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Doing exams (Photo: Xufa/ Flickr)

plus the never-ending story of Kosovo

by Ivana Petricevic // 26/11/07

PICTURES

PubliCity - from Barcelona to Dresden

by cafebabel.com // 29/11/07

INVESTIGATION
Former Polish plumber campaign (ticondekoga/ Flickr)

Immigration: the plight of Poles in France

Poland has been an official EU country since 1 May 2004. While Poles have the right to move freely around France, things get a lot more complicated when it comes to getting a job

by Sébastien Michel // 22/11/07

Curt Ficcions: 35mm short film to zero

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

by Marta Palacín // 21/11/07

MULTIMEDIA

Don't laugh. It's (video) politics

European politicans occasionally star in dramatically hilarious or simply grotesque scenes - are ETA terrorists a great nation? Was the Russian Breznev actually the president of the United States?

by Fernando Navarro Sordo // 20/11/07

PANORAMA

Feminism in Europe

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

by Lena Meier (und KK) // 24/10/07

REVIEW
Kursaal Congress Palace, where the films are currently showing (Photo: Octavio Rojas/ Flickr)

San Sebastian film festival or the crisis of social cinema

During 21 – 29 September, the 55th competition for the Golden Shell turns once again to social themes

by Carles Matamoros // 28/09/07

INVESTIGATION
UNIFIL observation base, Lebanon (Manila Tyce/ Flickr)

Lebanon: mirage of peace

After an Al Qaeda video threat aimed at the French and Spaniards on 21 September, Islamist groups in Lebanon are ready to finish with the apparently quietened situation in the 'Middle East's Switzerland'

by Carmen Rengel Ramos // 26/09/07

OPINION

Zapatero, Brown, Sarkozy: turbo-politics, baby

The newly elected French president exemplifies perfectly the new style of European politics, which gets results, at all costs

by Adriano Farano // 25/09/07

PICTURES

World Carfree Day – not a great success in Europe

Widespread traffic-jams throughout European cities and the rest of the world show that without publicity campaigns, World Car Free Day is just a fantasy

by Fernando Navarro Sordo // 24/09/07

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