Belgium’s National Holiday
I have a friend who thinks that those in positions of responsibility and/or working long hours inevitably fall ill during holidays. This is because they can. Put another way, the body and the mind put up an invisible forcefield that enables them to...
European Theology Season opens early on Euroblogs
Is it yet another sign of climate change? Usually Eurobloggers hang on for another week or so before they start musing on identity crises and the meaning of European integration, but today 4 bloggers started to ponder the purpose and direction of Eur...
European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 22 July
A Daily Review Of International Online Media Europeans on this date in history:1844 - birth of...
EU-Freemason Summit!?
EUobserver has reported recently on the European Union’s intention to include the global secret Freemasons society to participate in an EU-Atheist and Humanist summit which is intended to provide a counterbalance to the EU’s established s...
European Presidents meet religious leaders in Brussels amidst controversy
Presidents Barroso, Buzek and Van Rompuy met religious leaders in Berlaymont, for a summit on poverty and social exclusion. The faithful praised the EU tripartite, with the Bishop of Rotterdam dubbing them, “the father, the son and whatsis name, oh...
Romania in the dock, still (Presseurop)
In its July 20 report on the state of justice in Romania and Bulgaria, the European Commission lauded the efforts of Bulgaria, while pointing a finger at Bucharest's lack of progress. In particular, Brussels has accused the Romanian senate of "m...
Obama must wish he were Cameron. You reach out and get things done | Timothy Garton Ash
A growing centre ground is not reflected in the strident partisanship of Congress and the media. The US is the loserWhen "David" and "Barack" reported to the press on their cordial meeting at the White House earlier this week, they did not reveal whe...
K. Hübner Seminar & Reception - Vancouver
Date: Tuesday, 27 July, 2010 - 18:00 - 20:00 Location: Dr Sun Yat Sen Classical Chinese Garden Kurt Hübner will be spe...
K. Hübner Seminar & Reception - Vancouver
Kurt Hübner will be speaking at an upcoming seminar and reception in Vancouver. This complimentary event, organized in collaboration with SFU, UBC and Bocconi Universities, will feature faculty and students, including those visiting from Milan. The...
Would you ban the Burka?
The Pew Global Attitudes Project has recently published a very interesting piece of research investigating attitudes towards the full Islamic veil. The results show a remarkable difference between Europeans and US citizens. Even though Damian Green,...
Collective Bargaining in the UK and EU
The system of industrial relations in the UK is traditionally characterised by voluntary relations between the social partners, with a minimal level of interference from the state. Since 1979 there has been a shift to increased legal restrictions on...
Secret and irrelevant Euro-Freemason Summit to be held Publically
Freemasons and Atheists will meet with the Presidents of the Commission, Parliament and European Council in a parallel summit to the annual religious leader's summit. This is to satisfy requirements under the Lisbon Treaty that spiritual leaders shou...
My 2010 Green manifesto
I have decided to join the Green movement. It took me 13 years to take this decision. Decision to join a political party. If you are born in a Communist party lead country party does not necessarily mean something good. Now I am ready.Back in 1997 I...
Green taxation, green sadism?
Individual consumer, Joe Sausage, muddling through this vale of CO2, be warned. If your planet is warming, seas are rising, glaciers turn to soup, entrapping polar kittens etc etc, then it’s all your fault, or your dodgy heater’s, or drau...
21 juillet: pour la Belgique moderne, vote des expatriés & écoles multilingues à Bruxelles
‘Expats love Belgium: they chose it! ‘ Il y a deux ans, une manifestation pour l’unité de la Belgique a réuni francophones et flamands, notamment au Parc du Cinquantenaire. Je regrette encore de ne pas y avoir déployé la bande...
21 juillet: pour la Belgique moderne, vote des expatriés & écoles multilingues à Bruxelles
‘Expats love Belgium: they chose it! ‘ Il y a deux ans, une manifestation pour l’unité de la Belgique a réuni francophones et flamands, notamment au Parc du Cinquantenaire. Je regrette encore de ne pas y avoir déployé la bande...
Army to control Spanish air traffic (ABC, Madrid)
Transport Minister José Blanco’s decision to send in military air traffic controllers to replace their civilian counterparts engaged in “clandestine strike action” could "backfire on a government" that is reluctant...
