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Overworked, underpaid in a French call centre

In front | TESTIMONY

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

NEWS
(Photo: alibaba0/ Flickr)

Videogames: banning 'Manhunt 2'

The Lisbon treaty continues its parliamentary pilgrimage across EU member states, organ donations, protecting minors from video games and food aid – it’s the latest news from Brussels

by Graziella Jost // 28/04/08

REVIEW
Vincent Paronnaud & Marjane Satrapi (Photo: ©2007 PROKINO Filmverleih GmbH)

Cinema: Persepolis hits the UK

Released on 25 April in an English-dubbed version, a review of Franco-Iranian artist Marjane Satrapi's Oscar-nominated animation of a girl displaced in Vienna

by Jens Wiesner // 25/04/08

INTERVIEW
(Photo: Elisa Marengo)

Roger Woolger: 'it's not psychosis'

The British psychotherapist from Sussex, 63, brings together Jung theory and eastern philosophy in his 'deep memory process'. His theory on reincarnation: our past lives help us resolve our present neuroses

by Elisa Marengo // 25/04/08

(Illustration: Henning Studte)

Broke joes

by Katharina Kloss // 23/04/08

FOCUS

Liechtenstein: a paradise’s light is dimming

Liechtenstein, the geographical heart of the EU, has 35,000 inhabitants, 70,000 foundations and 110,000 million euros deposited in bank accounts whose owners are anonymous. All this leaves a bad taste in the European mouth

by Fernando Navarro Sordo // 22/04/08

(Photo: Everjean/ Flickr)

Map: be German to be rich, says Forbes

How do you become a billionaire exactly? Flee Europe: out of the 1125 billionaires registered by Forbes, barely 20% are of European origin. The others come mainly from the United States (42%), China, India and Russia

by Franck Lirzin // 22/04/08

PANORAMA

NATO summit in Bucharest: Albania and Croatia to join

On 2 April NATO invited the two candidates to join the defence alliance, but leave Macedonia waiting

by n- ost // 03/04/08

FEATURE
(Photo: La Demeure du Chaos © Thierry Ehrmann)

Thierry Uhrman versus the chic Lyon suburb

Controversy erupts as an artist turns his residence into an ‘Abode of Chaos’, with heaps of scrap metal and works of art

by Abdelwahid Djaballah // 02/04/08

REVIEW
(Photos: ukemi_42/ Xavier Häpe/ Flickr)

Babelblogs: Macedonia, cloning and praying in Berlin

Europe is often seen as boring and bureaucratic - not the case with cafebabel.com’s community blogs. European debate is in full swing, bloggers are up in arms and words are flying

by Jean-Sébastien Lefebvre // 28/03/08

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