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Eco-marketing in a shrinking global economy

In front | FOCUS
Al Gore presenting his film 'An Inconvenient Truth'(Photo: Jotrape85/ Flickr)

Europeans politicians are catching onto the voters’ awakening interest in the environment. Is ecology compatible with politics?

by Ruth Bender // 18/12/06

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(Photo: Mr.Pi/ Flickr)

Animals in parliament

Where do newer, smaller parties like the Dutch ‘Party for Animals’ (PvdD), with its prominent logo of a cow contently chewing on a flower, fit into the political spectrum?

by Thijs Lammers // 22/11/06

FOCUS
(Gabriel M's/flickr): 114 fatalities daily and 2 million injuries in 2006.

The Devil on wheels

EU member states will come together for a conference on road safety held on 3-4 November in Verona. The event focuses on road accidents which cause almost 43,000 deaths each year

by Fernando García Acuña // 07/11/06

FOCUS
Port in Tripoli, Liban (photo, Perrine Malaud)

Europe warns of water shortages

A human being weighing 70 kilos needs to drink 2,1 litres of water per day. Yet only 1% of the water available on earth is drinkable. And nearly 70% of this water is used for irrigation

by Fernando Navarro Sordo // 05/11/06

PANORAMA

H20 on land, sea and air

Dried water, artificial rivers, icebergs in the Thames or space agencies searching for artificial water are just a few of the methods used to fight the current water shortage

by Eduardo S. Garcés // 02/11/06

FEATURE
Barbate fisherman Francisco (Ana Soriano Escudero)

Fishing ban increases drug-trafficking

Despite the new EU’s new fishing agreement with Morocco, fishermen in Andalusia fear for their future

by Ana Soriano Escudero // 13/10/06

INVESTIGATION

Purchase power beats flower power on canals

Once a favourite of the flower power generation, living on a canal boat has become a privilege for the young and affluent. Today modern houseboats are not longer dingy eccentric dwellings for the marginal, but fully equipped modern pads

by Karolin Schaps // 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

Hidden wonders

Iceland, summer 2006

by Peter Cox // 21/08/06

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