http://guests.blogactiv.eu For those who don't blog... yet. Dip your toes into the European blogosphere by simply submitting your articles to this blog. Then, it will be published soon after approval and will be seen on Blogactiv and in the EU blogosphere. Click here to learn Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:22:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Financial Times published a new Harris Poll this week that suggests Americans are more tolerant of Muslim tradition than Europeans. As the headline reads: “Majority Support Outlawing the Burka”. That majority lies in the 5 Big EU States and ranges from 50% in Germany to 70% in France. In the ... http://guests.blogactiv.eu/2010/03/05/burka-bans-in-europe-out-of-many-some-by-nd/ In 2009 over thirty countries contributed warships to protect vital tankers and cargo ships sailing around the Horn of Africa. While these navies have indeed reduced the number of successful hijackings per 100 attacks, the pirates doubled the number of attacks, vastly increased the area where they can mount ... http://guests.blogactiv.eu/2010/02/19/one-earth-future-oceans-beyond-piracy/ The following has been submitted to Blogactiv by Mr Florian Mueller. The simplest way to dismiss any claim that MySQL should not play a role in the assessment of the Oracle/Sun merger due to its limited revenues is to point out that MySQL is apparently important enough to Oracle that it ... http://guests.blogactiv.eu/2009/11/25/mysql-and-a-companys-market-relevance-in-the-light-of-free-and-freemium-revenue-models/ The following has been submitted to Blogactiv by Bruce Talley. 2008 Events The August 2008 conflict in South Ossetia was the first time that many in the West were aware of either South Ossetia or Abkhazia. Both regions fought bloody wars of independence with Georgia in the aftermath of the breakup ... http://guests.blogactiv.eu/2009/11/25/a-brief-history-of-abkhazian-time/ Here on Blogactiv we very rarely feel the need to publish press releases and communiques related to an annual conference. However, we feel that the contribution from the Club de Madrid warrants close attention. DECLARATION Club of Madrid, Annual Conference ‘The Political Dimensions of the World Economic Crisis’ November 13, 2009 We, Members of ... http://guests.blogactiv.eu/2009/11/16/declaration-from-the-club-de-madrid/ Tags Climate Change, European Council, COP15 The European Council needs to agree a finance package to meet developing countries climate change needs, and to do so before COP15 in Copenhagen. How the costs of the package will be divided between European nations is a contentious issue. Solidarity ... http://guests.blogactiv.eu/2009/11/10/european-union-leaders-must-make-a-bold-decision-on-climate-change-finance/ Chris Patten has signalled his interest in the High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy position, something I’m going to give my support to. If you want to look at important conflicts that Britain has been involved with since the EU’s foundation - Falklands, Kosovo, Gulf War, Iraq, Afghanistan, ... http://guests.blogactiv.eu/2009/11/10/patten-for-eu-foreign-minister/ Some of the world's top experts on maritime and international law are meeting, for the first time, to discuss the establishment of an international court to try piracy cases. The focus is purely legal and certainly groundbreaking -- nationally and internationally. It is also, very timely since pirate-seized ship stories ... http://guests.blogactiv.eu/2009/10/15/suppressing-maritime-piracy-exploring-the-options-in-international-law/ Blogactiv is pleased to have received the following contribution from Corina Cretu, a Romainian MEP and Vice Chairwoman of the Development Committee in the European Parliament. I am not very sure that in Washington there have been fully understood the reasons of bitterness and frustration in the former communist countries ... http://guests.blogactiv.eu/2009/09/28/why-is-there-so-much-bitterness-in-the-east/ Blogactiv is proud to publish this article about the Lisbon strategy by Maria João RODRIGUES, Professor, Institute of European Studies, Université Libre de Bruxelles, ULB. The preparation of post 2010 Lisbon strategy in the European Union should start with a clear identification of the challenges ahead. Some were already there but ... http://guests.blogactiv.eu/2009/07/14/priorities-for-the-post-2010-lisbon-strategy/