Tag Archive for 'European Commission'

De prin reader adunate

Published on October 22, 2008 in Miscellaneous. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , .

Cum azi am avut chef de dat pe net, am descoperit prin blogosfera cateva lucruri interesante (partial politice, partial sociale):

  • Exista o unealta online care iti permite sa vezi exact, cautand dupa numele strazii tale, ce candidati la alegerile parlamentare exista in colegiul tau: Thinkopolis (via Gramo)
  • Comisia Europeana vrea sa lanseze un program de mobilitate pentru antreprenori, asemanator Erasmus-ului pentru studenti si cauta nume pentru el (consultand inclusiv publicul), avand de ales intre E3, Mentor, Mercurius, Mine, si Neo. Detalii aici (via Iblog)
  • Foreign Policy tocmai a publicat topul oraselor “internationale”. Pe primul loc, fireste, mereu acelasi New York. Ciudat, Toronto apare pe locul 5, si – cu exceptia Moscovei – nici un oras din Europa Centrala si de Est nu e suficient de cosmopolit pentru a intra in top 20. Detalii aici (via 8th Circle).

EU Enlargement and its Corrupt Offspring

Published on July 23, 2008 in Miscellaneous. 2 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

Interesting pronouncements from the European Commission coming in today for Romania and Bulgaria. It looks like the Commission will once again criticize the lack of progress in fighting corruption and in the administration of justice in the EU’s newest members. However, it looks like Bulgaria will be chastised worse this time, due to mismanaging European funds (basically financing political campaigns from offshore bank accounts instead of giving Sapard money to Bulgarian farmers), with two huge operational programmes most likely to be interrupted in Bulgaria. When it comes to Bulgaria the allegations of their deputy prime minister against the Commission for leaking off information to the media (the Bulgarian official saying it is this tip-off that will affect Bulgaria’s image abroad, not the corruption itself) seem to me most strange. Continue reading ‘EU Enlargement and its Corrupt Offspring’

President Basescu and the EU. Sheer amazement.

Published on June 21, 2008 in Miscellaneous. 13 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , .

basescu.jpgOnce again my country’s president puzzled me. Romanians are euro-optimists because of their perfectly justified naivete that Europe would bring us “the good”, without too much interference on our behalf. Most Eastern Europeans have joyfully embraced the European Union, despite lack of knowledge, awareness and information on this magnanimous institution. Continue reading ‘President Basescu and the EU. Sheer amazement.’