I suppose it’s because of the party conference season, coupled with our office move to new premises, but there are no events of UK interest in terms of the activities of European Commissioners this week. Normal service will resume very soon, I suspect!
Category Archives: Euonym
Le jour est arrivé!
Finalement, on y est: la journée du blogging multilingue. Une idée qui m’est venue après une discussion sur Twitter si l’Euroblogosphere est trop anglophone. Il m’était clair que même si la plupart des Euroblogs sont écrits en Anglais, les écrivains eux-mêmes sont de plusieurs nationalités et langues maternelles: Ralf Grahn étant finlandais, Europasionaria espagnole, JulienContinue reading “Le jour est arrivé!”
Coming Week, beginning 27 September
Monday 27 September Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou (Education and Culture) meets Scottish minister for Culture and External Affairs, Fiona Hyslop in Brussels. Tuesday 28 September Commissioner Catherine Ashton (External Relations) meets US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, President of the World Bank Robert Zoellick and others during a visit to the US Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva (HumanitarianContinue reading “Coming Week, beginning 27 September”
Coming Week
I’m back and so, a day late, here are details for the coming week: 13 September: Commissioner Michel Barnier (Internal Market) meets the Europe Minister, David Lidington in Brussels 14 September: Commissioner Maire Geoghan-Quinn (Research) meets Douglas Kell of the Biotechnology and Biological Science Research Council UK and science leaders from France and Netherlands. 15Continue reading “Coming Week”
Taking a break
So, having sat at this desk for much of the glorious summer, I am heading off for two weeks holiday, just as it turns to autumn…never mind… See you back here in two weeks for more fun and games!
Summer of euro-scares
What do eggs, flags, cornish pasties and nurses have in common? They are all stories we have been dealing with this summer that have to a greater or lesser extent been misrepresented in some quarters of the British press. At the same time we are clearing up, getting ready for the move to our newContinue reading “Summer of euro-scares”
Est-ce qu’il faut parler les langues?
There have been a lot of pieces in the news the last few days, prompted by the GSCE results and the fact that, apart from Spanish, numbers taking GCSEs in modern languages have dropped. The Independent leader criticises the decision to scrap mandatory languages at secondary level, saying: Making languages optional at 14 has hadContinue reading “Est-ce qu’il faut parler les langues?”
Off-topic: Beagledors
One of the most common search terms that brings people to this site is, surprisingly, “beagledors”, because of this post in 2008. And maybe this one. Oh and possibly this one. Anyway, obviously there are lots of people interested in Beagledors, so I thought I’d give them something today: the most recent pic I have ofContinue reading “Off-topic: Beagledors”
Links 24 August
It’s been a while, so there are quite a few articles that I’ve picked up on recently. Some might be signposted elsewhere, but better twice than not at all, eh? One of my secret passions is Rugby League – I’m off to the Challenge Cup Final on Saturday – so I was glad to seeContinue reading “Links 24 August”
Digital manners
I found the following tweet on my timeline this morning: @euonymblog can you twitt a bit less on ordinary things ? – we’re following you bc of the eu-part, txs I have to admit, I was (and remain) quite annoyed about it, and I’ve been trying to work out why. I think it comes downContinue reading “Digital manners”