Around Europe Archive – 2005

Copies of Around Europe between 2005 and 2008 are made available in a series of archive posts, with all the headlines and stories collected into a ZIP file for the entire year, rather than in individual monthly blog posts. We have an extensive archive of paper copies of Around Europe before 2002; please contact us if you wish to request copies of any of these.

2005 – click to download the ZIP file in English, Deutsch or français

Around Europe 278 – December 2005 / January 2006

Reflections on a Gathering of Young Peacemakers; Peace Book Launch at European Parliament; Ziviler Friedensdienst auf der Weltbühne (in German); Brian Staleton 1922 – 2005; News in Brief

Around Europe 277 – November 2005

Peace Tax – The Legal Dilemmas; Transparency and Openness in the Council of the European Union; Nobel Peace Prize 2005 – 1000 Women lose out; A New Force in European Parliamentary Democracy?; Online European Peace Directory Launched; Call to Action against Poverty; New Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe

Around Europe 276 – October 2005

The European Union & Small Arms; Commemoration of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombings; Time for Transparency; Peace Tax Protestor in the UK Visited by Bailiff; New Year’s Workshop In Vienna; Receive Around Europe by E-mail

Around Europe 275 – September 2005

QCEA looks at the EU’s Response to Terrorism; 1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize 2005; After the NPT Review Conference; News in Brief

Around Europe 274 – July / August 2005

What happened to the Constitution? The ‘no’ votes in France and the Netherlands; Bertha Von Suttner 2005 Remembering Irene Tester; Women In Prison: What We’ve Discovered; Speaking Truth to Power in Europe

Around Europe 273 – June 2005

Support the Declaration on the 60th Anniversary of the Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki; Pointing the way forward; International Peace Walk 26 July – 9 August; Sign up to the QCEA e-mail list; Contacting your MEPs; What is Security Sector Reform?; Help Support QCEA

Around Europe 272 – May 2005

The Right to Conscientious Objection in Europe; Charlotte Wetton joins QCEA; Sign up to the European Peace Directory; Peace Tax Update; Civilian Crisis Management: What is it and what is still to be done?;
News in Brief

Around Europe 271 – April 2005

‘Partners in Prevention’ Conference; One Million European Peace Activists Can Bring About Change; The EU at the UN; News in Brief

Around Europe 270 – March 2005

Freedom and Democracy Coming Under Siege in Washington, DC; Memories of Rudi Schwarz; Getting Together on a Personal Basis; Asylum Seekers and Refugees – It’s Time to Act –; News in Brief

Around Europe 269 – February 2005

Mayor of Hiroshima Visits European Parliament; New Programme Assistant at QCEA; Mayors for Peace: a 20:20 Vision; Peace Making in the Middle East; News in Brief

Around Europe 268 – January 2005

Bianca Jagger Receives ‘Right Livelihood Award 2004’; The African Peace Facility – What issues does it raise?; MEPs form Intergroup for Peace Initiatives; Tsunami Aftermath