Category Archives: European news
Le jour est arrivé!
Finalement, on y est: la journée du blogging multilingue. Une idée qui m’est venue après une discussion sur Twitter si l’Euroblogosphere est trop anglophone. Il m’était clair que même si la plupart des Euroblogs sont écrits en Anglais, les écrivains … Continue reading
Filed under European news, Languages
Women in UK politics
The Robert Schuman Foundation have recently published some research which compares the level of ministers and members of parliament across the EU and show how many are women. The UK comes in below the EU average on all three indicators that … Continue reading
Filed under European news, UK politics
Congratulations Charlemagne!
I was at the UACES/ThomsonReuters award for Reporting Europe last night. A nice event for several reasons. Firstly because I got to see several people I like who were over from Brussels, including Oana Lungescu and Stephen Castle, both of whom … Continue reading
Filed under European news, Media
Commission statement:air passenger rights apply in light of volcanic ash cloud
Update 28 April: Here’s the latest statement on this from the Commission. Air travel: volcanic ash cloud – EU passenger rights continue to apply Speaking today following the closure of airspace and airports in more than 8 EU counties including … Continue reading
Filed under European news
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
Filed under European news
Buggin’
In among concerns all the heavy stories we have to deal with – eurozone, Lisbon Treaty, MEP’s outbursts – there is sometimes light relief. See today’s story coming from the Joint Research Centre (declaration of interest – I used to … Continue reading
Filed under European news
Thinking about you
It’s time for round 3 of the think about it blogging competition, which this time is on development issues, something close to my heart, giving my years living in developing countries and working in that area at one point in … Continue reading
Filed under European news, Media
Milk and honey
I’m sure today’s Express article (strap on front page, article page 3, opinion page 12) had the good burghers of the UK spitting out their Earl Grey in disgust, where it broke the story that the EU was planning to … Continue reading
Filed under Euromyths, European news
Moving on up
Just had a discussion on Twitter with @npanayotopoulos and @kosmopolit about the problems faced when someone moved from one European country to another. Moving to the UK, you are often required to provide referees to rent – how do you … Continue reading
Filed under European news, Living in London
