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Traffic jams go on in Vilnius

In front | OPINION
A right English jam (Photo: prepice/ Flickr)

Cities are home to more than half the world's population, whilst EU urban congestion causes 40% of CO2 emissions, according to the European parliament ...

by Nora Mžavanadze // 15/04/08

ANALYSIS

Bike traffic: return of the scorchers

Environmentally conscious cyclists regularly battle errant cars in European cities

by Chris // 15/04/08

FEATURE

Roland Lipp on Moscow, the dirtiest city in Europe

The German engineer from Brandenburg plans roads which run along house roofs. He is trying to save the metropolis from gridlock. The inventor of these ‘street houses’ is holding talks with German firms, who should be joining him on the project

by Simone Schlindwein // 15/04/08

Videos: Barroso and Mamère are ecologically challenged

Two of Europe’s politicians talk ‘global solutions, global problems’ but sometime forget to put their words into action

by Jane Mery // 15/04/08

INTERVIEW
(Photo/ homepage: Thomas Henze)

Juliane Kokott: 'there's no macho atmosphere at the European Court of Justice'

The German mother-of-six, 50, is a woman of superlatives: as one of three women in an eight-man advocate general team at the ECJ, she most famously helped put Berlusconi on trial

by Sofia Dimoulis // 11/04/08

Athens (Photo: Redgum/ Flickr)

Babelblogs: little princes and book fair bombs

Some European member states don't get much attention, but are often worth a detour. Our multilingual community blogs take you there

by Jean-Sébastien Lefebvre // 10/04/08

(Illustration: Henning Studte)

Gesundheit

by anke wagner-wolff // 10/04/08

FEATURE

Olympic games: Europe up in arms over Tibet

A huge victory for some, enormous disappointment for others. For the first ever time, the Olympic torch has been extinguished under mass pressure, as Europe makes itself heard

by Olivier Lopez // 10/04/08

AGENDA

Go out in April: Uppsala, nerds and witches

Enjoy the year's first rays at Walpurgis night in Sweden, a vintage computer festival in Munich or the spring festival in Seville

by Karsten Marhold // 09/04/08

FOCUS

Charcuterie, cars and votes for Italians abroad

The 2001 Tremaglia law permits Italians living abroad to participate in the national elections on 13 and 14 April

by Diego Cattaneo // 07/04/08

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