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Intended, unintended consequence
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Some comic relief. So Viennese property developer Richard Lügner had to face his big decision of the year – who to invite to the Opera Ball. He picked Karima el-Mahroug, the woman who kicked off the latest Berlusconi scandals, herself. Hilarit...
A Wake-Up Call for Australian Climate Policy
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In 2010, Australia has been haunted by two unprecedented natural catastrophes, a severe drought in February and a flood of biblical dimensions in December. The latter has flooded an area of the size of France and Germany combined, fortunately very sp...
C-208/09, Sayn-Wittgenstein (Opinion)
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Of Princesses and CastlesGuest post by Tim Stahlberg, Lawyer at CMS Hasche Sigle in HamburgLast Thursday, Advocate General Sharpston issued a thoughtful opinion in the preliminary ruling procedure C-208/09 Sayn-Wittgenstein, a case which raises inter...
Australia increasingly sceptical about alarmism
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According to a new poll from Gallup,Australians' attitudes about global warming could be a factor later this month in the general election where climate change has emerged as an issue. The percentage of Australians who are aware of climate change and...
Eurozone: Budget consolidation in Austria
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On 26 April 2010 the Council examined the updated stability programme of Austria, which covers the period 2009 to 2013: COUNCIL OPINION on the updated stability programme of Austria, 2009-2013; OJEU 27.5.2010 C 137/7. The Opinion describes the effe...
1917 - Austro-Hungarian propaganda.
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Someone, who like me has Czech inl aws, passes me a blog link to some Czech language 1917 - Austro-Hungarian propaganda. Small wonder thisThrone and Altar stuff never held Austria-Hungary together, although some Catholic relative seems to have kept i...
The ECtHR on Access to Case File
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I just finished translation of the ECtHR’s decision on admissibility of Application no. 42551/98 by Oleg Svinarenkov against Estonia, into the Estonian language. The facts of the case relate to deliberate homicide and unlawful possession of a fir...
Loss of Nationality, Deception, Citizenship and EU Law: Case C-135/08
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The Court of Justice has handed down an interesting and important judgment on the loss of citizenship and its relationship to EU law. In its judgment in Case C-135/08 Janko Rottmann v. Freistaat Bayern, the Court held that EU law,...
Austrian farm subsidies on the map
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FollowTheMoney.eu and its two current projects, farmsubsidy.org and fishsubsidy.org, are based on a very simple methodology: more transparency in public policy will lead to a better informed public debate and better public policies. Without analysis...
