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Exploiting unpaid interns: rites of passage?

In front | FEATURE
Generation-P in Europe also counts 'Generazione Mille Euro' in Italie (photo:www.generazione1000.com)

Associations like Generation Precarity or Fairwork expose an exploited flexible labour force with intermittent incomes and no job security

by Farah Boucherak // 28/04/08

ANALYSIS

Luxembourg’s citizens on tax havens

Background on the terrestrial fiscal paradise bordering Belgium, France and Germany

by Sofia Dimoulis // 22/04/08

FEATURE
(credits : Flickr-liewcf)

Ebay or ham: how to save money in Spain

We’re more used to tightening our purse strings after the loss in purchasing power in countries like Spain. It’s become a veritable challenge to get to the end of the month for those who having to do a balancing act with their current accounts. How to buy for less?

by Alma López Figueiras // 26/03/08

ANALYSIS

Prices are rising: blame the euro?

Deep at the heart of the political debate the euro is often held responsible. Life is more expensive, but whose fault is it?

by Aurélien Bordet // 25/03/08

ANALYSIS
(Photo: Maciej Lewandowski)

Italy's pasta prices soar to 14%

Frozen incomes and an inflation rate above the European average - purchasing power is at a breaking point in a country where poverty particularly affects the younger population

by Giovanni Campi // 25/03/08

MAP

Map: London heads Europe’s 27 'most expensive' cities

Of the world’s 50 cities with the highest costs of living, more than half, 27, are in Europe. London and Copenhagen head the list

by Fernando Navarro Sordo // 25/03/08

MAP

Buying petrol in February 2008

The price of gas has already reached 100 dollars (70 euros) per Brent barrel. But inflation figures in Europe are getting out of control. The situation in each EU country

by Hanna Sankowska // 28/02/08

FEATURE
Cédric Ragot (Photo: DR)

1000 and more: Europe's young designers

Magazines in auction rooms, high consumption in the art market - trend review

by Anne-Laure Murier // 30/01/08

PANORAMA
(Foto: ©Brasil2/istock)

Radiohead album online: what happened next

To shop or be shopped? The EU wants to tighten up the 2004 Intellectual Property Rights Directive. Many member states have already agreed on appropriate measures

by Annamaria Szanto // 18/01/08

FEATURE
Welcome to Vauban, Freiburg (Photo: Rightee/ Flickr)

Eco-suburbs: Vauban, Freiburg

The district in south-west Germany is a pioneering development that puts into action innovative rules for communal living in a unique environment. But this paradise of purity is not without its faults

by Léna Morel // 17/01/08

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