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'In art transgression is a duty,' says the Italian photographer, author of the latest shock campaign with French anorexic model Isabelle Caro. 'Brussels don't want to know a thing about my European vision'
Unfocussed, unattractive, lacking a strategy? French marketing expert Georges Lewi lays all bare in his new book
The Academy of Spanish Cinema undermine short films by excluding the medium from the world of television. Spanish short films are currently airing in francophone territories
The project proposed by a joint committee of historians is chalked for the beginning of 2008 but is charged with problematics
Non-existent courses in Italy, freezing toilets in France, everyone having to sit on the floor in Germany, bribery in Lithuania. A trip around the universities of the EU
The French capital has been enjoying the success of the Vélib’ adventure since summer 2007, and the urban rent-a-bicycle-for-next-to-nothing fever has caught the rest of Europe
A very personal journey through a Europe of five (or six) senses with the French anthropologist and sociology professor
Airbus A380 problems, an inside-trading scandal, delays in the delivery of the new A400M military carrier: it seems Franco-German industrial cooperation is having trouble taking off. However…
Long a part of the mainstream, but women have not gained ground since the eighties. Many dismiss the feminist concept completely, others see 'new feminism' taking a step backwards
The upcoming European Summit in Lisbon (18 – 19 October) sees the contents of the new constitutional treaty definitively fixed. Sylvie Goulard, former counsellor for then European Commission president Romano Prodi, teaches the dummies
A conflict of interest is poisoning the apparent honeymoon between the French and German leaders, Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy, as they work on the EU constitution
GMOs, operator-controlled e-mail, training against terrorism, inoperative Romania: four bites of the latest EU news
Belonging to the homeland, the importance of education for immigration and Turkey's entry into the European Union are converging themes in 'The Edge of Heaven', the latest film by the German director
The vocalist and drummer for kitsch pop duet 'Stereo Total', 43, evokes Franco-German bilingualism applied to masculinity-femininity, Gainsbourg and modern frustrations
On 14 October the entirely new centre-left Italian Democrat Party (PD) chooses its new leader. An action far from a disappointment for voters
European audience figures are exploding for so-called 'Emotainment' programmes, devoted to the daily lives of the average person
The sixth 'competition to break all records' began on 7 September, in a sport well on its way to globalisation and professionalism
EU finance ministers come together on 9 October for the EcoFin meeting, where they will be putting member states’ levels of debt and national deficits under the microscope. They have France in their sights
From the deserts of Dubai to French rugby fields, sliding from rural land to urban city, smashing crossroads and borders - babelblogs are everywhere
The return of a legend. A Catalan and a French woman sweeten the bitter taste of autumn, Swedish boys rock elegantly and two other delicious treats in store for fans: a selection of European sounds
The newly elected French president exemplifies perfectly the new style of European politics, which gets results, at all costs
The French journalist and long time foreign correspondent of the daily 'Le Monde', 64, evokes the subjectivity and relativity of the job, insisting on the importance of an identifiable Europe
The French minister of agriculture on the farm subsidies (CAP) reform which the European commission will present in November
Millions of European students are (almost) heading back to their desks
For years, the convoys of lorries on European motorways have been becoming longer and longer. Stefan Kaegi and Jörg Karrenbauer relate their European-style road movie in Paris with theatre production 'Cargo Sofia-Paris'
Food, fashion, politics, football … a snapshot of the two countries in Alberto Toscano's words
The French singer of Dutch origin, 33, was born in Caesarea, Israel. She lived in the Netherlands until the age of 11 and sings in English. Now, she moves between Iceland, France and New York
VJ-ing is a new fast-spreading discipline, which consists of mixing images and sound live
Having finally awoken to the danger faced by our planet due to global warming, politicians and citizens are working to build green and sustainable living spaces. From ecologically-friendly homes to ‘eco-neighbourhoods’, Europe is going greener by the day.
On the eve of the Intergovernmental Conference, Poland is still raking up the past
Let's talk about sex, politics, and licking European commissioners on cafebabel.com's newly launched community pages and first multilingual blogging platform
Organised via the internet, orgey offers often help sell holidays. A quick overview of the history of the old continent via this ancient practice which is present in almost all societies
In northern Europe, one out of two women uses a mechanical sex toy and 'Tupper-dildo' parties are increasingly popular
What do you Europeans really think of rising prices and inflation in the Eurozone?
Restrictive adoption law drives French lesbian couples across Belgian and Dutch borders to be artificially inseminated
Julie Delpy’s multicultural comedy with bite, starring her parents, US actor Adam Goldberg and Germany’s Daniel Brühl, opens in French cinemas on 11 July. Reviews from both sides of the Rhein
On 11 July, approval was predicted for the motion backing the European Parliament to host the intergovernmental conference on 23 July
The Czech-Bosnian cartoonist, 55, weaves between cartoons, cinema and geopolitics, taking his readers on a trip into a futuristic universe where political commitment is key
The latest right-wing French government has appointed three top politicans with immigrant backgrounds. But the nation’s political personnel still accounts less and less for the products of immigration, says Karim Zéribi, former advisor to French Interior Minister Jean-Pierre Chevènement
Ethnic quotas, 'positive discrimination' – terms which often trigger teeth-grinding. French opinion usually differs from that of the other side of the Channel
Between Italian jazz and Nordic tango, Slovenian saxophone and Scottish rock, Spanish bull running and German contemporary art – check out the July issue of our Vultures for Culture calendar
The May 2007 creation of a French ministry of immigration and national identity led by Brice Hortefeux ponders paying immigrants to go back to where they came from. Multiculturalism – a European asset?
It's billed as a unique opera project which will occur simultaneously in five EU countries - but during the performance of ‘St Kilda – Island of the Bird People’ in Valenciennes, Europe made itself scarce
Some 4,000 people live in poor conditions in shanty towns on the outskirts of Paris. But an integration programme plans to lift 30 Roma families out of misery
The next EU Summit takes place in Brussels from 21 - 22 June - an opportunity for German Chancellor Angela Merkel to encourage members to reconsider the idea of an EU constitution
Is Europe increasingly Eurosceptic as with the arrival of a new generation of new leaders?
The European Parliament approved funds for the new European transport networks on 23 May, leaving Italy with two months to prepare its proposals
Spanning north to south, stretching east to west: travelling in Europe as of 2020 will be easier and faster thanks to the upcoming Trans-European Transport Network (TEN)
France's 'transport revolution' takes place on 10 June, when the first phase of 'TGV Est', Europe's fastest railway link, opens
Online radio waves are making a splash from French neighbourhoods to the European institutions in Brussels
Extracts from 'Breathing Technquies In A Place Without Air' and 'Being Harold Pinter,' by artists-in-residence the Free Theatre of Minsk at the Alfortville studio theatre, Paris, May 2007
An undercurrent of Euroscepticism circles the European Union. According to the Eurobarometer, only 54% of Europeans see the EU as something positive, whilst 34% consider it negative
After the release of his latest film Inland Empire, the 'Air is on Fire' in Paris - an exhibition revealing David Lynch's disturbing world
Ferenc Puskás and Vikhash Dhorasoo's parallel career paths outline two universes - both of which feature a round ball
Can more young people enjoy opera, asks a congress in Paris
Love beyond frontiers - two Euro-couples relate their stories of post-war Europe bliss
February 22nd is the 150th birthday of Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the world-famous children’s Scouting Movement
400 million Euros from the Commission, $770 million from the US. But Lebanon remains consumed by instability
The Parisian architect mixes architecture with ecology: a fashionable fifty-year-old with a diverse background and designer of the offbeat Tower Flower in Paris
February 21 is the United Nations deadline for Resolution 1737 for Iran to stop its uranium-enrichment programme
Winter is becoming disturbingly mild, humid and snow-less, a fact which is making the ski industry sweat
