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July 7, 2011
Dear Bloggers, Dear BlogActiv Readers, We’re currently updating the BlogActiv.eu platform and you may still encounter some minor issues over the next 12-24 hours. We’re working very hard to sort out all the remaining points. If you’re encoutering some strange issue with the Website lay-out, then please first try Ctrl-F5 for a refresh of your […]
April 28, 2011
In amongst all the hullabaloo of the impending Royal Wedding, it may have skipped your attention that the Wikileaks team has just launched another release. Blimey. I have no idea where they get this stuff from, but the world just changed again… T…
E3G’s Jesse Scott finds the Energy Efficiency Action Plan a relatively weak document. The reason, she says, is that we still do not know how to ‘do’ energy efficiency: lots of work is still needed to define the policy detail and build the political consensus needed to support the policies. [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/-fJ45Bh4vJg” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” […]
The sovereign debt crises in Greece and Ireland and the mounting economic trouble facing Portugal, Spain and Italy, have long been a cause for alarm in European capitals. Many fear that one or several of the so-called PIIGS countries may be forced to leave the euro, which could exacerbate the pressure on the euro itself… » read more
A roundup of posts from On Liberty Now and On Europe Now in November Do you know which way your MEP votes? the main system of voting to be used is a show of hands UK MEPs unite to vote against EU Budget rise, except… the Greens MEPs voted 546 for (or effectively against the… » read more
December 3, 2010
On 30 November, the AFCO Committee voted on the regulation for the Citizens’ Initiative. Following the recommendations issued by the AFCO rapporteurs on the Citizens’ Initiative (MEPs Alain Lamassoure from EPP and Zita Gurmai from S & D), as well as the opinion by MEPs Gerald Häfner (Greens) and Diana Wallis (ALDE), rapporteurs for the… » read more
November 26, 2010
Turkish press The party leader visited Diyarbakır and Şanlıurfa, two prominent cities in Southeast Anatolia, over the weekend in an attempt to boost the CHP’s popularity in the region, where its support has diminished over the last decade. The head of the main opposition expressed optimism over the weekend about closer ties with the country’s… » read more
November 19, 2010
Ireland this week finally accepted the offer of an EU bail-out to halt a contagion spreading across the Euro-zone like wild-fire. Spain and Portugal are also vulnerable to a knock on the door from the man at the IMF and all the stops are being pulled t…
November 14, 2010
Dear members! Thank you, for filling in the poll on our debates project. The results have shown that people mostly tend to prefer Skype, they are mostly willing to participate in debates on Sunday evenings, once a month, as well as do some background reading. The topic, selected by the majority was […]
November 5, 2010
The Flemish government is to invest 4.8 million into industrial research of offshore wind opportunities in the region. The funds will be used for the testing and development of infrastructure and special weather models that will improve the performance of the wind turbines. The project is a joint initiative between several companies and will help… » read more
October 8, 2010
UK Foreign Minister, William Hague this week sent a warning shot to the European Union – the sovereignty of the British parliamentary system is paramount and any future EU treaty will be put to a referendum – by law. Mr Hague was giving his keynote…
October 1, 2010
Tempers are still frayed in the Berlaymont this week. Nerves are still raw and noses not yet quite back into joint following what was probably the most ill-tempered working lunch of Europe’s leaders for a long time.Despite the earnest agenda that had…
August 24, 2010
Starting today there is a new way for your readers to share the posts on your blog with friends. This feature allows you to add sharing functionality from a range of services to the bottom of your blog posts. Here’s a quick video introduction: To begin with we have the following services for you to… » read more
When it comes to hitting its renewable energy targets, the UK has fallen behind many European nations, one sector commentator has claimed. According to a spokesperson for The Renewable Energy Centre, Germany is ahead of Britain when it comes to embracing sustainable living. The spokesperson also said that the UK needs to make a huge… » read more
June 23, 2010
From PlaytheGame.org FIFA is preparing to monitor the World Cup’s most vulnerable matches for match-fixing threats. FIFA legal director Marco Villiger said Friday that the final group-stage games are at the highest risk of being fixed, especially those that involve teams which have already qualified for the second round or have been knocked out. “We… » read more
April 26, 2010
There’s never been a British general election campaign like this one! With just over a week to go before the May 6 election day it seems from the opinion polls that big changes could be on the way. Here the Brits stand, midway between a Continental tradition of coalition government with multiple parties, and a… » read more
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Sir, Regarding ‘Creative cities at centre of EU 2020 goals, says Barroso‘: The EU will never excel in the innovation stakes when compared to its eastern counterparts. The reason for this is that they take innovation far more seriously than the EU. For the only real way that the EU can ever excel over the… » read more
April 11, 2010
Current List of Texas Approved Publishers This link will take people to the current list of social study publishers for Texas. These publishers are NOT as of yet part of the new standards but one can imaging the implications here. What a surprise???? For Grades 1-12 the Social Studies and History Texts are from […]
April 7, 2010
On 25th March, the European Parliament’s Financial, Economic and Social Crisis (ECON) Committee met to discuss the feasibility of an EU-wide financial transaction tax (FTT), two weeks after MEPs voted 536-80 in favour of such a measure. Today, in the aftermath of the banking crisis and the anger it has caused, such a levy has… » read more
The member countries of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) and China met at Easter to discuss the dramatic consequences of the drought wave in South East Asia for the Mekong River. The mighty 4.400 km long Mekong River, which originates in the Tibetan heights and flows through the mountainous Yuhan Province, has reached its lowest… » read more
