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#Media4EU Tour d’Europe: Why cross-border cooperation makes for a fitter Digital Europe

October 19, 2016

. This blog post belongs to the #Media4EU Tour d’Europe series. Read the project outline, timetable and deliverables here, and the list of its steering committee here. Fondation EurActiv and the Institut d’Études Européennes (ULB) are initiating the ‘Media4EU Tour d’Europe’ project. This will gather perspectives from top quality media in Europe and propose initiatives… » read more

Posted by Media4EU

blogactiv, Communication Policy, Competition

10 myths about press publishers

September 14, 2016

Guest blog post by Angela Mills Wade, Executive Director, European Publishers Council. This week, the Commission is publishing a copyright reform package containing draft legal texts and an overarching Communication including a related right for press publishers. This new right aims to provide legal protection by introducing rights at EU level to protect the unauthorised… » read more

Posted by The Guest Blog

blogactiv, EU Priorities 2020

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Getting to know Europeans by Bike: The mission of the Bicycl’est

September 1, 2016

This is a guest post by a group of Science Po students cycling across Europe, aptly called Bicycl’est. You can follow their travels on Facebook and on WordPress. They are documenting their cycling journey across the continent, taking them from France to Poland. We are a group of seven first-year students from Sciences Po Paris,… » read more

Posted by 1989 Generation Initiative

blogactiv, EurActiv.com, Languages & Culture

Power Politics And Evolution

August 22, 2016

In recent weeks I have been reading one of the classics of power, Chimpanzee Politics by Frans de Waal. Firstly, it is superb and I can recommend it highly to anyone that has any interest in human development, primates, politics or strategy. What follows are some thoughts I had whilst reading. When written down, none… » read more

Posted by FinancialGuy Writes!

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Burkinis: Symbol of Islamic Extremism or Expression of Freedom of Religion?

Guest blog post by Lucy Anns, Europe Advocacy Intern at Christian Solidarity Worldwide. In the wake of the recent terrorist attack in Nice, France is in its third extension of the state of emergency. While some may doubt the effectiveness of this ‘état d’urgence’, there can be no doubt about French defiance in the face… » read more

Posted by The Guest Blog

blogactiv, democracy, gender equality

#Media4EU Tour d’Europe: perspectives for Europe’s media sector

July 26, 2016

‘ Don’t ask what the media can do for EU, but think what Europe and media could do together’ “The EU never handled the media like a normal economic sector. Rather: regulating it, discussing press freedom, and asking it to ‘preach the gospel” #Media4EU is a joint project Fondation EurActiv / ULB IEE, plus media… » read more

Posted by Media4EU

blogactiv, Communication Policy, Competition

Meeting at the European Parliament with the sports stakeholders in the context of the “Takkula report”

In the context of its report for an “integrated approach to sport policy”, MEP Hannu Takkula invited last Tuesday, July 12, at the European Parliament, a number of European players in the field of sport. During the two-hour meeting, the Finnish MEP first took the floor to express his intentions and hopes behind the writing… » read more

Posted by Sport et Citoyenneté

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How to Fight Nationalism

July 15, 2016

Guy Verhofstadt, unsurprisingly, claims that the solution to Europe’s nationalism problem is further European federalism. While this statement is partially true, it is misleading and, therefore, I must disagree. A federal Europe would have the tools to combat nationalism (and it’s leftist counterpart) as well as having the virtue of being more resistant to propaganda… » read more

Posted by C Shannon

blogactiv, Future EU, Global Europe, Languages & Culture, Social Europe & Jobs, UK in Europe

How to convey the EU and have fun on the way

June 16, 2016

Guest blog post by Hanna Pienczykowska, Director General of Model European Union Warsaw. The population of the EU exceeds 500 million of people and the area that it covers is more than 4 million square kilometers. That’s a lot. Moreover, the Union consists of 28 member states that also have different political systems. National politics… » read more

Posted by The Guest Blog

blogactiv, EU institutions, EU Priorities 2020

Connectivity and the European Dream

June 1, 2016

On April 27th, the 1989 Generation Initiative, or ‘89ers’ presented visions and proposals on the future of the European Union at the European Parliament, to an audience of MEPs, think tank professionals and young Europeans. The core message: The EU should always aim to improve its citizens’ lives. Their aspirations and livelihoods should be placed… » read more

Posted by 1989 Generation Initiative

blogactiv, EU Priorities 2020, EurActiv.com, InfoSociety, Innovation & Enterprise

Education for all, no generation left behind

May 24, 2016

Guest blog post by Katrien Alen, educational sciences student at the Catholic University of Leuven. While in the western society, education is focusing on internationalization and the global war on talents, other areas in the world are still facing serious problems with their provision of education. When we take a look around the globe, we… » read more

Posted by The Guest Blog

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Europe’s broadcaster in crisis

April 25, 2016

Following a raid at the Vienna house of Ukrainian oligarch Dmitro Firtash on Thursday (21 April), the future of the Ukrainian edition of Euronews appears uncertain. Firtash bought the Ukrainian service last year. Firtash was arrested in March 2014 in Austria on US charges. He was then released after being ordered to pay €125m bail,… » read more

Posted by Heard in Europe

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DaarDaar crée des passerelles entre Flamands et francophones

Il existe de nombreuses différences entre Flamands et francophones de Belgique. Ces différences font la force de la Belgique et DaarDaar, le site d’information en ligne est là pour renforcer l’échange entre ces deux communautés. Faire un Erasmus dans son propre pays, cela vous paraît surréaliste ? En Belgique, c’est possible! Né dans la région… » read more

Posted by L'actu de Flandre pour les francophones

blogactiv, EurActiv.fr

A EU Sport Integrity Day to restore the image of dirty world of sport

April 18, 2016

Match fixing is undoubtedly one of the major threat to sport and Europe is currently one of the most affected continents by this problem. That is the reason why the Federation of European players and athletes, EU Athletes, committed itself to tackle the issue in setting up every year, on April 15, a “EU… » read more

Posted by Sport et Citoyenneté

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