EU to suspend sanctions on Burma
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The European Union has agreed to suspend non-military sanctions on Burma for one year, following democratic reforms in the Asian nation. Ruled for over half a century by a military junta who brutally suppressed opposition, it was a widely-condemned p...
Youth participation in Europe: Less is more
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Have you ever found yourself doing something just for your CV? These days society expects us to study in a more straightforward way, without looking left or right, in order to graduate as soon as possible. No wonder: The new education ideal is to mak...
Youth participation in Europe: Less is more
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Have you ever found yourself doing something just for your CV? These days society expects us to study in a more straightforward way, without looking left or right, in order to graduate as soon as possible. No wonder: The new education ideal is to mak...
Parliament agrees to controversial passenger data deal
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On 19th April, the European Parliament gave approved an agreement for the transfer of EU passenger data to the US authorities, registering votes of 409 in favour, 226 against and 33 abstentions. [1] According to the EU, PNR (Passenger Name Record) da...
Serhatcan Yurdam: Cihan Kırmızıgül’e Adalet Yürüyüşü
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TweetShare via email [View the story "Cihan Kırmızıgül'e Adalet Yürüyüşü" on Storify] TweetShare via emailRelated posts: Deniz, Yusuf, Hüseyin’in idamlarının 40. yıldönümü yürüyüşü… @140journos bildirdi Serhatc...
Two EU governments collapse amid austerity woes
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On 23rd April, the Dutch government collapsed after it failed to agree a new austerity package, with Prime Minister Mark Rutte resigning. Rutte had been attempting to secure a deal with his coalition in order to reduce the country's budget deficit to...
Jamie Dimon: $2 Billion Egregious Mistake
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JP Morgan Chase, the largest U.S. bank by assets, “lost $2 billion on bad bets on credit derivatives, made by a London trading desk, which, according to the Huffington Post, “is intended to hedge the giant bank's credit risk, not increase it.”...
These Two Dozen World Banks Are Leading The Way Forward Into Financial Armageddon As Morgan Stanley Reports Speculative Trading Loss
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Financial Market Report for the week ending May 11, 2012; the fifth weekly report of entrance into the Second Great Depression. This five-day ongoing Yahoo Finance Chart shows that a surprise trading loss at Morgan Stanley, turned the World Financ...
Breivik on trial
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16th April saw the start of the biggest criminal trial in Norway's history: that of accused mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik. Breivik has confessed to murdering 77 people on 22nd July 2011, when he bombed a government building in Oslo and then we...
17.9% - Marine rising
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The first round of the French Presidential elections on April 22nd saw, predictably, Socialist François Hollande and incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy achieve the most votes, and thus enter the second round run-off. But the headlines were dominated by the t...
Euro 2012 – to boycott or not to boycott
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Not that you’d know it from the peculiarly damp and dismal weather that has afflicted Brussels over the last month, but summer is rapidly approaching. In two months time politicians and hacks will be on their holidays or (in my case at least) enjoy...
Football flashpoint over treatment of Ukraine's gas princess
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The European football championships, due to be held in Poland and the Ukraine next month, are rapidly becoming the focus of a political standoff. Several EU leaders, including Angela Merkel and Jose Barroso, have threatened to boycott the matches in...
Afghanistan is Key to India’s Iranian Connection
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Washington grumbles about the Indian relationship with Iran, but the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan leaves New Delhi little choice The striking juxtaposition this week in New Delhi is a nice illustration of how Tehran has become a complicating fact...
IMF Working Paper predicts doubling of oil prices in coming decade
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A new internal working paper for the International Monetary Fund acknowledges physical constraints for oil production (peak oil) and foresees higher oil prices with negative impacts on economic growth. Although this working paper does not reflect off...
Homemade Rakija, Homemade Problems
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Already amazed by the hospitality of people all across Europe, Serbia yet exceeded the idea we had of hospitality and helpfulness. A few minutes after checking in at our hostel in Belgrade, a round of homemade Rakija stood in front of us. "It's on th...
Homemade Rakija, Homemade Problems
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Already amazed by the hospitality of people all across Europe, Serbia yet exceeded the idea we had of hospitality and helpfulness. A few minutes after checking in at our hostel in Belgrade, a round of homemade Rakija stood in front of us. "It's on th...
Delstatsval i Nordrhein-Westfalen
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Nordrhein-Westfalen är Tysklands största delstat med 18 miljoner invånare, alltså dubbelt så mycket som Sverige. Imorgon söndag är det delstatsval där, och vårt systerparti Piratenpartei förväntas ta sig in i delstatsparlamentet. Det blir...
Delstatsval i Nordrhein-Westfalen
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Nordrhein-Westfalen är Tysklands största delstat med 18 miljoner invånare, alltså dubbelt så mycket som Sverige. Imorgon söndag är det delstatsval där, och vårt systerparti Piratenpartei förväntas ta sig in i delstatsparlamentet. Det blir...
[Images added] Galatasaray, champion of Turkish Super League 2012…Fenerbahçe fans clash with Police… Galatasaray Şampiyon…
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TweetShare via email Fatih Terim and his players… photos of GS players here. photos of upset FB players here. A developing story.. In the mean time: Fenerbahce fans clash police after Galatasaray clinches Turkish league cham...
North-South and Migration: “do-workshops”
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One characteristic of an event as the Spring Council of the EGP is that even in between of so many meetings to attend, now and then you can’t but wonder why do you attend one of them. The answer, naturally, is that you always expect to be surpr...
Czy solidarna odpowiedzialnosc udostepniajacych zasoby moglaby ograniczyc handel referencjami? Cz. I.
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Proceder tzw. handlu referencjami szkodzi nie tylko obu stronom postepowania – Zamawiajacym i Wykonawcom, lecz takze oddzialuje negatywnie na rynek zamówien publicznych. Narusza uczciwa konkurencje miedzy przedsiebiorcami, blednie wprowa...
North South and Migration:
“do-workshops”
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One characteristic of an event as the Spring Council of the EGP is that even in between of so many meetings to attend, now and then you can't but wonder why do you attend one of them. The answer, naturally, is that you always expect to be surprised.
Flyer über die neue EU-Roaming-Verordnung
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Letzte Woche, am 10. Mai, hat das Europäische Parlament für niedrigere Roaming-Gebühren in der EU und einen Markt für Roaming gestimmt. Aus diesem Anlass haben wir in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Europaabgeordneten Dr. Paul Rübig einen Flyer mit Info...
Open Doors Day at the EESC
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It was Open Doors Day at the European Union’s institutions today. Once again, the European Economic and Social Committee, the house of organised civil society, enthusiastically threw its doors open to the public, led by the presence all day of...
the power and the glory
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Talking in the gangways with some new Irish friends, here in the spring council of the European Green Party in Copenhagen, we got to talk about political power. My interlocutor, a lawyer that has become active in the Irish Green Party recently, told...
How our MEPs see the EuroParl Plenary: the views from their seats in Brussels
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Taking advantage of the latest edition of the EU Institutions Open Day in Brussels, I took the opportunity to join a debate being held in the European Parliament's Plenary chamber, and watch the debate from the chairs of all six of our region's MEPs.
the power and the glory
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Talking in the gangways with some new Irish friends, here in the spring council of the European Green Party in Copenhagen, we got to talk about political power. My interlocutor, a lawyer that has become active in the Irish Green Party recently...
Which German politicians are influential on Twitter right now?
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I’ve written before on this blog about how Germany’s politicians haven’t yet “got” social media. Much of Germany’s political class answers the call to engage in online debate with a disinterested yawn. However, early signs of a s...
