Tuesday, January 31, 2012

World Social Forum

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Every now and then I bemoan the lack of journals giving an adequate coverage of European life and policies. Any amount of stuff on Europe as...
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Monday, January 30, 2012

Cohesion Policy - part IV

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The last few posts have been about the apparent lack of public knowledge (including mine - let alone discussion) about an issue which has be...
Sunday, January 29, 2012

Briefings on the new Cohesion Policy

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A summary of the new Cohesion Fund which the EC is proposing to replace the present Structural Funds is available here . The University of ...

The new Cohesion Policy as a case-study in Orwellian language?

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Having made a casual reference a few days ago to a rather superficial paper on EC Structural Funds (with which I have a tangential link in m...
Thursday, January 26, 2012

EC Structural Funds - Cui Bono?

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I'm cocooned at the moment in a cosy flat in a wind-swept and snow-bound concrete block in down-town Bucharest. The ever-watchful Open ...
Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Scintillating writing

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Left the Sirnea valley (1,400 metres up) not a moment too soon – with heavy snow being forecast even in Bucharest and the southern plain. Bu...
Sunday, January 22, 2012

Back to basics

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The northern skies looked more promising as light came to Ploiesti and, after de-icing, the car headed to the mountains at 09.15 and started...

The European future

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Venturing north now on the last stage of this trip - to see how the mountain house is coping with the weather. I fear some frozen pipes sinc...