Month: March 2013

Your Favourite e-Book is Reading You: Privacy, User Rights and the Long Arm of the Amazon

Are you up to scratch with the new book reading technology? Have you got a Kindle, Kindle Paperwhite or a Kindle Fire? Are you looking to buy one? Before you do, there is something you should know. Two things in fact. 1. Your e-reader is watching you. Let me start by quoting the following data

The European Dream in times of crisis

Reflections on a debate between economist and political activist Jeremy Rifkin, famous for his 2004 book “The European Dream; How Europe’s vision of the Future is Quietly Eclipsing the American Dream”, and Rajeev Bhargava, political scientist and Director of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies in Delhi. The encounter was chaired by Mia

Brussels Briefing Live – A full day conference on Europe with a British Flavour

The Parliament Magazine celebrated its third Brussels Briefing Live Conference  in November 2012. The event took place in the unique atmosphere of the Commonwealth Club of London and the organizers can proudly claim to have hosted high quality speakers in the fields of journalism, private sector, and politics, all with the same interest: Europe and

Britain can pull the European Union from the economic crisis by means of innovation and gender equality

On 29 November 2012, The Parliament Magazine held a full day conference in London on Britain and its place within the European Union. Brussels Briefing Live offered insights from the EU and UK policy-makers as well as from relevant international professionals on current, not only political, issues. Besides an opening session on the chronological overview

Policy Making in the EU: Is Lobbying Democracy in Action?

The Kings College of London celebrated its annual European Week from the 28 January to the 1 February 2013. The event took place within its faculty of Art and Humanities where the attendees could enjoy  a number of conferences on European issues and, as a novelty this year, the performance by the Loewenberg Trio, a

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