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‘ 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
The British government is not known for making rash decisions. The country has one of the oldest parliaments in the world, a constitutional monarchy, and has some parliamentary procedures that, on face value, look downright archaic. On Europe, successive governments – even pro-EU ones – have been sceptical and even outwardly hostile towards its policies,… » read more
Posted by Leo Watson
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
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
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blogactiv, Future EU, Global Europe, Languages & Culture, Social Europe & Jobs, UK in Europe |
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
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
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blogactiv, EU Priorities 2020, EurActiv.com, InfoSociety, Innovation & Enterprise |
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
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
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
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
March 29, 2016
EurActiv.com is opening one of its media innovations to other media interested in increasing competitiveness through translated syndication. EurActiv has been a digital media innovator since its birth, as I pointed out when I returned for my current part-time gig here. So I should not have been surprised to see my colleagues’ names in this… » read more
Posted by Mathew Lowry
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blogactiv, EurActiv.com, InfoSociety, Languages & Culture, Online Public Space |
March 14, 2016
par Emmanuel Morucci Peut-on sortir indemne du sommet des Chefs d’états et de gouvernement des 28 pays membres qui s’est tenu ce lundi à Bruxelles? Sans doute pas. Pas sûr, en effet, que les citoyens européens s’y retrouvent. Encore moins certain que ces derniers augmentent leur degré de confiance dans le projet européen. J’utilise volontiers… » read more
Posted by Morucci Europe Blog
March 9, 2016
International Women’s Day has a bit of a translation problem. In men-dominated France, it has long been denied any plural. People call it “Journée de LA femme”, referring to the abstract idea of womanhood, whatever that is. “Women are concrete and real, but the woman is vague” as Najat Vallaud Belkacem, the education minister puts… » read more
Posted by Heard in Europe
February 12, 2016
How to manage the dual career for athletes is a recurrent question. During the past few years it has become a major preoccupation, both at the national and the European level. Various pieces of research have shown how hard it is for top-level sportsmen and sportswomen to combine a sporting career with… » read more
Posted by Sport et Citoyenneté
Guest blog post by Alexandre Rousset, promoteur du “latin moderne”. Voyant la frénésie actuelle pour l’anglais, langue d’aucun pays du continent européen (hormis Gibraltar) mais supposée le meilleur outil pour sa communication internationale, on se demande pourquoi n’est pas plus développée la langue qui se comprend le plus et le mieux en Europe de l’ouest… » read more
Posted by The Guest Blog
