Spring arrived in Brussels
A little video from the Brussels spring in the Schuman area. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kC7WSyoxzU[/youtube]
Belgium world record
Spanish TV channel VEO7 reporting from Brussels on the Belgian 249 days world record of political deadlock, where the country have been unable to form a new government. The former world record was held by Iraq.
Driving to work early morning
Going to my office in the EU quarters here in Brussels it began to snow. Wanted a small video with snow, because it is somehow not so usual here. This extended to a little more, should I say playing with the idea. Also thought it would be a good practice for future video-production. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZauzAsWbNU[/youtube]
Last assignment at the conference
The last assignment European Training Foundation wanted from their two day conference, Promoting Social Inclusion “equal opportunities for all in education and work”, was a few statements from the participants. I asked what they would bring with them home. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1ZZEH-GIIE[/youtube]
Efficient interview
We got 25 minutes with the Secretary General for NATO, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, just before he traveled to Lisbon for the NATO-Summit.
Charity pays for education in Afghanistan
Recently I did a combined photo- and video coverage from a charity event held at the NATO headquarters in Brussels. Anne-Mette Rasmussen, the wife of the Secretary Generals of NATO, arranges every half year a Charity Ball. The money is afterwards handed over to different charity organizations who support education and women in Afghanistan. her [...]
Searching for a bombers background
Beside doing photos on this reportage we did two video interviews for the newspaper’s web-TV.
Video – Children of the International Montessori Schools theatre performance
School children from the Lower Primary, Upper Primary and the Middle School performing their annual theatre.
Video in Danish: Hjemløse invaderer Europa-Parlamentet
This post is in Danish and is about an exhibition of bronze sculptures showing homeless people. It was shown at the European Parliament in Brussels April 2010.
Video: Music in the European Parliament
The Danish musician and composer Soeren Eppler had premiere on his new song about environment “Me and You” in the European Parliament.
Video: Homeless invades the European Parliament
The Danish artist and activist Jens Galschiøt brought all his homeless people to the European Parliament in Brussels
Short video without comments
At the last day of the EU-Summit in March I spend an hour recording video around the European Council building, where the summit took place. It was done with my digital camera, the Canon 1D eos MkIV. It is not an easy camera to work with when it comes to video recording, so practice is [...]
Montessori Violin, Piano and Guitar Concerts
Children from the International Montessori School held a Violin, Piano and Guitar Concerts Thursday March 25 and Friday March 26 2010 in the Cultural Centre ‘De Kam’, Wezembeek-Oppem, just outside Brussels. Pictures from last years concert.
10.000 euro to afghan women from NATO staff
Anne-Mette Rasmussen, Honorary President for NATO International Club and the wife of the NATO Secretary General, arranged a charity dinner last year in the beginning of December at the NATO Headquarters in Brussels. She gave dance performances with her dance partner from the Danish TV show “Vild med Dans”, the same as the English “Dancing [...]
Anne-Mette Rasmussen dansede 10.000 € ind ved et NATO arrangement
The NATO Secretary Generals wife Anne-Mette Rasmussen tells in Danish about the 10.000 € she at the NATO International Club handed over to two afghan charity organizations
Danish Connie Hedegaard passed her examen
Incoming EU Commissioner for Climate passed her examen at the European Parliament hearing. In Danish and Swedish.
The first working day for the new Danish EU Commissioner
Two minutes was all I got for a photo-session with the new Danish Commissioner, Connie Hedegaard, on her first working day in Brussels. Two days after she resigned as Minister for the Climate Summit COP15 in Copenhagen Sunday the 20th. December, were she busy building up her future cabinet. I was asked to make a [...]
Teaser for Eurofound Forum 2009
Today Eurofound, an European Union agency, published the below small teaser for their conference “Eurofound Forum 2009 – Global recession: Europe’s way out” which is to be held in Dublin in November. I covered the last conference in 2006 and was asked to produce this teaser. The media section at Eurofound supplied the speak and [...]
Two days at NATO
For NATO I covered a two day Defence Ministers meeting on June 11-12 2009 and one of the highlights was on the second day where a monument, donated by Denmark to honour those who had fallen in NATO operations, was unveiled by the NATO Secretary General, Denmark’s Minister of Defence and the Chairman of the Military Committee. [...]