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Teen rock bands: the Tokio Hotel phenomenon

In front

Young, extremely successful - and extremely annoying for some. Why are teen bands like Estonia's 'The Bedwetters' and Denmark's 'Dúné' storming the charts across Europe?

by Yvonne Pöppelbaum // 28/03/08

AGENDA

British band The Cure are back

Plus charming French-Finnish duo 'The Duo', a tasty Swedish morsel of Jens Lekman, chic Danes 'The Fashion' and slightly unusual Italians Avvolte Kristheda - the best bands in March

by Sandra Wickert // 12/03/08

REPORT
Björn Lomborg (Photo: BL/ lomborg.com)

Björn Lomborg: Europe's sceptical environmentalist

The Danish political scientist opposes hype, scaremongering and media coverage about the environment. He tells us whether Europe has got its priorities right for tackling the world’s environmental problems

by Nicholas Newman // 11/03/08

PORTRAIT

Turkish love story on Danish shores

With 3.8 million Turkish immigrants in the EU, we head to Denmark with the seventh largest Turkish population in Europe. Aydin Ozturk, 50, settled in Odense with a Danish partner and found his place in society

by Duygu Korhan // 28/02/08

INTERVIEW
Dan Jorgensen (Photo: European parliament)

Dan Jorgensen (32): 'I'm lucky to be a politician so early on in my life'

MEP of the Socialist party in parliament, the 32-year-old is part of the young generation of elected candidates on a European scale. On the benches of the French National Assembly in Strasbourg, 4% have not yet reached the age of 35

by Léna Morel // 16/01/08

FOCUS
(Photos: oneras/ Pablo Gavilán/ Flickr)

Mobile phones: Eurotariffs

To reduce the prices of calls made or received when you are outside your home country, the EU has approved maximum rates that phone companies cannot exceed

by Fernando G. Acuña // 17/12/07

(Illustration: Henning Studte)

Mullet

by Margarethe Padysz // 20/11/07

FEATURE

Reality TV: so bad it's good?

More Brits (14.2 million votes, 2002) dialled a premium-rate phone number to voice their opinion in a 'Big Brother' series than voted for the governing Labour Party at the 2005 general election (9.5 million labour voters). The vox populi asserts that reality TV is here to stay

by Jeremy Cliffe // 10/10/07

ANALYSIS
Nuclear complex in Natanz, Iran (Photo: Hamed Saber/ Flickr)

Iran: Security Council deadline looms

February 21 is the United Nations deadline for Resolution 1737 for Iran to stop its uranium-enrichment programme

by James Fontanella-Khan // 19/02/07

ANALYSIS
love or money?

What’s love got to do with it?

February 14th is a special “day of love” in most places in the world. Do we really need it or is it just a marketing scam?

by Aleksandra Rychta // 13/02/06

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