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Facebook: UK, Norway and Sweden most active

In front | FOCUS
European breeze on Facebook (Photo: TPCom/ Flickr)

10 million Europeans have their own profiles on booming social exchange websites such as Facebook. The most active European web users have not wasted any time create groups of their own

by Charly Loufrani et Marine Stefan // 04/12/07

PORTRAIT

'critic.de' – Berlin 'debut' for unknown films

At the Berlin Film Festival, students smitten with the seventh art showcase films overlooked by mainstream distributors. Screenings are followed by heated debate between film buffs, all with a very critical eye

by Romy Straßenburg // 02/10/07

FEATURE
Let's take it back to the concrete streets (Photo: Natalia Sosin)

Internet mad e-stonia

A toy airport, a medieval city centre with little wood houses and a maritime city which is completely internet savvy

by Natalia Sosin // 13/09/07

REVIEW
British Science Museum (Photo: Daniel Pett/ Flickr)

There’s no place like Zverynas

This week we look at parades, journalism, amputations and isolated communities living in the woods... Only on babelblogs

by Natalia Sosin // 02/08/07

INTERVIEW
A scene from <i>Elephants Dream</i> (Photo: Blender Foundation/ www.blender.org)

Elephants Dream

Released in 2006, Elephants Dream was the first animated film made exclusively with open source software and released online as a free public download. Café Babel speaks to the film’s director

by Marco Riciputi // 26/07/07

ANALYSIS
Make or break time in Brussels (Photo: John Wartrell/ Flickr)

Online outlaws

10 million online gamblers, 2, 000 websites: the online gaming community is ever-expanding, becoming a huge phenomenon in Europe. But in legal speak, things are far from harmonised

by Stéphane Pocidalo // 29/01/07

FOCUS
Call your bluff (Photo: Hkvam/ Flickr)

Poker cards on the table

From casinos and shops to television and the internet - the poker craze is taking off in France, leading to huge growth in the industry

by Anne-Laure Murier // 29/01/07

INTERVIEW
Jaroslav Zverina

Jaroslav Zverina: Europeans and sex

What about Europeans and sex? Jaroslav Zverina, Czech MEP and well-known sexologist talks about couples and gives us some secrets to success.

by Alix Chambris // 13/02/06

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love through the internet

Love at first byte

More and more Europeans are looking for true love through the keyboard. Could finding a soul mate be just a mouse-click away? Through the internet, borders and inhibitions can be overcome in the flash of an eye.

by Sarah Rüffler // 13/02/06

FOCUS
The less you pay, the more you fly (Marcello)

Low-cost generation

Europe's twenty- and thirty-somethings are enjoying the era of low-cost consumerism, particularly in air travel, telecommunications and food; a spending revolution which is increasing their sense of European identity.

by Ilaria La Commare // 09/01/06

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