Thought provoking article from Adrian Hamilton in the Independent on the whole Greece/Eurozone/UK thing Some useful information on saving energy from the Guardian Some b-roll of Commissioner Ashton in Haiti. Council TV Newsroom is looking pretty good! And as it was getting tweeted about earlier, here’s a link to our new(ish) site which is regularlyContinue reading “Links 4 March 2010”
Tag Archives: Euromyths
It’s raining Euromyths
*sigh* a few days out of the office having a blast at the samba festival and I get back to find the office is euromyth central. For the general information of the world out there – we are not banning the acre, we are just not extending the use of a derogation that the UKContinue reading “It’s raining Euromyths”
Feeling calmer now
I didn’t post yesterday because I was having a ‘mare of a day dealing with various administrative things in Brussels and here and the entry would have been one long rant. And no-one wants that, do they! But I met a friend after work and went to Watch this Space and that went a longContinue reading “Feeling calmer now”
Chirpy chirpy cheep cheep
According to the Open europe blog, I am “extremely chirpy” – does this count as them saying something positive about Europe? They also say I use too many exclamation marks – a fact of which I am well aware (I also use too many hyphens and brackets as well). Still, nice to know someone’s reading!Continue reading “Chirpy chirpy cheep cheep”
First the cucumbers, now the kiwis
[Sigh] One step forward, two steps back… The redtops are full of a story today about a market trader who is being fined for his kiwis being 1mm smaller than the rules for grade 2 kiwis allow. Of course “Brussels bureaucrats” are getting the blame. Now, there are a number of things here: 1) We doContinue reading “First the cucumbers, now the kiwis”
Back in Brussels
I’m in Brussels at the moment – I have to get the house sorted out for the move, get quotes etc, and I’ve been asked to take part in an event tomorrow about communicating Europe, organised by the Committee of the Regions. It’s been nice to be back. I went into the Commission today forContinue reading “Back in Brussels”
What it’s all about
Today has been a little microcosm of what this job is going to be about. We started out with two “bonkers Brussels” stories, neither of which were correctly reported. Firstly was the one about “Brussels” (I love the way they say that) has banned dogs from the kitchen of good old British B&Bs. The TimesContinue reading “What it’s all about”
The renaissance of the bendy cucumber
There’s a great story floating around in the press today (Metro and Daily Star at the moment) about the EU bringing an end to rules on bendy cucumbers etc. And this one is no Euromyth, it’s true! The Commission has proposed to the Member States that we rationalise the marketing standards for fruit and vegContinue reading “The renaissance of the bendy cucumber”