EU poised to blacklist Hizbollah army Hope that a formal request by UK, ahead of a foreign ministers? meeting in late June, will open way for sanctions of Hizbollah?s European activity Desegregating Roma and Croat schoolchildren: what has been done? Three years after the ECHR’s decision in Or?u? and Others v. Croatia found “separate but … Read more
Greek Cyprus parliament vote on bailout postponed to Tuesday from Hurriyet Daily News Greek Cyprus parliament speaker Yiannakis Omirou said a vote by lawmaker Morning Brief: Cyprus bailout sparks new round of economic turmoil in Europe from FP Passport by Elias Groll Russia attacks Cyprus bailout plan from FT.com – World, Europe Financial markets are … Read more
Cell Phone Activities 2012 from Pew Internet Rss Feed: Reports Photo taking, texting, and accessing the internet are the most popular activities people pursue with their mobile phones Google launches ?Defend Your Net? campaign in Germany to protest against planned copyright restrictions from The Next Web by Matt Brian For Google, what is happening in Germany … Read more
The European Parliament rejects ACTA, with a 478 to 39 majority from The Next Web by Paul Sawers Back in January, 22 European Union states, and the EU itself, signed the controversial ACTA treaty, which many argued could lead to severe restrictions on freedom and civil liberties on the Internet. Whilst protests did follow, and … Read more
MAIN FOCUS: Greece poised to form government | 19/06/2012 from euro|topics Following the parliamentary elections in Greece the conservative Nea Dimokratia party and the socialist Pasok plan to form a government today, Tuesday. Both support the country’s austerity programme. The result of the election may have bought Europe some time but the country’s bankruptcy is … Read more
Uncertainty surrounds Greek rescue deal from FT.com – World, Europe The president of the eurozone finance ministers said a decision on the ?130bn bail-out package for Greece would not be agreed until next week The second Greek bailout: Ten unanswered questions by Open Europe blog team We put out a briefing note today outlining the … Read more
ACTA in European Parliament committees: International Trade and Development by Grahnlaw Yesterday I offered some information about the state of ACTA in the institutions of the European Union: ACTA update (in part). Now for some complementary information. Croatia Calling: EU referendum: Don?t know ? don?t care from Bloggingportal.eu – Today’s posts The results of the … Read more
France: New Visa Restrictions for Foreign University Graduates from Global Voices Online by Julie Owono If the United States’ immigration law had ever been similar to the one France recently decided to apply, Yahoo would have been a Chinese company (founded by Jerry Yang from Taiwan), Google would now be a successful Russian business (set … Read more
via Italy Wikipedia strike: anti-censorship protests online from cafebabel.com by Eva Vanhee Here we go again: a new chapter of the world of online democracy begins. In response to a draft law restricting freedom of information being discussed in the Italian parliament, wikipedia Italy has chosen to temporarily close down. A virtual strike but … Read more
Schengen Wars 2 from The European Citizen by Eurocentric Romania and Bulgaria’s Schengen aspirations are being put on hold again, with the Netherlands and Finland opposing the phased introduction of the two countries into the border-free zone due to concerns over their levels of corruption. Before the vote, Romania blocked tulips from being imported across … Read more
Pirate Party wins 14(ish) seats in Berlin parliament from Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow Euroskeptics fail in Berlin by BERLIN – Hürriyet Daily News Chancellor Angela Merkel who handed her sixth election defeat this year in Berlin while her coalition partner, the Free Democrats, who favor euroskeptic tactics, failed to clear the 5 percent threshold … Read more
#UACES2011 in Cambridge: A look at some interesting EU research from Ideas on Europe by Ronny Patz I must say that I very much enjoyed the UACES conference in Cambridge last week, especially some of the finished and ongoing research I was able to witness. Listening to the presentations, discussions and interventions, I?d say some … Read more
The new order in the systemic Euro crisis from Ideas on Europe by Protesilaos Stavrou * If things stay as they are then we will reach a dead end that will signal the start of the collapse of the euro and of everything that took decades to build. Image Source: The Telegra ‘Swift action needed … Read more
The Council of Europe denounces the burqa ban from Blogactiv by Protesilaos Stavrou On April 2011 and on July 2011, France and Belgium respectively passed legislation forbidding Muslim women from wearing the burqa, the traditional veil that fully covers their face, except their eyes. These decisions were based upon the claim of safeguarding public security, … Read more
Once again the day is saved… from The European Citizen by Eurocentric …At least for now. It’s hard to escape the feeling that each time an agreement is made at a European Council summit, it’s only a matter of time (usually 3-6 months) before we’re back in superhero mode again. Still, there seems to be … Read more