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• 06052008

  Neapolitan sauerkraut Fifty years after the creation of the European community, food is still a touchy subject for some countries, for example, the on-going rivalry between French and Italian cooking. On either side of the Alps, each nation tries very hard to show…

• 18042008

  Mozzarella country A mozzarella crisis awaits Androulla Vasiliou, the newly appointed European commissioner for health who took over from fellow Cypriot, Markos Kyprianou. Unforgivable ‘It is a grave sin to produce food that has been tampered with or…

• 04042008

  Gaga for (Polish pensioner) babas A baba is a type of cake also known as a Madeleine. French novelist Marcel Proust described their aroma and flavour as ‘persistent’, ‘faithful’ and full of ‘vitality’. Lightly flavoured with alcohol and soaked in lots of fruit…

• 26022008

  Zuppa inglese: trifling English Zuppa inglese ('English trifle') is a lightly alcoholic custard served with biscuits. I cannot tell you why this dessert is called ‘English’. However, I can offer you a few possible explanations and let you know the results of my research…

• 06022008

  No more smoking in Paris' bistros December 2007. What to choose - mint or almond? I don’t often smoke shisha, so choosing a flavour is not an easy task, at least for me, since I am not a real smoker. I choose mint. Meanwhile, a waitress of Indian origin brings me the green…

• 09012008

  Schengen: Slovenia and Italy help each other The city of Gorizia (or 'Friuli Venezia Giulia') celebrated the event just like Berlin in 1989 – celebrating its reunification. No barrier will ever again divide Gorizia and Nova Gorica ('Nuova Gorizia'), the Slovenian city created from…

• 02012008

  Educating Pristina 45% unemployment, a pervasive black market, a GDP of 1000 euros per capita per year and widespread corruption: Kosovo’s economic situation is far from ideal. Those who are able to leave may choose not to come back. This brain drain…

• 06122007

  Plastic surgery: turn to the Thai scalpel In a huge ground floor room with panoramic windows, English patients and Saudi nobility sit back in comfortable sofas with Starbucks coffee in their hands. Welcome to ‘Bumrungrad International’, the largest private hospital in south east…

• 12092007

  Estonian economy: between crash landing and Baltic summer The show must go on, blasts Freddie Mercury on the airwaves in the arrivals area of Tallinn airport. An appropriate twist of fate. The Baltic summer sun, still shining at midnight, gives the impression of a country that never sleeps. But…

• 11092007

  Albania - El Dorado for tour operators Stereotypes begin to crumble as soon as you arrive at Mother Theresa airport in Rina: no sign of the official asking for a pay-off. The airport is brand new and only 15 minutes from the capital Tirana. The city has been modernised thanks to…