupe BANK OF AFRICA and Agence Française de Développement sign partnership agreement to support efforts to finance Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) and professionals in Africa.The dynamism of the private sector plays a key role in reduci...
Who Pays Most for Groceries?
Belgium is expensive -- and that's official. According to a new report on Europe's retail sector from the European Commission, the price of food and nonalcoholic beverages higher in Belgium than in the Netherlands.
UK Representation “goes local” with social media
Interview with Antonia Mochan, Head of Media of the Commission Representation in the UK, on their use of social media.
Pro-European Polish president: order no. Komorowski
The Polish people didn't vote emotionally on 4 July. Bronisław Komorowski won Poland's presidential elections with 52.6% of the vote across 95% of constituencies. His challenger Jarosław Kaczyński, twin brother of the late president Lech, trailed...
Against the current: The Times charges its readers
They could not find a new business model and instead they charge us. I can just skip the Times. Journalistic elitism will only satisfy journalistic elites…. Times now charging online readers from BBC News | Europe | World Edition The...
New EU labelling rules including new EU organic logo came into force
New EU rules on organic food labelling including the requirement to display the new EU organic logo, entered into force on 1 July, 2010. The so-called “Euro-Leaf” will now be obligatory on pre-packaged organic food products that have been produce...
Vote Now for the next winner of the Euro-Med Award for Dialogue
The Anna Lindh Foundation has now launched the online voting for the Winner of the Fifth Edition of the Euro-Med Award for Dialogue between Cultures. This annual award, organized by the Anna Lindh Foundation and Fondazione Mediterraneo, recognises th...
Eat the ashes, then read them
The tangled story of the Russian "spy ring" in America provokes complacency in some quarters, alarm in others...
An EU C02 Tax?
The EU Commission is rediscovering a very old acquaintance: an EU C02 tax. 20 years ago it has been the starting point for European climate policy. But the Commission proposal in the early 1990s failed to rally the necessary unanimity of the 12 membe...
DARE General Assembly accepts EDC/HRE key players as new members
At DARE´s General Assembly on 3rd July 2010 in Vilnius 7 new member organisations joined the DARE network. For a strong commitment of Europe for Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education strong NGO´s are evidently needed. The...
Why do Germans sing 'Schland'?
In a week looking to Germany appearing in a world cup semi-final (and maybe a final), the new phenomenon comes in the form of an incomprehensible chant which drops the 'Deut' out of 'Deutschland' – are the Germans too drunk to hail their country?
Euro Zone Dominates World
Looks like the euro zone has been prematurely written off, even by some talented sportswriters.
Still friends
Hillary Clinton soothes America's twitchy Georgian allies...
€ 30 million EU support for the promotion of agricultural products
The European Commission has approved 19 programmes in 14 Member States (Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, France, Greece, Italy, Ireland, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, Spain and the United Kingdom) to provide information on and...
Three coverpages that parodizes web censorship (by Selçuk Erdem)
Selçuk Erdem was kind enough to offer these three coverpages he had prepared to be used in campaign against web censorship. Well, I am lazy to translate but google translation will help, I believe… RSF Campaign in defence of online free expres...
Food prices: new legislation needed
New legislation is needed to ensure fair returns to farmers and transparent prices to consumers, by enforcing fair competition throughout the food supply chain, said Agriculture Committee MEPs. Suggestions as to how to ensure fairness throughout the...
Climate change: what has happened in Washington since 1969?
The Nixon Presidential Library has just released some fascinating correspondence on climate change. Within the White House, Patrick Moynihan wrote to John Ehrlichman on 17 September 1969: “this [carbon dioxide] very clearly is a problem, and, perha...
Project to develop legal framework for forest products in DRC
Seven years after the adoption by the European Union (EU) of the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) action plan, the state of negotiations to create a Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) and to establish a legal framework for fore...
