Monthly Archives: March 2010
Working for a living
This week is clearly careers week. I don’t think I’ve done a single careers talk since I arrived, and I’m doing two this week. On Monday we had someone from EPSO, our recruitment service, in the Rep holding open sessions … Continue reading
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Links 23 March 2010
The RSS feed wasn’t really throwing up very much today, but Twitter has been a much richer source! If the EU matters to you in the upcoming election, Cosmetic Uprise has done the work for you on the parties’ manifestos. … Continue reading
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Going to the birds
There’s a saying, isn’t there, about not pleasing all of the people all of the time. But when you work for the European Commission, there are certain people you can never please. I wrote a while ago about the Daily … Continue reading
Smalltown girl
A big thanks to the members of Abingdon European Society who welcomed me so warmly to their meeting on Saturday. I was there at their request to talk about recent developments in the European Union. I had quite a moment … Continue reading
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Doing the Boo
I was at the London Wetlands Centre this morning for the launch of a new animated series called My Friend Boo, which is designed to be both informative and entertaining, in the best tradition of children’s TV. As it was part-financed … Continue reading
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Statement by European Commissioner Potocnik on bluefin tuna
We are disappointed with the outcome of the CITES meeting as regards the EU proposal for a listing in Appendix I of bluefin tuna. The EU proposal was a strong commitment towards a sustainable future for the bluefin tuna and … Continue reading
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Links 18 March 2010
Is this going to be the Internet election? Or is it going to be the election where everyone talks about it being the Internet election? Here’s some evidence that seems to suggest the former, while not ruling out the latter! … Continue reading
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Links 17 March 2010
I know this has been around a while, but it truly is a genius idea. A folding plug. I liked this article about Macedonia for the author’s example of what makes him feel English Having been in England since the … Continue reading
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Links 29 March 2010
I thought Joshua Chaffin wrote a sensible piece today on the departure of Commissioner Ashton’s spokesman. In the meantime, take heart that Lutz is not leaving the Commission, but going back to DG Trade, where one suspects his lofty skills will … Continue reading →
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