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Great British Women Olympians – Denise Lewis
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It is now only 23 weeks until the opening of the London Olympics and the consequent Paralympics. In the run up to the games I have decided to take a look at some of the British women who have achieved … Continue reading →...
Brussels in sane competition ruling shock
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An eye-catching story from the FT”s Alex Barker and Jeremy Grant on Tuesday…Europe set to block DB-NYSE tie-up European competition officials have recommended blocking...
Vertical and Horizontal M&A: A Bias in Antitrust Policy?
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The Obama Justice Department developed a track record in challenging horizontal mergers and acquisitions—those in which a company buys a direct competitor—in industries that are already highly concentrated. In deals that are not between direct ri...
“Thanks Nicolas Sarkozy, but no thanks.” CJEU rules on status of Protocol on Internal Market and Competition
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By Ben Van Rompuy, Georgetown University Law Center This post was originally posted on the Kluwer Competition Law Blog. It is re-posted here with thanks. When the EU leaders agreed on the final version of the Lisbon Treaty, one particular …...
EU2020: Competitiveness, innovation and digital single market
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A while ago I wrote a series of blog posts about the controversies regarding the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA): IPR trade protection: ACTA controversy Innovation and competitiveness Then, I turned to innovation, competitiveness and infor...
Why Turkey's women and children directive is good for football | Ally Fogg
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The days when matches were an all-male domain are thankfully a thing of the pastThere are three things I vividly recall about the first football match I attended without an adult chaperone. It was sometime around 1980 at Muirton Park, watching St Joh...
Cartel theory
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While as consumers we might feel the consequences of cartels in practice, theoretical studies in law & economics can teach us something about the dynamics behind these attempts of firms to restrict competition among them (e.g. through price fixin...
Support the Grayling Team & spread the word!
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As you know the Grayling team are a diverse bunch of people – not only do we come from 15 different countries, we also have various ranges of physical fitness – some of us are fitness fanatics, others like to pick up the bat and ball occasionally...
A rarely happy football news from Turkey: “Trabzonspor stuns Inter in Champions debut
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Trabzonspor in Wikipedia Trabzonspor stuns Inter in Champions debut | Sports | National Post Trabzonspor stuns Inter in Champions debut The Associated Press Sep 14, 2011 – 5:26 PM ET | Last Updated: Sep 14, 2011 6:10 PM ET Trabzon...
Some common sense from the Commission
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Here's an encouraging proposal:As we reported in our press summary yesterday, the European Commission has announced plans to revise its Byzantine state aid rules, potentially making life a bit easier for local and regional authorities. Currently, loc...
Competition for the competitiveness pact
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On Monday, we had a scoop on a new effort by the European Union’s two presidents, José Manuel Barroso and Herman Van Rompuy, to revive a “pact for competitiveness” – an economic coordination scheme among the 17 eurozone countries that would...
Uefa and Fifa hit the woodwork in free-to-air ruling
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The formally named European Court of First Instance, the European General Court (EGC), and part of the European Court of Justice yesterday ruled that all World Cup and European Championship football can remain on terrestrial television after governin...
Futbol bu akşam bir başka oynanacak: Arsenal-Barcelona (Can Erol)
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Arsenal – Barcelona mücadelesi bu akşam 21.45′te. Çok şükür bu sefer bir “Papatyam” faciası yaşanmıyor ve Star TV maçı naklen veriyor. Günlerdir twitter üzerinden iki takım da birbirine methiyeler diziyor. Denils...
SPURS ALLEGE ILLEGAL STATE AID IN OLYMPIC STADIUM DECISION
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The Times reported on 12 February 2011 that Tottenham Hotspur could challenge the decision to award the 2012 Olympic Stadium to West Ham United under European competition law, on the basis that their Barclays Premier League rivals would be receiving...
Of six nations rugby and omens…
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There have been many false dawns before, I know, but could it just be that England are at the start of a roll? We’ve seen two matches so far and both were significant. I think I am right in saying that the last time England won in Cardiff they...
Cem Pelister: 20.Hafta Yazısı; UTANDIM!
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İçimden bu haftayı değerlendirmek hiç gelmiyor ama düşüncelerimi de söylemeden, boş geçmek istemiyorum. Bu hafta ben birçok Beşiktaş taraftarından utandım, başka bir deyişle yıldız seyircilerinden artık bıktım, bu tribünde olm...
Çetin’den yeni iddaa kuponu
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101 Energie Cottbus – Alemania Aachen MS1 112 Dortmund – Schalke MS1 113 Reading – QPR Üst 752 Galatasaray Medical Park (K) (h) – Fenerbahçe (K) MS: 2/2 751 Beykoz (h) – Gaziantep BŞB MS 2/2 Toplam oran: 23,25 Relat...
Today in Luxembourg
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The big case this week is Football Association Premier League. In this case, AG Kokott nearly doomed the Premier League to perpetual poverty by arguing in favour of a free internal market for satellite decoders and decoder cards. In the case at bar,...
Outrageous FIFA
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It seems like a marriage made in heaven: Russia and FIFA for the World Cup 2018. The “mafia state”, as described in the Wikileaks dispatches, and the Swiss-registered, er, non-profit association that had revenues of $1.06 billion and a &#...
Making Sports Fairer
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Last week there was a hearing in the Culture and Education Committee meeting on the EU’s new comptence on sport. Europarl TV took the opportunity to interview me and come of my CULT committee colleagues about the issue, as well talk to some a...
WHY STATE AID LAW IS IMPORTANT TO YOU.
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The State Aid rules are important European Competition provisions which apply to all funding decisions made by public bodies in the European Union. The rules are important to every tax payer and business because funding which fails to meet the strict...
[Turkish] Can Erol’dan “Galatasaray’ın kısa bir değerlendirmesi”
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Muhabir:”Hocam seneye Şampiyonlar Ligi için hedefiniz nedir?” Fatih Terim: “Onu da artık başkası düşünsün” Bu tarihi diyalog Galatasaray 17 Mayıs 2000 tarihinde Arsenal’i Parken Stadı’nda devirdikten hem...
Is the new French Electricity Act compatible with European Union law?
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In fall 2010, France passed a law to reform the organisation of electricity markets and tariffs. There is no doubt that the new Act overlooks some major principles of European energy and competition law. However, it is less clear that it infringes an...
Sum of the week (3): Beşiktaş and Turkish football in general in free fall; Rijkaard gone, defeats at European Cups…
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Despite much better football compared to previous years, Beşiktaş wounded hard due to lack of injured stars Q7 and Guti. and defensive line in shambles. Ferrari injured, our goalkeepers are either injured or making unbelievable mistakes… Eagl...
A video: Football Manager 2011 official trailer
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Related posts:A video: The Social Network (Facebook Movie) Official trailer Beauty Through Order – New Slayer video (now official) A video: Turkish Porn Star Şahin K’s comedy film trailer A video: WAKA WAKA – South Africa 2010 Worl...
ECJ confirms Deutsche Telekom margin squeeze
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It is October, and this year’s “top three cases”-list is already done: today the European Court of Justice gave judgment in the case C-280/08 P Deutsche Telekom AG (press release), a competition case concerning margin squeeze prac...
Guest Blogger Ana Yankova: The Court Confirmed the Scope of Legal Professional Privilege in the Field of EU Competition Law
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I am glad to introduce the first post by a guest blogger on this blog. Ana Yankova has graduated from the European Studies Department of the Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” and has genuine interest in ECJ case law. By … Continue rea...
#12devadam Becomes a worldwide Twitter trend…
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12 Dev Adam (12 Giant Men) is nickname for the Turkey’s National Basketball team… Trending: Worldwide Jacory Harris Tio Caps Lock Powerpuff Girls God Bless America Twin Towers #songsiwillnevergettiredof #neverforget #12devadam Pryor Relat...
A Night of Victory: Turkey passes Serbia to play the final against US in FIBA 2010
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and in the mean time Beşiktaş wins the league game: 4-0 During the last week Turkish national football team did also win against Belgium… Host Turkey edges Serbia to reach FIBA final vs. USA USA Today All FIBA cheerleader photos taken from he...
Boxing: this disgusting “sport”
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James Lawton, boxing correspondent of the Independent, didn’t pull his punches yesterday, on the sickening shenanigans surrounding the upcoming Haye -v- Harrison fight and the present state of professional heavyweight boxing in general: R...
Case C-140/09,Fellimento Traghetti del Mediterraneo SpA v Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri,
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Subsidies granted in 1980's still state aidThis reference for a preliminary ruling had been made in the context of proceedings between fellimento Traghetti del Mediterraneo SpA (‘TDM’), a maritime transport undertaking in liquidation, and t...
Can Erol: FIBA 2010- Everything is going fantastic now!
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Kerem Tunceri of Turkey celebrates scoring against Greece during their FIBA Basketball World Championship game in Ankara August 31, 2010.… Read more » Kerem Tunceri of Turkey celebrates scoring against Greece during their FIBA Basketball World Cha...
by the way, Beşiktaş was crushed bad last night…
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Eagles crash at home: 0-2 from Since1903.org Besiktas JK Fan Site Besiktas Black Eagles were beaten 2-0 at home to Istanbul BBS in the second week of Super League. Iskender Alin put the visitors in front in the 12 minutes after the break and Ibrahim...
Culture Secretary rumoured to cut funding for the Paralympic Games
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Are there no depths to which the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport will not sink? Hard on the heels of his decision to abolish the UK Film Council, rumours abound that Jeremy Hunt will cut funding to the Paralympic Games. Surely this...
Sky vs Mediaset: the battle comes to Europe
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The European Commission intervened and found the necessary conditions for opening a formal enquiry relating to the State Aid Law. - 1. Analysis / Internal market and competition, Culture and medias, Italy, Business, social affairs, companies,...
Pedalling Empowerment
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The other night I watched a programme about the bicycle in Edwardian times. It featured a nice bloke who restores old Edwardian bicycles and riding these were some women who were trying out Edwardian cycling dress. Designing suitable clothes for cycl...
Beşiktaş is doin’ all right
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Our team seems to be the most ready compared to GS and FB. In UEFA draw, we have a relatively weak rival. We have a good team after successful transfers. We would still like to have a striker and a more reliable defensive line but I will have with wh...
