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British and French tourists behave badly

In front | ANALYSIS
Bad beach behaviour (Photo: bousinka/ Flickr)

A cross-portrait of the two worst European performers, after two alarming reports published in August confirm an inconvenient truth

by Benjamin Lasry // 25/08/08

PANORAMA
Browsing the CD shops (Photo: jonanamary/ Flickr)

Franco, Hitler and Mussolini: fascist-flavoured holidays

Buy yourself a dictator-inspired trinket when you visit the tourist hotspots popular amongst nostalgists from the western and southern European right - overview

by Mattia Bergamini // 21/08/08

INTERVIEW
The Bruguières (Photo: FB)

Fabienne Bruguière: ‘the agricultural world can be hostile to women’

The forty-something winemaker from the Pic St. Loup commune in France’s Langeudoc region on love, green fingers and the increasing role of women in wine-making

by Marta Smietana // 25/07/08

INTERVIEW
(Photo: cafebabel.com)

French EU presidency: vox-pop on the streets of Paris

What do Europeans (and not just Europeans) think of the French European Union presidency’s journey through Paris? Will it be able to solve the European Union’s current problems?

by Viola Fiore / Ole Skambraks // 22/07/08

FEATURE
(Illustration: Henning Studte)

Too many bank holiday Mondays

by Philippe-Alexandre Saulnier // 23/05/08

PORTRAIT
Extebarria in France (Photo: courtesy of Elisabeth Moreno)

Lucia Etxebarria: ‘it's a threat if women sell more books than men’

The Spanish sex, drugs and rock’n’roll writer, 41, juggles motherhood and feminist ideals in her literature, and explains why she is sometimes categorised as a lesbian or 'at best, emasculator'

by Amandine Agic // 16/05/08

PANORAMA
Red carpet 2008 (Photo: Affif)

No English or eastern flicks at the 61st Cannes Film Festival

The absence of eastern European titles is the main story at Cannes from 14 – 25 May, amidst well- known western names including the Dardenne brothers, Wim Wenders and Italians Sorrentino and Garrone

by Maria Colucci // 15/05/08

ANALYSIS
Gulf of Aden coastline (Photo: Hoorob/ Flickr)

Modern pirates use GPS in Somalia

Recent attacks on Spanish and French ships highlight the insecurity of maritime activities. The EU is confronted by a challenge which puts its capacity to create a policy protecting common security into question

by Mélanie Bulan & Joaquín Salido Marcos // 05/05/08

TESTIMONY

Overworked, underpaid in a French call centre

Too many young Europeans are forced to work in bad conditions to finance their studies in France. Why a young Italian quit

by Francesco Piccinini // 30/04/08

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

Exploiting unpaid interns: rites of passage?

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

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