Monthly Archives: January 2011
Coming Week beginning 24 January 2011
A round-up of UK-focused European Commission events and activities for the next week: Monday 24 January Fisheries Council being held in Brussels Committee stage of the European Union Bill (also 25 January) in House of Commons Tuesday 25 January Harriet … Continue reading
Filed under Coming Week
The David and Maros show
One of the things we do a lot of in this office, and more so since the new government came into power, is talking to people about what they could expect from a career working for an EU organisation. I’ve … Continue reading
Filed under EC in UK, EU Careers
Turning virtual friendships into real ones
I was in Brussels for the last two days, and very nice it was too. On Wednesday I was speaking at an event on the use of social media in a European context, called Butterfly Europe. A video of the … Continue reading
Filed under Digital/social media
The European Court of Human Rights is NOT an EU institution
Here’s the text of a note we sent to newsdesks at the end of last year, which bears repeating: Information note to Newsdesks: European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is not part of the European Union (EU) Newsdesks and subeditors … Continue reading
Filed under EC in UK
Why the UK is in the EU
Our monitoring of Parliamentary Questions spat this one up today. Self-explanatory really. Mr Jenkin: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs with reference to the letter from the Minister for Europe of 11 November 2010, on … Continue reading
Filed under EC in UK
Onward and upward in 2011
First off, a Happy New Year to all my readers (both of you…) I was looking back through the blog today looking for a specific post, and it’s obvious that I write much less than I did when I first … Continue reading
2010 in review
WordPress have provided me with a helpful little summary of my blog in 2010, so I thought I would share it with you: The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a … Continue reading
Filed under Digital/social media
