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food security

Hungry Senegalese fishermen

In front | FEATURE
Ibrahim Sarr

Amidst a global food crisis and scarcer fish, the fishermen 'victims' of EU commercial agreements set off in their pirogues for the shores of Europe

by josé Lavazzi // 18/04/08

NEWS

April fools on Belgian TV

Flemish only on the telephone, the US and the EU fight it out over growth hormones and unhappy times for EU lobbyists - your latest news from Brussels

by Graziella Jost // 09/04/08

INTERVIEW
(Photo: Luana Spagnoli/ Flickr)

A dioxin with my Italian mozzarella, please

On 28 March the EU withdrew a ban on the Italian cheese after regulations found they contained more dioxins than usual. French sales were halted temporarily – we speak to an Italian cheese-seller in Paris

by Adriano Farano // 31/03/08

FOCUS

Yellow week: where did all the MEPs go?

Call a plumber for leaking Balkan and Turkey progress reports, bye-bye Bosnians! aka Lidija Topic's 'total recall' and EU Wining and Dining Day

by Pim de Kuijer // 05/11/07

INTERVIEW
The logo of Max Havelaar, equitable commerce pioneer (Photo: Dr Fujitronicd/ Flickr)

'Fair trade? It's not charity – it’s an alternative’

The economic movement has really taken off in the European Union. Gaga Pignatelli, representative for International Association of Alternative Trade Italy, explains why

by Tiziana Sforza // 21/12/06

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

Sashimi a deadly delicatessen (Hajime Nakano /Flickr)

Sushi fashion hits tuna stocks hard

As the sushi fashion hits Europe, blue-fin tuna is increasingly in danger of extinction. Greenpeace France calls for more quotas

by Ludovic Frère // 14/09/06

FOCUS
GM Potatoes

Food for Life

The organic lobby is suspicious of GM and biotechnology, but the European Commission wants the know-how.

by Nora S. Stampfl // 23/01/06

PANORAMA

A decade of food hysteria

Many EU countries have ordered farmers to keep their chickens indoors. Such action has a familiar ring. The past decade has been marked by crises in the food chain in Europe.

by Silvia Filipe // 23/01/06

FOCUS

Non-Governmental Organics

Health fanatics are fighting to defend our stomachs.

by Tiziana Sforza // 23/01/06

Squealer, urges birds to attack

Animal Farm reloaded

A new chapter to Orwell's classic. Animal Farm recruits sickly birds in a Jihad against human-kind.

by Jana Neupauerova // 23/01/06

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