Why we occupy: Dutch universities at the crossroads open Democracy News Analysis – by Enzo Rossi, Johan Hartle, Robin Celikates and Nicholas Vrousalis The Netherlands, a mere 10 years behind the UK, seems eager to catch up. Twin pressures of authoritarianism from above and neoliberalism from below make it necessary to develop the democratic alternative put … Read more
MAIN FOCUS: Athens seeks new loan extension | 18/02/2015 euro|topics Athens will go ahead and request a loan extension in the debt conflict between Greece and the EU, a Greek government spokesperson said today, Wednesday. First the government must explain how it plans to service the loans, some commentators say. For others the onus is on … Read more
Armed man takes hostage in kosher grocery in Paris: source Fresh shooting broke out in eastern Paris on Friday, with reports that an armed man had taken a hostage at a kosher grocery store, a source told AFP. Charlie Hebdo massacre survivors start work on new issue Surviving employees of Charlie Hebdo that lost its top staff … Read more
INFOGRAPHIC: Coding in the classroom EurActiv.com SPECIAL REPORT: Which EU countries teach coding in the classroom and why? Computing Our Future, a European Schoolnet report, investigated the timetables to find out. 12 countries gave full responses to the survey, the findings of which are summarised in this infographic. The BBC taps Doctor Who to bring the basics of coding to kids The … Read more
Germany spy arrested on suspicion of spying for NSA Germany Arrests Double Agent Allegedly Spying for the U.S. Mashable! by Colin Daileda German authorities have arrested a German man on suspicion of being a double agent for the United States. The man has been linked to spying on a panel investigating activities by the … Read more
Auditors slam EU’s Schengen info system EurActiv.com The European Court of Auditors has criticised financial setbacks and delays of the new Schengen Information System (see also (https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/), a border control software that has cost eight times more than its initial budget. EurActiv France reports. Mixed fortunes for Scandinavian Eurosceptics EurActiv.com While the Eurosceptic Danish People’s Party could become the biggest … Read more
France’s surveillance: justice, freedom and security in the EU open Democracy News Analysis – by Amandine Scherrer, Francesco Ragazzi, Joanna Parkin, Julien Jeandesboz, Nicholas Hernanz, Sergio Carrera and Didier Bigo François Hollande sharply criticised US surveillance last year, but the fact remains that France also engages in mass data collection and intelligence sharing. This is an excerpt … Read more
British Foreign Office to drunk Britons everywhere: No, we can’t translate that tattoo for you Here, in all its glory, is the full list: A man who required hospital treatment in Cambodia when a monkey dislodged a stone that hit him demanded help getting compensation and wanted assurance that it would not happen again A … Read more
Fitna (pl. fitan) (????) is an Arabic word with connotations of secession, upheaval and chaos. It is often used to refer to civil war, disagreement and division within Islam and specifically alludes to a time involving trials of faith, similar to the Tribulation in Christian eschatology. (Wikipedia) The Fitna of Geert Wilders from the blog! … Read more
20 women who run the EU (blogosphere) by Julien Frisch In the German blogosphere, we have recently seen a controversial debate (started by annalist) about the question why only men were among the so-called “alpha bloggers” in a video series about important bloggers, a debate that has led to the inclusion of female bloggers in … Read more