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From 6th to 9th May, the annual State of the Union conference took place in Florence, Italy. I decided to check the event, in order to listen to some of Europe’s leading experts on security and ICT, and European policy makers, as well as to enjoy my beloved hometown for a few days. The core… » read more
Posted by Europa Media
May 11, 2015
There are many interpretations of precaution used in policy debates today. But how is it that environmentalists can switch from one incantation to another without realising that they are contradicting other issues that they themselves are campaigning on. The Risk-Monger has never hidden his views that the precautionary principle is a tool used to… » read more
Posted by The Risk-Monger
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Agriculture & Food, blogactiv, Food & Consumers, Health & Consumers, Innovation and Growth, Public Affairs, Science & Policymaking |
Recently, I have attended a debate on the re-industrialisation of Europe. Frankly, my response was simple. It was a question, really. What is this debate about? Europe has as much industry as it can retain (in the case of old EU member states) or attract (in the case of CEE countries). The process of industry… » read more
Posted by Adam Czyzewski
Guest blog post by Caroline Jenner, CEO for JA Europe In 2011, Marta Panunzi was a 16-year-old student studying at a vocational school in Pomezia, a small town south of Rome, who found economics a turn-off. Four years later, she is studying that very subject at the University of Rome, with ambitions to start an… » read more
Posted by The Guest Blog
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blogactiv, Education, EU Priorities 2020, Innovation & Enterprise |
April 23, 2015
Recent attacks on environmental NGO activists by government officials have left many to conclude that environmentalism should be criminalised. The Risk-Monger finds this just a tad too harsh, and on the occasion of Earth Day, thought he should come to the defence of his green friends. Although I agree we should not act or design… » read more
Posted by The Risk-Monger
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Agriculture & Food, blogactiv, Food & Consumers, Health & Consumers, Innovation and Growth, Justice & Home Affairs, Public Affairs, Science & Policymaking, Sustainable Dev. |
April 22, 2015
Guest blogpost by François du Mortier, e-Government Manager, CIRB and Francesco Grillo, Director, Vision A Comparative Analysis of e-Government Practices The Jean-Claude Juncker Commission has set the creation of a digital single market as a first priority. The Digital Agenda appears to be ‘a key ingredient’ to reinvigorate the European economy and to… » read more
Posted by The Guest Blog
April 20, 2015
A man’s life of 50 years under the sky is nothing compared to the age of this world. Life is but a fleeting dream, an illusion — Is there anything that lasts forever? This song was a favourite of a 16th century Japanese warlord, Lord Oda Nobunaga. Famously, he sung and danced this Samurai song… » read more
Posted by C Shannon
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blogactiv, Future EU, Innovation & Enterprise, Social Europe & Jobs |
April 16, 2015
Government institutions have a considerable role to play in creating breakthrough innovations. However, as experience demonstrates, not all forms of the state’s involvement in promoting innovation give rise to revolutionary technologies, and they are always paid for with taxpayers’ money. According to the latest studies on how landmark innovations that emerged in the IT, pharmaceutical… » read more
Posted by Adam Czyzewski
April 3, 2015
“..there would also be political impacts of TTIP for Turkey because according to Kader Sevinç, Representative of the Republican People’s Party in Brussels, TTIP represents a new Western world order. From her statement, it could be deduced that through TTIP the US would be able to create the new Western axis against China economically and… » read more
Posted by Kader Sevinc - Smart Democracy & Smart Citizenship
March 30, 2015
Since the early days of civilisation human beings have been keen to erect impressive buildings,which have become ever taller over the centuries. With the the construction of the “New Kingdom Tower” in Jeddah that is expected to be completed 2018 and rise to 1007 metre architects and city planners are likely to have reached a… » read more
Posted by Rhein on Energy and Climate
Guest blogpost by Stela Mocan, Executive Director, e-Government Center/Government CIO, www.egov.md, Moldova. The Republic of Moldova has emerged in the past few years as one of the top 10 countries in Europe with the highest Internet speed and one of the cheapest in terms of price per megabit. It succeeded through deploying advanced information and… » read more
Posted by The Guest Blog
March 27, 2015
An innovation is a newly-invented product (service or technology) which has been successful on the market. When the first tablet came out, I was sceptical. How could it be better than a laptop computer? Being half the weight and offering twice the battery life surely did not make up for the missing keyboard and USB… » read more
Posted by Adam Czyzewski
