Links 29 March 2010
I thought Joshua Chaffin wrote a sensible piece today on the departure of Commissioner Ashton’s spokesman. In the meantime, take heart that Lutz is not leaving the Commission, but going back…
Month: March 2010
Working for a living
This week is clearly careers week. I don’t think I’ve done a single careers talk since I arrived, and I’m doing two this week. On Monday we had someone from…
Links 23 March 2010
The RSS feed wasn’t really throwing up very much today, but Twitter has been a much richer source! If the EU matters to you in the upcoming election, Cosmetic Uprise…
Going to the birds
There’s a saying, isn’t there, about not pleasing all of the people all of the time. But when you work for the European Commission, there are certain people you can…
Smalltown girl
A big thanks to the members of Abingdon European Society who welcomed me so warmly to their meeting on Saturday. I was there at their request to talk about recent…
Doing the Boo
I was at the London Wetlands Centre this morning for the launch of a new animated series called My Friend Boo, which is designed to be both informative and entertaining, in…
Coming week to 26 March
As promised, here’s what might be of interest next week. Please note, other events notification services exist (!) and I am selecting what seems important or relevant to the UK,…
Statement by European Commissioner Potocnik on bluefin tuna
We are disappointed with the outcome of the CITES meeting as regards the EU proposal for a listing in Appendix I of bluefin tuna. The EU proposal was a strong…
Links 18 March 2010
Is this going to be the Internet election? Or is it going to be the election where everyone talks about it being the Internet election? Here’s some evidence that seems…
Links 17 March 2010
I know this has been around a while, but it truly is a genius idea. A folding plug. I liked this article about Macedonia for the author’s example of what…