Posts Tagged ‘ EU ’

Dangerous Lobbying

March 14, 2010
By bicyclemark
Dangerous Lobbying

Lobbying is a strange practice when we're talking about how a government works.  In theory, lobbying is what citizens can do to try and influence what their representatives do; write a letter, make a
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Big Pharma Ads on Their Way

January 20, 2010
By bicyclemark
Big Pharma Ads on Their Way

Anyone who has ever been to the United States, or watched commercials on American Television somehow, knows of the never-ending barrage of Pharmaceutical ads that have come to take over the gaps in be
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On the EU Elections

June 8, 2009
By bicyclemark
On the EU Elections

I wrote a piece for the Guardian on the Dutch vote during last week's European Parliamentary elections. Here's an excerpt: The headlines on Friday morning in Amsterdam looked not unlike those in the
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Municipal Waste in the EU

March 11, 2009
By bicyclemark
Municipal Waste in the EU

Wait don't leave yet. I know the title doesn't scream exciting, but if you're like me, you want to know about how the city you live in handles waste disposal.  The EU's statistics office, Eurstat, has
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Health Consumers of Europa

November 17, 2008
By bicyclemark
Health Consumers of Europa

Currently flipping through the European Health Consumer Index for 2008, which seems to rate nations (in Europe) based on how well the health system treats patients and how empowered patients are. Thou
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Ask Your EU Doctors About

August 8, 2008
By bicyclemark
Ask Your EU Doctors About

No this is not a spam post. While in the United States I usually watch a bit of television and I definitely spend time listening to the radio.  One thing you'll have no problem encountering on both
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Farming On Either Side of Pond

May 22, 2008
By bicyclemark
Farming On Either Side of Pond

The theme this season on the blog continues to be food; the cost, growing, and politics of food.  Recently, while preparing for my journey to Thailand (next week), I've noticed 2 big changes coming t
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Corporate Influence in EU Governments

April 10, 2008
By bicyclemark

It is that feeling that never really goes away. No matter how often you might look around at how things work in Europe and admire things, there is the ever present feeling that politics, business, and
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