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Category Archives: Events
Oct 6 2015
#aGreekment in the Twittersphere
4 CommentsBy Max Hänska and Stefan Bauchowitz To what extent does twitter provide a platform for the emergence of a European public sphere? Around 47% of Europeans use social media at least once a week, making it a potentially important source of … Continue reading
Posted by: October 6, 2015
Tagged with: Bailout, Euro crisis, European Public Sphere, Europeanization, media, Socialmedia, twitter, twittersphere
Sep 8 2015
Lebanon: contesting trash politics
Comments Off on Lebanon: contesting trash politicsBy Adham Saouli The 29 of August 2015 may one day be remembered as historic in Lebanon’s turbulent history. At 6pm angry people from different ages, walks of life, regions, and sectarian communities began to gather in Martyr’s Square in … Continue reading
Posted by: September 8, 2015
Tagged with: anti-establishment, contentious politics, Corruption, elites, Indignados, Lebanon, protest movements, sectarianism, trash politics
Feb 24 2014
Eurovision in (Euro-) crisis?
Comments Off on Eurovision in (Euro-) crisis?By Maria Kyriakidou Away from the political and economic battlefield of the Euro crisis, there is another crisis evolving with regard to one of Europe’s institution, namely the Eurovision Song Contest. Although easily dismissed by sceptics as a meaningless and … Continue reading
Posted by: February 24, 2014
Tagged with: Euro crisis, Eurovision Song Contest, Participation, Voting
Aug 29 2013
Solana at LSE: The EU in the Eye of the Storm
Comments Off on Solana at LSE: The EU in the Eye of the StormOur partner LSE IDEAS will celebrate the launch of their Southern European International Affairs Programme with a public lecture at LSE by Javier Solana on Monday 14th October (6.30-8.00pm, Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building). Dr Solana’s lecture will be … Continue reading
Posted by: August 29, 2013
Tagged with: Crisis, European Union, Javier Solana