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Ymens
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Am aflat de curand despre noul Ymens (deocamdata este un landing-page, unde puteti aplica pentru a afla detalii). Desi stiu despre ce este vorba, voi mai lasa putin mister, pana in momentul lansarii – adica poimaine, 3 octombrie. Ce imi place l...
Romanii sunt destepti
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Da, romanii sunt destepti! Iar Rom are o campanie aproape geniala: vrea sa schimbe sugestiile Google pentru cautarea “romanii sunt…”. Daca veti cauta acum, gasiti numai prostii. Ei, efectuand cat mai des cautarea romanii sunt destep...
Blog about … what?
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O pauza mai mare decat as fi vrut. Timpul nu prea mi-e prieten. In plus, mi-a fost greu sa scriu ceva. Nu pentru ca nu ar exista subiecte, am avut parte de o multime de evenimente in ultimul timp, atat in Romania cat si in restul Europei. Numai ca ac...
Salveaza o viata!
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Via Mordechai … via Vlad Petreanu … via Zoso … din blog in blog…un motiv sa dati si voi mai departe linkul la campania aceasta de donare de sange. Sângele Iţi putem spune multe despre motivele pentru care avem nevoie de sâ...
Go for it!
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The European Journalism Centre will organize next year a contest for bloggers that want to cover the European Parliamentary Elections. That’s a great idea - especially for countries like Romania, where the voters still need a great deal of inf...
Too busy to do their job
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The European Commission decided to pursue infringement procedures against Romania -already second stage - for the energy sector. The main reason is that the Romanian Parliament failed to pass an emergency government ordinance, that was supposed to as...
Statistics
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‘Eurostat regional yearbook 2008 - EU27 regions under the magnifying glass’ was published, according to a EU press release. As you can see, in 2006, 4.4% of the EU27 labour force was employed in high-tech sectors. The percentage was less...
The restless little man
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I was afraid that maybe my yesterday post on Sarkozy was kind of malicious (actually, I was told it was mean :D). Seems to me I am not the only one fed up with Sarkozy’s desperate need to be the centre of the Universe. Also on 21st of October h...
All together now: “Unite unite Europe”
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Monsieur Sarkozy has once again made use of his “six brains” (I wonder if it hurts). So, the husband of Carla Bruni thinks that the present world crisis could be a great opportunity for himself to remain in charge until (at least) 2010, a...
Romanian citizenship - European citizenship
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Under the motto “European citizenship is not just words, but also concrete rights”, the European Commission launched a new campaign to inform EU citizens about their rights, as define in the Charter of Fundamental rights of the European U...
A fi om …
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… nu tine doar de ADN. Maine (Sambata, 16 august 2008), in Bucuresti, Parcul Moghioros - Drumul Taberei, Intrarea Principala, intre orele 8 - 21, are loc actiunea de colecta pentru sinistratii din Moldova. Spuneti si prietenilor / cunoscutilor...
‘Fire safe’ cigarettes
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By 2011 all cigarettes sold throughout the European Union will be only self-extinguishing “fire-safe” brands. The proposal was approved on 2007 by all Member States and it means that for all cigarettes there will be used fire-retardant pa...
… and it’s a ‘NO’
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.. according to a live broadcasting of Euronews, it looks like Ireland has just rejected the Lisbon Treaty (they are still waiting for the official result announcement), throwing the EU into a new crisis. What went wrong? Many things, but no doubt t...
Tonomatelor, vi se pregateste ceva…
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Comisia pentru cultura a Parlamentului European a adoptat marti un raport a carui concluzie a fost ca exista o nevoie ‘disperata’ de adoptare a unor masuri de protejarea a independentei editoriale si a calitatii in media, pentru a preveni...
Monkey business
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“Even if less than five per cent has changed, … your DNA differs by only two per cent from that of a monkey, but the difference is still fundamental,” … this was the reply of the VVD house leader Han Ten Broeke, talking about the...
… and again… internet battlefield
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… This time Google map service is the one that could face a EU lawsuit. Peter Hustinx, the EU data protection supervisor, presented on 15 May the annual report and, during his discussion with the reporters, he mentioned that if Google launched...
EU vs Microsoft Saga - a new season
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Microsoft decided on 9 May to appeal the latest record fine of €899 million imposed by EU Competition Commissioner in February 2008 on its software licenses between 2004 and 2007 and the release of information on its products (EurActiv 28/02/08). M...
The referendum roller coaster
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The Irish government officially confirmed that the referendum for EU Treaty will be on 12 June. The most recent poll says: - 38% ‘yes’ for EU Treaty - 28% ‘no’ - 34% ‘don’t know’ This a is a major challenge for the new prime minister, B...
Controversy
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The Article 13a of Treaty of Lisbon provides for a European External Action Service (EEAS) to be set up to assist the High Representative of the Union in his / her duties and cooperate with the diplomatic services of the Member States. This EEAS will...
So far …
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… I was right. The PNL candidate for Bucharest is Orban. And I was right about the ‘internet campaign’ - he’s got a pretty new blog. (Why on earth, while reading his posts, I was constantly afraid that in some corner will s...
