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Kad Mera & Dany Boon | ©Jean-Claude Lother/ Pathé Distribution

‘Ch’tis’: most successful French film since 1945


One million more tickets, and ‘Bienvenue chez les Ch’tis’ (‘Welcome to the Sticks’) will become the most successful film in France since 1945. Can the French comedy break all box office records?

by Luise Franke // 15/05/08

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

Sin papeles han ocupado la Bourse de Travail de París el 12 de mayo (Foto, Neno/Flickr

Immigrants in Europe, the 0 stars hotel

The European Parliament hardens conditions in the detention camps for migrants, Italy reacts against Romanian gypsies and France wants a restrictive Common Immigration Policy. The open Europe is over.

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

FEATURE
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Radar station for US anti-missile defence on Czech soil?

But it hadn’t banked on such a large opposition from two thirds of the population and such an angry reaction from its future neighbours. A return to the cold war?

by Agnès Baritou // 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

AGENDA
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Music: Portishead, Hooverphonic and the Lo Fat Orchestra

Where do these bands get their names from? We sweep the UK, Belgium, Switzerland and France for our monthly music pick this April

by Sandra Wickert // 23/04/08

NEWS
(Photo: Sad Akhtar/ Flickr)

Berlusconi's back

Add a dose of alcohol abuse and hail Europe’s volunteers and globalisation - it’s your latest news from Brussels

by Olivia Hottat // 21/04/08

(Illustration: Henning Studte)

Bun in the oven

by Jane Mery // 16/04/08

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