Nosemonkey's EUtopia

In search of a European identity

April 22, 2007
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Euroblog roundup 3

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 8, 2007
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Euroblog roundup 2

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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Euroblog roundup 2 – a call for entries

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

March 25, 2007
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Euroblog roundup 1

Welcome to the inaugural Euroblog roundup on this, the 50th anniversary weekend of the Treaty of Rome. Now, how this is normally going to work is as follows: every other Sunday the Euroblog roundup will compile the best blog posts … Continue reading

February 26, 2007
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Blog survey

Some lass from the University of Hamburg has asked nicely, so here’s a link to her survey about continent-wide participation in “Euroblogs”, which apparently should only take about 15 minutes or so to fill out (I’m going to give it … Continue reading

February 25, 2007
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Deception or stupidity?

I’ve studiously avoided getting involved in recent blog flame-wars. So this post is a bit of an aberration. Sorry… Unsurprisingly, I’m not much of a fan of anti-EU right-wing blog EU Referendum. Aside from their constant assumptions of “liberal media … Continue reading

February 21, 2007
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New CIS blogroll

With Russia, like the US, in a two year electoral cycle (Parliamentary elections this year, Presidential next), I thought it was about time to beef up the Russia/CIS blogroll a bit, so have added a new section. Loads of good … Continue reading

February 21, 2007
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Good news

Looks like Soj of Flogging the Simian (and formerly/occasionally of European Tribune) is going to be back in Romania and back blogging pretty soon. This is known as a Good Thing.