Heads up: Miliband foreign policy speech today Going to have a fair amount about the EU apparently. Doubt it’s anything major, but after Sarko’s visit, who knows? (tags: Britain EU) Serbia to hold elections in Kosovo Well, they sort of … Continue reading →

Macedonia’s government collapses Oh joy – we could have another Balkan domino effect on our hands… Nice one, Kosovo! (Or is that altogether too simplistic? Methinks I need some expert opinion…) (tags: Macedonia Kosovo) Summit approves ‘Union for the Mediterranean’ … Continue reading →

European leaders need a president, not a nonentity “The names being whispered in Brussels are those of politicians that even most Europeans have never heard of” – good stuff (tags: EU) “Mediterranean Union” plans agreed And they’re, well, a bit … Continue reading →

The Czechs in the EU Worth a read, if only for this: “despite their natural sympathy for the UK, many Czechs complain of being ignored by the British” – if we made an effort, a UK EU vision could happen … Continue reading →

Europe, Russia Headed for Confrontation Over Abkhazia Here we go – the wider fallout of supporting Kosovo’s independence starts to appear (tags: EU Russia Caucasus) Sweden seeks to boost camp of liberal EU states “Sweden wants to boost the liberal … Continue reading →

Get Europa Still not as good as the likes of TheyWorkForYou and ThePublicWhip, but this Google-powered search engine is a welcome new tool to hunt down EU info nonetheless (tags: EU) A second term as Commissioner for Mandelson? Christ alive. … Continue reading →

Frozen conflicts: South Ossetia Nice intro to one of the (many) forgotten wannabe states of the Caucasus: “It’s basically 75,000 people living on rocks” (tags: Caucasus) Spot on example of why a referendum was a bad idea Using arch eurosceptic … Continue reading →

Tip-top post on the UK, EU and referenda “The whole argument about a referendum on the European Union’s Lisbon treaty has been a sham, documented by ignorance and deception on all sides” (tags: UK EU) A New Europe Strategy for … Continue reading →

On the paranoid state of mind of British Eurosceptics “This not my debate” – I often wish I could say the same thing… *sigh* (tags: EU Britain idiocy) Franco-German detente? What’s the likelihood that Merkel and Sarkozy managed to reconcile … Continue reading →

Russia’s post-election balance Interesting, plausible bit of speculation about a situation no one really understands or has a clue how to analyse just yet (tags: Russia Elections) EU to Help Resolve Post-Election Crisis in Armenia Hmmm… Meddling in the Caucasus … Continue reading →

Language barrier scuppers walker Ha ha ha ha ha! This is one of the funniest things I’ve seen in ages. What a dick… Tries to walk to India living on handouts – makes it as far as Calais. Yay the … Continue reading →

An Islamic Reformation? Yup – that bridge between Europe and the Middle East seems to be doing what advocates of Turkish EU entry haven’t dared hoped in even their most optimistic moments. Possibly… (tags: Turkey) EU-wide political funding Set at … Continue reading →