Monday, 25 May 2009

A selection of recent media reports

EU adopts skilled worker 'blue card' scheme
(BRUSSELS) - European Union nations adopted Monday a new "blue card" scheme to attract skilled migrant workers and measures to sanction EU employers who use black market...
EUbusiness.com (25-May-2009)

Macedonia ripe for visa-free EU travel: report
(BRUSSELS) - The European Union could rapidly lift visa requirements for citizens of Macedonia, but those in Serbia and Montenegro do not yet fulfill the conditions, according to a European Commission...
EUbusiness.com (25-May-2009)

Political class must do more to recognise English national identity in fight against the BNP, says ippr
Ahead of the forthcoming European and local elections a new essay by the Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr) urges mainstream politicians to do more to recognise and engage with a growing sense of Englishness in order to stop English national identity being manipulated by the negative nationalist...
IPPR (25-May-2009)

Leading article: We must stop exaggerating the threat of the BNP
A small far-right party is receiving far more publicity than it...
The Independent (25-May-2009)

Masked mob on the march against Muslim extremists turns violent
The streets of Luton descended into violence yesterday as hundreds of anti-Islamist protesters clashed with police. The crowds in the town centre hid their faces behind balaclavas, brandished England flags and chanted at...
Daily Mail (25-May-2009)

BNP attracts more clicks than all other major parties
Statistics show Tories and Labour now lagging...
The Independent (25-May-2009)

Trouble flares as Luton residents protest over Muslim extremists
Nine people were arrested yesterday after trouble flared during a protest march against supposed Muslim extremists. The march in Luton was said to be a protest against an earlier demonstration during the Royal Anglian Regiments homecoming parade when soldiers were heckled on their return from a tour of...
The Times (25-May-2009)

Extreme right spreads anti-immigrant message for EU vote
(PRAGUE) - Spreading an unashamedly anti-Islamic, anti-immigrant and anti-European message, far-right parties are aiming to take the EU Parliament by storm in looming...
EUbusiness.com (24-May-2009)