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FRONTEX’S OPERATIONS DIRECTOR LIKELY TO BECOME THE EU AGENCY’S NEXT DIRECTOR GENERAL

Posted on February 10, 2014 by ivanmconsiglio

The Operations Director of FRONTEX, German border policeman Klaus Rosler, is earmarked and set to become the EU border-control coordination agency’s next Director General. This despite his coming under the scrutiny and fire of the EU Ombudsman when it was established that there was maladministration on the part of Frontex. Continue reading →

Posted in GENERAL OBSERVATIONS & THOUGHTS, WORLD MILITARY | Tagged EU, EU Ombudsman, FRONTEX, Klaus Rosler | 3 Comments

MY FACEBOOK, LOOKING BACK

Posted on February 5, 2014 by ivanmconsiglio

Here’s my Facebook film. Find yours at https://facebook.com/lookback/ #FacebookIs10

Posted in GENERAL OBSERVATIONS & THOUGHTS, JOKES, HUMOUR, AND OTHER WIT, MY PIC SNAPS, MY VIDEO WORK, PHOTOGRAPHY | Tagged Facebook, Youtube | Leave a comment

Facebook: dead or alive? – Telegraph

Posted on January 25, 2014 by ivanmconsiglio

Facebook: dead or alive?

Princeton predicts that Facebook is in precipitous decline. Continue reading →

Posted in GEEKY OR TECHIE GADGET STUFF, GENERAL OBSERVATIONS & THOUGHTS | Tagged Facebook | Leave a comment

JOURNALISTS SHOULD BE ALLOWED THE FREEDOM TO DO THEIR JOBS

Posted on January 22, 2014 by ivanmconsiglio

Every medium can chose what is of news value and the IĠM appeals for harassment of journalists should not be repeated.

Last week the IĠM felt it had to defend the right to the confidentiality of the source of journalists after the police said it was going to request the Court to order the Editor of MaltaToday to reveal the source of information.

Head of News of Media.Link Communications asked for the protection of the Institute of Maltese Journalists (IĠM) as Media.Link Communications were following a story that was published in another newspaper. Continue reading →

Posted in GENERAL OBSERVATIONS & THOUGHTS | Tagged harassment, Institute of Maltese Journalists, IĠM | Leave a comment

. . . WELCOME . . . MERHBA . . . BIENVENUE . . . BENVENUTI . . . مرحبا بكم

Posted on January 20, 2014 by ivanmconsiglio

THANKS FOR VISITING MY WEBPAGES AND BLOGS. HERE I POST WHAT ARTICLES ON TECH, PHOTOGRAPHY OR OTHER WHICH WHIMSICALLY CATCHES MY EYE. FEEL FREE TO INTERACT AND COMMENT, YOUR FEEDBACK WOULD BE APPRECIATED. THIS NOOK OF CYBERSPACE IS ALWAYS UNDER … Continue reading →

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Confidentiality of the source of journalistic information should not be tampered with

Posted on January 17, 2014 by ivanmconsiglio

The Institute of Maltese Journalists (IĠM) regrets to note the declaration made in Court by a Police officer, who stated that the Police intended to institute proceedings in Court to request the Editor of MaltaToday to reveal the source of … Continue reading →

Posted in GENERAL OBSERVATIONS & THOUGHTS | Tagged Confidentiality of source, Institute of Maltese Journalists (IĠM), journalistic information | Leave a comment

Facebook plans suite of standalone mobile apps for 2014 | The Verge

Posted on January 16, 2014 by ivanmconsiglio

Two weeks after Messenger launched, CEO Mark Zuckerberg reflected on how the company had “historically” moved forward by building a lot of features into its core app — and how things were about to change. “We also have a few … Continue reading →

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