Création d’un observatoire du pluralisme culturel et religieux, et La liberté religieuse devant le Conseil de l’ONU
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C’est une initiative inédite, à mi-chemin du religieux et du politique, au croisement du public et du privé. Un Observatoire du pluralisme culturel et religieux devrait être officiellement lancé en France au début du mois d’octobre. Pensé...
Eurozone confusion
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Are people in the eurozone confused? Are new emergencies appearing at a faster pace than the decision makers seem able to handle? Are they even tackling the right problems? Three crises We can parphrase: And now these three crises remain: struct...
The 6am Cut London
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China’s trade surplus jumped to $31.7bn as import growth slowed more quickly than exports. Exports rose 11.3 per cent from a year earlier, down from May’s 15.3 per cent pace....
Collection of Beautiful European Fans
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We want to thank our readers for submitting these pictures of “Sexy European Fans”. After a short consideration we decided to post these pictures of “Hot European Fans” for everyone to see. Please let us know what you think an...
Eurogroup statement
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9 July 2012Eurogroup Statement on the follow-up of the 29 June Euro SummitIn line with the Euro Summit statement of 26 October 2011, the Eurogroup will prepare the Euro Summit...
Calling all mods on politics.ie
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mods on politics.ie talk herehttp://www.politics.ie/forum/feedback/192381-dear-politics-ie-9th-july-2012-special-david-mancub-cochrane-tyrannical-new-media-mogul-edition-5.htmlThe people talk in public placesPolitics.ie is a cabal manipulated by a we...
Why has risk become a four-letter word?
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The Risk-Monger is preparing a "back to basics summer series" on the nature of risk taking. This first submission looks at the question: Why have we become so risk adverse?
Dark Knight Rises Release Date In Europe
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The Dark Knight Rises Release Date In Europe and Other Continents/Countries. Enjoy ! Australia 19 July 2012 Hong Kong 19 July 2012 Malaysia 19 July 2012 New Zealand 19 July 2012 Singapore 19 July 2012 Taiwan 19 July 2012 Canada 2...
The European Parliament report on the measurement of farm support - by J Christophe Bureau
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A variety of estimates of the level of farm support circulate. Many of them rely on creative accounting. For example, during the recent farm bill debate in the US Senate on C-Span television, a Senator claimed that the EU subsidized its farmers seven...
The European Parliament report on the measurement of farm support - by J Christophe Bureau
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A variety of estimates of the level of farm support circulate. Many of them rely on creative accounting. For example, during the recent farm bill debate in the US Senate on C-Span television, a Senator claimed that the EU subsidized its farmers seven...
Russia: government and other national disasters | Editorial
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Floods do not have to be political disasters. Gerhard Schröder's response when the Elbe burst its banks reversed a federal election in 2002 that he was predicted to loseFloods do not have to be political disasters. Gerhard Schröder's response when...
Russia: Caucasus Stereotypes in Film
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Global Chaos comments on a recent video report by Radio Free Europe examining changing stereotypes of the Caucasus in Russian cinema. The blog asks whether the caricatures often adopted for public diplomacy purposes are counterproductive or not. Writ...
Fight or flight? Great Britain’s rocky relationship with the EU.
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When starting this blog I promised myself I would do my best to avoid ranting about the state of British politics, but David Cameron, Big D, Chameleon on bike (whatever nickname we want to go for) you just keep getting it so frightfully wrong. I am...
Italy’s employers warn Monti of ‘social butchery’
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Even some leading employers are flinching at the human cost of the latest austerity measures of Mario Monti’s ‘technocratic’ government. The country’s first UK-style spending review now heading for parliament will see big cuts...
Shakespeare not for snobs; ROYAL SHAKESPEARE not for Austrians, rules Court
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"Friends, Romans, Coumtrymen,lend me your ears ..." After surviving her study of Hamlet at high school, this Kat could not help but share with you this cartoon. Since her time in England, she has made it to Stratford to see Shakespeare’s birthpl...
A room with a view: part I
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Did we ever mention that we think that the working environment matters? Sure we did! Did we mention that we believe in talent and creativity? Methinks yes. Does a modicum of fun at work make a difference? Well, yes! Did we actually do something about...
The Closer
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ROUND-UP Another down day for US stocks. Global growth and the eurozone were blamed as the S&P 500 fell 0.16 per cent to 1,352.46 (Reuters).Alcoa kicked off the second-quarter...
Copenhagen - A City Known for Its Splendors!
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Copenhagen is the capital of Denmark, a small country in Europe. This charming city has gained lot of popularity among tourists coming to Europe. The city is not only known for its natural charm but also for its rich culture and heritage. Before plan...
Risk On Rally Fails As World Banks Dump Off Most Of Their EU-Summit Gains As The Euro Tumbles To A New Low And Italian And Spanish Bond Spreads Return To Pre Summit Crisis Level
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Financial Market Report for the week ending Friday July 6, 2012; this is the fourteenth week of entry into the Second Great Depression. 1) … Stocks traded lower Friday of this week. The ETRACS Fisher-Gartman Risk On ETN, tthe “Risk On ETN ONN...
Rettung der Währung
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Den Europäern läuft bei der Rettung ihrer Währung die Zeit davon. Eine Sondersitzung jagt die andere, doch ein Wendepunkt in der Staatsschuldenkrise ist nicht in Sicht. Stattdessen wird die Liste der pleitebedrohten Staaten immer länger. Und es s...
A Dozen Of The Best Content Strategy Blogs
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Here is the blog post by EC blog team as a series on online content strategies developed in cooperation between the Europa.eu web team and web consultant Sue Davis. Interesting approach on key resources, the relationship between content strategy...
The dollar-euro repo arb?… Not yet
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Well, here’s one answer to a question we’d been wondering about since last week, when the ECB lowered the deposit rate from 0.25 per cent to zero.We were curious...
We musn’t allow Mehdi Hasan to get away with this rubbish
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The outgoing Political Editor of the New Statesman, Mehdi Hasan, begins a cri de coeur in today’s Graun, with this: “Have you ever been called an Islamist? How about a jihadist or a terrorist? Extremist, maybe? Welcome to my world. It...
Unforced error from Boris Johnson
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One spectator brought his own hawk-eye to Wimbledon yesterday. At least Boris was staring at his wife this time.
The great American consumer strikes again
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Another notable increase in US consumer credit, this time for May…That’s a particularly big jump in revolving credit — in fact it looks like the biggest since...
Why the current EU strategy to protect Roma ethnicity is failing
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Burdened with their condition, impulsive, united in evil, the [Roma] Gypsies represent a foreign community impossible to integrate. (Noua Dreapta – Romani CRISS. Newsletter, Sept-Dec 2006) Roma constitute the largest ethnic minority in Europe, with...
Czech corruption continued
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AMID signs of a continued struggle between lawmakers and the judiciary, Miroslav Kalousek, the Czech finance minister, is denying reports he threatened a police detective investigating a member of his own party for signing-off on a questionable milit...
What Turkey will do with Syria?
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The recent diplomatic escalation between Turkey and Syria with reference to the fall of a Turkish aircraft hit by Syrian forces seems to be more important than it first looked like. Turkey's relatively calm post-reaction is what really corresponds to...
Gunfight for CAP Budget Money - by Emil Erjavec
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The CAP budget negotiations have started to heat up, negotiators have formed the clubs of like-minded countries. Also this time negotiations are mostly a (gun)fight for preserving or improving the net position of Member States.
Gunfight for CAP Budget Money - by Emil Erjavec
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The CAP budget negotiations have started to heat up, negotiators have formed the clubs of like-minded countries. Also this time negotiations are mostly a (gun)fight for preserving or improving the net position of Member States.
Muslim round ups in the UK ahead of Games
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Is Muslim convert Richard Dart really a "terrorist" who wanted to carry out a "terrorist attack?" Or - as I suspect, Dart was actually arrested for his obnoxious speech and religious expressions. While the EDL continue to be the biggest threat to pea...
Muslim round ups in the UK ahead of Games
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Muslim round ups in the UK ahead of Games
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[caption id="attachment_3549" align="alignleft" width="206" caption="Why the way he's dressed and his obnoxious views - he must be planning a terrorist attack!"][/caption]British police have no idea what a &quo...
