Russia: Pussy Riot Members Remain in Jail
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Amnesty International started a sms action campaign calling for the release of three jailed members of the punk band Pussy Riot. The women — Nadezhda, Maria and Ekaterina — were detained after performing an anti-Putin song in a church in...
The Closer
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ROUND-UP Marking a fourth consecutive day of decline, the S&P 500 fell 0.81 per cent. It’s the longest losing streak that the index has experienced since May. Meanwhile,...
Great news: "Largest ever cereal harvest predicted this year"
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Wasn´t global warming supposed to lead to greatly diminished harvests and global food scarcity? Well, tell this to Bill McKibben, Al Gore and the other scarmongers:"Largest ever cereal harvest predicted this year"The world is expected to harves...
A room with a view: part II
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So you heard about the editorial room. What you didn't hear about was the epic story of its (non-)decoration. We gave up waiting for the men with the official paintbrushes three years ago. But then...
Growing Consensus on Gay Marriage?
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Coat of arms of Cork (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Cork City Council last night unanimously passed a motion in support of Gay Marriage. Cork City Council became the first local authority in the Republic to pass a motion in support of Gay Marriage. They f...
Events Overtake Finance Ministers
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The agenda for today's meeting of EU finance ministers looked out of date before they started.
Tory MEP admits Cameron was wrong to withdraw his MEPs from the EPP group
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Senior Conservative MEP Giles Chichester has admitted that his party leader David Cameron was wrong to withdraw his MEPs from the EPP group in the European Parliament – the largest and most influential – in order to create a smaller and marginali...
The tragedy of narrowness and folly
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Juliet:O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?Deny thy father and refuse thy name;Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my loveAnd I'll no longer be a Capulet. Romeo:[Aside] Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this?Juliet:'Tis but thy name that...
Caribbean civil society to get more involved in EU-CARIFORUM EPA
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Following the the ACP-EU Regional Seminar of Economic and Social Interest Groups, which was recently organised by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) in Santo Domingo, Caribbean civil society organizations along with the CARIFORUM...
Three EESC Presidents
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This evening I had the honour and the pleasure of dining with three EESC Presidents – the current President, Staffan Nilsson, and two previous Presidents, Roger Briesch (in the middle) and Dimitris Dimitriadis (on the left). By chance, they al...
The Modern Greek Tragedy: as seen through the eyes of ten Greek citizens
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For more than two years Greek citizens have been suffering through an economical, social and political crisis. But in spite of the pessimism and disillusion, they keep hoping that they will soon be able to return to their normal lives. - 2. European...
What do we do about climate change?
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See on Scoop.it – The Great Transition “To sum up, the existing economic and political system has proved incapable up to now of embracing anything like an adequate level of climate mitigation. It can be argued plausibly that it is already...
What do we do about climate change?
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See on Scoop.it – The Great Transition “To sum up, the existing economic and political system has proved incapable up to now of embracing anything like an adequate level of climate mitigation. It can be argued plausibly that it is already...
George Osborne maths book pranksters get their own TV show
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The pranksters who ambushed George Osborne with a GCSE maths book, pulled the caper for a new satirical TV show, bound for BBC Three this summer. The Revolution Will Be Televised is a new project from Heydon Prowse and Jolyon Rubinstein, who hit the...
The bail-in Spain
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With a big hat-tip to El Pais, the draft memorandum of understanding for Spain’s bailout. We’re still reading through all the conditions imposed on Spanish banks…....
Bud back from Europe, Specs on the way there
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Ashamed to admit he'd boughtthe wrong Budweiser, Kevin keptthe bottles hidden behind his back Two trade mark disputes are occupying space in this Kat's cranium right now. The first, Budejovicky Budvar Narodni Podnik v Anheuser-Busch Inc [2012] EWCA...
E.U. Crisis: Germany At the Heart of Europe' Future. Euroskeptic Forces Gather in Berlin
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Can it possibly be that Europe's present future is once again a German decision. Chancellor Merkel's European strategy is being openly challenged in Berlin and Karlsruhe by the president and the constitutional court.Merkel is still popular with her...
EU: We don’t trust each other very much, do we?
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Italian PM Mario Monti has criticized “northern states” for “undermining the trust in the Eurozone”. Questions: How would you measure the level of trust within the EU after everything especially the Eurozone went through in th...
Multikulti on the ground: Warsaw is ours and we belong to her
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This is the title of debate taken place on 29 June in Warsaw café Coco de Oro, in which free guests took part, who have been in Poland for several years. This meeting was the part of project Multikulti on the ground realized by Cafê Babel in ten eu...
German constitutional court injunction decision on ESM and the potential referendum
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What is the injunction procedure of the German constitutional court exactly about. What are the arguments of the Anti-ESM and the Pro-ESM fractions ?
Romania must not sell out traditional farmers to the biotech giants | Luke Dale-Harris
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Romania's smallholder farmers are being denied EU funding as ministers allow the encroachment of large-scale agribusinessTime in Romania seems to fold with the landscape. Where the hills of Transylvania rise from the Hungarian plains, life carries on...
United States v. Alvarez
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How is it possible that somehow the US Supreme Court managed to screw up the Stolen Valor Act case of US v. Alvarez? I know that they were distracted by the intra-office politics of the Obamacare case, but still... Come on!Before we even get to the s...
EU at forefront in AfT
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According to a new monitoring report by the European Commission, the EU and its Member States are the largest provider of Aid for Trade (AfT) in the world. In 2010, the EU already accounted for around a third of total worldwide AfT; maintaining...
The CJEU, Copyright, and the ‘First Sale’ Doctrine
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Angus MacCulloch (Lancaster University Law School) & Albert Sánchez Graells (Law School, University of Hull) The Court of Justice of the EU delivered a controversial judgment on the 3rd July 2012 in Case C-128/11 UsedSoft v Oracle. The case will...
