Thursday, February 28, 2008
"Leading article: A problem and an opportunity" - Independent.co.uk
This situation between France and Germany is both troubling and a real hindrance to Mediterranean growth.
"Travel books: The Liquid Continent" - guardian.co.uk
What an interesting concept - the "liquid continent".
"10th Session of Mediterranean Conference and Exhibition for Oil Kicked off 2008-2-27" - Ljbc.net
It would be helpful to media people to be able to organize and profile these sorts of events.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
"Gaza issues toxic water warning" - BBC News
Water is critical to the future of the Mediterranean. Drinking water independence and sustainability is an issue to which the media of the region need to devote a lot more attention.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
"FT Launching Premium Online Exec Forums; Includes FT.com Subs and Conferences" - paidContent.org
Why not a component of this for the Mediterranean?
"L'Union méditerranéenne" de Nicolas Sarkozy est morte" - Le Monde.fr
In many ways, this is a disappointment....that the focus is changing from one very much centered in the Mediterranean to one that resumes the stance of being a loose appendage to the European Union. The Mediterranean deserves better than that and perhaps other institutions - including the MMC - will offer opportunities to do what SARKOZY & Co. is not going to do, apparently.
Monday, February 25, 2008
Sunday, February 24, 2008
"Sarkozy’s Mediterranean project launched" - El Khabar
Reporting on the Mediterranean Union from an Algerian perspective.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
"Gaza print journalists to get training on investigative reporting" - International Journalists’ Network
What a challenging and important assignment this is.
"Towards the Conquest of the Middle East and North Africa: The U.S., the E.U. and Israel join hands"
I am still trying to understand this organization.
Chinese railroad builder secures Libya contract - International Herald Tribune
There is an interesting MMC conference to organize on the state of the railroads around the Mediterranean. Where have they been historically? Who is doing what? What does the future hold? How far around the Mediterranean today can one go by train? Will that change?
"Nicolas Sarkozy promet qu'aucune chaîne publique ne sera privatisée" - LeMonde,fr
How does this debate compare with policies in other Mediterranean countries?
Saturday, February 16, 2008
"Il faut faire attention aux priorités d'une partie de l'UE par rapport à l'autre" - EurActiv.fr
Czech minister suggest Mediterranean Union could be answered by a Baltic Union or Black Sea Union and urges caution in interview.
"Cruise Liners bonanza to splash the Med this summer" - DI-VE
It looks like this year will bring all the benefits and challenges of increased cruise ship traffic and passengers in the Mediterranean. Another issue for the MMC to address....
"Earthquake felt along Israel's coast" - Jerusalem Post
Earthquakes occur far more often than most people realize around the Mediterranean.
"The spineless menace: Jellyfish overwhelm the sea - Nature, Environment" - Independent.co.uk
The Mediterranean includes so many issues that demand so much more from the media of the region. A conference on the jellyfish issue all by itself is worth doing, expert to media - face-to-face or virtually over the web.
"La diffusion des quotidiens nationaux progresse en 2007, Le Figaro en tête" - TV.org
These are quite impressive numbers for French newspapers, showing the country's largest circulation newspaper, Ouest-France, up over 1% for the year, and smaller, national papers like Le Figaro, gaining by similar percentages. The International Herald Tribune dropped more than 1% to under 25,000 daily circulation in France.
"Self-publisher Lulu joins with Borders" - newsobserver.com
Does this present an opportunity for Mediterranean books?
Friday, February 15, 2008
"SPAIN:'TALK THE MEDITERRANEAN,A SEA OF LANGUAGES ON DISPLAY" - ANSAmed
Languages and language diversity are critical to the Mediterranean.
"ENERGY: GENERATING NUCLEAR PLANT TO BE BUILT IN TUNISIA" - ANSAmed
How many nuclear plants are there in the Mediterranean region?
"JOURNALISM: EUROMED PRIZE FOR INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE AWARDED" - ANSAmed
More good prizes for coverage of the Mediterranean.....
"ARCHAEOLOGY: ROMAN PORTS EMERGE FROM LIBYAN SAND DUNES" - ANSAmed
There is yet more of the history of the Mediterranean to be uncovered.....
"A Global Map of Human Impacts to Marine Ecosystems" - NCEAS
Note, especially, the impact on the Mediterranean.
Salon international du livre de Tanger 12e édition" - Babelmed
This program includes discussions of "women of the Mediterranean".
"Le Maghreb des Livres ,14ème édition" - Babelmed
A good opportunity to bring more of the media richness of the full Mediterranean to more people.
"Bourse universitaire pour les journalistes du Moyen-Orient" - Babelmed
This looks to be an excellent program.
"Manifestation du Hamas contre une caricature de Mahomet" - Le Monde.fr
It is highly unfortunate that this has been transformed from a clear principle of freedom of expression into a religious cause. Religions should know in the strength of their beliefs that they can survive any criticism. Restricting expression, however, prevents the survival of competing ideas.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
"L’ex-numéro 1 du Monde va devenir le patron de la presse quotidienne régionale" - Capital.fr
This means that the leadership of the SPQR - the association of the non-Paris dailies in France - remains in the South, along the Mediterranean.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
"Suppression de la pub: grève d'ampleur dans l'audiovisuel public" - L'Internaute
The situation in France stemming from the SARKOZY plan to eliminate advertising on "public" television is becoming more combative.
"Erdogan slams newspapers for publishing pictures of "naked women" photos" - Hürriyet
This is a reasonable subject to debate as long as freedom does not suffer....
"Turkey to build first nuclear plant on Mediterranean coast: minister" - Hürriyet
Nuclear power and the Mediterranean - what a great topic for an MMC conference.
"Arab TV broadcasters face curbs" - BBC News
It is a shame to see moves like this when the opposite is most needed.
"Newspapers reprint Prophet Mohammed cartoon" - CNN.com
Spain is noted here; we need to look to see what other newspapers in the Mediterranean have published the cartoon.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
"Greece approves of Mediterranean Union creation" - FOCUS Information Agency
This appears to be a strong vote for the Mediterranean Union.
"FORUM DE MONACO 2008 : CINéMA, LITTéRATURE, BANDE DESSINéE … ET JEUX VIDéOS" - BdZoom
More media activities in Monaco.
"Monaco s’engage pour la sauvegarde du thon rouge en Méditerranée"
Much work is needed to protect the red tuna of the Mediterranean.
"Egyptian court reverses reporter ruling" - European Journalism Centre
One hopes that the dismissed charges will not be brought in the future against others.
"Mediterranean Woman Journalists: 9 Countries, 7 Languages, 45 Articles" - Bianet
Another story on this important project.
"Prague says Mediterranean Union not needed" Trend News
Another non-Mediterranean EU country weighs in on the Mediterranean Union debate.
"Danish cartoons 'plotters' held" - BBC News
If this is true, what a depressing development this is. Surely, women and men of good intention and open minds can avoid the trampling of freedom of expression and, in the process, fully respect all religions. A global - or Mediterranean - system of freedom of expression can only succeeed when each of us is able to say whatever we wish and each of us is able to pursue any or no religion of our individual choosing. Is that not a common platform to which we need to work harder to build among us?
Monday, February 11, 2008
Clean Equity Monaco 2008 Conference
While this is not a Mediterranean-oriented event, it does include the Mediterranean, of course, by being global. More important for the MMC, it goes to the heart of one of the crucial subjects that the MMC hopes to address -- the Mediterranean and the environment and how good a job are we all doing to preserve and enhance that environment?
"Metro International posts 2007 losses" - European Journalism Centre
Metro has several editions in the Mediterranean - Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Croatia and Greece.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
"Blaze on Turkish ship in Adriatic Sea extinguished" - Agence France Presse
It is good to see a big potential Mediterranean catastrophe averted. The MMC hopes to address some of the surrounding issues from environmental laws and environmental cleanup to climate and weather conditions -- in order to improve the quality and value of media sevice in these areas.
"Complex opens" - New Zealand Herald
The Mediterranean is getting a new French/Japanese automobile manufacturing plant - in Morocco.
Saturday, February 09, 2008
"Cinquante nouveaux kiosques à Paris depuis septembre 2005" - TV5.org
This is good news for the press in France. I wonder how this trend compares to other cities around the Mediterranean.
"La justice convoquée dans le duel entre Sarkozy et la presse" - TV5.org
SARKOZY's lawsuits are perplexing.
"Twenty per cent shop online" - Times of Malta
New statistics released by Eurostat on internet usage. This story reviews those numbers for Malta.
Turkish Parliament Lifts Headscarf Ban - New York Times
This is surely not the end of this saga.....
Friday, February 08, 2008
"Under a Scarf, a Turkish Lawyer Fighting to Wear It" - The New York Times
This is highly relevant to the media as it goes to core questions of freedom of expression.
Thursday, February 07, 2008
"Nicolas Sarkozy porte plainte contre le site nouvelobs.com" - LeMonde.fr
I wonder if SARKOZY realizes how silly he looks filing a second lawsuit about what somebody else had to say about him. It is bad public policy and surely makes him look either paper-thin-skinned or ultra-vindictive.
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
Mediterranean fisheries policies must be based on science, says Borg" - Cordis
We hope to address this issue in a program at the Mediterranean Media Center.
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
"Journalist’s one-year jail term upheld on appeal in “political decision”" - Reporters sans frontières
The only face-saving move for the Tunisians in a case like this is to open the entire proceeding to public - including non-Tunisan - view.
"Libya: Summary Deportations Would Endanger Migrants and Asylum Seekers - Human Rights Watch
Immigration continues to be a hugely important Mediterranean issue.
"Algeria-WTO talks stumbling on energy, services - EU" - Reuters.com
Membership for Mediterranean countries like Algeria in international organizaitons is not difficult just for the Mediterranean Union idea.
"Merkel Rebuffs Sarkozy on Mediterranean Union Plan" - Financial Times
Internally (European Union), the biggest challenge for SARKOZY comes from Germany.
"Sarkozy's special envoy to weigh Turkish stance over Med Union" - Turkish Daily News
Turkey poses SARKOZY's biggest challenge.
"Avert a new failed Mediterranean scheme" - Daily Star
Here is the view of a US university professor writing from Beirut.
"France wants Israel in Mediterranean Union" - Paris Chronicler
It is instructive to see how each country is reacting to the Mediterranean Union idea.
"No tote bag for President Bush" - Los Angeles Times
This comes at a time when France is proposing to bar public television from selling any advertising. The model of "public" television, after all these years, remains in great flux. Technology is increasing the pressure and public policy is not taking shape very naturally. There are too many open questions about what we expect on our television sets anywhere in the world that comes through some sort of government entity, or as the direct result of action (financing, etc) by some government entity.
"Carla Bruni obtient 60 000 euros en justice contre Ryanair" - Le Monde
How would this case have been decided in other Mediterranean countries?
Monday, February 04, 2008
Sunday, February 03, 2008
Global warming threatens to devastate the Mediterranean - Feature : Middle East World
The media can impact this problem very constructively and objectively if they choose to do so, working cooperatively.
Saturday, February 02, 2008
Friday, February 01, 2008
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