April 22, 2007
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Is up now at Siberian Light (ta Andy!) – loads of good stuff, from Moldovan web awards (yes, really) to the French elections. Speaking of which, it’s the long-expected Sarko/Sego runoff (my prediction of an additional last-minute surge for Bayrou … Continue reading
April 21, 2007
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The latest polls (also the last, what with voting about to take place in the first round) putting Sarkozy and Royal just 1% apart – and Le Pen overtaking Bayrou. It’s all still hugely unpredictable, in other words. According to … Continue reading
April 21, 2007
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DK has the best roundup and overview of this latest EU-wide attack on freedom of speech from our dear German chums (60 years on still not realising that you don’t fight fascism by banning things), with the International Herald Tribune … Continue reading
April 18, 2007
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Registry corrupted beyond belief by a nasty trojan thing, and unable to fix it thanks to not having a system disc / Windows CD (the joys of buying from Dell is that they seem not to supply these, and it`ll … Continue reading
April 16, 2007
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The clock’s ticking, it’s still very tight, and deals are being proposed left, right and centre, important issues are being avoided, and the English language press is struggling to explain it all (and sometimes being deconstructed in the process – … Continue reading
April 15, 2007
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So no Euroblog roundup this week. I’ve just popped back in briefly on my way between a pub garden and the park. Entries to EUroundup [at] gmail [dot] com, please – a bit of a dearth so far. Next Sunday … Continue reading
April 14, 2007
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One of my ongoing convictions about the worth of the EU is that its very presence, and the vague carrot of potential EU membership, can be a force for good in the lesser-developed states of the European fringe – following … Continue reading
April 13, 2007
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Boris Berezovsky – the exiled multi-millionaire Russian businessman and opponent of the Kremlin whom “poison spy” (i.e. ex-FSB man) Alexander Litvinenko was allegedly ordered to assassinate, prompting his investigations into Putin’s Russia that ended in serious allegations and, presumably, his … Continue reading
April 13, 2007
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This week’s latest film news gubbins is up at the Pocket Films Blog, with news and reviews about the rather impressive Curse of the Golden Flower (plus its director Zhang Yimou and star Chow-Yun Fat), as well as a bunch … Continue reading
April 12, 2007
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An unsolicited email from the “Labour Supporters Network” (to which I have found myself signed up, despite not being a Labour supporter), purporting to be from General Secretary Peter Watt, and encouraging the Labour party’s members to follow their Chancellor’s … Continue reading
April 11, 2007
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First round this weekend, but most people outside la belle France still don’t know much about what’s at stake, or what it all means. The best place to start is probably French Élection 2007’s the French election for dummies and … Continue reading
April 10, 2007
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I’d got annoyed with the thing, so have made a few changes – some more obvious than others. The Snap preview things have gone, as even I’d begun to find them irritating. The main column’s got wider, and the font … Continue reading
April 8, 2007
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It’s Easter, I’ve got chocolate coming out of my ears and a big shoulder of lamb (smothered in garlic and rosemary) slowly roasting in the oven, and a huge vat of decent European blog posts wating in the wings. So, … Continue reading
April 6, 2007
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Come on, chaps – it’s going up in two days time, approximately on Easter Sunday afternoon (rising in glory much akin to that of Our Lord Jesus Christ Who Died For All Our Sins(TM), only without the straggly beard, scabby … Continue reading