Twitter is THE buzz word and the online place to be at the moment within the EU-geeks, journalists, civil servants and last but not least EU public affairs professionals. Twitter is undoubtedly a great tool for promotion and exchange between people who may probably never have spoken to each other or met in real life [...]

Speaking of how big social media are becoming is much easier to imagine if we consider it in real time. Thanks to Gary Hayes, there is now a very cool and interactive tool counting the average activity of major social media including Facebook, Twitter and Youtube. Definitely worth having a look!
In his blog, Gary explains [...]

The next European Commissioners have not all been announced yet that concerns arise among feminists. As euObserver reported, “President Jose Manuel Barroso [...] admitted he is unlikely to achieve his aim of getting more women commissioners in the next commission than is currently the case”.
So far, between 4 and 8 women are expected to be [...]

Twitter is much more than a simple egocentric tool or an online sharing platform. It has shown its increasing role in politics, especially during the Obama campaign. It is also becoming a pedagogical tool to remind us of our history. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall, Kulturprojekte Berlin GmbH [...]

Who said European politics was incompatible with Social Media? If we take the example of Twitter: among the 736 MEPs, how many of them are on Twitter? This is a question many EU-bloggers and Twitter users have been asking for weeks. Here it is, the complete (*) list with the 156158 “tweeting” europoliticians classified by [...]