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Author: Corporate Marketing
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Efficiency, renewables and fossil fuels – What’s the right energy for Europe?
January 27, 2012
On 25 January Fleishman-Hillard Brussels organised a roundtable discussion on the future of the EU energy mix, with a particular emphasis on the role that energy efficiency could play in this context. A discussion paper laying down the terms of the debate had been prepared by the FH energy team for the occasion. 50 participants were there to listen to Dagmara Koska, Member of Cabinet of Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger, delivering insights on the Energy Efficiency...
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Human Rights Court under fire
January 26, 2012
For many British politicians and for much of the UK press, the European Court of Human Rights is the very embodiment of foreign meddling in British life. Two particular findings of the Court have stirred passions in Britain: a 2005 ruling that anyone in prison should be allowed to vote in elections (not currently permitted under UK law); and the recent judgement that the militant Islamist preacher Abu Qatada, currently held in a British jail...
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EU Public Affairs conference ‘How Brussels Works’
January 19, 2012
On February 9th and 10th the Quadriga University of Applied Sciences and European Agenda will host the EU Public Affairs conference 'How Brussels Works' at the Crowne Plaza in Brussels. Fleishman-Hillard’s Digital Strategist Steffen Thejll-Moller will run a workshop on digital and Public Affairs, showcasing a number of traditional Public Affairs needs – be it reaching stakeholders, gathering intelligence, building coalitions - and ways in which to best integrate them with online tools and tactics...
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PR in Europe – a driver for social change?
January 19, 2012
Juergen H. Gangoly, Managing Partner of The Skills Group, Fleishman-Hillard’s Austrian affiliate, explains how the economic crisis is bringing about positive change for immigrant communities in Austria – and what his firm is doing to encourage this development. Read: The Rise and Rise of Ethno PR in Europe...
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The Rise and Rise of Ethno PR in Europe
January 18, 2012
By Juergen H. Gangoly, Managing Partner of The Skills Group - Fleishman-Hillard's affiliate in Austria Nowadays, it seems as though everyone in Europe is talking about the financial crisis and what it means to them. And, for most of us, the outlook is daunting: jobs are harder to come by, innovation is flailing ― and businesses are struggling to grow. But there is one hugely significant ― albeit surprising ― silver lining to this rather expansive...
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Future of Pensions in the European Union
January 16, 2012
Fleishman-Hillard Brussels’ Nick Reinhardt edits a new book on the current and future role of pensions in Europe. The book addresses the role of European pensions in a changing world, pensions funds in the EU regulatory environment and the role of pensions in the real economy. Contributors to the book include senior industry figures as well as European regulators and policymakers from across the European Union institutions. It was commissioned to commemorate the 30th anniversary...
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Why EU Public Affairs is Different
January 12, 2012
James Stevens writes the ‘View from Brussels’ column in the latest edition of Public Affairs News. His article appears in the December 2011 edition of Public Affairs News, a leading public affairs trade media publication that covers the industry in Brussels and London. James returned to Brussels from an assignment in Washington D.C. in early 2010. In the column, he underlines that differences in the speed of decision-making, access to decision-makers and the link between...
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Hungary poses a stern test for Europe
January 10, 2012
The European institutions have rarely faced a sterner test than in their dealings with Hungary. As defender of the European treaties the Commission must do all in its power to protect the fundamental principles that underpin liberal democracy in the EU, yet any decision to block an EU-IMF aid package until Hungary’s authoritarian measures have been scrapped risks further serious damage to an already fragile European banking sector. A collapse of the Hungarian currency and...
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Communicating Chemicals with Passion
January 9, 2012
Fleishman-Hillard Brussels' Nick Andrews challenges the chemical sector to communicate with passion in a piece in Chemistry&Industry Magazine's January 2012 edition. In a thought-provoking commentary in the Society of Chemical Industry's monthly magazine, Nick Andrews, a corporate reputation specialist at Fleishman-Hillard Brussels, challenges the chemical sector to address its reputation by setting out a future in which others can believe, and communicate it passionately, over time. Read: Why the Chemicals Industry Needs to Communicate With Passion...
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Event: What’s the Right Energy for Europe?
January 5, 2012
Fleishman-Hillard Brussels hosts a luncheon roundtable on 'Efficiency, renewables and fossil fuels – what’s the right energy for Europe?' in Brussels on Wednesday 25 January 2012. Ms. Dagmara Koska, Member of the Cabinet for European Commissioner for Energy Gunther Oettinger and Mr. Sanjeev Kumar, Senior Associate at E3G, an independent not-for-profit organisation, will address the roundtable discussion as guest speakers...