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| Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0200 The end of illusions? |
| The Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968 caused the Soviet empire to lose its internal logic even for the communist faithful. Yet today, the naivety of the reform communists of the 1960s serves as a pretext for the cynical dismissal of any vision of a better political system. |
| Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0200 "Reform must cause discontent" |
| Gerhard Schröder's reform programme "Agenda 2010" was successful yet it cost him his post. Two hundred years ago, Austrian Kaiser Joseph II experienced the same. A pattern of euphoria followed by rejection emerges, writes Ralph Bollmann. |
| Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0200 Why should I fill my pack with stones? |
| "Edinburgh Review" tells the Uighurs' side of the story; "Blätter" discusses '68 East and West; "Osteuropa" returns to memory politics in eastern Europe; "Arche" responds to a ban on Belarusian spelling; "Vikerkaar" maps cultural landscape; "Le Monde diplomatique" (Berlin) reports on the battle for online customers; "Springerin" theorizes zombiehood; "Magyar Lettre Internationale" explores photography, politics, and the body; "Akadeemia" evaluates laws on stem cell technology; and "Merkur" gets to the imaginary heart of fundamentalism. |
| Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0200 Art for hedgefunds |
| The rules according to which art and finance functioned used to differ. Today, they have become indistinguishable to an outsider. However, a limit resides in the rules of art itself, writes Sighard Neckel. |
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| Sport movement optimistic despite EU Treaty setback |
| Despite the hurdles still facing the EU's Lisbon Treaty, European sports movements firmly believe that a future EU competence on sport - as planned in the text - will come into effect in one form or another and are thus continuing their work to encourage EU-level exchange of best practices.
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| Sarkozy backs European 'sporting exception' |
| French President Nicolas Sarkozy said he hopes to see a "sporting exception" to EU freedom of movement rules introduced to prevent local football clubs' training efforts from being undermined by competitors purchasing their young players.
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| Female sports 'untapped' market opportunity |
| The UK Women's Sport and Fitness Foundation is calling on sports governing bodies and private companies to seize the as-yet untapped female sports market, saying it would boost to individual sports and provide unexplored sponsorship opportunities.
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| Sarkozy's Olympic attendance triggers outrage |
| Confirmation that French President Nicolas Sarkozy plans to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics has outraged members of the European Parliament, who slammed France for placing its own commercial interests above human rights concerns in China.
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| Sun, 15 Oct 2006 13:33:24 EDT Volkswagen Says It Still Supports Friendly Solution for MAN-Scania Merger |
| Oct. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Volkswagen AG, the largest
shareholder in MAN AG and Scania AB, said it still backs an
``amicable solution'' to a merger between the two truckmakers and
would oppose a Scania counterbid for MAN. |
| Sun, 15 Oct 2006 12:07:44 EDT E.ON to Replace CFO Erhard Schipporeit With Goldman Sach's Marcus Schenck |
| Oct. 15 (Bloomberg) -- E.ON AG, Europe's largest utility,
said Marcus Schenck, a partner at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. in
Germany, will replace Chief Financial Officer Erhard Schipporeit
in December, taking a place on a restructured management board. |
| Sun, 15 Oct 2006 14:04:23 EDT Euronext, NYSE Reiterate Support for `Cash Equity Combination' in Europe |
| Oct. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Euronext NV and NYSE Group Inc. said
they remain willing to start talks with rivals Deutsche Boerse AG
and Borsa Italiana SpA to combine their European cash equity
businesses. |
| Sun, 15 Oct 2006 17:27:49 EDT OPEC Plans an Emergency Meeting on Oct. 19 to Discuss Cutting Production |
| Oct. 15 (Bloomberg) -- The Organization of Petroleum
Exporting Countries, producer of 40 percent of the
world's oil, will meet in Qatar on Oct. 19 to discuss
falling oil prices and a proposed output cut, said the
group's acting secretary general. |
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| Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:00:00 GMT Dealing with doping: a question of the benchmark |
| Carrying out regular drug tests over time to amass "longitudinal data" on athletes may help improve the accuracy of testing, argues a July 2008 analysis compiled by economics consultancy Oxera. |
| Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:00:00 GMT MEPs call for EU peacekeepers in Georgia |
| Members of the European Parliament gave strong backing to Georgia's foreign minister during her visit to Brussels yesterday (20 August), bashing Russia and urging the EU to send a peacekeeping force to replace that country's. In the meantime, Moscow announced the freezing of all contact with NATO in reaction to the alliance's strong criticism of Russia's actions in Georgia. |
| Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:55:00 GMT Commission to test free access to EU research |
| A pilot project that will give unrestricted online access to EU-funded research results was launched yesterday (20 August), which the Commission claims will ensure better exploitation of scientific studies and guarantee a "fair return" for taxpayers. But specialist publishers are unhappy with the move. |
| Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:45:00 GMT Romania neutralises anti-corruption boss |
| The Romanian government is planning to send the head of its national anti-corruption directorate (DNA) to a sinecure position in Brussels, in a move described by the national press as an attempt by the authorities to rid themselves of an anti-corruption magistrate renowned for his integrity and independence. |
| Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:00:58 GMT Scholar: Secular-Islamist tensions in Turkey 'need to be watched' |
| While the Turkish court's close decision last month not to shut down the ruling AKP party kept the country's EU membership bid alive, tensions between secularists and modern, moderate Islam remain strong and need to be closely monitored by the EU, Professor Kevin Featherstone of the London School of Economics told EurActiv Turkey in an interview. |
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| Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:00:00 +0100 Construction output down by 0.6% in the euro area |
| In the construction sector, seasonally adjusted production1 decreased by 0.6% in the euro area (EA15) and by 1.5% in the EU27 in June 2008, compared with the previous month. In May, production increased by 0.1% and 0.7% respectively. |
| Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:00:00 +0100 Euro area external trade deficit 0.1 bn euro |
| The first estimate for the euro area (EA15) trade balance with the rest of the world in June 2008 gave a 0.1 bn euro deficit, compared with +7.5 bn in June 2007. The May 2008 balance was -3.9 bn, compared with +1.2 bn in May 2007. In June 2008 compared with May 2008, seasonally adjusted exports rose by 1.4% and imports by 2.9%. |
| Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:00:00 +0100 Euro area GDP down by 0.2% and EU27 down by 0.1% |
| GDP declined by 0.2% in the euro area (EA15) and by 0.1% in the EU27 during the second quarter of 2008, compared with the previous quarter, according to flash estimates published by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities. In the first quarter of 2008, growth rates were +0.7% in both the euro area and the EU27. |
| Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:00:00 +0100 Euro area annual inflation stable at 4.0% |
| Euro area annual inflation was 4.0% in July 2008, unchanged compared with June. A year earlier the rate was 1.8%. Monthly inflation was -0.2% in July 2008. |
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| 2008-06-24 Europe-wide truck tour brings anti-discrimination message |
Brussels, 24-06-2008. Commissioner Vladimír ?pidla on 21st June launched the 2008 ?For Diversity. Against Discrimination.? truck tour as part of the EU's Europe-wide anti-discrimination information campaign. The tour kicked off at the United Islands of Prague music festival (Czech Republic), before going on to visit 20 cities in 10 different EU countries over the next four months. The initiative ? now in its fifth year ? aims to raise awareness of the right to a life free of discrimination and has so far reached half a million people.
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Brussels, 24-06-2008. Commissioner Vladimír ?pidla on 21st June launched the 2008 ?For Diversity. Against Discrimination.? truck tour as part of the EU's Europe-wide anti-discrimination information campaign. The tour kicked off at the United Islands of Prague music festival (Czech Republic), before going on to visit 20 cities in 10 different EU countries over the next four months. The initiative ? now in its fifth year ? aims to raise awareness of the right to a life free of discrimination and has so far reached half a million people.
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| 2008-08-04 09:00:00 St Andrews Prize for the Environment 2009 open for submissions |
| Does your environmental conservation project need more resources and greater visibility? The St Andrews Prize for the Environment might give your project that extra boost. |
| 2008-07-30 09:00:00 Heading for your favourite beach? Is the bathing water clean? |
| The European Environment Agency (EEA) and Microsoft today launched a new environmental information portal ‘Eye on Earth’, displaying the latest information on the water quality in bathing sites across Europe. Through its first application ‘Water Watch’, the new portal allows users to rate beaches and to share their comments with others. |
| 2008-07-28 09:00:00 Transport remains main source of health-damaging pollutants |
| A report launched today by the European Environment Agency shows that road transport remains the single main source of nitrogen oxides (NOx), carbon monoxide (CO) and non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOCs), and the second-most important source of fine particulate emissions (PM10 and PM2.5) in the EU-27. This report contains essential data that helps understand the evolution of air pollutant emissions since 1990. |
| 2008-07-23 12:00:00 Reducing the environmental impact of our activities |
| Do we really need to print everything? Could we replace travelling for meetings by video-conferencing? How could we increase energy efficiency in our offices? For the fourth consecutive year, the European Environment Agency has successfully passed an external audit, certifying its compliance with the rules of the Eco-Management Audit Scheme (EMAS). |
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| 21 Aug 2008 09:11:25 +0100 IST-Africa 2009 Conference - Call for Papers |
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Hosted by the Government of Uganda through the Ministry of ICT, IST-Africa 2009 Conference & Exhibition will take place 06 - 08 May 2009 in Uganda.
Part of the IST-Africa Initiative, which is supported by the European Commission under the ICT Theme of Framework Programme 7 (FP7), IST-Africa 2009 is the fourth in an Annual Conference Series which brings together senior representatives from leading commercial, government & research organisations across Africa and from Europe, to bridge the Digital Divide by sharing knowledge, experience, lessons learnt and good practice and discussing policy related issues.
Core Thematic Priorities for IST-Africa 2009
- eHealth - Health Information Systems
- Technology Enhanced Learning & ICT Skills
- Digital Libraries and Content
- Open Source Software Applications
- ICT for eInclusion and eAccessibility
- eInfrastructures
- ICT for Environmental Sustainability
- Networked Enterprise
- eGovernment - Secure Services to Citizens & Business
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| 20 Aug 2008 18:35:49 +0100 ICT for Inclusion networking sessions at ICT 2008 |
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The evaluators are examining the proposals and will publish the final selection in early September.
Rate and evaluate the proposals now! Your comments will help the evaluators make their final selection. You have until 29 August. |
| 20 Aug 2008 16:14:24 +0100 e-Inclusion Ministerial Conference |
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An e-Inclusion Ministerial Conference will be held from 30 November to 2 December 2008 in Vienna. The conference aims at accelerating progress towards an information society for all (digital inclusion), in order to combat social and economic exclusion. The conference will acknowledge the many actions that are taking place all over Europe during 2008 and that contribute to the European e-Inclusion Initiative. It will provide a forum to discuss policies to achieve an inclusive, barrier-free, information society and the related social and economic benefits. An exhibition will feature the best in e-Inclusion in Europe and worldwide, with amongst others an e-Inclusion Awards finalists village, an experience space and commercial displays.
Some 1200 participants are expected, including European Ministers, high level representatives of industry and NGOs, and members of groups at risk of exclusion (participation is by invitation only). The conference is jointly organised by the European Commission and the hosting Austrian Government, in cooperation with the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union. |
| 20 Aug 2008 12:19:02 +0100 Better access to scientific articles on EU-funded research |
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Fast and reliable access to research results, especially via the Internet, can drive innovation, advance scientific discovery and support the development of a strong knowledge-based economy. The European Commission wants to ensure that the results of the research it funds under the EU's 7th Research Framework Programme (FP7) with more than ? 50 billion from 2007 - 2013 are disseminated as widely and effectively as possible to guarantee maximum exploitation and impact in the world of researchers and beyond. The Commission today launched a pilot project that will give unrestricted online access to EU-funded research results, primarily research articles published in peer reviewed journals, after an embargo period of between 6 and 12 months. The pilot will cover around 20% of the FP7 programme budget in areas such as health, energy, environment, social sciences and information and communication technologies. "The rapid development of digital technologies offers researchers unprecedented possibilities for the timely and efficient sharing of information. Our new pilot will harness that potential," said Viviane Reding, EU Commissioner for Information Society and Media. |
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