Posts Tagged ‘European Union’
Posted by Hristo HRISTOV in CompetitionJan 6th, 2010 | 28 Comments
The process of EU enlargement took a major blow when it became apparent that once in the union, countries...
Posted by keithdemicoli in CompetitionOct 12th, 2009 | 14 Comments
No more meter readers...
Loads of initiatives are being taken by European Union member states to
fight...
Posted by Hristo HRISTOV in CompetitionSep 19th, 2009 | 15 Comments
As I have already written, the speculations about the figure of the Bulgarian representative of the 2009-2014...
Posted by davidchristopher in CompetitionAug 18th, 2009 | 13 Comments
If you want to keep in touch with journalist David Christopher you can do so here:
David Christopher...
Posted by Toni STRAKA in CompetitionJul 29th, 2009 | 13 Comments
Preparing my favorite cooked breakfast of bacon & eggs with fried tomatoes and baked beans on toast...
Posted by Ari RUSILA in CompetitionJul 25th, 2009 | 13 Comments
The “European perspective” is key concept for integrating western Balkans into EU. The main carrot...
Posted by Toni STRAKA in CompetitionJul 22nd, 2009 | 7 Comments
ECB president Jean-Claude Trichet was quite complacent at the last council meeting. And for the first...
Posted by Ari RUSILA in CompetitionJul 20th, 2009 | 15 Comments
The “Srebrenica massacre” is the greatest triumph of propaganda to emerge from the Balkan...
Posted by George Iulian JIGLAU in CompetitionJul 14th, 2009 | 8 Comments
So Jerzy Buzek was elected without any problems as the new president of the European Parliament. Of course,...
Posted by Toni STRAKA in CompetitionJul 14th, 2009 | 9 Comments
Catch this graph of brand new credit rankings by European credit insurer Coface: Stable at lower levels...
Posted by Ari RUSILA in CompetitionJul 10th, 2009 | 5 Comments
Revolution in Iran seems to happen only in western dreams and media. Protests took place only in Tehran...
Posted by Stephen SPILLANE in CompetitionJul 6th, 2009 | 7 Comments
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Today the Irish Government publishes the Twenty Ninth Amendment to the Constitution...
Posted by Stephen SPILLANE in CompetitionJul 4th, 2009 | 15 Comments
So the applications for the second round of Th!nk is open and this blog is being kept open too. The question...
Posted by frankschnittger in CompetitionJun 30th, 2009 | 5 Comments
I am not one to dance on other people’s graves, but the collapse of Libertas post the European...
Posted by Ari RUSILA in CompetitionJun 29th, 2009 | 7 Comments
In my previous article “Iran-Twitter-Revolution” I had some doubts that revolution is coming...
Posted by Toni STRAKA in CompetitionJun 28th, 2009 | 7 Comments
Preparing this rant about the widening milkyway between Eurozone economic growth and Euro production...
Posted by frankschnittger in CompetitionJun 25th, 2009 | 3 Comments
EU participation an ongoing evolution - Letters, Opinion - Independent.ie
Thursday June 25 2009
About...
Posted by Toni STRAKA in CompetitionJun 24th, 2009 | 3 Comments
If your small-time loan you need for your kid’s bracelets is denied by your bank’s customer...
Posted by frankschnittger in CompetitionJun 22nd, 2009 | 4 Comments
Jon Worth is a long time blogger and commentator on European politics I respect greatly. I have interviewed...
Posted by frankschnittger in CompetitionJun 18th, 2009 | 13 Comments
Cross-posted from the European Tribune.
A conference to mark the end of the Th!nkaboutit blogging competition...
Posted by frankschnittger in CompetitionJun 13th, 2009 | 11 Comments
Much has been made of the declining trend in voter turnout by Eurosceptics such as Eamonn Fitzgerald...
Posted by Hristo HRISTOV in CompetitionJun 13th, 2009 | 5 Comments
The official results of the European elections have been finally announced. As for a Balkan country...
Posted by Veerle VRINDTS in CompetitionJun 11th, 2009 | 7 Comments
The European Elections are over. Four months of blogging, of looking forward, of Thinking About It. ...
Posted by frankschnittger in CompetitionJun 11th, 2009 | 7 Comments
I’m out of Ireland at the moment and really missing the election buzz. I’m a real junkey...
Posted by Marta CERAVA in CompetitionJun 10th, 2009 | 6 Comments
EP elections in Latvia have passed silently. The most attention was taken by local municipal elections...
Posted by Ari RUSILA in CompetitionJun 9th, 2009 | 10 Comments
From Finland came 13 MEPs, 3 Conservatives, 3 from Center party, 2 Social democrats, 2 greens, and one...
Posted by franziskabroich in CompetitionJun 8th, 2009 | 10 Comments
European Elections are over! Bump! An event we were looking forward to for four month. Now it is over...
Posted by Helena in CompetitionJun 8th, 2009 | 18 Comments
Well, it’s 2:15 am in the UK as I’m writing this, and the results for my region are in.
I try to...
Posted by Stergios MAVRIKIS in CompetitionJun 8th, 2009 | 18 Comments
Reply to George Iulian JIGLAU latest post: (Arguments in defense of the many who will not vote in these...
Posted by kristystyles in CompetitionJun 7th, 2009 | 4 Comments
A terrible fever has gripped Westminster, the fever of too many snouts in the trough, leading to resignations...
Posted by Stergios MAVRIKIS in CompetitionJun 6th, 2009 | 10 Comments
Reply to George Iulian JIGLAU latest post:
Democracy is not based on informed or not informed citizens....
Posted by evelinedewinter in CompetitionJun 6th, 2009 | 8 Comments
After 4 months of following European news more closely my image of Europe has changed but I’m still...
Posted by Athena ARSALIDOU in CompetitionJun 6th, 2009 | 10 Comments
The six MEPs from Cyprus. From left to right: Kyriakos Triantafillides (left-reelected), Antigoni Papadopoulou...
Posted by Hristo HRISTOV in CompetitionJun 6th, 2009 | 6 Comments
Emine Gyulestan was born in 1986 in Momtchilgrad, Bulgaria. She holds a Bachelor degree in Balkan studies...
Posted by evelinedewinter in CompetitionJun 6th, 2009 | 6 Comments
At the end of April I began my quest. My aim was to interview all the persons who were heading the list...
Posted by George Iulian JIGLAU in CompetitionJun 6th, 2009 | 13 Comments
Tomorrow I’m supposed to go and vote. And I will vote, but my approach to this vote will be very...
Posted by Ari RUSILA in CompetitionJun 5th, 2009 | 1 Comment
EU is the largest single market in the world and the biggest donor in humanitarian aid, providing 56...
Posted by Hristo HRISTOV in CompetitionJun 5th, 2009 | 6 Comments
Boris Stanimirov was born in 1976 in Sofia, Bulgaria. He holds a Bachelor degree in molecular biology...
Posted by George Iulian JIGLAU in CompetitionJun 5th, 2009 | 7 Comments
2 days to go until the Euro-elections in Romania and, based on the latest opinion polls and on the electoral...
Posted by Eamonn Fitzgerald in CompetitionJun 5th, 2009 | 5 Comments
I don’t want to be a bore about voter turnout (it did, at least, generate a bit of a debate here),...
Posted by Athena ARSALIDOU in CompetitionJun 5th, 2009 | No Comments
The pre-election period in Cyprus in view of the European elections, to take place on June 6 on the island,...
Posted by Etan Smallman in CompetitionJun 4th, 2009 | 5 Comments
“We hadn’t even heard of the European Arrest Warrant,” Frank Symeou says despondently....
Posted by Etan Smallman in CompetitionJun 4th, 2009 | 6 Comments
Question Time is the BBC’s flagship political programme, a weekly event where the general public...
Posted by christinamichael in CompetitionJun 4th, 2009 | 2 Comments
There are only 48 hours left until the Greek public cast their vote in the European Parliament elections....
Posted by Ari RUSILA in CompetitionJun 4th, 2009 | 5 Comments
In March, Mrs. Clinton – FM/USA - commented in Brussels that the Obama administration was “determined...
Posted by Stergios MAVRIKIS in CompetitionJun 4th, 2009 | 7 Comments
I just voted in UK. Remarks / differences with the Greek electoral procedures:
1) They didn’t ask...
Posted by martagutierrezbenet in CompetitionJun 4th, 2009 | 1 Comment
The campaign for the elections has taken part during the last months. We all know that, it is not just...
Posted by Stephen SPILLANE in CompetitionJun 4th, 2009 | 8 Comments
So Predict09 have their final prediction up. They have the European Groupings as follows:
EPP: 262 seats
PES:...
Posted by Etan Smallman in CompetitionJun 4th, 2009 | 4 Comments
From the off, apologies for the apparent UKIP obsession. It’s just that apart from Labour in freefall...
Posted by Stephen SPILLANE in CompetitionJun 4th, 2009 | No Comments
The last few weeks have been really hectic with the run up to the Elections here in Ireland tomorrow....
Posted by Elmine WIJNIA in CompetitionJun 4th, 2009 | 4 Comments
Photo by mooste: I voted with a pencil for the first time in my life!
I voted!
Therefore I’m done....
Posted by frankschnittger in CompetitionJun 4th, 2009 | 13 Comments
Euro-sceptics love to point to declining voter turnouts in European Elections as evidence of the undemocratic...
Posted by Radovana JÁGRIKOVÁ in CompetitionJun 4th, 2009 | 1 Comment
How it all started
I was sitting on a train, my eyes wandering around, when a sight of an aisle poster...
Posted by frankschnittger in CompetitionJun 4th, 2009 | 9 Comments
Gerry Adams MP MLA and Bairbre De Bruin MEP Sinn Fein
I am not a native nor an expert on Northern Ireland...
Posted by Eamonn Fitzgerald in CompetitionJun 4th, 2009 | 2 Comments
Back in 1979, the year Iran became an Islamic Republic by a 98 percent vote; there was a 63 percent turnout...
Posted by Etan Smallman in CompetitionJun 4th, 2009 | 3 Comments
Polling stations have only been open for a couple of hours and UKIP are already crying foul.
Following...
Posted by Anita KALMANE in CompetitionJun 4th, 2009 | No Comments
European Parliament has distributed a press release, saying that it’s possible to follow the EP...
Posted by Mats SIFFELS in CompetitionJun 4th, 2009 | No Comments
Campaigning season in the Netherlands is almost over; tomorrow, according to the polls between 40% and...
Posted by Gabriele Discepoli in CompetitionJun 3rd, 2009 | 2 Comments
Listen to the report: Gabriele Discepoli followed the UK Conservative party, the Labour party and the...
Posted by Gabriele Discepoli in CompetitionJun 3rd, 2009 | No Comments
Listen to the report by Gabriele Discepoli.
With interviews to Gerard Batten (UKIP MEP) and Shahrar...
Posted by Radovana JÁGRIKOVÁ in CompetitionJun 3rd, 2009 | No Comments
After all the efforts and all the media coverage (short in duration yet surprisingly thorough in my opinion),...
Posted by AncaGurzu in CompetitionJun 3rd, 2009 | 1 Comment
In October of last year, under the French presidency, EU heads of state endorsed the European Pact on...
Posted by Stergios MAVRIKIS in CompetitionJun 3rd, 2009 | No Comments
Welcome to the 6th JMECE Lab Newsletter : Euroelections “Vote or let someone else decide for you”.
The...
Posted by KerriBreen in CompetitionJun 3rd, 2009 | 1 Comment
The union is bloated and stale. It’s bureaucratic beyond comprehension. The press, let alone...
Posted by JoeLitobarski in CompetitionJun 3rd, 2009 | 6 Comments
When I’m not saying stupid things publicly in blogs about the European Union, I am a postgraduate...
Posted by Hristo HRISTOV in CompetitionJun 3rd, 2009 | 3 Comments
Nikola Rachev was born on Sept. 19, 1983 in Sofia, Bulgaria. He studies medicine at the Medical university...
Posted by Stergios MAVRIKIS in CompetitionJun 3rd, 2009 | No Comments
Terry meets Dr. Richard Corbett, MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber…
All the materials are part of...
Posted by tanjakovacic in CompetitionJun 3rd, 2009 | 3 Comments
One of my first blogs was related to my visit of one of the regional primary schools, and in the end...
Posted by Joeri OUDSHOORN in CompetitionJun 3rd, 2009 | No Comments
Finally, in the last days before the elections, some conclusions can be made, and our candidates did...
Posted by Etan Smallman in CompetitionJun 3rd, 2009 | 1 Comment
The mask slips in this video of Marlene Guest - fascist, holocaust denier and BNP candidate.
Continuing...
Posted by Eamonn Fitzgerald in CompetitionJun 3rd, 2009 | 1 Comment
In the real world yesterday, Bloomberg was headlining: “Europe Unemployment Rate Rises to Highest...
Posted by Ari RUSILA in CompetitionJun 3rd, 2009 | No Comments
There is one dilemma while voting EU elections in Finland. You draw the number of candidate to election...
Posted by Stergios MAVRIKIS in CompetitionJun 3rd, 2009 | No Comments
With the Th!nker Christina Michael
Conference on the future of EU democracy held in Leeds, UK on Friday,...
Posted by evelinedewinter in CompetitionJun 3rd, 2009 | 5 Comments
When I interviewed N-VA president Bart De Wever for a totally different project I asked him why he chose...
Posted by Etan Smallman in CompetitionJun 2nd, 2009 | 1 Comment
In an article this week, the Independent set out how to “make the EU work for us, not the other...
Posted by Etan Smallman in CompetitionJun 2nd, 2009 | 4 Comments
“They thought their election heralded a revolution - but what have they achieved?”
In the...
Posted by Stergios MAVRIKIS in CompetitionJun 2nd, 2009 | 1 Comment
Hope you like the EU song we produced on the eve of the 2009 elections to the European Parliament in...
Posted by Andrei Tuch in CompetitionJun 2nd, 2009 | 7 Comments
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I got an email the other day from a German university student - apparently he’s preparing...
Posted by JoeLitobarski in CompetitionJun 2nd, 2009 | 5 Comments
I’ve now organised a party to celebrate the EU elections with some friends on June 6th. Is that...
Posted by Mats SIFFELS in CompetitionJun 2nd, 2009 | 5 Comments
Election-time is almost here and most people have probably narrowed their options down to one or two...
Posted by Hristo HRISTOV in CompetitionJun 1st, 2009 | 7 Comments
The campaign for the European elections in Bulgaria has been quite apathetic so far. The campaigning...
Posted by Anita KALMANE in CompetitionJun 1st, 2009 | 9 Comments
Only in the last few days I have started to notice some promotional activities going on here in the Netherlands....
Posted by Ari RUSILA in CompetitionJun 1st, 2009 | 1 Comment
A common utterance “money talks” is sometimes used also related to elections. One could suppose that...
Posted by Jiří Suchomel in CompetitionJun 1st, 2009 | 1 Comment
…according to the Party of European Socialists.
Posted by Karolis Vysniauskas in CompetitionMay 31st, 2009 | No Comments
Even though this year our country is celebrating the Millenium of the Name of Lithuania, we still are...
Posted by Agnija Kazuša in CompetitionMay 31st, 2009 | 2 Comments
In my previous post I was interviewing young Latvian EP candidates and asking their motivations for candidating....
Posted by Jiří Suchomel in CompetitionMay 31st, 2009 | No Comments
Next week is the week of decision. I’m still not sure who to choose…
Posted by Thomas ESTRUP in CompetitionMay 31st, 2009 | 3 Comments
As EU legislation affects peoples lives in Denmark and other EU countries more and more, the Danish media...
Posted by ivankutil in CompetitionMay 31st, 2009 | 1 Comment
In Czech republic the European elections will be 5.-6. June. For me it’s Day D (probably ...
Posted by Stergios MAVRIKIS in CompetitionMay 31st, 2009 | 2 Comments
How to sell the idea of the European Union and the Euro elections?
Propaganda, PR, Communications Policy….you...
Posted by Radovana JÁGRIKOVÁ in CompetitionMay 31st, 2009 | No Comments
Slovaks who enjoy travelling and getting to places not accessible to anyone are surely very grateful...
Posted by Etan Smallman in CompetitionMay 30th, 2009 | 4 Comments
If one can say anything about the European elections as far as Britain is concerned, it is that, like...
Posted by frankschnittger in CompetitionMay 30th, 2009 | 22 Comments
A lot of us, including especially the staff of the EJC, have put a lot of work into building a community...
Posted by martagutierrezbenet in CompetitionMay 30th, 2009 | 6 Comments
Nine months ago, during the third week of september, I landed in Vienna to take part on a conference...
Posted by Matej HRUSKA in CompetitionMay 30th, 2009 | No Comments
Few days till elections, I have come across one strange story behind parliamentary politics. The basic...
Posted by Ari RUSILA in CompetitionMay 30th, 2009 | 4 Comments
The new report made by Minority Rights Group International (MRG) gives a bare picture about worsening...
Posted by frankschnittger in CompetitionMay 30th, 2009 | 5 Comments
The Irish Times has just produced a new poll directly comparable to the one I analysed two weeks ago...
Posted by madsfrederiksen in CompetitionMay 29th, 2009 | 2 Comments
The English comedian/author/tv host/commentator Stephen Fry launched the webpage www.votematch.co.uk...
Posted by franziskabroich in CompetitionMay 29th, 2009 | 2 Comments
Only 9 days to go until polling places close in Germany. However, the media does not contribute to push...
Posted by JoeLitobarski in CompetitionMay 29th, 2009 | 1 Comment
One week is not a lot of time to organise a group effort. Ideally, it takes time to plan and arrange...
Posted by Nikola RICHTER in CompetitionMay 29th, 2009 | 10 Comments
Lazy, old, male candidates, far away in Brussels - these are familiar sounds when talking about the European...
Posted by George Iulian JIGLAU in CompetitionMay 28th, 2009 | 7 Comments
Here’s a question that troubles the minds of Romanians (at least of those that know what the EU...
Posted by AncaGurzu in CompetitionMay 28th, 2009 | 5 Comments
After having visited the European Commission and the Council, yesterday we passed through the doors...
Posted by JoeLitobarski in CompetitionMay 28th, 2009 | 9 Comments
And just like that, the elections are upon us. One week from now, people in the UK and Holland will finally...
Posted by KerriBreen in CompetitionMay 28th, 2009 | No Comments
The Facebook page for fans of “ not being on fire” has almost a million members. This is not because...
Posted by PalomaFriedman in CompetitionMay 27th, 2009 | 1 Comment
«To each epoch, its art. To art, its freedom.» Victor Horta
The loudest sound in Brussels is not...
Posted by Boyan Yurukov in CompetitionMay 27th, 2009 | 2 Comments
Blogging about the EU seems to be like being the only one with a costume on a costume party - everyone...
Posted by Francesco FEDERICO in CompetitionMay 27th, 2009 | 1 Comment
Free and open source software advocates are attempting to use next week’s European elections to...
Posted by katrinajanebishop in CompetitionMay 27th, 2009 | 2 Comments
The second in my series on the UK’s party election broadcasts in anticipation of the European election....
Posted by Stephen SPILLANE in CompetitionMay 27th, 2009 | 7 Comments
So with just a week and a bit to election day here in Ireland, the elections have taken on a new importance...
Posted by Ari RUSILA in CompetitionMay 27th, 2009 | 7 Comments
Today I voted in advance for European Parliament elections as during election Day I will enjoy my life...
Posted by Stephen SPILLANE in CompetitionMay 27th, 2009 | 2 Comments
I’ve been looking at Predict09′s latest predictions and from looking at the headline figures from...
Posted by Elmine WIJNIA in CompetitionMay 27th, 2009 | 5 Comments
I created this video, because I’m disappointed with the content of the Dutch European campaigns....
Posted by AncaGurzu in CompetitionMay 26th, 2009 | 4 Comments
After the few remaining passengers got off the local bus, the driver shut off his engine. The...
Posted by Etan Smallman in CompetitionMay 26th, 2009 | 3 Comments
Fits in nicely with our light bulb theme...
... and led them to claim the credit
Whenever I have any...
Posted by PalomaFriedman in CompetitionMay 26th, 2009 | 2 Comments
After a whirlwind day of criss-crossing the city, meeting loads of high-ranking officials, and consuming...
Posted by AncaGurzu in CompetitionMay 26th, 2009 | 5 Comments
I had forgotten how narrow streets are in Europe. The taxi driver skillfully made his way between...
Posted by PalomaFriedman in CompetitionMay 26th, 2009 | 2 Comments
For most Canadians, the European Union is just that thing, over there, that does stuff relating to Europe....
Posted by Ari RUSILA in CompetitionMay 25th, 2009 | 1 Comment
While European Parliament elections soon are coming I was curious to see how EU propaganda machinery...
Posted by simonvanwoerden in CompetitionMay 25th, 2009 | 4 Comments
Normally, it would be against my blogging instinct to refrain from using images, audio or video. But...
Posted by simonvanwoerden in CompetitionMay 25th, 2009 | 2 Comments
A week or so ago, Eline van den Broek (sorry, just Dutch), the number one candidate for Libertas Netherlands,...
Posted by evelinedewinter in CompetitionMay 25th, 2009 | No Comments
Photo received from the Cabinet of Van Brempt
“People at number one” is the slogan of sp.a, the Flemish...
Posted by KerriBreen in CompetitionMay 25th, 2009 | No Comments
This was the scene just outside the Council of the European Union in Brussels today, as dairy farmers...
Posted by Radovana JÁGRIKOVÁ in CompetitionMay 25th, 2009 | 4 Comments
Today’s the day. The day I received my first promotional plastic bag from a political party standing...
Posted by Athena ARSALIDOU in CompetitionMay 25th, 2009 | 2 Comments
Three surveys during last weekend show similar trends regarding the outcome of the EP elections in Cyprus,...
Posted by tanjakovacic in CompetitionMay 25th, 2009 | 1 Comment
Mojca Kleva belongs to young generation of the candidates for MEP and already has a rich political career....
Posted by Nelly Gocheva in CompetitionMay 24th, 2009 | 3 Comments
Europe’s present trade policy is facing the challenges of a wider approach to economic reform, as in...
Posted by Aleksandar KRASTEV in CompetitionMay 24th, 2009 | 1 Comment
A couple of days ago the Bulgarian ComDos (which is actually a short name of the Committee for disclosure...
Posted by tanjakovacic in CompetitionMay 24th, 2009 | No Comments
Catchy slogans present another aspect of political campaigning with which political parties address their...
Posted by katrinajanebishop in CompetitionMay 23rd, 2009 | 6 Comments
For most people, May is the month of bank holidays and occasional bouts of sunshine. For those unfortunate...
Posted by franziskabroich in CompetitionMay 23rd, 2009 | 1 Comment
After the introduction of the elections for the European Parliament in 1979 the turnout at European Elections...
Posted by tanjakovacic in CompetitionMay 22nd, 2009 | 6 Comments
With these words presented himself the candidate of the Youth Party of Slovenia, Idris Fadul in the Slovenian...
Posted by Ari RUSILA in CompetitionMay 22nd, 2009 | 5 Comments
Latest developments during last weeks related the EU’s policy of diversifying Europes’s energy supplies...
Posted by Helena in CompetitionMay 21st, 2009 | 3 Comments
This morning - hurray - I finally got some party campaign leaflets through my door!!! I laughed quietly...
Posted by frankschnittger in CompetitionMay 21st, 2009 | 15 Comments
So what has child abuse got to do with the Euro-elections? Well it’s going to become a major...
Posted by Etan Smallman in CompetitionMay 21st, 2009 | 4 Comments
Sorry, I know I’ve been blogging a lot about the BNP, but this is a corker. The BNP has been distributing...
Posted by Etan Smallman in CompetitionMay 21st, 2009 | 5 Comments
All of Westminster’s dirty secrets are continuing to flood out. The penny has most certainly droppped...
Posted by muusakostilainen in CompetitionMay 20th, 2009 | 7 Comments
It has been interesting to follow what is happening in Finland before the elections. The media seems...
Posted by franziskabroich in CompetitionMay 20th, 2009 | 3 Comments
We are far away from an internet campaign for the European Elections like the Obama initiated for the...
Posted by Boyan Yurukov in CompetitionMay 20th, 2009 | 6 Comments
In the last few weeks we can see something amazing going on in the Bulgarian web - all parties, big and...
Posted by frankschnittger in CompetitionMay 20th, 2009 | 12 Comments
http://www.vimeo.com/4742916
I had a 50 minute on camera conversation with Dick Roche, the Irish minister...
Posted by davidchristopher in CompetitionMay 20th, 2009 | 9 Comments
British broadsheets consider Europe to be of such importance that leader articles on the subject are...
Posted by George Iulian JIGLAU in CompetitionMay 18th, 2009 | 11 Comments
We’re now over 10 days into the elections for the European campaign and I’m sorry to say...
Posted by Margot Wallström in CompetitionMay 18th, 2009 | 29 Comments
Thanks for asking me to be a guest. I find the discussions here interesting and the project itself...
Posted by Mats SIFFELS in CompetitionMay 18th, 2009 | No Comments
In his latest blog Hristo notes the fact that in Bulgaria some political heavyweights have entered the...
Posted by Marta CERAVA in CompetitionMay 17th, 2009 | 2 Comments
I just got introduced with all the parties programs which are registered for upcoming EP elections in...
Posted by Etan Smallman in CompetitionMay 17th, 2009 | 2 Comments
Photo: Eurovision.tv
Fraser Nelson on the Spectator’s Coffee House blog offers an interesting thought....
Posted by Toni STRAKA in CompetitionMay 17th, 2009 | 8 Comments
As I read more and more about EU politics thanks to this blogging initiative, which provides me with...
Posted by Hristo HRISTOV in CompetitionMay 17th, 2009 | 2 Comments
The deadline for registering party lists for the European elections in Bulgaria passed this Friday (May...
Posted by franziskabroich in CompetitionMay 16th, 2009 | 1 Comment
How to reach young voters? The answer is: Visiting a European University!
Two MEPs Ria Oomen-Ruijten...
Posted by frankschnittger in CompetitionMay 16th, 2009 | 20 Comments
As readers of my series on the US elections will hopefully recall, I try to do my political analysis...
Posted by Toni STRAKA in CompetitionMay 15th, 2009 | No Comments
Monitoring financial and political news has become a very depressing task recently.
While the USA enjoyed...
Posted by Toni STRAKA in CompetitionMay 15th, 2009 | No Comments
The Austrian Trade Union Congress (ÖGB) rediscovers class warfare in its new EU election video. Click...
Posted by Etan Smallman in CompetitionMay 15th, 2009 | 2 Comments
… And if anyone needed any proof of how the already marginalised European elections are being...
Posted by Etan Smallman in CompetitionMay 15th, 2009 | 2 Comments
As far as I’m concerned, it’s pretty difficult to underestimate how awful it would be for...
Posted by Ari RUSILA in CompetitionMay 15th, 2009 | 1 Comment
Despite the efforts to save energy a strong scenario for near future is that the quantity of gas needed...
Posted by Radovana JÁGRIKOVÁ in CompetitionMay 15th, 2009 | No Comments
No, this is not a beginning of a silly joke (if I wanted to say a silly joke, I would choose the one...
Posted by franziskabroich in CompetitionMay 14th, 2009 | 1 Comment
Ska Keller is 27 years old and goes for the Greens in the European Parliaments.
Why do you candidate...
Posted by Etan Smallman in CompetitionMay 14th, 2009 | 2 Comments
Photo: flickr
It’s been the biggest story in the UK for a week now, but what are they making of...
Posted by jacqueszammit in CompetitionMay 14th, 2009 | 3 Comments
Bhadaru (127) walked 4km to vote in Himachal Pradesh
As the expat community in Luxembourg (and not only)...
Posted by frankschnittger in CompetitionMay 13th, 2009 | 12 Comments
Dick Roche is the Minister for European Affairs and a member of Fianna Fail, the main Governing party...
Posted by Andrei Tuch in CompetitionMay 13th, 2009 | 1 Comment
If you’re out on the streets these days, campaigning for the EU elections, or just convincing your...
Posted by Hristo HRISTOV in CompetitionMay 13th, 2009 | 10 Comments
Coalition “Libertas-free citizens” have been denied registration for the European Parliament...
Posted by Etan Smallman in CompetitionMay 12th, 2009 | 6 Comments
Photo: Flickr
The parliamentary expenses scandal in Britain has shaken our parliament to its foundations.
The...
Posted by Etan Smallman in CompetitionMay 12th, 2009 | No Comments
Photo: Conservative Home
I mentioned the expenses saga in my last post. It looked pretty awful for Labour...
Posted by Anita KALMANE in CompetitionMay 12th, 2009 | 5 Comments
I’m not sure if somebody has already posted the information about the official videos of the European Parliament...
Posted by George Iulian JIGLAU in CompetitionMay 12th, 2009 | No Comments
The beginning of this week brought the launching of VoteWatch, a new website aimed at reflecting accurately...
Posted by Andrei Tuch in CompetitionMay 12th, 2009 | 6 Comments
I’ve been th!nking about the democratic deficit that we’ve all talked about so much. Sure,...
Posted by Mats SIFFELS in CompetitionMay 12th, 2009 | No Comments
A while ago I have already blogged about the sudden wave of interest of the Dutch media in the elections....
Posted by Mats SIFFELS in CompetitionMay 11th, 2009 | 3 Comments
Etan already wrote about the, well, interesting viral videos that were spread to encourage people to...
Posted by franziskabroich in CompetitionMay 11th, 2009 | 4 Comments
It’s the final countdown. Only 26 days until we have to vote, but except some election posters and...
Posted by Stephen SPILLANE in CompetitionMay 11th, 2009 | 10 Comments
This was originally posted on stephenspillane.com
I blogged recently about Predict 09’s Irish Predictions,...
Posted by Toni STRAKA in CompetitionMay 11th, 2009 | 7 Comments
Do you have the same problem in deciding who you will cast your vote for in the EU parliamentary elections?...
Posted by Stephen SPILLANE in CompetitionMay 11th, 2009 | 2 Comments
Image via Wikipedia
Ethan’s post about the fact that the European Election could be another...
Posted by Eamonn Fitzgerald in CompetitionMay 11th, 2009 | 1 Comment
Question: “Can you name the document that replaced the E111 health form in 2006?” Answer:...
Posted by evelinedewinter in CompetitionMay 10th, 2009 | 2 Comments
‘Euro realism’ is the slogan of LDD or Lijst Dedecker, a right liberal Flemish party. It’s a relatively...
Posted by Boyan Yurukov in CompetitionMay 10th, 2009 | No Comments
The right wing parties in Bulgaria are far from being united. I talked about four of them in an earlier...
Posted by franziskabroich in CompetitionMay 10th, 2009 | No Comments
Evelyne Gebhardt goes for the social democratic party in the European Elections. What she experienced...
Posted by Etan Smallman in CompetitionMay 10th, 2009 | 3 Comments
Bye bye Brown?
I think it’s fair to say that if nothing else, my fellow British bloggers and I...
Posted by Athena ARSALIDOU in CompetitionMay 10th, 2009 | 2 Comments
Cyprus celebrated on Saturday Europe Day, the Unity of Europe,
but its capital, Nicosia, is the last...
Posted by Ari RUSILA in CompetitionMay 10th, 2009 | 2 Comments
Due the election year Europe Day’s main event in Helsinki, Finland, got quite high level speakers....
Posted by evelinedewinter in CompetitionMay 9th, 2009 | 1 Comment
‘Europe let the people decide’ is the European slogan of the right winged Flemish party Vlaams Belang....
Posted by evelinedewinter in CompetitionMay 9th, 2009 | No Comments
‘Because it’s time to change Europe’ that is the European slogan of the PS. The Parti Socialiste...
Posted by frankschnittger in CompetitionMay 9th, 2009 | 7 Comments
I got my first canvassing phone call for the European Elections today and spoke to the canvasser, who...
Posted by franziskabroich in CompetitionMay 9th, 2009 | No Comments
Susi Maurer from Karlsruhe is twenty years old and studies political science. She will take part in the...
Posted by Hristo HRISTOV in CompetitionMay 8th, 2009 | 3 Comments
“Exitus acta probat” - Roman proverb
Ancient Rome and present-day Bulgarian politics have...
Posted by Etan Smallman in CompetitionMay 8th, 2009 | 4 Comments
Illustration by Peter Schrank, from economist.com
In an article published yesterday, the Economist gives...
Posted by JulienFrisch in CompetitionMay 8th, 2009 | 7 Comments
I usually don’t write about Europe-related things that make it on
the first pages of newspapers...
Posted by George Iulian JIGLAU in CompetitionMay 8th, 2009 | 3 Comments
The electoral campaign for the European elections taking place on June 7th in Romania has officially...
Posted by Joeri OUDSHOORN in CompetitionMay 8th, 2009 | 4 Comments
The EuropocketTV organised conference in Pablo de Vallbona (Valencia) opened this morning with a critical...
Posted by Etan Smallman in CompetitionMay 7th, 2009 | 4 Comments
I think we all accept that however important one deems the European elections to be, they’re still...
Posted by Veerle VRINDTS in CompetitionMay 7th, 2009 | No Comments
I didn’t even get close to them. They ran away as soon as I took my voicerecorder and paper with...
Posted by George Iulian JIGLAU in CompetitionMay 6th, 2009 | No Comments
Just a quick note to let you know that there is a new website aimed at helping voters position themselves...
Posted by JulienFrisch in CompetitionMay 6th, 2009 | 8 Comments
One might be as europhile as I am (and just a little remark: I still
would not call myself “EUrophile”...
Posted by Etan Smallman in CompetitionMay 6th, 2009 | 1 Comment
Is there anybody out there? Apparently, yes.
I wrote a post this morning on research that shows that...
Posted by Athena ARSALIDOU in CompetitionMay 6th, 2009 | 9 Comments
Landmark court ruling means Britons could be forced to abolish homes in Cyprus
Thousands of property...
Posted by Ari RUSILA in CompetitionMay 6th, 2009 | 3 Comments
Lunatic risk assessment can seriously damage your health (and economy, and freedom).
Swine flu...
Posted by Etan Smallman in CompetitionMay 6th, 2009 | 9 Comments
The above graph is from Ipsos MORI. We’re just a matter of weeks away from polling day, and the...
Posted by Radovana JÁGRIKOVÁ in CompetitionMay 5th, 2009 | 5 Comments
3D: Dynamic, diverse, and dramatic. Or rather dull, dying, and dreadful?
No, I’m not going to talk...
Posted by jacqueszammit in CompetitionMay 5th, 2009 | No Comments
It started with a plagiarised electoral slogan but now the plagiarism trend is assuming monumental proportions...
Posted by JulienFrisch in CompetitionMay 5th, 2009 | 23 Comments
I chose to write a rather heavy post the first day of my guest blogging, as food for thought and discussions...
Posted by jacqueszammit in CompetitionMay 5th, 2009 | 1 Comment
Fausto calls any reasoning that renders his championing of the Nationalists uncomfortable “convoluted”...
Posted by evelinedewinter in CompetitionMay 4th, 2009 | No Comments
I started my series of interviews with Bart Staes of Groen!, the Flemish green party. Now, it’s time...
Posted by katrinajanebishop in CompetitionMay 4th, 2009 | 1 Comment
Thought it only appropriate to share this great bit of British advertising. If this doesn’t get...
Posted by JulienFrisch in CompetitionMay 4th, 2009 | 14 Comments
Hey, European bloggers and European readers!
I’ve been asked by the organisers to guest blog on...
Posted by Anita KALMANE in CompetitionMay 4th, 2009 | No Comments
Last Tuesday Latvian news portal Apollo launched a new competition, called “Promises of the Catchfools”....
Posted by Athena ARSALIDOU in CompetitionMay 4th, 2009 | 10 Comments
Until today Cypriot voters were presented with 41 candidates for the 6 positions for MEPs from Cyprus.
The...
Posted by Etan Smallman in CompetitionMay 4th, 2009 | 14 Comments
Just 22 per cent of Britons intend to vote in the upcoming European Parliamentary elections. Thirty...
Posted by jacqueszammit in CompetitionMay 4th, 2009 | No Comments
The Dwarf Elephant at Ghar Dalam Museum, Malta
The best time for a round-up on the goings on in an electoral...
Posted by Boyan Yurukov in CompetitionMay 3rd, 2009 | 7 Comments
In his TED talk, Dan Dennett speaks about the strange inversion of reasoning which allowed for the idea...
Posted by tanjakovacic in CompetitionMay 3rd, 2009 | 3 Comments
I already reported about main candidate lists for the EP and now, as Nikola suggested, is time to see...
Posted by Stergios MAVRIKIS in CompetitionMay 2nd, 2009 | 4 Comments
“Home made” campaign material on the eve of the 2009 elections to the European Parliament: feel free...
Posted by evelinedewinter in CompetitionMay 2nd, 2009 | 2 Comments
“Dare to chance to an ambitious Europe, now more than ever.” that is the European slogan...
Posted by keithdemicoli in CompetitionMay 2nd, 2009 | 5 Comments
The 2004 European elections were marked by a particularly low turnout. Reasons for abstention may differ...
Posted by franziskabroich in CompetitionMay 2nd, 2009 | 1 Comment
A second opinion why the European Elections are important.
Luisa is studying in Bremen arts and culture....
Posted by Anita KALMANE in CompetitionMay 1st, 2009 | 1 Comment
Giulietto Chiesa
Ok, as I was writing in my previous post, I wanted to investigate why current Italian...
Posted by Eamonn Fitzgerald in CompetitionMay 1st, 2009 | 10 Comments
Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Walesa will address over 1,000 delegates from across Europe at the Libertas...
Posted by Ari RUSILA in CompetitionMay 1st, 2009 | 3 Comments
I was just watching a film“UN death camps in Kosovo April 2009” about protest which was hold by...
Posted by Etan Smallman in CompetitionMay 1st, 2009 | 2 Comments
I feel like Carrie Bradshaw from Sex and the City. Except I’m not tapping away at a shiny Mac (it’s...
Posted by Thomas ESTRUP in CompetitionApr 30th, 2009 | 4 Comments
Only 16 pct. of the Danes are aware that there is an EU election this year according to a recent Eurobarometer...
Posted by Joeri OUDSHOORN in CompetitionApr 30th, 2009 | 2 Comments
The power of the European parliament is limited. The more influence the EU gets, the more important it...
Posted by Radovana JÁGRIKOVÁ in CompetitionApr 30th, 2009 | 1 Comment
The elections to European Parliament are approaching, and some steps have already been made in order...
Posted by frankschnittger in CompetitionApr 30th, 2009 | 6 Comments
Today a Government think tank has issued a report forecasting that Irish GDP will decline by 9% in 2009...
Posted by George Iulian JIGLAU in CompetitionApr 30th, 2009 | 3 Comments
Due to several time constraints, I was unable to write several posts regarding my ideas about the implementation...
Posted by Karolis Vysniauskas in CompetitionApr 30th, 2009 | No Comments
‘There’s a first time for everything’, - wrote Allen Hamilton 200 hundred years ago....
Posted by Nikola RICHTER in CompetitionApr 30th, 2009 | 7 Comments
A few weeks ago strange posters appeared in the streets of Berlin: a grinning shark – and next to it...
Posted by keithdemicoli in CompetitionApr 30th, 2009 | No Comments
In Spain the unemployment has reached 17%. In Germany the economy will shrink by some 6% in 2009 while...
Posted by Kim Elmose in CompetitionApr 30th, 2009 | 1 Comment
There’s not much discussion about the coming European Parliament-election in Denmark, right now....
Posted by christinamichael in CompetitionApr 30th, 2009 | 16 Comments
For anyone interested in the voting procedure for the European elections when you live abroad, read...
Posted by Jiří Suchomel in CompetitionApr 30th, 2009 | No Comments
Czech Republic has 24 members of the European Parliament. I can name only a few of them. They almost...
Posted by ivankutil in CompetitionApr 30th, 2009 | 2 Comments
Disclaimer: Everything below is only my personal point of view thanks to blogging platform
In my opinion,...
Posted by franziskabroich in CompetitionApr 30th, 2009 | No Comments
In the following weeks, I will introduce young, old, eurosceptic and enthusiastic Europeans and state...
Posted by Agnija Kazuša in CompetitionApr 30th, 2009 | 6 Comments
Inspired by Anitas Kalmane’s post about Latvian candidates (thank you, Anita) I came up with an idea...
Posted by Aleksandar KRASTEV in CompetitionApr 30th, 2009 | No Comments
A few days ago the representatives of one of the governing Bulgarian parties NDSV announced the choice...
Posted by Stergios MAVRIKIS in CompetitionApr 29th, 2009 | 3 Comments
“Eleftherotypia” the second best-selling quality newspaper in Greece dedicated a page on the Thinkaboutit.eu...
Posted by evelinedewinter in CompetitionApr 29th, 2009 | 3 Comments
I chose for my last series of posts a format where I hope to be able to draw some conclusions out for...
Posted by Athena ARSALIDOU in CompetitionApr 29th, 2009 | 5 Comments
Cypriots most educated in EU?
According to EUROSTAT
47% of Cypriots aged 25-34 are university graduates...
Posted by jacqueszammit in CompetitionApr 29th, 2009 | 2 Comments
I know, I know: he is a prolific writer and J’accuse tends to prioritise English speaking press...
Posted by jacqueszammit in CompetitionApr 28th, 2009 | No Comments
Crisis? What crisis? (click to enlarge)
(Together … against the current). The PN [1] mean machine...
Posted by frankschnittger in CompetitionApr 28th, 2009 | 8 Comments
Libertas has suffered a triple whammy to its credibility as a force in Irish, never mind European politics,...
Posted by mantasvelykis in CompetitionApr 28th, 2009 | No Comments
Let’s face it, we always talk like people in government are like one big mafia family. Some of them...
Posted by Etan Smallman in CompetitionApr 28th, 2009 | 10 Comments
Turning on Lisbon
Helena and Mads have both blogged about the distinct lack of coverage of the EU so...
Posted by Veerle VRINDTS in CompetitionApr 28th, 2009 | 7 Comments
Finally, my first MEP! Last week I managed to interview Belgian Member of European Parliament Bart Staes...
Posted by Eamonn Fitzgerald in CompetitionApr 27th, 2009 | 4 Comments
One does not expect to be confronted by the European elections while walking towards the Piazza dell’Esquilino...
Posted by Stergios MAVRIKIS in CompetitionApr 27th, 2009 | 7 Comments
Dear friends and colleagues,
Please follow the links bellow to watch the full version of the...
Posted by jacqueszammit in CompetitionApr 27th, 2009 | No Comments
What is it with these candidates these days? You can tell that they are dying for a US Presidential style...
Posted by Helena in CompetitionApr 26th, 2009 | 3 Comments
I thought I’d take a look at how the different parties are launching their campaigns here in the North...
Posted by Anita KALMANE in CompetitionApr 26th, 2009 | No Comments
This month The Central Election Commission of Latvia published the list of the MEP candidates in Latvia....
Posted by katrinajanebishop in CompetitionApr 26th, 2009 | 3 Comments
Nick Griffin vs Sarfraz Manzoor? My money's on Manzoor.
Us British bloggers are at a disadvantage...
Posted by Boyan Yurukov in CompetitionApr 26th, 2009 | 6 Comments
On 18. April, a group of students left Sofia on a one week trip around Europe. During those few days,...
Posted by Ari RUSILA in CompetitionApr 26th, 2009 | No Comments
Two new proposals related to European security and energy cooperation was made last week by Russia. During...
Posted by madsfrederiksen in CompetitionApr 25th, 2009 | 2 Comments
Less than 50 days left to the election and the British media has still not bothered to cover the European...
Posted by Radovana JÁGRIKOVÁ in CompetitionApr 24th, 2009 | 6 Comments
No, this is not a joke. I have really written an ode to European Parliament.
In the beginning, I had...
Posted by Hristo HRISTOV in CompetitionApr 24th, 2009 | 3 Comments
This weekend (24-25 April) Sofia will host an international forum on energy under the slogan “Natural...
Posted by Mats SIFFELS in CompetitionApr 24th, 2009 | 6 Comments
I was going to start this post by saying what a good day today had been for Europe. I was going to say...
Posted by davidchristopher in CompetitionApr 23rd, 2009 | 10 Comments
A lot of money is invested by newspaper owners on the assumption that newspapers influence the opinions...
Posted by GawainTowler in CompetitionApr 23rd, 2009 | 7 Comments
“Nobody votes about the issues”, that was the basic complaint about the recalcitrant voters of those...
Posted by davidchristopher in CompetitionApr 21st, 2009 | No Comments
The Sun claims to have the power to change the outcome of elections
The sceptics have had all of...
Posted by kristystyles in CompetitionApr 21st, 2009 | 2 Comments
I’ve been working very hard trying to get some good stuff together for a post.
Firstly, I went...
Posted by Francesco FEDERICO in CompetitionApr 20th, 2009 | 2 Comments
As the European Elections are approaching, Italy seems not to care so much about it. The media and the...
Posted by GawainTowler in CompetitionApr 20th, 2009 | 18 Comments
Really, I am serious. OK I know that most of you who may turn up here are the sort of people who, by...
Posted by Mats SIFFELS in CompetitionApr 20th, 2009 | No Comments
First off: I have not had the honour to encounter any EP-campaign efforts whatsoever in the Netherlands...
Posted by simonvanwoerden in CompetitionApr 20th, 2009 | 9 Comments
Last Friday the guys from The Pirate Bay were convicted by a Swedish court to a year imprisonment and...
Posted by Ari RUSILA in CompetitionApr 20th, 2009 | 3 Comments
Twitter revolution did not change government in Moldova but created big drama instead including a couple...
Posted by muusakostilainen in CompetitionApr 19th, 2009 | 2 Comments
We can often read news from abroad saying that some dog has been stolen from a petshop or a dog has been...
Posted by Andrei Tuch in CompetitionApr 19th, 2009 | 18 Comments
With less than two months before the big day, the Europarliament vote is starting to get on the news...
Posted by tanjakovacic in CompetitionApr 19th, 2009 | 6 Comments
The lack of transparency in a work of MEP’s makes these elections even more distant and increases a...
Posted by Stephen SPILLANE in CompetitionApr 18th, 2009 | 7 Comments
Colm Burke MEP
Today on my lunch break I attended the launch of a European Campaign. What was different...
Posted by Athena ARSALIDOU in CompetitionApr 18th, 2009 | 16 Comments
Barroso on a Cyprus tragedy
Greek Cypriots captured by Turkish army in the summer of 1974
President...
Posted by Boyan Yurukov in CompetitionApr 17th, 2009 | 9 Comments
As parties are worming up for their election campaigns and newspapers are preparing their witty artwork...
Posted by Etan Smallman in CompetitionApr 17th, 2009 | 5 Comments
I’ve been meaning to euroblog (can I turn that into a word?) for a few days now, but was only jolted...
Posted by Stephen SPILLANE in CompetitionApr 16th, 2009 | 11 Comments
Over the last number of days I seem to be having discussions about the European Union a lot on twitter....
Posted by Mats SIFFELS in CompetitionApr 16th, 2009 | No Comments
After students and political activists, now the MEPs have discovered Facebook too. A group of politicians...
Posted by Stephen SPILLANE in CompetitionApr 16th, 2009 | 12 Comments
Image via Wikipedia
Something that seems to have escaped mention on this blog is the change that...
Posted by Ari RUSILA in CompetitionApr 16th, 2009 | 2 Comments
16th April is the Blog Reader Appreciation Day organized by Bloggers Unite***. Bloggers depend on loyal...
Posted by martagutierrezbenet in CompetitionApr 15th, 2009 | 2 Comments
From today on till the elections I will try to post some videos asking different young people about the...
Posted by Athena ARSALIDOU in CompetitionApr 15th, 2009 | 6 Comments
Only 34% of EU citizens will surely vote
1. I wonder, is this representative?
2. Is this democracy?
3....
Posted by Ari RUSILA in CompetitionApr 14th, 2009 | 1 Comment
Demonstrations against President Mikhail Saakashvili continued fifth day on April 13th in Georgia. Consolidated...
Posted by Eamonn Fitzgerald in CompetitionApr 14th, 2009 | 3 Comments
The Italian Socialist MEP Giulietto Chiesa told his supporters at the end of March that he would not...
Posted by Boyan Yurukov in CompetitionApr 13th, 2009 | 17 Comments
At this very moment a heated discussion is being led in the Bulgarian Parliament on changes of the election...
Posted by Etan Smallman in CompetitionApr 13th, 2009 | 3 Comments
I’ve just been browsing a few political party websites and came across one of the most humorously...
Posted by Athena ARSALIDOU in CompetitionApr 11th, 2009 | No Comments
Here are some interesting facts regarding the EP elections in Cyprus:
1. Elections will take place...
Posted by tanjakovacic in CompetitionApr 10th, 2009 | 4 Comments
During these days I was strolling around Trieste and came across posters with direct agitation of Democratic...
Posted by Stephen SPILLANE in CompetitionApr 10th, 2009 | 5 Comments
Image by looking4poetry via Flickr
On Monday after the Fine Gael Ard Fheis, UCC Young Fine Gael...
Posted by Ari RUSILA in CompetitionApr 10th, 2009 | 3 Comments
After Orange (Ukraine), Rose (Georgia) and Tulip (Kyrgyzstan) revolutions the first try of next generation...
Posted by Stephen SPILLANE in CompetitionApr 10th, 2009 | 6 Comments
I came across this site while checking out my new followers on twitter. The website is Predict 09.
Predict09.eu...
Posted by Mats SIFFELS in CompetitionApr 10th, 2009 | 2 Comments
MTV has gotten involved in the election campaign. Through television advertisement and an interactive...
Posted by George Iulian JIGLAU in CompetitionApr 9th, 2009 | 11 Comments
Ok, it’s time we put our virtual th!nk tank at work. But first, I want to thank Asa Gunven, Laurent...
Posted by Mats SIFFELS in CompetitionApr 9th, 2009 | No Comments
Thanks to the cooperation between the EJC and AEGEE I am currently in Budapest covering the YVote on...
Posted by franziskabroich in CompetitionApr 9th, 2009 | 3 Comments
Jan Philipp is 26 years old and finishes his postgraduate IT Master in Oslo and Hannover at the moment....
Posted by Hristo HRISTOV in CompetitionApr 9th, 2009 | 5 Comments
The Bulgarian elections for European Parliament will be held on 7th June - now the date is officially...
Posted by Matej HRUSKA in CompetitionApr 9th, 2009 | No Comments
Czech government in demission has tough times ahead, ruling the European Council few more days, negotiating...
Posted by clairebarthelemy in CompetitionApr 8th, 2009 | 1 Comment
The Guardian revealed that Ian Tomlinson had been attacked by the police at least once before he died...
Posted by evelinedewinter in CompetitionApr 8th, 2009 | 4 Comments
In my search for a new topic to write about I came across an interesting project. Predict09.eu is an...
Posted by Andrei Tuch in CompetitionApr 8th, 2009 | 12 Comments
Early this week, a mob of young Moldovans crushed police barricades to wreak havoc in government buildings....
Posted by Ari RUSILA in CompetitionApr 8th, 2009 | 13 Comments
Last week-end Moldova had parliamentary elections. The ruling Party of Communists won so no big change...
Posted by tanjakovacic in CompetitionApr 7th, 2009 | 4 Comments
Youth Party of Slovenia (SMS), a member of the European Greens, decided to look for their MEP candidates...
Posted by Matej HRUSKA in CompetitionApr 7th, 2009 | No Comments
It’s kind of tradition in electoral campaigns (not only) in Slovakia to rely upon names instead...
Posted by tanjakovacic in CompetitionApr 7th, 2009 | 18 Comments
Approximately two months before the EP elections some new names among the candidates for EP election...
Posted by martagutierrezbenet in CompetitionApr 7th, 2009 | No Comments
When I came today to the spanish version of the Parliament website, I found an interesting article about...
Posted by Elmine WIJNIA in CompetitionApr 7th, 2009 | 19 Comments
(hopefully)
My goal was to do a series of video-interviews with the people I visited while I was in London...
Posted by Marta CERAVA in CompetitionApr 6th, 2009 | 4 Comments
At last or for a change there is a reason why to congratulate Latvia for having done something important,...
Posted by Ari RUSILA in CompetitionApr 6th, 2009 | No Comments
While world is glowing with enthusiasm after G-20 efforts to restore world economy with an US$ 1.1 trillion...
Posted by Nelly Gocheva in CompetitionApr 6th, 2009 | No Comments
After the G20 summit in London and the NATO summit in France and Germany, Barack Obama attended the...
Posted by katrinajanebishop in CompetitionApr 4th, 2009 | 2 Comments
A good advert by a bad party
So there I was, trawling through the job listings on w4mp when I came across...
Posted by Boyan Yurukov in CompetitionApr 4th, 2009 | 19 Comments
As I shared in my last post, in Bulgaria we make little difference between the EU elections and those...
Posted by Ari RUSILA in CompetitionApr 3rd, 2009 | No Comments
Has women’s rights in Afghanistan anything to do with Elections of European Parliament? Question came...
Posted by George Iulian JIGLAU in CompetitionApr 3rd, 2009 | 14 Comments
The reason we are all part of Th!nk About It! is the EJC’s desire to draw attention on the importance...
Posted by Stephen SPILLANE in CompetitionApr 1st, 2009 | 3 Comments
So this is my secong time covering an election. The last one being the Irish General Election back in...
Posted by Ari RUSILA in CompetitionApr 1st, 2009 | 3 Comments
I almost got stroke while reading yesterday a headline “Worse than the Taliban – new law rolls...
Posted by frankschnittger in CompetitionApr 1st, 2009 | 17 Comments
In a shock development it has emerged in the last hour that the European Parliament Elections scheduled...
Posted by Mats SIFFELS in CompetitionMar 31st, 2009 | 2 Comments
Marketing-research company Synovate has published a report on the involvement of Dutch citizens in the...
Posted by Thomas ESTRUP in CompetitionMar 31st, 2009 | 1 Comment
As of March 31 2009, 1251 bodies have signed up for the voluntary register launched by the European Commission...
Posted by Fredrik OLSSON in CompetitionMar 31st, 2009 | 3 Comments
Fantastic, tomorrow the IPRED kicks in. Criminalize a whole generation, that will do it alright in the...
Posted by linelagonileonhard in CompetitionMar 31st, 2009 | 1 Comment
It seems that fraud comes with a change of heart. The former President for the Conservative Party in...
Posted by Nikola RICHTER in CompetitionMar 31st, 2009 | No Comments
What have you been doing on November 9th 1989? Do you remember? I was thirteen years old and sleeping...
Posted by Linas in CompetitionMar 31st, 2009 | No Comments
Old news, but could you tell (no cheating!), which cucumber is illegal to sell in the EU - number one...
Posted by Boyan Yurukov in CompetitionMar 31st, 2009 | 4 Comments
Currently the Bulgarian government is formed by a coalition of three parties – BSP, NDSV and DPS. On...
Posted by Nelly Gocheva in CompetitionMar 31st, 2009 | No Comments
A month ago, the European Union leaders rejected a multi-billion dollar aid package for Eastern Europe....
Posted by Joeri OUDSHOORN in CompetitionMar 31st, 2009 | 1 Comment
It has taken some time, but ‘the bullit is through the church’ (Dutch expression ‘De...
Posted by Karolis Vysniauskas in CompetitionMar 31st, 2009 | No Comments
Yesterday the biggest lithuanian online news portal ‘Delfi‘ published the article called...
Posted by Corina MURAFA in CompetitionMar 31st, 2009 | 3 Comments
Elena Basescu - Future MEP?
I may not have blogged this month at all, but I’ve definitely read...
Posted by Ausra VINCIUNIENE in CompetitionMar 31st, 2009 | No Comments
Recently I found the Eurobarometer survey on “Women and European Elections” (March, 2009). Some of...
Posted by clairebarthelemy in CompetitionMar 31st, 2009 | 2 Comments
Obama revolutionised campaigning by spreading his tweet-like slogans on social networking sites, targeting...
Posted by ivankutil in CompetitionMar 31st, 2009 | 1 Comment
Short recapitulation acts and behave Czech republic as head of EU. Representative was looking forward...
Posted by Jiří Suchomel in CompetitionMar 31st, 2009 | 1 Comment
Well, not these days… But that’s not what I want to write about. By „look“ I mean well-done...
Posted by Eamonn Fitzgerald in CompetitionMar 31st, 2009 | 4 Comments
Remember the media fuss last year about the atheist bus campaign? Isn’t that the kind of thing...
Posted by evelinedewinter in CompetitionMar 31st, 2009 | 4 Comments
According to EU rules and tradition the oldest parliamentarian gets to be the president of the European...
Posted by Agnija Kazuša in CompetitionMar 31st, 2009 | 3 Comments
No advertisements to encourage people to vote, no projects like “Y-Vote” and probably “TH!NK ABOUT...
Posted by Veerle VRINDTS in CompetitionMar 30th, 2009 | 3 Comments
He is blue-green, a railroad flatters his cover, carrying a promising appetizer and a smiling grey Dutchman...
Posted by christinamichael in CompetitionMar 30th, 2009 | 1 Comment
…and there is hope in that. I have been reading with a sense of guilt (as a not so regular contributor)...
Posted by Kim Elmose in CompetitionMar 30th, 2009 | 1 Comment
The danish prime minister since november 2001 - the liberal Anders Fogh Rasmussen - hasn’t been...
Posted by mantasvelykis in CompetitionMar 30th, 2009 | 1 Comment
Just not in Baltic countries. If my colleague is talking about adoption problems as the big issue, you...
Posted by Etan Smallman in CompetitionMar 30th, 2009 | No Comments
Below are a few Europe-themed articles that I’ve found interesting over the last few days - and...
Posted by Marta CERAVA in CompetitionMar 30th, 2009 | No Comments
Last week in Latvia has been rather exciting as EP elections are approaching. More and more lists of...
Posted by Andrei Tuch in CompetitionMar 30th, 2009 | 4 Comments
We were discussing power sockets just around the corner, and I mentioned how the EU institutions really...
Posted by rekapapp in CompetitionMar 30th, 2009 | 4 Comments
The prime minister of Hungary resigned last week, also giving up his position of party leader for the...
Posted by frankschnittger in CompetitionMar 29th, 2009 | 8 Comments
As avid readers here will know, I wrote a deliberately provocatively entitled story Is TH!NK ABOUT IT...
Posted by Etan Smallman in CompetitionMar 29th, 2009 | 7 Comments
Fellow euro-blogger Frank Schnittger posed the question last week, “Is TH!NK ABOUT IT dying?”
I...
Posted by Helena in CompetitionMar 29th, 2009 | 44 Comments
On British news all I seem to be hearing about are the effects of the (and I grit my teeth as I type...
Posted by katrinajanebishop in CompetitionMar 28th, 2009 | 10 Comments
News flash! The European Parliament has launched its election campaign materials. With unsurprisingly...
Posted by Eamonn Fitzgerald in CompetitionMar 28th, 2009 | 5 Comments
I request the Th!nk About It community to make an immediate protest regarding the graphic on Ari Rusila’s...
Posted by Nikola RICHTER in CompetitionMar 27th, 2009 | 5 Comments
Imagine, there’s a European constitution that is well-written, funny, human and intelligent. Imagine,...
Posted by Ari RUSILA in CompetitionMar 27th, 2009 | 18 Comments
March 24th was held the 10th anniversary of Nato bombings against Serbia. While remembering this intervention...
Posted by Mats SIFFELS in CompetitionMar 26th, 2009 | No Comments
It has been a while since the last time I tried to share the inside of the brains of an aspiring MEP...
Posted by frankschnittger in CompetitionMar 26th, 2009 | 6 Comments
What follows is a cross post of a diary I have posted on the European Tribune in an attempt to boost...
Posted by kristystyles in CompetitionMar 26th, 2009 | 6 Comments
Here, here! Now, if only the opposition would hold the government to account, and the media would publicise...
Posted by Aleksandar KRASTEV in CompetitionMar 26th, 2009 | 4 Comments
I was really surprised yesterday to read in one of the major Bulgarian business newspapers that only...
Posted by Toni STRAKA in CompetitionMar 25th, 2009 | 9 Comments
While my favourite bloggers that can be found in the blogroll in the sidebar of my regular blog have...
Posted by madsfrederiksen in CompetitionMar 25th, 2009 | 3 Comments
You might wonder who Dan Jørgensen is, or maybe you are a big time super European Union geek and know...
Posted by franziskabroich in CompetitionMar 24th, 2009 | 3 Comments
Again and again a common European social policy is discussed and it is asked “Is it possible to establish...
Posted by frankschnittger in CompetitionMar 24th, 2009 | 32 Comments
I must confess I joined the TH!NK ABOUT IT experiment with some misgivings. The party in Brussels was...
Posted by frankschnittger in CompetitionMar 24th, 2009 | 4 Comments
The Irish Election campaign for the European Parliament is beginning to heat up with accusations that...
Posted by davidchristopher in CompetitionMar 24th, 2009 | 1 Comment
Why are the Greeks protesting and rioting? A vodcast.
Posted by Stephen SPILLANE in CompetitionMar 24th, 2009 | 9 Comments
Yes, that’s right. Tory MEP for East of England Christopher Beazley, has told the Today Program...
Posted by Ari RUSILA in CompetitionMar 24th, 2009 | 1 Comment
George Ivanov from the main ruling VMRO DPMNE party maintains a lead according to early results from...
Posted by Etan Smallman in CompetitionMar 23rd, 2009 | 2 Comments
One piece of advice that we have been given in this competition is to write something provocative to...
Posted by Eamonn Fitzgerald in CompetitionMar 23rd, 2009 | 7 Comments
Guessing game time. Which EU program is “The most stupid, immoral state-subsidised policy in human...
Posted by frankschnittger in CompetitionMar 22nd, 2009 | 2 Comments
Like most non-economists I have been following the financial crisis with some bemusement and no little...
Posted by Toni STRAKA in CompetitionMar 21st, 2009 | 3 Comments
The Austrian economy shrank by 1.5% in Q1 2009, accelerating the downtrend after a contraction of minus...
Posted by davidchristopher in CompetitionMar 21st, 2009 | No Comments
Is rioting undemocratic? A vodcast.
Posted by davidchristopher in CompetitionMar 21st, 2009 | 23 Comments
Play Episode #3
Having trouble listening to the podcast?
An Englishman a Frenchman and a Greek woman...
Posted by Ari RUSILA in CompetitionMar 20th, 2009 | No Comments
I just read the article “Kosovo a Year Later” of Mr. Bandow in “The American Spectator” and must...
Posted by frankschnittger in CompetitionMar 20th, 2009 | 5 Comments
The Irish economy is still in free fall with retail sales down 20% in January on the same month last...
Posted by Stephen SPILLANE in CompetitionMar 20th, 2009 | 1 Comment
Too lazy to run for election? Know a friend who would run? You both support Libertas? Great! Then nominate...
Posted by Stephen SPILLANE in CompetitionMar 20th, 2009 | 1 Comment
The Federal Union blog high-light an interesting initiative in the UK which aims at getting independents...
Posted by George Iulian JIGLAU in CompetitionMar 20th, 2009 | 1 Comment
“We, the democratically elected leaders of our people, hereby declare Kosovo to be an independent...
Posted by Csacsillus in CompetitionMar 20th, 2009 | No Comments
The Russian-Ukrainian gas disputes are making Europe feel – not just in the recent months but in the...
Posted by Radovana JÁGRIKOVÁ in CompetitionMar 19th, 2009 | No Comments
We talk about it on the streets, in the cafés, at schools, in internet discussions. We analyse, criticise,...
Posted by Stephen SPILLANE in CompetitionMar 18th, 2009 | 4 Comments
A problem for me during the last European Elections in 2004 was finding out about candidates running...
Posted by kristystyles in CompetitionMar 18th, 2009 | 9 Comments
YOU READ IT and get a lump in your throat. But will this email be dropping into your inbox in the not...
Posted by Stergios MAVRIKIS in CompetitionMar 18th, 2009 | 6 Comments
Yorkshire MEPs: European politics are politics as normal
ICS Prof Juliet Lodge, Dr Richard Corbett, MEP...
Posted by Matej HRUSKA in CompetitionMar 18th, 2009 | 3 Comments
Yesterday, Ms Mechtild Rothe (EP Vice-president for EP Information offices in the Member States) presented...
Posted by Stephen SPILLANE in CompetitionMar 17th, 2009 | 13 Comments
I got a press release today from the EPP-ED Group of the European Parliament. In it they inform me of...
Posted by Stephen SPILLANE in CompetitionMar 17th, 2009 | 14 Comments
Eurobarometer recently did a Flash survey on Women and Politics in the EU. It found that 79% of Irish...
Posted by jacqueszammit in CompetitionMar 17th, 2009 | 3 Comments
From J’accuse, the latest roundup on the goings on in the Maltese camapaign for EP elections....
Posted by Ari RUSILA in CompetitionMar 17th, 2009 | 1 Comment
When EU normally is disseminating EU doctrine to outside world there some times could be nice idea to...
Posted by Veerle VRINDTS in CompetitionMar 16th, 2009 | 13 Comments
The European ban on seal fur is recently approved by the Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection...
Posted by Toni STRAKA in CompetitionMar 16th, 2009 | 2 Comments
Monitoring financial and political news has become a very depressing task recently.
The staccato of catastrophic...
Posted by Athena ARSALIDOU in CompetitionMar 15th, 2009 | 10 Comments
British citizens who, despite warnings, have bought property in the Turkish occupied areas of Cyprus...
Posted by katrinajanebishop in CompetitionMar 15th, 2009 | 1 Comment
Libertas, your bus stops here. (Photo: Tristam Sparks
(A slightly more distracted version of this post...
Posted by Matej HRUSKA in CompetitionMar 15th, 2009 | 4 Comments
EP officials often complain, that people don’t communicate with them (and don’t care about...
Posted by evelinedewinter in CompetitionMar 14th, 2009 | No Comments
Apparently my country isn’t such a good student in the classroom. That is one of the conclusions you...
Posted by Eamonn Fitzgerald in CompetitionMar 14th, 2009 | 3 Comments
Or maybe it’s just tiring. Both “tired” and “tiring” are adjectives, and...
Posted by tanjakovacic in CompetitionMar 13th, 2009 | No Comments
The lack of interesting information regarding the EU and forthcoming Parliamentarian elections in the...
Posted by Mats SIFFELS in CompetitionMar 13th, 2009 | 2 Comments
A couple of days ago I presented to you the Dutch liberal politician Hans van Baalen. Judith Sargentini,...
Posted by Stephen SPILLANE in CompetitionMar 12th, 2009 | 4 Comments
I am a rare one, I mean among my peers, that not only am I interested in politics but I am actively involved...
Posted by Andrei Tuch in CompetitionMar 12th, 2009 | No Comments
As we’ve all discussed and lamented, nobody really knows much about the European Parliament, or...
Posted by Anita KALMANE in CompetitionMar 12th, 2009 | 2 Comments
It just happened. Just some minutes ago the Latvian government confirmed the MEP Valdis Dombrovskis (EPP-ED)...
Posted by Andrei Tuch in CompetitionMar 11th, 2009 | No Comments
The President, and mrs. Ilves
The President of Estonia can speak with more authority on matters of intercultural...
Posted by Stephen SPILLANE in CompetitionMar 11th, 2009 | 2 Comments
Image via Wikipedia
According to John over at Semper-Idem splits seam to be developing between...
Posted by Stephen SPILLANE in CompetitionMar 11th, 2009 | 4 Comments
Image via Wikipedia
This is inspired by yet another post on ConHome where they get things wrong.
Number...
Posted by Hristo HRISTOV in CompetitionMar 11th, 2009 | 3 Comments
photo: Dnevnik
This is a photo of a trade-union protest held on 9 March 2009 in Sofia, Bulgaria. What...
Posted by George Iulian JIGLAU in CompetitionMar 11th, 2009 | 16 Comments
My post about the Roma sparked a good debate and I think all of us, together, are much more aware of...
Posted by Radovana JÁGRIKOVÁ in CompetitionMar 10th, 2009 | 1 Comment
Just a few hours after reading other Th!nkers’ posts about and comments on lack of European elections...
Posted by Daniel in CompetitionMar 10th, 2009 | 10 Comments
This is a documentary about young people in Europe we made four years ago. You can watch it in four parts...
Posted by Francesco FEDERICO in CompetitionMar 10th, 2009 | No Comments
Recently the Dalai Lama has harshly condemned China for human rights violations that produced a real...
Posted by simonvanwoerden in CompetitionMar 10th, 2009 | 2 Comments
With a bit of a delay - I know, I’m a lazy bastard - but still, as I promised; the full edition...
Posted by Ari RUSILA in CompetitionMar 9th, 2009 | 1 Comment
Interesting news from Israel popped to my eyes few days ago. A Knesset Member Aryeh Eldad (National...
Posted by Boyan Yurukov in CompetitionMar 9th, 2009 | 9 Comments
I am writing this as a reaction to the post by George Iulian JIGLAU: “Getting sensitive (part...
Posted by Mats SIFFELS in CompetitionMar 9th, 2009 | 4 Comments
In my effort to get the real world out there somewhere a little bit involved in this Community, I have...
Posted by Elmine WIJNIA in CompetitionMar 9th, 2009 | 4 Comments
Less than 3 months to go before the elections for the European Parliament and in the Dutch newspapers...
Posted by Hristo HRISTOV in CompetitionMar 8th, 2009 | 13 Comments
The nominations for the European list of the Bulgarian liberals (NDSV) were announced last week. The...
Posted by anderspedersen in CompetitionMar 8th, 2009 | No Comments
Happy March 8th to everyone. While the list is still long when it comes to the struggle for gender equality...
Posted by Eamonn Fitzgerald in CompetitionMar 8th, 2009 | 1 Comment
“I grew up in Bavaria, where the European Union and Nato were simply part of my political landscape.”...
Posted by davidchristopher in CompetitionMar 7th, 2009 | No Comments
I’m always looking for guests to come on my political/social podcast ‘Three Europeans walk...
Posted by davidchristopher in CompetitionMar 6th, 2009 | No Comments
Irish woman: We are really forgiving in a… like… pathetic way.
Posted by Marta CERAVA in CompetitionMar 6th, 2009 | 4 Comments
Although Latvia in these days is struggling with it`s budget reduction and at all with it`s further existence...
Posted by davidchristopher in CompetitionMar 6th, 2009 | 3 Comments
An Englishman an Irish woman and an Italian discuss the economic crisis from the perspective of two...
Posted by Ari RUSILA in CompetitionMar 6th, 2009 | No Comments
While my special interests are laying in Balkans I keep an eye on Northern Black Sea - Caucasus, Ukraine...
Posted by Matej HRUSKA in CompetitionMar 5th, 2009 | 1 Comment
Everybody knows, economic crisis has hit (not only) Europe. And as everybody knows, EU leaders have this...
Posted by simonvanwoerden in CompetitionMar 5th, 2009 | 4 Comments
In my last post I mentioned the ‘e-café’ organised by aspiring MEP Marietje Schaake. I brought...
Posted by anderspedersen in CompetitionMar 5th, 2009 | 3 Comments
Sometimes it feels like politicians consider cyberspace a land of its own where conventions on privacy...
Posted by tanjakovacic in CompetitionMar 5th, 2009 | 1 Comment
In the last week I got an interesting proposal from one of the primary schools in my home region. I was...
Posted by franziskabroich in CompetitionMar 4th, 2009 | 3 Comments
workshop at the Heinz-Schwarzkopf Foundation in Berlin
Only around 30% percent of young people between...
Posted by George Iulian JIGLAU in CompetitionMar 4th, 2009 | 32 Comments
While the EU and its member states are still trying to find its focus when it comes to Roma people, the...
Posted by Elmine WIJNIA in CompetitionMar 3rd, 2009 | 2 Comments
I browsed through the archives of this site and was rather surprised that no-one blogged about this before....
Posted by Anita KALMANE in CompetitionMar 3rd, 2009 | 2 Comments
As you can understand yourselves, this video was made to encourage Americans to vote in the last autumn...
Posted by simonvanwoerden in CompetitionMar 3rd, 2009 | 13 Comments
Last Sunday I attended an “e-café” in Amsterdam, organised by aspiring MEP Marietje Schaake....
Posted by Jose M. Calatayud in CompetitionMar 2nd, 2009 | 2 Comments
I started answering the comments to my last post when then I realised my comment was being too long and...
Posted by Gabriele Discepoli in CompetitionMar 2nd, 2009 | 2 Comments
A member of the Dutch parliament known for his criticism of Islam is considering legal action after he...
Posted by Ari RUSILA in CompetitionMar 2nd, 2009 | No Comments
Market economy and free trade are the prevailing trend in today’s developed countries. One drastic...
Posted by Radovana JÁGRIKOVÁ in CompetitionMar 1st, 2009 | 9 Comments
The positives of euro observed and experienced during the first two months with euro as an official...
Posted by Anita KALMANE in CompetitionMar 1st, 2009 | 3 Comments
In the last weekend me and my collegues from European Parliament Information Office (EPIO) in Riga, where...
Posted by linelagonileonhard in CompetitionMar 1st, 2009 | 3 Comments
There is no such thing as bad publicity. That is the first thing you are taught, when talking to a PR...
Posted by muusakostilainen in CompetitionMar 1st, 2009 | 2 Comments
Hans-Gert Pöttering was pissed off when beginning of Ferbruary Olli Rehn, Responsible for Enlargement...
Posted by paulinapielichata in CompetitionMar 1st, 2009 | 3 Comments
After a whole month dominated by media guiding me “how to survive the global economic crisis”, I...
Posted by Jose M. Calatayud in CompetitionFeb 28th, 2009 | 3 Comments
The democratic deficit is a concept invoked principally in the argument that the European Union and its...
Posted by Thomas ESTRUP in CompetitionFeb 28th, 2009 | 6 Comments
Setting up of a European Asylum Support Office as proposed by the Commission will not include Denmark.
The...
Posted by Fredrik OLSSON in CompetitionFeb 28th, 2009 | No Comments
All I have to say about the EU this evening is, please save us from the IPRED-law. Please… Due...
Posted by keithdemicoli in CompetitionFeb 28th, 2009 | No Comments
Its a boring Saturday evening here in Malta! Last day of February 2009 and last few minutes before being...
Posted by anderspedersen in CompetitionFeb 28th, 2009 | No Comments
With the last ten years of groing intolerance in Denmark as well as other European countries toards minorities,...
Posted by ivankutil in CompetitionFeb 28th, 2009 | No Comments
I think, I thought and I willl think. Why ? Because I’m European th!nker. (I hope with little levity,...
Posted by Jiří Suchomel in CompetitionFeb 28th, 2009 | No Comments
I’m surprised that there are only two posts about Václav Klaus’s speech in the European...
Posted by Karolis Vysniauskas in CompetitionFeb 28th, 2009 | No Comments
It’s great to be a member of The European Commision when you are from such a small country as Lithuania....
Posted by frankschnittger in CompetitionFeb 27th, 2009 | 8 Comments
John F Kennedy famously said “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for...
Posted by Ari RUSILA in CompetitionFeb 27th, 2009 | No Comments
During last twenty years war for humanitarian reasons has came quite popular in political vocabulary...
Posted by Eamonn Fitzgerald in CompetitionFeb 27th, 2009 | 4 Comments
Of course the Bulgarians will debate ebulliently in Bulgarian, just as the Italians will campaign indefinitely...
Posted by frankschnittger in CompetitionFeb 26th, 2009 | 10 Comments
Well done Andrei - I kind of hoped my somewhat polemical piece about NATO being a thing of the past would...
Posted by tanjakovacic in CompetitionFeb 26th, 2009 | 2 Comments
Some of political parties in Slovenia have introduced their candidate lists for EP elections while the...
Posted by Daniel in CompetitionFeb 26th, 2009 | 9 Comments
Spain is not the only European country where you can hardly communicate with native people in English....
Posted by Boyan Yurukov in CompetitionFeb 26th, 2009 | 12 Comments
Before I went to the event in Brussels in the end of January, I put up a poll to find out what my readers...
Posted by Andrei Tuch in CompetitionFeb 26th, 2009 | 12 Comments
Frank Schnitter asks for the opinion of CEE bloggers about the role of NATO; this was originally written...
Posted by frankschnittger in CompetitionFeb 26th, 2009 | 6 Comments
NATO is seeking to use Web 2.0 technologies to engage with a wider public and obtain new ideas from bloggers. ...
Posted by Veerle VRINDTS in CompetitionFeb 26th, 2009 | 7 Comments
Is youth not involved in politics, human rights, conflict and global issues? Is peacebuilding only...
Posted by JSeb 2.0 in CompetitionFeb 25th, 2009 | 9 Comments
Two years ago, it was quite fashionable to say when you were a Prime Minister or just a minister: our...
Posted by Matej HRUSKA in CompetitionFeb 25th, 2009 | 1 Comment
One thing made Slovakia famous in 2004- the lowest voter turnout in the whole EU. Only 16,96% found their...
Posted by katrinajanebishop in CompetitionFeb 25th, 2009 | 9 Comments
Last week, when blogging about UK politics, I said:
I reckon there’s something wrong with all expenses...
Posted by christinamichael in CompetitionFeb 25th, 2009 | 2 Comments
According to a story published in this Sunday’s TO VIMA (gr: TO BHMA), a leading Greek newspaper,...
Posted by Ari RUSILA in CompetitionFeb 25th, 2009 | 1 Comment
Parliament is a venerable name of democratic institution, one could even suppose that its members are...
Posted by Eamonn Fitzgerald in CompetitionFeb 25th, 2009 | 1 Comment
YouTube, Twitter, MySpace, Facebook, flickr, blogs… The social media tools are available for all. It’s...
Posted by frankschnittger in CompetitionFeb 25th, 2009 | 2 Comments
In the midst of an economic and political melt-down with unemployment doubling in the past year the Minister...
Posted by Boyan Yurukov in CompetitionFeb 25th, 2009 | 10 Comments
This would be the first Europe-wide EP elections that Bulgaria will participate in. One would think...
Posted by Etan Smallman in CompetitionFeb 24th, 2009 | 3 Comments
Courtesy Flickr user Photo Giddy
Where Obama leads, we all follow. That is undoubtedly the case in the...
Posted by JSeb 2.0 in CompetitionFeb 24th, 2009 | 1 Comment
We still do not know if people will go to vote in June, but at least, those European elections are provoking...
Posted by Aleksandar KRASTEV in CompetitionFeb 23rd, 2009 | 6 Comments
How were your winter holidays? Mine were pretty cold. No, don’t understand me wrong – it wasn’t...
Posted by Linas in CompetitionFeb 23rd, 2009 | 4 Comments
Eurojust, which is “an EU body with a view to reinforcing the fight against serious organized...
Posted by brunovandenelshout in CompetitionFeb 22nd, 2009 | 8 Comments
United in their concern about developments in Europe’s economical situation, a seemingly random group...
Posted by Mats SIFFELS in CompetitionFeb 22nd, 2009 | 4 Comments
It is sunday afternoon, and apparently our nation’s leaders have had quite a fruitful weekend....
Posted by davidchristopher in CompetitionFeb 22nd, 2009 | 3 Comments
Last week German newspaper the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, quoted a confidential letter sent by...
Posted by Mats SIFFELS in CompetitionFeb 21st, 2009 | 5 Comments
On this Community it seems as if everybody is ‘Th!nking About It’: the upcoming EP elections....
Posted by Eamonn Fitzgerald in CompetitionFeb 21st, 2009 | 10 Comments
“The present decision making system of the European Union is different from a classic parliamentary...
Posted by katrinajanebishop in CompetitionFeb 21st, 2009 | 3 Comments
Drum roll please… the BBC appear to have launched their ‘European Elections 2009′ efforts...
Posted by Ari RUSILA in CompetitionFeb 21st, 2009 | 2 Comments
An Italian non-governmental organisation – the Rome-based “Un ponte per …” - is investigating...
Posted by Nikola RICHTER in CompetitionFeb 20th, 2009 | 3 Comments
When Vaclav Klaus, the Czech president, spoke at the European Parliament on January 20, many Members...
Posted by Eamonn Fitzgerald in CompetitionFeb 19th, 2009 | 1 Comment
At election time, voters and politicians focus on mundane issues like jobs, schools and hospitals. Understandable,...
Posted by frankschnittger in CompetitionFeb 19th, 2009 | 2 Comments
Dictionary helps crack case of notorious Polish serial offender - The Irish Times - Thu, Feb 19, 2009
HE...
Posted by JSeb 2.0 in CompetitionFeb 19th, 2009 | 1 Comment
With the actual crisis, the timing is almost perfect…For sure, at the next election; this brand-new-second-hand...
Posted by Athena ARSALIDOU in CompetitionFeb 19th, 2009 | 7 Comments
The Committee on Foreign Affairs of the European Parliament has recently urged Turkey “to withdraw...
Posted by Ari RUSILA in CompetitionFeb 19th, 2009 | 1 Comment
Kosovo Albanians celebrated Feb.17th their first year of sc. Independence. Among normal praising statements...
Posted by Veerle VRINDTS in CompetitionFeb 18th, 2009 | 16 Comments
What did Al Gore forget? This question is posed in the new climate movie: Meat the Truth. A climate...
Posted by jacqueszammit in CompetitionFeb 18th, 2009 | No Comments
The Partit Laburista has called for the Maltese Electoral Commission to charter a plane to Cyprus in...
Posted by Ausra VINCIUNIENE in CompetitionFeb 18th, 2009 | 5 Comments
1985 is the year when Athens became the first European Capital of Culture (then called as European City...
Posted by madsfrederiksen in CompetitionFeb 18th, 2009 | 1 Comment
The main problem for the European Union is to get the attention from young people, hence the EU launches...
Posted by tanjakovacic in CompetitionFeb 17th, 2009 | 2 Comments
The story about Europe Direct and its role in communicating EU provoked some further questions about...
Posted by Ari RUSILA in CompetitionFeb 17th, 2009 | 8 Comments
It is nearly five years since the outburst of ethnic Albanian violence in Kosovo on March 17, 2004, when...
Posted by Agnija Kazuša in CompetitionFeb 16th, 2009 | 14 Comments
“Estonian girl reading a magazine,” my Belgian friend sent me a picture she had taken of me a...
Posted by Eamonn Fitzgerald in CompetitionFeb 16th, 2009 | 4 Comments
…In Bavaria. In the 2004 elections to the European Parliament, the German state of Bavaria recorded...
Posted by Nikola RICHTER in CompetitionFeb 16th, 2009 | No Comments
On the long and winding road to Lisbon Photo: flickr/t0m ka
The Lisbon treaty worries us again, also...
Posted by JSeb 2.0 in CompetitionFeb 16th, 2009 | 1 Comment
Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.
Clement...
Posted by Hristo HRISTOV in CompetitionFeb 16th, 2009 | 2 Comments
The President of the European People’s party (EPP) Wilfred Martens is on a two-day visit to Bulgaria....
Posted by Andrei Tuch in CompetitionFeb 16th, 2009 | 14 Comments
...just as accurate.So, the world is in crisis, and the European economy is feeling rather poorly. The...
Posted by Stergios MAVRIKIS in CompetitionFeb 16th, 2009 | 2 Comments
Article by Mirek Topolánek, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, Presidency of the European Union...
Posted by Ari RUSILA in CompetitionFeb 16th, 2009 | 2 Comments
In Croatia a Round Table discussion entitled “Croatia: Tired of EU Reforms?” was held last week....
Posted by frankschnittger in CompetitionFeb 15th, 2009 | 1 Comment
As I suspected, the Irish Times held over the Lisbon portion of their opinion poll last week for publication...
Posted by Joeri OUDSHOORN in CompetitionFeb 15th, 2009 | 8 Comments
Yes, this will be it! You are witness of my first blog about investigative and research journalism by...
Posted by George Iulian JIGLAU in CompetitionFeb 15th, 2009 | 3 Comments
The citizens of Cluj-Napoca, Romania, were called today to vote in local partial elections, after the...
Posted by Etan Smallman in CompetitionFeb 15th, 2009 | 5 Comments
Mark, you're our inspiration!
After Katrina Bishop’s post, I write this at the risk of making...
Posted by Maud in CompetitionFeb 15th, 2009 | No Comments
To put it bluntly right from the start, so there are no misunderstandings, to preserve myself from being...
Posted by Nelly Gocheva in CompetitionFeb 15th, 2009 | 3 Comments
Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao visited the European Commission on 30 January 2009. The President of...
Posted by Csacsillus in CompetitionFeb 15th, 2009 | 1 Comment
If you are a fan of junk food and you travel abroad from time to time, I’m sure you noticed that...
Posted by Csacsillus in CompetitionFeb 15th, 2009 | No Comments
After the Eastern EU-enlargement the flow of the labour force had a typical trend. Relative cheap workers...
Posted by Csacsillus in CompetitionFeb 15th, 2009 | No Comments
On Friday the international jury has chosen the 10 best logos from the trio members’ alltogether...
Posted by katrinajanebishop in CompetitionFeb 14th, 2009 | 3 Comments
In yet another desperate attempt to keep the EU light-hearted (and yet another successful - if I do say...
Posted by Ari RUSILA in CompetitionFeb 14th, 2009 | 1 Comment
AFP/Washington reports Feb.13th 2009 that The Balkans pose the greatest threat of instability in Europe...
Posted by Veerle VRINDTS in CompetitionFeb 14th, 2009 | 10 Comments
« I don’t want to read what you had for breakfast yesterday», that’s what one of the panelists...
Posted by Helena in CompetitionFeb 13th, 2009 | 7 Comments
Recent events haven’t really helped my case for Europe.
I wonder how many Britons who are hearing about...
Posted by frankschnittger in CompetitionFeb 13th, 2009 | 7 Comments
Ireland has changed at a faster pace in the last 15 years than any other country in the world of which...
Posted by Toni STRAKA in CompetitionFeb 13th, 2009 | No Comments
Superstitious natures may take it as an omen. All others are invited to see at a glance how bad the economic...
Posted by davidchristopher in CompetitionFeb 12th, 2009 | 2 Comments
In times of economic stress nations, like people, look after themselves. The individual saves rather...
Posted by JSeb 2.0 in CompetitionFeb 12th, 2009 | 2 Comments
The european website, eudebate just annonced a kind of “european scoop”.
Guess what ? This...
Posted by Toni STRAKA in CompetitionFeb 12th, 2009 | No Comments
Ending my blogging hiatus with the first sunrays engulfing Vienna I am stupefied by the perpetual barrage...
Posted by Ari RUSILA in CompetitionFeb 12th, 2009 | 1 Comment
The internal report shows that a project of World Bank in southern Albania led to the destruction and...
Posted by Nikola RICHTER in CompetitionFeb 11th, 2009 | 1 Comment
Why did Karl Lagerfeld visit the European Commission? He wants our money. Photo: EBS
Today, Chanel art...
Posted by Athena ARSALIDOU in CompetitionFeb 11th, 2009 | 14 Comments
Due to its geographic position, Cyprus has become in the past few years a country of a disproportional...
Posted by Corina MURAFA in CompetitionFeb 11th, 2009 | 7 Comments
One of the biggest problems of environmentalists is, to my mind, the fact they don’t explain their...
Posted by rekapapp in CompetitionFeb 10th, 2009 | 9 Comments
How long we’ve been waiting for this!
Mayor of one of the downtown Budapest disticts was arrested...
Posted by martagutierrezbenet in CompetitionFeb 10th, 2009 | 3 Comments
Third day for the th!nkers taking part in Y Vote conference in Rome. After some rainy sessions,today...
Posted by jacqueszammit in CompetitionFeb 10th, 2009 | 1 Comment
Please enable Javascript and Flash to view this Blip.tv video.
J’accuse’s quest for the values...
Posted by JSeb 2.0 in CompetitionFeb 10th, 2009 | 4 Comments
In France, there is a tradition: when you see that your political career is almost over on the national...
Posted by tanjakovacic in CompetitionFeb 10th, 2009 | 4 Comments
Following the ideas of some commentators of my previous blog, I decided to dedicate another post to the...
Posted by kristystyles in CompetitionFeb 10th, 2009 | No Comments
On the BBC, news has turned to the fall of the Berlin Wall. It officially crumbled on 9th November 1989,...
Posted by Nelly Gocheva in CompetitionFeb 10th, 2009 | 4 Comments
I promised to keep you au courant with the latest news on energy strategy from the European Parliament,...
Posted by Ari RUSILA in CompetitionFeb 9th, 2009 | 17 Comments
A lot of interesting marches of progress will take or not take place in West Balkans during 2009. I try...
Posted by Radovana JÁGRIKOVÁ in CompetitionFeb 9th, 2009 | 7 Comments
(Extended comment on I’m a European by Anita Kalmane)
Dear Anita,
first of all, thanks for your...
Posted by Hristo HRISTOV in CompetitionFeb 9th, 2009 | 9 Comments
Switzerland - the country that uses referendums most frequently in Europe, held another nationwide vote...
Posted by Nikola RICHTER in CompetitionFeb 9th, 2009 | 6 Comments
Do you know him? Daniel Cohn-Bendit, a German MEP (Greens) who is sort of well-known and has profited...
Posted by Corina MURAFA in CompetitionFeb 9th, 2009 | 2 Comments
Despite heavy nationalism propaganda, the Swiss turned out to be less nationalism than we thought...
Nationalism...
Posted by Francesco FEDERICO in CompetitionFeb 9th, 2009 | 3 Comments
As first post I’d like to share a few quick thoughts about the controversy about the European elections...
Posted by Veerle VRINDTS in CompetitionFeb 9th, 2009 | 43 Comments
Probably you know the name Rajendra Pachauri. On April 20th, 2002, this Indian economist was elected...
Posted by davidchristopher in CompetitionFeb 9th, 2009 | No Comments
Englishman: What about European jobs for European workers?
Frenchman: Do you really think British feels...
Posted by Kim Elmose in CompetitionFeb 8th, 2009 | 4 Comments
In troubled times of recession political extremism tend to rise - with people rallying around nationalist...
Posted by davidchristopher in CompetitionFeb 8th, 2009 | 1 Comment
PLAY EPISODE #1:
An Englishman, a Frenchman, and an Italian discuss the consequences of wildcat strikes...
Posted by JSeb 2.0 in CompetitionFeb 8th, 2009 | 1 Comment
War is much too serious a matter to be entrusted to the military.
Georges Clemenceau
I know that I...
Posted by evelinedewinter in CompetitionFeb 8th, 2009 | 4 Comments
Dutch journalist Derk Jan Eppink has become the person heading the list of candidates of the Belgian...
Posted by franziskabroich in CompetitionFeb 8th, 2009 | 5 Comments
Next week there will be an interesting week in Germany, because on Tuesday and Wednesday the Federal...
Posted by katrinajanebishop in CompetitionFeb 8th, 2009 | 2 Comments
This can also be seen on my own blog. A warning to those impressive people with English as a second/third/fourth...
Posted by George Iulian JIGLAU in CompetitionFeb 7th, 2009 | 11 Comments
Now there’s a question! Jose Barroso clashed with Vladimir Putin on Russian soil yesterday, on...
Posted by evelinedewinter in CompetitionFeb 7th, 2009 | 5 Comments
As we heard at the conference only 26% of the people know that the elections take place in June. 7% thinks...
Posted by clairebarthelemy in CompetitionFeb 7th, 2009 | 3 Comments
I made lovely memories and good friends in a so-called black hole of finance. I know, the aim of financial...
Posted by Eamonn Fitzgerald in CompetitionFeb 7th, 2009 | 3 Comments
MUNICH American Vice President Joe Biden arrived here just after midnight and when he speaks later today...
Posted by georgegeorgoudis in CompetitionFeb 6th, 2009 | No Comments
On the previous post we focused on a small comparison between Unilever and the European Union; the purpose...
Posted by simonvanwoerden in CompetitionFeb 6th, 2009 | 3 Comments
After reading Mats Siffels’ post about the Christian Democrat list leader Wim van de Camp I remembered...
Posted by simonvanwoerden in CompetitionFeb 6th, 2009 | 8 Comments
Today news got out in the Netherlands that a regional French government continues to block the adoption...
Posted by christinamichael in CompetitionFeb 6th, 2009 | 7 Comments
I, like many other bloggers taking part in this, left the Brussels launch brimming with confidence...
Posted by Mats SIFFELS in CompetitionFeb 6th, 2009 | 1 Comment
In the Netherlands, there is a man called Jan Mulder (no, not the MEP this time). He is a former football-player...
Posted by Ari RUSILA in CompetitionFeb 5th, 2009 | No Comments
Having read here interesting post by neligocheva about recent gas crisis I would like give one more point...
Posted by Marta CERAVA in CompetitionFeb 5th, 2009 | 7 Comments
Since autumn Latvia have become exciting and attractive observation area for many. One can call it misery...
Posted by Nelly Gocheva in CompetitionFeb 5th, 2009 | 1 Comment
At the beginning of the year, with the world awaiting the inauguration of the next American president...
Posted by Nikola RICHTER in CompetitionFeb 5th, 2009 | 8 Comments
It was the blemish for the US administration during the Bush years - Guantanamo Bay. A prisoners’...
Posted by spencer in CompetitionFeb 5th, 2009 | No Comments
The first in a series of surprise prizes for TH!NKers will be announced on Monday February, 16th. This...
Posted by martagutierrezbenet in CompetitionFeb 5th, 2009 | 3 Comments
As I launched this blog some days ago talking about the importance of educating European citizens on...
Posted by Ari RUSILA in CompetitionFeb 5th, 2009 | 8 Comments
In this Blogging campaign I will write EU affairs more from Balkan perspective and nothing about Finland...
Posted by jacqueszammit in CompetitionFeb 5th, 2009 | No Comments
from the Malta Chronicle*:
Sources close to TMC have confirmed that far-right movement leader Norman...
Posted by Veerle VRINDTS in CompetitionFeb 5th, 2009 | 15 Comments
A sad and frustrating story from the Belgian news last week
If I could pick one Belgian politician...
Posted by George Iulian JIGLAU in CompetitionFeb 4th, 2009 | 12 Comments
I want to make it clear from the beginning that I AM NOT A EUROSKEPTIC. I think the EU has been a good...
Posted by JSeb 2.0 in CompetitionFeb 4th, 2009 | 9 Comments
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it’s just the opposite.
John Kenneth Galbraith
When...
Posted by Daniel in CompetitionFeb 4th, 2009 | 1 Comment
I personally don´t believe in the effectiveness of European elections. Even though some 70% of our national...
Posted by jacqueszammit in CompetitionFeb 4th, 2009 | 5 Comments
This video is an amateur video filmed in the picturesque fishing village of Zurrieq in the south of...
Posted by Ausra VINCIUNIENE in CompetitionFeb 4th, 2009 | No Comments
The start of the Year ‘09 was especially challenging and controversial for Lithuanians. On the morning...
Posted by Etan Smallman in CompetitionFeb 4th, 2009 | 10 Comments
The great comedian, actor and Twitterer, Stephen Fry, recently summed up the difference between the...
Posted by Matthias in CompetitionFeb 4th, 2009 | 3 Comments
Part II: Let’s get technical
The changing perception of borders within Europe is much talked...
Posted by Andrei Tuch in CompetitionFeb 4th, 2009 | 17 Comments
The MEPs tell us that the economy is an issue that will be of interest to every voter, right across the...
Posted by Helena in CompetitionFeb 4th, 2009 | 9 Comments
After deciding what my goals were, I thought I’d better make a solid plan of action.
I read something...
Posted by Matthias in CompetitionFeb 3rd, 2009 | 6 Comments
Part I – the banalities of everyday life
After a weekend in style, the supposed complexity of Europe...
Posted by brunovandenelshout in CompetitionFeb 3rd, 2009 | 2 Comments
Hello Europe! (photo by Eline Vergunst)
Before starting to blog all over the place, I will use this initial...
Posted by Elmine WIJNIA in CompetitionFeb 3rd, 2009 | 3 Comments
Vancity Vote Poster (by roland)
So now that I’m officially baptized as a Th!nker, I should start...
Posted by Nikola RICHTER in CompetitionFeb 3rd, 2009 | 7 Comments
"Martin, I love you. Semester abroad is shit, Erasmus stinks." Inscription on door at ladies'...
Posted by Mats SIFFELS in CompetitionFeb 3rd, 2009 | No Comments
Despite of the fact that the elections for the EP are still being dominated by national parties, their...
Posted by JSeb 2.0 in CompetitionFeb 3rd, 2009 | 2 Comments
Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.
Oscar Wilde
Here it comes. In four months,...
Posted by kristystyles in CompetitionFeb 3rd, 2009 | 1 Comment
The Mission:
Fragmentation or enlargement? Two contradictory questions for the EU in 2009. A gloomy...
Posted by George Iulian JIGLAU in CompetitionFeb 3rd, 2009 | 6 Comments
The launch event of the Th!nk About It project in Brussels raised a few essential questions when it comes...
Posted by Mats SIFFELS in CompetitionFeb 3rd, 2009 | 3 Comments
The race to the European Parliament has begun and the political parties are lining up their finest politicians...
Posted by Anita KALMANE in CompetitionFeb 3rd, 2009 | 10 Comments
It was Marta’s article, which lead me to think about the gender of our loved mother/father Europe...
Posted by Etan Smallman in CompetitionFeb 3rd, 2009 | 3 Comments
The people behind this fantastic competition have come up with some pretty impressive marketing and design...
Posted by Eamonn Fitzgerald in CompetitionFeb 3rd, 2009 | 2 Comments
A famous British newspaper headline once read “Fog in Channel; Continent Cut Off”. Today,...
Posted by Stergios MAVRIKIS in CompetitionFeb 2nd, 2009 | 12 Comments
The 10 commandments for efficient Communication with EU citizens
“Moses calling from Brussels:...
Posted by Hristo HRISTOV in CompetitionFeb 2nd, 2009 | 3 Comments
Here’s a funny fact for you - did you know how the European elections could be used to serve the...
Posted by martagutierrezbenet in CompetitionFeb 2nd, 2009 | 9 Comments
Today I went for a walk; I was trying to find Europe. After some steps I realized I had a big problem:...
Posted by Eamonn Fitzgerald in CompetitionFeb 2nd, 2009 | 2 Comments
It’s nice to see a lengthy kind of scorecard titled “AUTHORS” here on the right-side...
Posted by mantasvelykis in CompetitionFeb 2nd, 2009 | 2 Comments
OK, it’s my first post in here - so no early judgement. In these days then world is obsessed with...
Posted by Veerle VRINDTS in CompetitionFeb 2nd, 2009 | 8 Comments
“I have a guilty secret,” that was what one of the political leaders at the Th!nk About It...
Posted by davidchristopher in CompetitionFeb 2nd, 2009 | 3 Comments
The walls are bare in her meagre office, the furniture is cheap and MEP Jean Lambert is right about what...
Posted by clairebarthelemy in CompetitionFeb 2nd, 2009 | 2 Comments
First of all, a big Thank You to all the organisers and participants of the launching event! It was a...
Posted by tanjakovacic in CompetitionFeb 2nd, 2009 | 7 Comments
About 6 months ago I finished an internship in the DG COMM department of the European Parliament. This...
Posted by Radovana JÁGRIKOVÁ in CompetitionFeb 2nd, 2009 | 3 Comments
Fresh from TH!NK ABOUT IT event in Brussels, I have decided to produce a sort of manifesto.
(During...
Posted by georgegeorgoudis in CompetitionFeb 2nd, 2009 | 6 Comments
Returning back from couple of days spent around the European Parliament, and not terribly excited...
Posted by stefanhapper in CompetitionFeb 2nd, 2009 | 1 Comment
The EPP has launched today a new web tv project called Dialogue TV. Some comments on the flood of new...
Posted by Etan Smallman in CompetitionFeb 2nd, 2009 | 9 Comments
Reading posts including I’m a European and “Some call it Europe, we call it home”,...
Posted by Eamonn Fitzgerald in CompetitionFeb 2nd, 2009 | 4 Comments
Last week in Washington, a key congressional committee voted 55 to 0 to attach a “Buy America”...
Posted by mariovarrenti in CompetitionFeb 1st, 2009 | 4 Comments
Not surprisingly, in the piece of art unveiled at the Council of Ministers by the Czech presidency, in...
Posted by rekapapp in CompetitionFeb 1st, 2009 | 1 Comment
the two days’ seminar is brussels for the th!nkaboutit-bloggers was just finished.
me i was locked...
Posted by muusakostilainen in CompetitionFeb 1st, 2009 | 1 Comment
The story must go on.
The next day, I get to see other places in Brussels, which is good. Luckily...
Posted by Helena in CompetitionFeb 1st, 2009 | 2 Comments
The following is basically a few ideas that I’ll be starting from for my Euroblog. If I’m...
Posted by madsfrederiksen in CompetitionFeb 1st, 2009 | 3 Comments
We all know how to get the worse hangover. You mix too many drinks throughout the night, you don’t...
Posted by simonvanwoerden in CompetitionFeb 1st, 2009 | 9 Comments
Before diving into the abyss that is European politics, some videomaterial on the organisers and efforts...
Posted by Nikola RICHTER in CompetitionFeb 1st, 2009 | 14 Comments
Pissing along happily. Entropa Foto: Daniela Cervova, flickr
You all have probably heard about David...
Posted by Eamonn Fitzgerald in CompetitionFeb 1st, 2009 | No Comments
One of the useful by-products of this project will surely be the unearthing and sharing of news sources...
Posted by Anita KALMANE in CompetitionFeb 1st, 2009 | 15 Comments
I am getting tired of the same question over and over again: “Where do you come from?”
It’s...
Posted by Stephen SPILLANE in CompetitionFeb 1st, 2009 | 30 Comments
One of the issues that kept coming up during the Launch event last week in Brussels was how do we make...
Posted by martagutierrezbenet in CompetitionFeb 1st, 2009 | 12 Comments
This is a sentence that every member of AEGEE (European Students’ Forum ) knows, and I’m sure they...
Posted by Etan Smallman in CompetitionFeb 1st, 2009 | No Comments
This was first published on Journalism.co.uk
Etan Smallman, a student journalist, is participating in...
Posted by franziskabroich in CompetitionFeb 1st, 2009 | 3 Comments
Photo by cym
What means Europe for you? A simple, not very fancy question. During the Kickoff event in...
Posted by davidchristopher in CompetitionFeb 1st, 2009 | 5 Comments
The decision by the European Parliament’s Bureau to put “all data” regarding attendance of MEPs...
Posted by Andrei Tuch in CompetitionFeb 1st, 2009 | 6 Comments
It’s only just barely February, and the European Parliament elections are a long time away - but...
Posted by muusakostilainen in CompetitionFeb 1st, 2009 | 7 Comments
Just one week ago I was in the airplane. And I said to my self: This is it, I’m going to Brussels,...
Posted by Eamonn Fitzgerald in CompetitionFeb 1st, 2009 | 4 Comments
It’s not 27 national elections, as some in Brussels would have us believe. It’s one European...
Posted by Ari RUSILA in CompetitionFeb 1st, 2009 | 4 Comments
EU taxpayers are paying over 2,410 million (€ 2.4 bn) Euros to receive EU propaganda of EU bureaucracy....
Posted by Etan Smallman in CompetitionFeb 1st, 2009 | 1 Comment
We are bloggers!
Final day of European blogging competition launch event in Brussels, and it’s...
Posted by Corina MURAFA in CompetitionFeb 1st, 2009 | 1 Comment
A funny little movie on learning languages
After my being quoted by Tony Barber in his blog (shameless...
Posted by Etan Smallman in CompetitionFeb 1st, 2009 | 3 Comments
... gratuitous Thinker pic
I’m officially a th!nker.
Yes, today was the jam-packed launch of Th!nk...
Posted by Etan Smallman in CompetitionFeb 1st, 2009 | 2 Comments
... gratuitous sprouts image
This afternoon, I was delighted to be Brussels bound (once again). Boarding...
Posted by jacqueszammit in CompetitionFeb 1st, 2009 | 6 Comments
Bruxelles la Moche
Brussels and I have a love/hate relationship in the sense that I love to hate it...
Posted by kerimsatirli in CompetitionFeb 1st, 2009 | No Comments
Eighty one bloggers from twenty seven member states and I, apparently, get to post the first item.
I...
