Archive for March, 2010
Sponsoring the World Cup? Nah, put Messi on YouTube
Online videos are part of everyone’s advertising strategies now, of course, but some, like Pepsi, are going for it big time. Luckily, it’s not all about the big fish. The minnows, and even the public sector, are still getting a look-in. This post offers a short meander on a trail of online advertising.
EU S.O.S. squad
Storm Xynthia claimed 60 lives and left many homes and businesses severely damaged as it swept through Europe. Following the unending stream of natural diasasters in recent weeks, MEPs are now calling for a European Civil Protection force. But the devil is in the detail, some wish to commit coins, others want manpower. Learn more.
Can it get more personal?
We are editors, we write daily news for the European Parliament. We come across all types of news and activities going on in the EP, which we pass them on to the real people, in an as comprehensible way as possible. This is our main objective of our work. Then we have the blog here, [...]
Friends and business: 5 tips How to do it easier
Overloaded by working tasks? Do not know how and especially WHEN to meet your friends, business partners or even, for the single ones, the love of your life? In this “guest blogger” piece, Ivana, one of our trainees, has a quick look at a few tips on how to meet up effectively.
EU Diplomatic Service Causes Conflict
Catherine Ashton’s new diplomatic service, which will be in charge of EU foreign policy, “is causing conflict”. Too many Brits in top jobs say some Member States. Also questions are still being asked as to its exact mission and cost. Watch.
Will Jack and Jessica have the same career opportunities?
“Will Jack and Jessica have the same career opportunities?” A new clip on EUTube explains the gender pay gap in a Commission communications campaign. Not bad. Watch it!
If I go home he will kill me
“If I go home he will kill me.” This was the thought of Swedish MEP Eva Britt-Svensson before she left her abusive husband. Being a public figure didn’t make her immune to domestic violence and she wants all victims of domestic violence to know there is a way out. In an unusually candid personal interview [...]
Facebook chatting today
On the occassion of the International Women Day, EP Facebook team organized today a live debate with MEP Eva-Britt Svensson, chair of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality of the European Parliament. The topic of the chat was “Violence against women: We can stop it!” There were more than 40 comments made on the [...]
BBC: new old media organisation
When looking at best web practice, it’s never long before you get round to the extraordinary BBC. For an “old media” organisation, it really seems to have worked out how to live in the brave new world. Spotted this week in the Economist a series of amazing facts. Each week 98% of adult Britons use [...]
Life and art, Europe and the West Wing
One thing this blog can do is let you into those little secrets of the daily life of the European Parliament. So here’s one for you: the place is positively heaving with ardent fans of the US television series the West Wing. Well at least that was my observation a few years ago when I [...]
The Battle of the Giants: Facebook and MySpace Fight It Out
It has become a platitude to say that social networks will be the next big thing. Unfortunately, if you subscribe to this widely held view, you are patently wrong. Judging by the amount of media exposure social networks get, and not just in web-focused but also business press, they are a big thing at the [...]
When Hillary called Jerzy – NYT reveals all
Lots of articles in the press about the European Parliament all the time of course, but this one from the august New York Times caught our eye in the office today. It’s always interesting to see how the Parliament is perceived the other side of the Atlantic, and this suggests that an important change is [...]
Endless Counting
A woman in a supermarket is compulsively counting everything to herself. When she leaves the shop she passes by a man walking in the opposite direction and he is also counting to himself. Today in Europe one person in 6 lives below the poverty threshold. See more
How much personal data is too much?
I was never a ‘personal data freak’. It’s more the other way round. I am able to give my date of birth even to an cute ice cream seller if he gives me one scoop more for free. But my latest experience made me look at the topic of it from completely new angle and [...]
Gender equality in the 21st century
Three MEPs and a studio audience of young women examine the many forms of inequality that still exist between the sexes today, and propose solutions that range from enforcing current legislation to protection orders, improved public care services and quotas. Watch the video.
Neither Président nor Chairperson
Herman Van Rompuy, current EU president, doesn’t want to be misunderstood. So it was that he came to see MEPs during the mini-plenary in Brussels to explain his new role. Reactions were mixed though most were happy with his initiative early on in his 2 and a half year tenure. Watch it!
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