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EU citizenship: when Bulgarian in Italy, marry an Italian

('Aatish Pattni',) — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:13:36 -0000

In a country where lemons are grown, it’s also immigrants that are put under the squeeze. In order to get Italian citizenship you have to contend with old-fashioned bureaucracy and having to go through the same processes over and over again, which adds to the associated difficulties and costs. Ljubomir’s family have decided to take the long way round it

Startups, ethics and the crisis: focus on young people in Turin

('Elaine Jordan',) — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:33:30 -0000

After the crisis months of unemployment, training and scholarship schemes, some Italian youngsters decide to swap 'instability' for life as an entrepreneur. Examples from the industrial city of Turin

Keeping Turin's Fiat factory in the family: post-industrial Italy

("naomi o'leary",) — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:22:13 -0000

Turin is emerging from the 110-year reign of the Fiat monarchy, and it’s discovering a cultural soul it never knew it had. A very Italian look at globalisation

M**Bun, Eataly, GROM: the organic flavour in Turin

('sara mojtehedzadeh',) — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:00:00 -0000

Eating well can save the environment, economy, and local heritage, according to the Slow Food Movement, an international non-profit culinary educational organisation which was founded in 1989 by the Italian writer Carlo Petrini. Its appetising premise is to combat the acculturating effects of corporate America & co. through the affirmation of local, fresh, organic food. Its phrased in its manifesto as ‘the right to pleasure’, and in Turin, it’s a right that’s being energetically exercised

European bloggers describe their Berlin walls

('Nabeelah Shabbir',) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:20:11 -0000

Monday is 9 November, the day when the Berlin wall was brought down. To reflect on this iconic modern historical event for the eurogeneration, citizen journalists from five cafebabel.com local teams - Sofia, Budapest, Turin, Strasbourg and Istanbul - simultaneously blogged one day about the walls they see in their cities

Ólafur Arnalds, Trail of Dead and Turin: your music for September

('Nabeelah Shabbir',) — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:00:00 -0000

We’ve rattled up the format of our monthly music tips for the autumn. Catch our Iceland-flavoured album of the month, the top five tracks in September as voted for by our boys and girls in Turin, and an album tip from a correspondent from our network. This month, we hear from Berlin

Turin in the Israel-Palestine crossfire

('Andrea Giambartolomei',) — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:30:47 -0000

During the military campaign against Hamas on the Gaza Strip, a wave of Muslim immigrants across Europe, stretching from London, Paris, Amsterdam, Madrid, Brussels as well as Milan and Rome – protested against Israel’s actions, supporting their Palestinian ‘brothers’. Perspective of the communities in Turin, a twin city of Gaza and Haifa

Culture in November: cinema, reflection, competition

('Helen Swain',) — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:22:09 -0000

From cinema in Barcelona and Stockholm, to photography and Picasso in Paris, a line up of events that will get you thinking - monthly guide

Turin, world design capital 2008: the keyword is sustainability

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:00:00 -0000

This year, the northern Italian city becomes a laboratory of large-scale projects such as industrial conversion, development and eco-compatibility

Luciana Littizzetto: Spanish men are sexiest

('Sarah Gray',) — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 04:42:00 -0000

Writer, actress and ‘TV jester’ – Luciana Littizzetto has made a career from her own irreverent brand of self-parody – with great success

Lyon – Turin: countdown to the TGV

Fri, 08 Jun 2007 12:30:00 -0000

The European Parliament approved funds for the new European transport networks on 23 May, leaving Italy with two months to prepare its proposals

Three Cheers for the EU!

Mon, 06 Feb 2006 02:00:00 -0000

Sport proves it: the majority of people still identify themselves along national lines. However, beneath the surface, all is not as it seems.