http://www.cafebabel.com/Les articles du magazine europeen, rubrique initiativeen© cafebabel.comThu, 07 Jan 2010 16:27:34 -0000300http://www.cafebabel.co.uk/article/32275/bulgaria-mafia-chalga-studio-dauhaus-rolling-stone.html<p>In January 2009, Sofia’s then-mayor and current PM banned anti-government protests after citizen disillusion with the country’s corruption; Bulgaria is officially the poorest EU state, according to Transparency International. One year on, the remnants of a ‘protest culture’ lie in the urban, cultural and mediatic fragmentation of a society rooted in tradition, the past - and the mafia, to an extent</p> ('Nabeelah Shabbir',)Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:27:34 -00001180614http://www.cafebabel.co.uk/article/31465/acts-random-kindness-irish-startup-lisbon-treaty.html<p>'It’s like putting on a superhero costume - except your superpower might be the willingness to give up your seat on the bus,' said the Irish Times about a group of young people who hold business meetings up trees. With a new website and T-shirt range due for launch, one of the four members describes the nature of the startup</p> ('walshno',)Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:11:48 -0000351684