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Debate "European Parliament and Citizenship" - Lisbon, May 13th 2009
Monday, June 15 2009 By Carina | Photos | 9 comments
"Volunteers explain Europe to students from all over the country"
Thursday, May 21 2009 By micese | Articles
''About half a hundred of Portuguese workers that work in European institutions will get back to the schools where they studied, in Portugal, to speak to the students and 'explain the European Union'. The iniciative, entitled "Back to School" and that is on the context of the european elections, happens tomorrow in 50 schoold all over the country, and the organization is from the responsibility of the Portuguese representation of the European Commission in Portugal. The volunteers will debate with the students from 8 to 18 years old the themes connected to the rights and obligations of the european citizenship."
in Público, 21.05.2009
DEBATE - THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND CITIZENSHIP
Sunday, May 10 2009 By micese | Agenda | 4 comments
Manuel Monteiro
Paulo Sande
André Freire
Maurits van der Hoofd
On May 13th (Wednesday), around 6.30 pm, at the Fac. of Social Sciences and Humanities (FCSH) of Univ. Nova de Lisboa (UNL), at Avenida de Berna, there will be a debate entitled "The European Parliament and Citizenship," organized by the Lisbon team of the European CaféBabel magazine.
On the countdown to the European elections of June 7th, the CaféBabel Lisbon, in partnership with NECPRI (Centre for Studies of Political Science and International Relations), seeks to clarify / reflect on the importance of it, focusing on the theme of the proximity between the Parliament and the citizens, and the perception of the influence of the European Parliament on their lives.
Thus, were invited to the debate Manuel Monteiro, Paulo Sande, André Freire and Maurits van der Hoofd, with moderation of Paulo Barcelos (FCSH), in order to provide different perspectives on this issue, ensuring a dynamic and enlightening debate.
Details:
Theme: "The European Parliament and Citizenship"
Date: May 13th (Wednesday)
Time: 6:30 pm
Location: Fac Social Sciences and Humanities (Univ. Nova Lisboa), Tower B, Aud. 2 (3rd floor)
Speakers:
Manuel Monteiro - Founder of the New Democracy Party
Paulo Sande - Director of the Office of the European Parliament, Portugal
André Freire - Political Scientist / Professor at ISCTE
Maurits van der Hoofd - militant of ALDE
For further information, please contact: cafebabel.lisboa@gmail.com
May 13th - Debate "The European Parliament and the European Citizenship” - Lisbon
Wednesday, April 8 2009 By micese | Agenda | 14 comments
On the next 13th of May (Wednesday), around 6.30 pm, the debate “The European Parliament and the European Citizenship” will take place, on the FCSH (Fac. Ciencias Sociais e Humanas) of the UNL (University Nova de Lisboa), at the Av. Berna in Lisbon)
This debate, organized by the Lisbon team of CafeBabel in partnership with the NECPRI (Group of Political Science and International Relations Studies), aims to refer the themes around the European Parliament – mentioning issues such as the importance of the parliament, the coming elections, and the role of the European citizen regarding this Parliament.
As speakers the group will invite some of the main national names on the European thematic. Soon we will announce details regarding confirmed speakers and the programme of the debate.
CaféBabel Lisboa wins European Prize Carlos Magno for Youth 2009 in Portugal
By micese | 12 comments
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The project CafeBabel Lisboa won the national competition of the “European Prize Carlos Magno for Youth 2009”, of the European Parliament.
This way, the project of the Lisbon team will go through to the second phase of the competitions, now at an European scale, representing Portugal on the competition against the projects of the other Member-States.
On May 19th 2009, in Aachen, Germany, the three winners will be revealed, receiving monetary prizes and also being invited to visit the European Parliament.
This award is an initiative of the European Parliament and of the Foundation of the International Prize Carlos Magno, aiming to award projects that promote the European understanding.
Cultures on my Street
Tuesday, April 1 2008 By Carina | Photos | 2 comments
''As Europe grows together in its diversity, the European Commission challenges YOU to capture your vision of intercultural dialogue and share it with the world in the competition "Cultures on my street". All European residents, regardless of age or origins, are invited to participate. It's as easy as grabbing your camera and stepping outside the front door.''
European Development Days - Will Climate Change Development?
Saturday, November 17 2007 By Carina | Portuguese Presidency 2007 | 3 comments
Report from Lisbon by Diane Halley
Climate change was certainly an apt theme for this year's European Development Days in Lisbon, if only for the very reason that we left Brussels on a Tuesday evening of five degrees, and arrived to a balmy Lisbon where temperatures rose to their mid-twenties during consecutive days of abundant sunshine. Something is up with our weather in Europe, let alone globally. Every Portuguese person I met remarked that the weather was extraordinary for the month of November. However, whereas our seasons appear to be merging in Europe, we are not suffering from climate change to the same extent as those in Africa and on other developing continents.
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EU Finance ministers gather in Oporto
Saturday, September 15 2007 By Carina | Portuguese Presidency 2007 | one comment | 206 trackbacks
The finance ministers of the 27 are gathered this weekend in Oporto, on an informal summit to discuss issues of EU economy such as the financial markets' instability and the increase of interest rates.
This meeting fits the scope of the Portuguese EU Presidency.
Author: Bruno Rego
Translation: Maria Alcaparra
This meeting fits the scope of the Portuguese EU Presidency.
Author: Bruno Rego
Translation: Maria Alcaparra
José Sócrates visits Poland
By Carina | Portuguese Presidency 2007 | 8 comments | 8 trackbacks
José Sócrates has traveled yesterday to Poland in order to try to cease brothers Kaczynsky's objections to the approval of the future Reforming Treaty.
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UE-Ucrania Summit aims to bring ucranians closer to Europe
By Carina | Portuguese Presidency 2007 | 399 trackbacks
The Summit between the European Union and Ucrania has started yesterday, with the goal of making the relationships between Europe and this ex-URSS country stronger.
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Campaign for a European referendum
Tuesday, September 4 2007 By Carina | Articles | 167 trackbacks
In a joint initiative from the Union of European Federalists and the Young European Federalists, a campaign was launched targeting the gathering of one million signatures to demand a referendum to the European Constitution.
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Ministers of Environment gathered in Lisbon to discuss water shortness in Europe
Saturday, September 1 2007 By Carina | Portuguese Presidency 2007 | one comment
The European Union's Ministers of Environment gather today in Lisbon for an informal conference promoted by the Portuguese Presidency to discuss issues such as drought and water shortness.
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European Socialist Party opposes to Polish "moral clause"
Thursday, July 19 2007 By Carina | Portuguese Presidency 2007 | 8 comments
Anna Colombo has positively responded to an internet campaign directed to the presidency of the Commission, the European parliamentary groups and the Portuguese prime-minister and protesting against the moral exception imposed by Poland, which will allow its government to stop its citizens of appealing to European justice whenever the “family values” might be at stake.
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Tagus
Thursday, June 14 2007 By Carina | Photos | one comment | 86 trackbacks
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By Mónica Guerreiro
Lisbon Love Story
Sunday, June 3 2007 By Carina | Cities | one comment | 227 trackbacks
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By Bruno Rego
The river involves your shore, hugging you each morning, leaving your streets with the comforting presence of the sun rays that illuminate the faces of the passers-by who pass through you in hurried step. Almost never without time to stop. Almost never without time to lose themselves in the infinite stories that your lanes and paths conceal beneath times’ devir tissue.
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Books
By Carina | Literature | 272 trackbacks
There is no action without reflection: books will continue, even with the swiftness and quickness with which the world seems to spin, performing an essential role. In this section, we intend to regularly promote published works that are, in some way, relevant to our project. Politics, philosophy, literature, history – original work, translations or reprints that address the European theme will find their place here.
Cafés Itinerary - the 'Idea of Europe'
By Carina | Historical Cafés Itinerary | one comment | 301 trackbacks
“Europe is made of coffeeshops, of cafes. These include Pessoa’s favourite cafeteria, in Lisbon, to the Odessa cafes frequented by Isaac Babel’s gangsters. Include Copenhagen cafes, where Kierkgaard stoped by on his focused walks, to the Palermo counters […]. May one draw the map of cafeterias and one will get one of the “Idea of Europe” essential markers.”
George Steiner, The Idea of Europe
Steiner’s sentence inspires CafeBabel: a space where hundreds of people speaking different languages converge, finding around a café – even if virtual – the share of values that build our continent. With this project, we intend to make the cafes that marked Portugal’s social, cultural and political life known.Continue reading ...