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Ireland stamps its Eurosceptic foot

In front | NEWS
EU is not that sexy for Ireland (Photo: nonfictionfr/Flickr)

A low turnout, but a seismic result that raises more questions than it answers about Europe’s future direction. This and much, much more in our weekly round up from Brussels.

by Stella Willborn // 13/06/08

ANALYSIS
Cheer up (Photo: leeroy09481/ Flickr)

Suicide and stress in the workplace

Enslaved into the rhythm of work, are employees mere instruments of their jobs? Stress clogs up the cogs of any enterprise. What are the causes of this troubling phenomenon?

by Aurlien BORDET // 21/05/08

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

FEATURE
Generation-P in Europe also counts 'Generazione Mille Euro' in Italie (photo:www.generazione1000.com)

Exploiting unpaid interns: rites of passage?

Associations like Generation Precarity or Fairwork expose an exploited flexible labour force with intermittent incomes and no job security

by Farah Boucherak // 28/04/08

FEATURE
Ibrahim Sarr

Hungry Senegalese fishermen

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

INVESTIGATION
Babysitter, for better or worse (Photo: bekah2067/ Flickr)

Au pair Alices in washing up land

It’s an enticing experience which draws many young people abroad – but the catch lies hidden behind closed doors

by Elisa Marengo // 06/03/08

NEWS
(Photo: Campus Party/ Flickr)

EU frames Kosovo's independence

Unemployment, professional opportunities and the Lisbon treaty: the latest news from Brussels, where all eyes are on the world's newest state

by Lorenzo Morselli // 25/02/08

INTERVIEW

Yannick Haenel: 'Berlin symbolically incarnates all the horror of the preceding century'

In his award-winning novel 'Circle', the professor from Rennes and 'Ulysses of the 21st century', 40, takes the reader on a European road-trip from Paris to Berlin

by Nathalie Six // 22/02/08

ANALYSIS

Economic crisis looms over election preparations in Spain

Spain is suffering from the after-effects of a decade of impressive economic growth. The threat of economic downturn will play an important role in the upcoming elections on 9 March

by Franck Lirzin // 21/02/08

FOCUS
Stand up for Stubb? (Photo: Alexander Stubb website)

No love for lobbyists?

In the upcoming weeks, conservative MEP Alexander Stubb is due to propose a new legislation to control the some 15, 000 lobbyists in Brussels

by Fernando Navarro Sordo // 11/02/08

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