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Photos: Prague Spring, forty years on

In front | ANALYSIS
Making a cut forty years on (Photo: Boris Svartzman)

On 21 August Prague commemorated forty years of it’s famous democratic ‘spring’, which ended revolt in the capital this past century. The spontaneous protest caught the world by surprise, before it was reprimanded by the Soviet regime. Images

by Boris Svartzman // 22/08/08

PANORAMA
Interail: my home is my station (Photo: Daniel Gasienica/ Flickr)

InterRail facts: discover Europe by train

It has existed for over three decades, but it remains one of the most popular ways to visit Europe. New offers take you to the biggest festivals in Europe – via train

by Giacomo Rosso / Francesca Barca // 12/08/08

FEATURE
The lights are on and everyone's home in Belgrade (Photo: Laurent François)

Kosovo discontent in Serbia

Feeling that they are nothing more than a transition generation, young Serbs are losing interest in politics. But the lively debate goes on in bars and restaurants. Final diary from a three-part travel series

by Gautier Demouveaux / Cline Moncel / Laurent Francois // 06/08/08

FEATURE
Serbian soirées in Belgrade

Fiesta: French graduates on the road in Belgrade

After finishing their studies and work placements, three French friends head to Serbia to meet their Balkan counterparts. What is it like to embark on your adult life at the other end of Europe? Partying - the first in a series of three of our Serbian travel diary

by Laurent François / Céline Moncel / Gautier Demouveaux // 10/07/08

FOCUS
End of an Amsterdam era? (Photo: ©Rubira/ Flickr)

Puff marijuana, not tobacco in Holland’s coffee shops

The anti-smoking law takes effect from 1 July in The Netherlands

by Britta Kuck // 23/06/08

OPINION
Photo, Gerlad Yuvallos / Flickr

‘Mosquito’ device shuts up Britain’s anti-social teenagers

On 22 May, Belgian European commissioner Jan Figel joined the Brits and French in asking the EU to ban an electronic device which targets ‘anti-social’ behaviour in young people by emitting a high frequency

by Betttina Schwarzmayr // 12/06/08

ANALYSIS
Young migrant in Almería, Spain (Photo, Drjohn2005/Flickr)

Treating Europe’s young migrants right

With 10 – 12 million illegal immigrants in the EU, a rights-based approach to migration is needed to achieve full integration into society

by Betttina Schwarzmayr // 16/05/08

TESTIMONY
credits : Roslan Tangah (flickr)

'Foreigners' in Europe: the real eurogeneration?

More and more young people around the world are setting their feet on European soil, and seem to fit in well despite bureaucratic complications. We hear from Russian, Angolan and Peruvian students living in Italy and France on their idea of Europe

by Soili Semkina // 08/05/08

INTERVIEW
The Eurogénération makes shapes (Photo: gab../ Flickr)

‘Eurogeneration’ or the Erasmus effect?

They travel across planet 'Erasmus' and speak 'foreign' without getting tongue-tied. Young, free and equal? Facing multiculturalism and the monster job world, there are still walls to climb. Testimonies from an identity in progress

by Aurélien BORDET // 08/05/08

TESTIMONY

Overworked, underpaid in a French call centre

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

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