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Hosting the Olympics won't improve your life

In front | ANALYSIS
Don't smile too soon (Photo: Nenoº/ Flickr)

Enthusiastic as preparations may appear on the world stage, the positive economic and human rights impact of the August Olympic Games will be minimal in China

by Catherine Neilan // 05/08/08

FEATURE
Radek refuses to go on Palacký Square to express his opinion (Photo: ©KK)

Prague ‘Hyde Park’: dead speakers society

The Czech capital is banishing a young Brit’s project from the city centre after the first Speaker’s Corner in Europe outside of the UK became a hotspot for extremists

by Katharina Kloss // 29/04/08

INTERVIEW
Romanian family, Crainimat - redefining everyday life? (Photo: J.Lawron/ Flickr)

Democratic index for Europe

After Eurobarometer and the ‘Index of Happiness’, a new index launched by a British think tank on 31 January aims to ‘measure’ democracy in 25 European countries – and get Europe's citizens to customise their own indices online. Interview

by Nabeelah Shabbir // 31/01/08

OPINION
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Jan T. Gross: Poland's 'anti-semitic' attitude

Public opinion in Poland is stirred after the American professor's post-war publication is released

by Agnieszka Niezgoda // 28/01/08

ANALYSIS
Feminist slogans during a protest in Paris (Photo: DR/ Jean-Claude Seine)

Feminism in France: the Rose Revolution

May 1968 was a turning point in world history, but it was also a rupture for women's history. Feminists of yesterday and today tell us about their war

by Mathilde Magnier // 23/01/08

ANALYSIS
May 1968 poster

Situationism: ideas in conflict

Rue de Seine, Paris 1952. ‘Never work’ is chalked on a wall. Two words about the philosophy of the 'Situationists' who transformed May 1968 and who still inspire activists today

by Fabien Champion // 23/01/08

PANORAMA

1968: a tour of Europe's revolts

Spain, Czech Republic, France, Italy, Poland and Germany - spinning through Europe's uprisings during that infamous year of rebellion

by Jane Mery // 23/01/08

Pragmatism beats idealism among squatters

In the 1980s, a political movement of squatters changed the face of the Dutch capital. Today, young apolitical Eastern Europeans are joining the squatter movement

by Christian Lindner // 28/08/06

Tourism threatens Montenegro (Foto: Dragana Nikolic Solomon)

Montenegro goes on sale

For years the unspoiled beauty of Montenegro used to be the best kept secret in Europe. Now the sights of old Venetian squares, spectacular mountains, bays, sandy beaches are once more a favourite destination for globe-trotters around the world

by Dragana Nikolic Solomon and Pedja Popovic // 25/08/06

INTERVIEW
Martha Beatriz Roque and the director of cafebabel.com at a hotel in Havana (photo Béatrice Martinet)

Martha Beatriz Roque, standing up to Castro

As Fidel’s poor health forces him to hand over power to his brother Raúl, the sixty-year-old Roque denounces the neglect of her people and the regime of ‘apartheid’ enforced in Cuba. This is her story, told in very special circumstances.

by Adriano Farano // 07/08/06

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