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Welcome back to Europe? cafebabel editors size up Dominique Strauss-Kahn

('cafebabel.com',) — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:15:07 -0000

On 23 August the French former head of the international monetary fund (IMF) walked free from criminal charges in New York accusing him of assaulting a hotel maid in mid-May. What would have happened to his French, German or Anglo-Saxon equivalent?

Young Europeans remember 9/11

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:38:28 -0000

It’s eight years since the attacks which killed 2, 752 people, destroyed the World Trade Centres and damaged the Pentagon on 11 September 2001. The cafebabel.com editorial team share their memories from across the waters on the event which shaped America and the world today

European expats in New York job illegally

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:00:00 -0000

For those seeking adventure in Manhattan and co, the restaurant business offers an easily-found job and good money thanks to the tipping culture - a stack of advantages, that is, for those who want to live beneath the law

Emilie Simon: 'I don't explore, I play'

('Nicola Potter',) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:00:00 -0000

From Montpellier via Paris to New York, where the singer is now based and back with an electro-pop album, released on 21 September. At 31, the dynamic and erudite French singer is trying her hand at the Big Machine, another album composed entirely in English

Fraud: Bernard Madoff's 65 million dollars and Europe

('Jonny S',) — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:18:10 -0000

The trial of the Wall Street king has been ongoing in New York since the beginning of March 2009, with him facing up to 150 years in prison. Several European countries are amongst the victims of this fraud of epic proportions

The Bronx, another European overseas department

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:56:23 -0000

Well, almost. As the fountain on the north lawn of the White House ran green in celebration of St Patrick's Day on 17 March, we take a look at how newcomers from Europe have breathed new life into old ethnic neighbourhoods in New York’s five boroughs, long a destination for immigrations. With the EU at 27 and Brussels far across the ocean, is Europe but an abstract notion?

US warms up to the global climate change consensus

('Gaia Pianigiani',) — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:00:26 -0000

As Barack Obama inaugurates his mandate on 20 January, environmental scientists prepare their guidelines for a greener approach to energy production and usage. Is America ready to make the same changes? The word from Union Square farmers market and climatologist Dr. Stephen H. Schneider

Iva Bittová: ‘Czech politicians only think about becoming famous’

('Kate Martin',) — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:17:22 -0000

But the violinist, singer and actress loves Obama. Daughter of a Slovak mother and Moravian father, she recently moved to New York from the Czech Republic. At fifty, she embodies a type of music which is sophisticated, warm and popular

US election reactions: ‘sleeping a little better’ after the Obama win

('Nabeelah Shabbir',) — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:23:59 -0000

From London to New York on 4 November, a selection of correspondents trace the historic night when Barack Obama became the first black president of the United States

Estelle Swaray: 'the singlest woman alive'

('Titus Aguigah',) — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:00:00 -0000

Why the British rapper, hip hop singer and producer, 28, swapped London, its boys and the UK music industry for Brooklyn's cabbies, leading to ‘an unexpected duet’ with American rapper Kanye West

Video: Europeans on Super Tuesday

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:00:00 -0000

On Tuesday 5 February 22 states will hold US presidential primary elections. The result will determine each party's candidate for the final elections on 6 November, 2008. Three young Europeans provide their opinion

Saad Hariri: 'impunity in Lebanon is unbearable'

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:00:00 -0000

The late prime minister's son speaks to European journalists in Beirut before the UN tribunal came into force on 10 June – the first bringing justice to an individual

No Europe without the Media

Tue, 31 Jan 2006 06:02:00 -0000

In a special article for café babel, celebrating the launch of its Polish version, journalist and co-founder of Gazeta Wyborcza Jacek akowski writes about the role of media in the development of the European public opinion.