Confused intern releases EC statement under Um Bongo
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It's a visual gag, to be honest. And somewhat predicated on knowing the popular 1980s UK drinks brand Um Bongo, the concept of releasing press information under 'embargo', and having a sense of the comic potential - no matter how scant - of a confus...
“Jeremy Hunt ran secret backchannel for News Corporation
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Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt is fighting for his political life this afternoon, after Leveson inquiry testimony from James Murdoch. Rupert’s chosen son revealed that Hunt was closely co-operating with NewsCorp when he was supposedly acting in...
Are Europe's conservatives now dependent on the far right?
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Yesterday’s news that the government of Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte had collapsed sent almost immediate shock waves through the world’s financial markets.Investors, who were already feeling skittish about the first-round victory of French Soc...
A new campaign begins
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The first round of the French presidential race gave his verdict with important points, the last Sunday. First, a more important turnout than expected with a-80%-rate, which it is a little bit less compared with 2007 but much better compared …...
KONY 2012: a success? Actually...
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So, April 20th has passed and when we all woke up the following morning, the world was not covered in posters of Kony, as predicted by the campaigners. Just a couple of headlines to sum up the 'event': "Kony 2012 “Cover The Night” Event Is A...
FPAs: No more blind eye, time to walk the talk
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Bob Dewar, a former diplomat who has served as High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ambassador to Ethiopia and High Commissioner to Mozambique, has recently published an opinion article where he analyses the history of Europe's external fisheries agreeme...
Can the EU’s fisheries policy be reformed?
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Last month, we asked you if you thought the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) was doing more harm than good. Are fish stocks best protected in a coordinated fashion through the EU, or is the red-tape and bureaucracy of the CFP precipitatin...
To bin or not to bin the FTT
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It’s all gone a bit quiet on the financial transactions tax front but Algirdas Šemeta, the European Union’s tax commissioner, wants you to know that the idea is...
ACTA endangers fundamental rights of EU citizens
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Today the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) issued another opinion on the threat to the protection of personal data and privacy. Namely, the proposal of the European Council to conclude the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) was nega...
Croatian Generals’ ICTY Appeal: zooming into the nitty-gritty
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Croatian Generals Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markac Appeal hearing is set for 14th May. Many wait in intense anticipation. While the charges for war crimes against the generals were and are directed at the Generals as individual people the Trial Chambe...
Higher education ministers must be more transparent in their discussions on transnational initiatives like the Bologna Process. The wider public need to hear about its problems – and its successes.
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The decade long Bologna Process, which aims to make academic standards comparable across Europe, has remained relatively uninteresting to and uncommented on by the media and the European public. Anne Corbett argues that despite Bologna’s achievemen...
Comic Report and dBD Magazine Publish Greenberg's Homage to Moebius
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Quelques semaines après sa parution sur le site allemand Comic Report, l'hommage de Dan Greenberg à la mémoire de Jean Giraud/Mœbius est paru dans le numéro hors série nº 9 de la revue dBD (à la page 29), et on peut choisir la revue avec une...
The Leveson inquiry — suddenly very interesting
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Hurry! You’ve already missed a lot of James Murdoch’s testimony about the BSkyB bid’s travels through the corridors of the British government. Click pic for feed:...
Sarah Teather under investigation over office ‘planning breach’
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Education minister Sarah Teather is under investigation by her own council after she erected a giant yellow sign outside her new office – without planning permission. A local resident told the Brent & Kilburn times that Teather that Teath...
Krugman: The Austerity Multiplier
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Paul Krugman shows how European austerity policies have contributed to European economic contraction.
CAAST network to help improve S&T cooperation
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The second stakeholders conference of the Network for the Coordination and Advancement of Sub-Saharan Africa-EU Science and Technology Co-operation between Sub-Saharan Africa and the EU (CAAST. Net), is being held this week in Senegal.
EC to open negotiations with Madagascar on the renewal of the FPA
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During the course of the last Council meeting on General Affairs, which was held this week, ministers adopted a decision authorising the Commission to open negotiations on behalf of the EU for the renewal of a protocol to the EU's fisheries partne...
Literature and Eroticism: Cupid Always Draws His Bow
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By Maria Moreno Translated by Danica Jorden Reflecting the theme chosen for the 2012 edition of the Brussels Book Fair (“Sex, Books & Rock ‘N Roll”), it’s easy to draw a parallel between erotic literature and rock culture. Ever since a...
Literature and Eroticism: Cupid Always Draws His Bow
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By Maria Moreno Translated by Danica Jorden Reflecting the theme chosen for the 2012 edition of the Brussels Book Fair (“Sex, Books & Rock ‘N Roll”), it’s easy to draw a parallel between erotic literature and rock culture. Ever since a...
Literature and Eroticism: Cupid Always Draws His Bow
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By Maria Moreno Translated by Danica Jorden Reflecting the theme chosen for the 2012 edition of the Brussels Book Fair (“Sex, Books & Rock ‘N Roll”), it’s easy to draw a parallel between erotic literature and rock culture. Ever since a...
Literature and Eroticism: Cupid Always Draws His Bow
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By Maria Moreno Translated by Danica Jorden Reflecting the theme chosen for the 2012 edition of the Brussels Book Fair (“Sex, Books & Rock ‘N Roll”), it’s easy to draw a parallel between erotic literature and rock culture. Ever since a...
Katonomics 14: largely neglected -- design rights
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When it comes to design,who says the Kat's no mug? Today we take pride in welcoming back the irrepressible, irresistible, inimitable Doctor Nicola Searle for the third in her series of Katonomics posts. For the benefit of new readers (and the...
Special dossier "Sex & The City"
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Photo : Davide Martinotti Sex, eroticism... sometimes taboo, often mysterious. In our European capital, sex is everywhere and not just where it's noticeable. It can be found at the end of an alley, around an exposition, on the small screen, inside...
Special dossier "Sex & The City"
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Photo : Davide Martinotti Sex, eroticism... sometimes taboo, often mysterious. In our European capital, sex is everywhere and not just where it's noticeable. It can be found at the end of an alley, around an exposition, on the small screen, inside...
Special dossier "Sex & The City"
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Photo : Davide Martinotti Sex, eroticism... sometimes taboo, often mysterious. In our European capital, sex is everywhere and not just where it's noticeable. It can be found at the end of an alley, around an exposition, on the small screen, inside...
Special dossier "Sex & The City"
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Photo : Davide Martinotti Sex, eroticism... sometimes taboo, often mysterious. In our European capital, sex is everywhere and not just where it's noticeable. It can be found at the end of an alley, around an exposition, on the small screen, inside...
