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Older migrants of Europe: forgotten until when?

('Monica Mircescu',) — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 11:30:00 -0000

They came to work and in the end they stayed. Today the migrants of the 1960s are growing old in the cities of western Europe often in isolation and insecurity. Their discretion has turned them into an invisible generation. Portrait of retired immigrants whom everybody wants already buried

Paris strikes: where clowns once protested, now zombies do

('Nicola Potter',) — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 12:15:00 -0000

On 16 October zombies took over the nationwide protests for a withdrawal of the French retirement reforms (to be raised from 60 to 62). When even the deceased are coming back to defend their rights, can the French government really afford to turn a deaf ear?

Brussels: commissioners play musical chairs

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0000

Frattini and Kyprianou to jump ship? Internal stories of fraud, external stories of fraud and far too few children born in Europe - it's the latest news from the EU capital

May 2008? Young people in France get involved

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

In France, the fortieth anniversary of the May 1968 student revolts is fast approaching. Like it or not, the memory of this working class uprising is ever-present. The young people of France take the lead in their own style

European leaders: average age 55

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:00:00 -0000

True or false: younger heads of state have less experience but more liberal policies than older heads of state, who have more experience? Plus an interactive map of Europe's old - and not so old - fogies

Poland: 'socialise bellies'

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 12:00:00 -0000

Stop debate on the protection of life 'from the beginning,' say the staunch Catholic right-wing, as they announce an amendment of article 38 in the Polish constitution

Portugal sits on the fence

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0000

The February 11 referendum on the decriminalisation of abortion has garnered mixed reactions

Volunteering – or your money back

Wed, 20 Dec 2006 12:00:00 -0000

On the December 5 we celebrate the special day of these model individuals – the International Day of Volunteers

Eastern property boom excludes the young

Mon, 25 Sep 2006 02:00:00 -0000

The wave of home acquisitions is pushing property prices up in Eastern Europe. Young people find it difficult to buy their first home

Alternative lifestyles: 'I came to Amsterdam to live in a squat'

Mon, 28 Aug 2006 14:00:00 -0000

In the 1980s, a political movement of squatters changed the face of the Dutch capital. Today, young apolitical Eastern Europeans are joining the squatter movement

Scorched

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 07:06:00 -0000

Maracaibo, Venezuela

A retired fighter

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 07:03:00 -0000

Torgoszyn, Poland, summer 2006

Jaroslav Zverina: Europeans and sex

Mon, 13 Feb 2006 14:00:00 -0000

What about Europeans and sex? Jaroslav Zverina, Czech MEP and well-known sexologist talks about couples and gives us some secrets to success.