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EU watchdog probes suspicious funding for Twitter, Facebook accounts in Bulgaria - 13 February 2013 - News

The European Anti-Fraud Office, OLAF, has launched an investigation into allegations that €50,000 in rural development funding was due to be paid for opening and running a Facebook page and a Twitter account in Bulgaria, EurActiv has learned.

Europe tweets reaction to Obama win - 07 November 2012 - News

EU Commissioners, politicians and diplomats have been competing on Twitter to deliver short and snappy messages on the future of EU-US relations, after  Barack Obama was re-elected to serve a second four-year mandate in the US.

Icelanders back first ‘crowdsourced constitution’ - 22 October 2012 - News

Iceland residents voted overwhelmingly in favour of a new Constitution written by a Constitutional Council of 25 citizens who gathered feedback through social media. 

Reding calls for Barroso third term - 04 September 2012 - News

European Commission Vice President Viviane Reding has called for the current Commission President José Manuel Barroso to stay on for an unprecedented third term, following a row with the Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta.

Activists hail success of Twitter storm against fossil fuel subsidies - 18 June 2012 - News

High-profile support for #endfossilfuelsubsidies campaign helps it to top trending topic in US and second place globally.

How the Parliament boosts its Facebook audience - 11 June 2012 - News

The European Parliament’s popularity in social media has rocketed in recent years despite a drop in citizens’ confidence in political parties and a decreasing turnout at European elections. A number of tricks to attract fans on Facebook and Twitter help explain this contradiction.

EU court rules against social networks policing the internet - 16 February 2012 - News

Online social networks cannot be forced to block users from downloading songs illegally, as this would push up their costs and infringe on privacy, Europe's highest court said today (16 February), adding to a worldwide debate on internet policing.

Social networks vow to partner with citizens’ initiatives - 30 January 2012 - News

Facebook, Google, Twitter and other social networking sites will support European citizens’ initiatives that will be launched starting 1 April, corporate representatives said during a conference in Brussels last week.

A bittersweet victory for Gruevski - 20 June 2011 - Opinion

Tanja Milevska argues Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, despite a recent electoral victory, is in an insecure position due to the EU's negative assessment of the country's candidacy prospects and mass protests following the police's murder of a youth.

MEPs to twitter their way into new communication - 22 November 2010 - News

People are increasingly using social media as a way to communicate with the members of the European Parliament and MEPs seem convinced that Twitter is the way to go, a new public affairs survey has found.

EU lawmakers to receive lessons in social media - 11 October 2010 - News

Members of the European Parliament are to attend courses on how to make the most of social media in a bid to improve their communication with citizens in their constituencies and beyond. The classes draw inspiration from a similar scheme carried out for French MPs recently. 

UK parties ignoring social media ahead of poll - 06 April 2010 - News

The UK's political parties use social media for "one-off witty campaigns" but they do not engage in US-style outreach to their voters, according to an analysis by a British consultancy published ahead of elections due on 6 May.

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