The Pentonville Five: a victory to remember
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Above: two of the dockers, Vic Turner and Bernie Steer carried in triumph from jail by supporters On Friday 21 July 1972 five dockworkers, picketing a container depot in a dispute over job security, were jailed in Pentonville Prison, London, under th...
Wind energy is subsidized slaughter - and should be stopped
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As Paul Driessen writes, "wind energy is not green, eco-friendly, sustainable or sensible" - it is subsidized slaughter, which should be stopped: Industrial wind is actually our least sustainable energy resource.It requires perpetual subsid...
Cypriot presidency of the EU council is underway
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The first of July saw Cyprus' presidency of the EU Council officially begin. There were both positive remarks and criticism for the Danish presidency as it came to an end. On Tuesday 3rd July the president of the Republic of Cyprus, Demetris Christof...
For once, the EU has got it right
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When I blogged about the attempted putsch in Romania last week, I got several comments along the lines of 'Some Eurosceptic you are, Hannan, poking your nose into another country's business!' Well, chaps, it gets worse: with the European Parliament i...
The European Central Bank as a painkiller not a remedy
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There seems to be a consensus among economists that the ECB is not doing enough to arrest the crisis in the euro zone. The ECB is after all considered the big bazooka that can intervene in the markets to lower interest rates over the short-term thus...
The European Central Bank as a painkiller not a remedy
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There seems to be a consensus among economists that the ECB is not doing enough to arrest the crisis in the euro zone. The ECB is after all considered the big bazooka that can intervene in the markets to lower interest rates over the short-term thus...
Durango
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After our lunchtime wander we took the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad down to the other end of the line, at Durango. If you want to know what steam travel in the Wild West was truly like then this is definitely one of the places to come.
Africa: Contemporary African Artistry Online
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Usanii Afrika is a blog that showcases contemporary African artistry: “Usanii Afrika (meaning Artistry Africa in Swahili) is a blog born out of passion. Innately creative herself, blogger, Kirsty Macdonald has had a life long love affair with t...
The View from Pythagoras Square
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Johan De Rycker Saturday, 28 July 2012 Postcards from Greece No, not from Syntagma Square, not from Athens, not even from Mount Olympos, but from Samos, island of Byron's "Fill high the cup of Samian wine!",...
Silverton
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From Ouray, we took the vertiginous million dollar highway (there are plenty of stories about how it got the name, but the building of the road certainly opened up the mountains to proper prospection) up to Silverton, stopping off on the way to look...
Soft Serve Ice Cream Makers
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Product registration can be done on company website and helps in warranty enquiries. However if you don't register the product online, it won't negate your rights for the warranty of the product. The company has also tied up with a number of online r...
Balassa-Samuelson Effect
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This post considers the famous and somewhat contentious issue of Purchasing Power Parity (PPP), and the deviations from it explained by what is known as the Balassa-Samuelson Effect. In doing so it is hoped it will facilitate the understanding of ...
Pakistani Olympians hosted two minutes from Aidan Burley office
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Scrapbook wonders how Aidan Burley’s complaint that the London 2012 opening ceremony was “multi-cultural crap” will be received by the Pakistani Olympic delegation — whose only medal hope, the hockey team, stayed in BurleyR...
The average cost overrun for producing the Olympic Games has been more than 200% since 1976
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Will Jennings explores the history of vast cost overruns for Olympic Games. He isolates three common factors behind grossly underestimated costs since 1976: the bid process, uncontrolled growth in project specifications, and the failure to iden...
Russia: Senator Wants Criminal Case Against Satirical Blogger
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Novgorod Senator Dmitri Krivitskii has accused [ru] local blogger Vadim Beriashvili of violating the Russian criminal code's infamous Article 282 [en], alleging that he incited hatred against “a social group” when he wrote [ru] fa...
Olympics on the Kingston Big Screen
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It was perhaps perverse for someone like myself who lives so near to the London Olympics stadium to go right across town to the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames to watch last night’s opening ceremony, but I’m glad I did. Kingston L...
We Told You So: How U.S. economists predicted the Euro Crisis
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UPDATE: The original version of this post was lost following a hacking attempt on this website. New security and daily backups are in place so with any luck this will no longer be a problem in the future. It has … Continue reading →...
Ouray, Ouray
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We set off to the south early today, at first towards Ouray, following the Gunnison River. Off to our left were the mesas – table top mountains – but these soon gave way to more traditional (or familiar) alpine-type areas. This area is kn...
European biodiversity
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Reblogged from alleuropean: Back in April the EU adopted its report on biodiversity. This was then supported in the European Parliament. Now, the EC has put out to tender contracts for … Continue reading →...
CTA Weblog and weekly bulletin
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Dear Reader, Thank you for visiting the CTA Brussels Weblog and reading the weekly newsletter! Many EU and ACP offices in Brussels will be suspending their operations as the staff go on summer vacation. As a result, we will briefly halt the publi...
Main ACP-EU events for the week from 3/09 to 9/09/2012
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European Parliament - 3 September: Committee on Foreign Affairs - 3 September: Committee on Development - 3 September: Committee on International Trade - 3 September: Committee on Industry, Research and Energy - 3 September: Committee on Agriculture...
Main ACP-EU events for the week from 3/09 to 9/09/2012
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European Parliament - 3 September: Committee on Foreign Affairs - 3 September: Committee on Development - 3 September: Committee on International Trade - 3 September: Committee on Industry, Research and Energy - 3 September: Committee on Agriculture...
Our video guest: Robert van Otterdijk, FAO
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In the recent weeks, we posted some of the interviews that we conducted during the course of the Briefing on Food Losses and Food Waste. Robert van Otterdijk, the Agro-Industry Officer, Rural Infrastructure & Agro-Industries Division, FAO, was th...
Our video guest: Robert van Otterdijk, FAO
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In the recent weeks, we posted some of the interviews that we conducted during the course of the Briefing on Food Losses and Food Waste. Robert van Otterdijk, the Agro-Industry Officer, Rural Infrastructure & Agro-Industries Division, FAO, was th...
The opportunities of climate-smart agriculture for ACP countries
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The next Brussels Briefing will take place on 27th September 2012 and will be on the opportunities presented by climate-smart agriculture, or “agriculture that sustainably increases productivity resilience (adaptation), reduces/removes green...
The opportunities of climate-smart agriculture for ACP countries
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The next Brussels Briefing will take place on 27th September 2012 and will be on the opportunities presented by climate-smart agriculture, or “agriculture that sustainably increases productivity resilience (adaptation), reduces/removes green...
EU Counter-Terrorism Law: Pre-emption & the Rule of Law
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Some readers may be interested in the recent publication of the monograph, EU Counter-Terrorism Law: Pre-emption & the Rule of Law, by Dr Cian Murphy of the Dickson Poon School of Law. The book is the first sustained study of EU legislation in t...
EU Counter-Terrorism Law: Pre-emption & the Rule of Law
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Some readers may be interested in the recent publication of the monograph, EU Counter-Terrorism Law: Pre-emption & the Rule of Law, by Dr Cian Murphy of the Dickson Poon School of Law. The book is the first sustained study of EU legislation in t...
Who really runs the EU?
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The Berlaymont – EU Commission headquarters. The kinds of faceless offices where many imagine “Brussels” decides things. UPDATE: This post was originally published on 19/07/2012. It has been republished as the original was lost following a hack...
Romneyshambles
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The US Democrats have wasted no time in making capital out of Romney’s Olympian ineptitude. And who can blame them? Meanwhile US comedian Stephen Colbert urged Romney to “stay strong.” “Remember, your next stop is Israel. Keep up the cha...
23 crucial days for Greece
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On 20th August, the Greek government will have to borrow 3.2 billion from one arm of the Eurozone (from the EFSF) in order to repay another (the ECB). Yet Greece is insolvent. The very idea of an insolvent entity borrowing more from a community, like...
23 crucial days for Greece
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On 20th August, the Greek government will have to borrow 3.2 billion from one arm of the Eurozone (from the EFSF) in order to repay another (the ECB). Yet Greece is insolvent. The very idea of an insolvent entity borrowing more from a community, like...
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