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Modern myths: politically divided university canteens in Istanbul

('Daiva Repe\xc4\x8dkait\xc4\x97',) — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 11:00:00 -0000

September 2010. Students are purported to be so politicised that even their school canteen is split into liberal and conservative factions. Two journalists from Lithuania and France investigate an erasmus myth which seems to have disappeared thanks to a new 'apolitical' generation

There's no place for art in Tirana

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:30:28 -0000

One German visitor paints a bleak picture of the Albanian capital as a city of art and culture. In delapidated surroundings, the small seeds planted by creative folk via the Marubi academy and Tirana international contemporary art biennial struggle to grow

Post-elections: chain reactions on Europe's new colours

('Joss Corner',) — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:45:12 -0000

Green is the colour for victorius ecology in France and Germany, blue is the colour of the conservatives tightly tucked into the European blanker whilst the socialist pink rubs off the dye. Red deep blush for the abstainers! Correspondents from Poland to Italy comment on the 7 June results of the EU elections

Poul Nyrup Rasmussen: ‘conservative ideology is one of political expedience, opportunism and old doctrines’

('Poul Nyrup Rasmussen',) — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:06:40 -0000

The president of the party of European socialists and former prime minister of Denmark says that June 2009 will be more about political choice than ever before. A left-wing perspective on the EU election campaign

Zita Gurmai: 'Women in Europe work around 54 more days than men'

('Erin Woycik',) — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:15:00 -0000

The socialist, 43, demands feminism from European leaders. While she renews her candidacy for the European parliament, she dreams of seeing Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, the socialist president, as president of the European commission, after Jose Manuel Durao Barroso's term is up

Will he or won't he: Poul Nyrup Rasmussen to head European commission?

('Susannah Readett-Bayley',) — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:45:00 -0000

The former Danish prime minister has committed the socialists to winning the June 2009 European elections. His strategy is based on the idea of a new social Europe. His objective: to ensure the welfare state retains its place in globalisatio. Interview

Politicians work 65 hours - so why don't you?

('Matthew Pagett',) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:15:00 -0000

The fight over the length of the work week begins on 16 - 17 December in the European parliament. Socialists and liberals will face off in the chambers, in spite of some internal divisions in the political groups

Romania turns to a coalition government

('Chetan Khushal',) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:00:00 -0000

Romania’s socialists are currently making the most progress with proposals against the crisis, on the day when the party of European socialists presents its election manifesto in Madrid

1968: a tour of Europe's revolts

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:00:00 -0000

Spain, Czech Republic, France, Italy, Poland and Germany - spinning through Europe's uprisings during that infamous year of rebellion

Lithuania: a stranger in the south of the north

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0000

Since achieving independence in 1990, it has strived to walk steadily on its own. On the eve of reaching adulthood as a self-governing country, Vilnius is like a little girl who has been picked on too many times by her bigger neighbours

Socialist travels

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 07:10:00 -0000

Frankfurt, Germany, Summer 2006

Martha Beatriz Roque, standing up to Castro

('Sarah Turpin',) — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 11:31:00 -0000

As Fidel’s poor health forces him to hand over power to his brother Raúl, the sixty-year-old Roque denounces the neglect of her people and the regime of ‘apartheid’ enforced in Cuba. This is her story, told in very special circumstances.