The ECF, Institute of Human Sciences (IWM), German Federal Agency for Civic Education (bpb) and Eurozine organised on 8 November in Vienna a workshop for European online media initiatives. ECF's Tommi Laitio explains why. » more
Anja Herzog is employed at the Hans-Bredow-Institut in Hamburg. There, she concerns herself with questions on European integration and the media development in Eastern Europe. She spoke to euro|topics about problems for the European public, and the potential in transnational media. » more
Geert Lovink, media theoretician and Internet critic, spoke in his address at the Workshop "Towards a European Public Sphere” of a crisis of confidence amongst Internet users and of new architectures of knowledge. In an interview with euro|topics, he explains his points of view in more detail, and explains why cheap tourism, migrants and the English language form the future of Europe. » more
Only with modern business models and new formats can the present deterioration of the media be counteracted, said Mark Hunter, Journalist and Professor at the Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires (INSEAD), in his contribution to the workshop "Towards a European Public Sphere". Here, he answers three questions on this theme for euro|topics. » more
US President Elect Barack Obama has presented his cabinet. His decision to appoint Hillary Clinton as secretary of state is particularly controversial. The European press discusses what Europe awaits from the new team in Washington.
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