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“Declaration of Internet Freedom, “Google’s Copyright Transparency Report and more… A cyberculture roundup…

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Declaration of Internet Freedom by Cory Doctorow I’ve signed the Declaration of Internet Freedom, a short, to-to-point manifesto for a free and open Internet. It’s attracted some very august signatories, including Amnesty International, Hackers and Founders, Global Voices, Mozilla, the NY Tech Meetup, Personal Democracy, Fight for the Future, Yochai Benkler, danah boyd, Neil Gaiman, … Read more

AJ Stream: Does Sweden’s #CakeGate point to racial problems?

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Eurosphere roundup: French elections;

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MAIN FOCUS: New signs of crisis in Europe | 19/04/2012 from euro|topics The International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned of a new credit crunch in Europe on Wednesday, and wants to raise its reserve fund by 400 billion dollars. But Europe can help itself, commentators write, above all if Germany gives up its opposition to debt … Read more

In the mean time, German president quits in scandal, Germany vs. Greece tension continues…

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German president quits in scandal from BBC News | Europe | World Edition German President Christian Wulff announces his resignation, after prosecutors called for his immunity to be lifted amid a home loan scandal. Is the troika punishing Greece? Why? from Blogactiv by Protesilaos Stavrou Ever since September 2011 or even earlier, we have all … Read more

From Italy with love: Italians say no to nuclear… Europride in Rome… a Euro roundup…

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Europride and Gaga in Rome from Boing Boing by Jasmina Te?anovic (Lady Gaga performs during a gay pride concert in downtown Rome. Stefano Rellandini / Reuters) The gay icon Lady Gaga was there wearing her green wig, together with up to one million people marching chanting singing in a carnival gay pride march. Rome is … Read more

Oh my, EU has a new problem (!) Tunisian migrants on Italian shores… a Euro roundup

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As Tunisian migrants begin to arrive, Italy fears ‘epic emergency’ from FP Passport by Joshua Keating More than 4,000 Tunisian migrants have arrived on the southern Italian island of Lampedusa in since the fall of longtime strongman Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali. The perils of ‘stability,’ Europe edition from FP Passport by Cameron Abadi EU walks diplomatic tightrope on Tunisia migrants … Read more

EU Summit begins, new Eurobarometer reports and a Euro roundup

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Riot police guarded a bank in Athens yesterday during a nationwide protest against the government?s latest austerity measures. (Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images) EU summit: The early betting line from Brussels Blog by Peter Spiegel The EU?s final two-day heads of government summit of 2010 starts Thursday and early betting is that it will be much quieter … Read more

“The Islamisation of Europe is a red herring

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MAIN FOCUS: The Islamisation of Europe is a red herring | 23/09/2010 from euro|topics The success of the right-wing populists in Sweden is being interpreted in public debate as a sign of growing xenophobia directed above all against Muslims. But commentators say fears of an Islamisation of Europe are unreasonable and distract from the issues … Read more

Now Sweden. Far-right march in Europe continues…

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Oktoberfest. More photos here. The Trend Continues ? Social Democrats also lose in Sweden from Social Europe Journal » Blogs by Henning Meyer The news is just breaking that in the Swedish elections the social democrats headed by Mona Sahlin have continued the European trend and have suffered a bitter defeat. Even though the social … Read more

Sweden?s chief prosecutor is still after Julian Assange

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Sexual Assault Case Against WikiLeaks Founder Reopened from Mashable! by Stan Schroeder Sweden?s chief prosecutor has reopened a rape investigation against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Recently, Assange was accused with crimes of molestation and rape by the Swedish authorities. Assange has denied the allegations, claiming they are ?without basis,? and later calling the case a … Read more

Euro Roundup: Stability programmes, Convergence programes and more…

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European sub-culture & gender clichés

by Julien Frisch

Just amazing. A European film about sub-culture that might also destroy some gender clichés. Girl Power!

European Parliament staff statistics by nationality and grade

by Julien Frisch

Earlier this year, the Spanish EU Council Presidency has written a letter to the Secretary General of the European Parliament, Klaus Welle, asking for detailed staff statistics of the European Parliament Secretariat in the same way as the EP wants these statistics from the Council.

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The RAND Report: “EU Civilian Crisis Management”

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EU Civilian Crisis Management: The Record So Far

from RAND: Latest Publications from RAND
Examines the European Union’s record in deploying civilians in conflict and postconflict stabilization missions.

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EU enlargement chief was in town…

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EU enlargement chief presses Turkey on Cyprus, Armenia (AFP via Yahoo! News)

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Now comes Sweden

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When Turkey and Armenia come closest, third country parliaments interfere. Looks like a calculated provocation….

Sweden angers Turkey with ‘genocide’ vote

from European Voice
Turkey withdraws its ambassador to Sweden in protest at Armenia vote.

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