Tweet Street today #10 — The whistleblower’s cats
The Queen’s speech dealt with the staying in the union, welfare, employment and many other issues facing the United Kingdom. There were tweets commenting on how great the speech was, and on how proud...
View ArticleTwitter waves bye to Blatter
Joseph “Sepp” Blatter’s decision to resign Tuesday as FIFA president couldn’t have elicited a more overwhelming response on Twitter: good riddance. Coverage on Twitter of the whole case has been...
View ArticleTweet Street #12 — The official who (maybe) drove a taxi
First up, Brussels favorite monster [insert your choice of witty comment about public official here] has reappeared, and he does have a point… What is @KunardoczEU doing on @TheOnion ?...
View ArticleScottish National Party is backing renewables up north
The Scottish National Party’s success in the May election prompted the UK’s Conservative Party to promise to treat Scotland with great care, but there are already frictions over renewable energy...
View ArticleMerkel ready for compromise to avoid Brexit
The European Union may have to consider a change to its treaties if that’s what is needed to avoid a Brexit, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a television interview broadcast on Thursday....
View ArticleTweet Street #13 — Unlucky for FIFA
STOP THE PRESSES — there have been some new Black Spider memos released. The previous messages were met with mixed reviews, but offered an interesting view into the thinking processes of Prince...
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Tweet Street #14 — Angela Merkel and the chamber of memes
We’re back! Technical difficulties may have halted the progress of Tweet Street on Monday. Remarkably hard to create a twitter column without the Internet. So, without further stalling, here’s our G7...
View ArticleMicrosoft fire scare halts POLITICO event
A fire alarm at the Microsoft Brussels headquarters during POLITICO’s #cybersolutions event forced attendees briefly out into the street until the discussion could be resumed. POLITICO was told that...
View ArticleBettel calls for EU cyber plan by year’s end
Luxembourg, which takes over the rotating presidency in July, hopes to get a new EU cybersecurity strategy finished by the end of the year – an ambitious goal set out on Wednesday by Prime Minister...
View ArticleGermany halts Merkel bugging case
Germany has dropped an investigation into the alleged tapping of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s phone by the U.S. National Security Agency, citing a lack of evidence. Harald Range, Germany’s chief federal...
View ArticleRenzi: ‘This year I change Italy or change jobs’
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has promised to resign by the end of 2015 if his reform agenda isn’t adopted. In an interview in the New Yorker magazine out Monday, Renzi said that, “This year, I...
View ArticleSecond migrant dies in Eurotunnel
A migrant died in the Channel Tunnel while attempting to cross from France to Britain by stowing away on a freight truck, tunnel operator Eurotunnel said Tuesday. Staff found “a migrant who was...
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First responders — 10 years since the London attacks
Londoners have gathered across the city to remember the events of 7/7/2005 when a series of coordinated suicide bomb attacks on the capital killed 52 people. A further 770 were injured in the blasts,...
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Who said what?
Think you’re au courant on all the latest Greek crisis rhetoric? Here’s a chance to test your soundbite knowledge. We’ve collected some of the key quotes and tweets from key newsmakers, but it’s up to...
View ArticleLive — Next steps to Greek deal
**LATEST**: An IMF analysis of Greece’s debt sustainability found it needs more debt relief than European creditors have previously considered. (And the IMF can’t lend if it doesn’t think debt is...
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UK doesn’t want to fund Greek bridge loan
Britain doesn’t want an EU-wide fund for financial emergencies to be used to provide short-term assistance to Greece, Chancellor George Osborne told his eurozone peers at a meeting Tuesday. The...
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Tweet Street #14 — Angela Merkel and the chamber of memes
We’re back! Technical difficulties may have halted the progress of Tweet Street on Monday. Remarkably hard to create a twitter column without the Internet. So, without further stalling, here’s our G7...
View ArticleLive — Greece agreement
***Key developments*** The Greek parliament voted 229-64 to approve the creditors’ reforms, but about 40 Syriza MPs voted No, ending the working majority of the two-party governing coalition. Certain...
View ArticleMerkel’s awkward moment
German Chancellor Angela Merkel was rendered speechless in a now-viral video as she got a first-hand experience with the reality of Germany’s decline in housing for refugees on Wednesday. Speaking to a...
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At long last, EU diplomats get their own crockery
The European External Action Service plans to buy €2.8 million worth of “sparkling” EU-branded tableware to host banquets and dinner parties at its head office and embassies, marking the EEAS’...
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