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About cycling and fulfilling election promises

By Pavel ⋅ July 15, 2009 ⋅ One comment

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fishing for public attention is the daily business of politicians; therefore it is always a pleasure to witness some original and positive ideas in this respect. One such election project was a Czech MEPs idea to cycle from Prague to Strasbourg and to announce it as a central pre-election promise. “If you vote for me [...]

The fun of writing under an invisibility cloak

By Pavel ⋅ October 6, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

In September the editorial team of the Parliament’s front page website was sent to media training with an experienced pro. He read our texts and than gave us a lashing. Being ripped to pieces is actually less painful, if the text in question does not have your name directly attached to it. It´s like writing [...]

 

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