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EU Diplomatic Service Causes Conflict
Catherine Ashton’s new diplomatic service, which will be in charge of EU foreign policy, “is causing conflict”. Too many Brits in top jobs say some Member States. Also questions are still being asked as to its exact mission and cost...
Will Jack and Jessica have the same career opportunities?
“Will Jack and Jessica have the same career opportunities?” A new clip on EUTube explains the gender pay gap in a Commission communications campaign. Not bad. Watch it! Share/Save...
If I go home he will kill me
“If I go home he will kill me.” This was the thought of Swedish MEP Eva Britt-Svensson before she left her abusive husband. Being a public figure didn’t make her immune to domestic violence and she wants all victims of domestic viol...
Facebook chatting today
On the occassion of the International Women Day, EP Facebook team organized today a live debate with MEP Eva-Britt Svensson, chair of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality of the European Parliament. The topic of the chat was ...
BBC: new old media organisation
When looking at best web practice, it’s never long before you get round to the extraordinary BBC. For an “old media” organisation, it really seems to have worked out how to live in the brave new world. Spotted this week in the Econo...
Life and art, Europe and the West Wing
One thing this blog can do is let you into those little secrets of the daily life of the European Parliament. So here’s one for you: the place is positively heaving with ardent fans of the US television series the West Wing. Well at least that...
The Battle of the Giants: Facebook and MySpace Fight It Out
It has become a platitude to say that social networks will be the next big thing. Unfortunately, if you subscribe to this widely held view, you are patently wrong. Judging by the amount of media exposure social networks get, and not just in web-focus...
When Hillary called Jerzy – NYT reveals all
Lots of articles in the press about the European Parliament all the time of course, but this one from the august New York Times caught our eye in the office today. It’s always interesting to see how the Parliament is perceived the other side of...
Endless Counting
A woman in a supermarket is compulsively counting everything to herself. When she leaves the shop she passes by a man walking in the opposite direction and he is also counting to himself. Today in Europe one person in 6 lives below the poverty thresh...
How much personal data is too much?
I was never a ‘personal data freak’. It’s more the other way round. I am able to give my date of birth even to an cute ice cream seller if he gives me one scoop more for free. But my latest experience made me look at the topic of it...
Gender equality in the 21st century
Three MEPs and a studio audience of young women examine the many forms of inequality that still exist between the sexes today, and propose solutions that range from enforcing current legislation to protection orders, improved public care services and...
Neither Président nor Chairperson
Herman Van Rompuy, current EU president, doesn’t want to be misunderstood. So it was that he came to see MEPs during the mini-plenary in Brussels to explain his new role. Reactions were mixed though most were happy with his initiative early on...
European library two years on and a click away
Thanks to Europeana, the online library of the EU, you can click your way through millions of pieces of European culture. Find out! Share/Save...
10 things (and more) we learned doing this traineeship
Indre and Lelde worked with us for the last six months. In the form of a fine-tuned parody of our beloved synopses, they sent us a last message today to tell us what they really learnt during their traineeship. We decided to share, because this is ju...
European cinema. Made for you!
The new EU clip shows if you seize the moment and grab your chance, then you will fulfill your dream. Watch it! Share/Save...
So who’s social now?
"social media isn’t dominated by the youngest, often most tech-savvy generations, but rather by what has to be referred to as middle-aged people"...
Finders keepers: the future of our audiovisual culture?
The difference now is that, perhaps, only the best artists - the most inventive, the most persistent and the most tenacious - will survive... and I guess that's the way it ought to be.
International women’s day: not for you?
Oh no, it is that time of the year again. International women’s day will come up in two weeks. What will we write about? Should we write anything at all? We already did this thing during election campaign. What else is there to say? I mean, is...
Good read
If you ever want to become a good web-writer, you’ll find inspiration in this funny and very well written text. Share/Save...
Crossborder: Increasing Rights for Internet Shoppers
Bargain hunters are flocking to the internet as the economic crisis bites into pockets. But what rights do they have if and when things go wrong? EPTV’s panel of experts discuss how and what to include in a reform of consumer rights.Watch the video...
