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EU reporting bad Belgian news

In front | ANALYSIS
Two linguistic communities, each with their own newspapers (Photo: Peter.Lorre/ Flickr)

Belgian national media is not impressed by the European coverage of political crisis. The presence of the European institutions, it believes, is impeding its autonomy

by Clara Fajardo // 29/07/08

FOCUS
Second Life contender (Photo: Trendmatcher/ Flickr)

Meru - new Second Life

The alternative to Second Life has Europe in its sights, according to Vladlen Koltun, a 27 year old professor from Stanford

by Adriano Farano // 06/12/07

PANORAMA

European TV formats: kidneys and neighbours

Between live kidney donors in Holland, Model Mosque 2007 in the UK and racism over German garden fences, the precipices of European reality TV formats

by Katharina Kloss // 10/10/07

ANALYSIS
Tine Wittler, 'Deko-Queen' of German TV (Photo: RTL)

German supernanny: 'emotainment'

European audience figures are exploding for so-called 'Emotainment' programmes, devoted to the daily lives of the average person

by Jessica Karagöl // 10/10/07

Insatiable journalist (Photo: Irène Cevlovsky)

Georges Marion: France as the centre of the world

The French journalist and long time foreign correspondent of the daily 'Le Monde', 64, evokes the subjectivity and relativity of the job, insisting on the importance of an identifiable Europe

by Irène Cevlovsky // 21/09/07

PANORAMA

Orban, Solana, Kroes stir it up

Four of the central political decision makers who will generate the most work for the press over the course of the coming months

by Fernando Navarro Sordo & Luís Garrido // 06/09/07

REVIEW
(Photo: 2007 Kingsnorth and Clements Limited)

Jihad: the Musical

Appears only the name of the six-member US production courted the real controversy in Edinburgh this August

by Carles Matamoros and Nabeelah Shabbir // 05/09/07

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Ferdinando Riccardi: 'the meaning of Europe is reconciliation'

Over the last 50 years, the 77-year-old has witnessed the initial stages of the evolution of a Union undergoing total transformation. Editor and columnist for daily bulletin Agence Europe, the EU's press agency, this Italian in love with Brussels is still an unwavering federalist

by Alix Chambris // 23/07/07

EuroNews and the TV giants

The French international news channel, France 24, is launched on December 6. EuroNews is already being given a rough ride by CNN or BBC World, and could soon be left trailing behind

by Farah Boucherak // 06/12/06

Foto: Dan Buczynski/ Flickr

Hitchhiking against poverty

70 young Europeans take part in Eurizons, a unique hitchhike campaign to promote the United Nations Millennium Development Goals.

by Annette Detmer and Maarten van der Schaaf // 08/09/06

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by f.navarro // 28/07/08

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Betancourt's Rescue: The View from Europe

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