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Remember, the Council of Europe is not part of the EU

In front | FEATURE
Matjaž Gruden sits in his office at the Council of Europe (Photo: Enno Dummer)

The Strasbourg-based organisation defends human rights in Europe and needs to combat its dwindling visibility

by Enno Dummer // 27/02/08

PICTURES

Pristina: a capital looking for capitals

With a district extension of 572 km² and an uncertain population estimate of half a million, Prishtina is the most populated city of Kosovo and its administrative, political, economic and cultural centre

by Andrea Decovich // 28/12/07

PANORAMA

Who are Lisbon's contemporary artists?

Who’s selling? Who’s buying? Who’s organising? Run-down of the unjustified creative pessimism in the Portuguese capital

by Nikos Chrisikakis // 12/12/07

INTERVIEW
Will the mythic '25 de Avril' bridge in Lisbon be renamed 'Salazar Bridge'? (Photo: javier/ Flickr)

Loving dictator Salazar

General De Gaulle in France, Churchill in the UK. The Portuguese have voted the founder and leader of the authoritarian regime the 'greatest ever figure in Portuguese history'

by Filippo Lubrano // 12/12/07

Xharra's London home is Croydon (Photo: Flora Loshi)

Jeta Xharra: ‘Kosovar status is not a solution to everything’

Playwright, journalist and Kosovo's answer to Jeremy Paxman - the ‘pushy, irritating’ TV presenter as she describes herself, 29, exposes local politicians in a society she vouches is 'fed-up'

by Nabeelah Shabbir // 07/12/07

FEATURE
The future, and the future (Photo: Andrea Decovich/ PhotoCast.org)

Kosovo elections: waiting for a prime minister

'With our victory today begins the new century.' Pro-independence opposition leader Hashim Thaçi won 17 November elections, but you won't find details in Kosovar newspapers yet - the people await a final result on 3 December

by Flora Loshi & Nabeelah Shabbir // 30/11/07

FEATURE
Inside Budapest's metro (Photo: Lipi Lopi/ StockXchange)

Digging deeper on line M4 in Budapest's metro

In 1896, Budapest welcomed the first metro line on the European mainland. Well over a century later, and the Hungarian capital’s public transport network desperately needs upgrading.

by Nils Elzenga // 31/01/07

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