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Olympic city - dizzy Catalonian heights

In front | FEATURE
Fòrum: clouded by former Olympic success (Photo: Cien de Cine/ Flickr)

A long tradition of international events and Olympics throwbacks - like Fòrum 2004 - have regenerated urban Barcelona, but haven’t always helped improve its European image

by Nabeelah Shabbir // 07/03/07

PORTRAIT
(Photo: Gonzalo Ovejero/ almostdesign.com)

DJ Krush - Tokyo-ing Barcelona

One night in Barcelona's famous 'Apolo' club, where the 'international master of turntablism' divides clubgoers with his mellow electronic strains

by Nabeelah Shabbir // 07/03/07

INVESTIGATION
Famous squat near Vallcarca; tourists shoot away from the top of Parc Guell (Photo: Nabeelah Shabbir)

Squats vs. sharks in Barcelona

As riots hit Copenhagen after the demolition of a legal youth culture house, Barcelona considers its 300 squats in the look up to May’s municipal elections

by Tiziana Sforza // 07/03/07

INVESTIGATION
Breaking the rules on the Ramblas (Photo: PDK)

Beer over Gaudi

In Barcelona, unlicensed street performers, sleeping on park benches and drinking and urinating on its streets is illegal. How has the civic by-law affected society one year on?

by Pim de Kuijer // 07/03/07

PORTRAIT
(Illustration: Gemma Lopez)

50 years of football - of Hungarians and Frenchmen

Ferenc Puskás and Vikhash Dhorasoo's parallel career paths outline two universes - both of which feature a round ball

by Stéphane Pocidalo // 05/03/07

Sandra Camps (Photo: SC)

Sandra Camps: Barcelona's journalist as Africa's social worker

Her reports on dwarfism and the mass tide of immigrants to the Canaries are gracing German screens - the Catalan journalist gives a voice to those without

by Fernando Navarro Sordo // 05/03/07

FOCUS
Martti Ahtisaari, Finland’s former president and UN Special Envoy for Kosovo (Photo: European Commission)

Impending independence?

Independent from or autonomous within Serbia? Negotiations on Kosovo’s future status wound up in March

by Fernando Navarro Sordo // 02/03/07

Illustration: Henning Studte

Sun, sangria, siesta

 

by Ariadna Matamoros Fernàndez // 21/02/07

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
Sights of the future (Photo: Hub/ Flickr)

'No snow'

Winter is becoming disturbingly mild, humid and snow-less, a fact which is making the ski industry sweat

by Grégory Mounier // 15/02/07

Illustration: Henning Studte

Slaves to 'ciao'

 

by Adriano Farano // 14/02/07

ANALYSIS
Legalise abortion! (Photo: Rosava/ Flickr)

Portugal sits on the fence

The February 11 referendum on the decriminalisation of abortion has garnered mixed reactions

by Silvia Filipe // 08/02/07

A pro-life protestor, in Paris, 2007 (Photo: Djuliet/ Flickr)

Abortion: pro-life tide

Anti-abortion associations are ‘lobbies’ in many countries, with their demands being heard all over Europe. Conservative, traditional values come first

by Ariadna Matamoros Fernàndez // 08/02/07

Ilustration: Henning Studte

The good, the bad ... and the slowcoaches

 

by Fernando Navarro Sordo // 07/02/07

Say no to cellulose factories; a protest in Gualeguaychú, in Argentina (Photo: Pablo Flores/ Flickr)

Paper mills of discord along the Uruguay River

By building pulp mills, Finnish global corporation Botnia 'is willing to export pollution' along the binational stream, Argentina claims. Their announcements of further highway blockades is disrupting trade and travel

by Antonio Graziano // 23/01/07

ANALYSIS
An Erasmus that has enhanced lives (Photo: Blond avenger/ Flickr)

Erasmus turns 20 – time to grow up?

Name: Erasmus. Date of birth : 1987. Birthplace: Brussels - the European institutions are rather proud of their baby, which celebrates 20 years in 2007

by Jean-Sébastien Lefebvre // 22/01/07

Gilliam, l'enfant terrible (Photo: Miguel Ángel Chazo/ Jesús Paris)

Terry Gilliam – eternal youth

Terry Gilliam spent half his life in London, where he created Monty Python with a group of like-minded comedians. At 65, the actor-director’s spirits remain as imaginative and animated as ever

by Carles Matamoros Balasch // 22/12/06

OPINION
Anti-gender violence campaign, Ireland (Photo: Alister/ Flickr)

Violent men: Europe's static south-north gradient

Currently, one in five women in Europe is a victim of violence. Despite the lack of official statistics, the situation in the south mirrors that of the north

by Colette de Troy // 24/11/06

PANORAMA

Post colonial opportunism

From the 3 to 5 November, Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries will meet in Montevideo, Uruguay, for the 16th Ibero-American summit

by Cyril Marsaud // 06/11/06

FEATURE
Barbate fisherman Francisco (Ana Soriano Escudero)

Fishing ban increases drug-trafficking

Despite the new EU’s new fishing agreement with Morocco, fishermen in Andalusia fear for their future

by Ana Soriano Escudero // 13/10/06

FEATURE

Poor education levels spur reading programmes in Spain

In Andalusia, a new school year has just begun. Town councils strive to introduce and fund more innovative efforts to promote reading

by Fernando Navarro Sordo // 18/09/06

FOCUS

Spain: Between bombs and calls for freedom

192 deaths and thousands of injuries was a harsh wake up call for Spain. On March 11, the country started their fight against Jihadist terrorism

by Carmen Rengel Ramos // 13/09/06

Jesus Christ, king of burgers

Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, July de 2006.

by Ángel Aranzana Haro // 21/08/06

PANORAMA

Quirky customs and tantalising traditions

The breeze is warm, school is over and festivals mushroom all over Europe. But the traditional joys of warm beer, rock get-togethers and muddy camping sites are making way for some more exotic fayres. Discover some of the strange and unheard of festivals that will rock Europe during the coming month. Get ready to pack your bags!

by Inga Pietrusiska i Natalia Sosin // 24/07/06

Foreign Treats

by Sybille Regout // 08/02/06

Illustration: Henning Studte

Under the frog’s bum

by Karen Kovacs // 01/02/06

Illustration: Henning Studte

Touched by music

Music is an important part of a country’s culture and society. But the verb used to describe how it is produced is just as influenced as the final sound itself.

by Eva Queralt // 25/01/06

ANALYSIS
Barcelona, Gaudí and the revolution (Ilaria La Commare)

Homage to Catalonia

Catalonia’s draft statute changes Spain’s fiscal system.

by Fabio De Franceschi // 17/01/06

FOCUS
The Belgian flag (wikipedia)

Belgium: a linguistic laboratory

Belgium's autonomous regions aren't speaking the same language.

by Sophie Constant // 16/01/06

FOCUS
A Belfast mural

The Northern Irish mafia

The IRA may have signed a ceasefire, but it has yet to give up crime.

by Lorenzo Erroi // 16/01/06

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