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'Eurogeneration': 'Warriors' conquer Europe's metropolises

('English language version of cafebabel.com',) — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:08:44 -0000

They are pictured standing proudly in front of the setting sun on the anonymous urban stages of Europe. They are all warriors, young champions of the first European generation. This generation still hasn’t figured out what makes up a European identity, but nonetheless embody this identity subconsciously, whether they are from Budapest, Vilnius or Lisbon

Photos: hanging out with four Roma communities in the French Auvergne

('Astrid vW',) — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:00:41 -0000

Generalise all you want; Europe's largest minority are comprised of innumerable different groups - the gypsies, the Sinti, the Manouche, the Calés, the Zíngaro, the Yeniche...snapshot from one camp central France

Photos: Paris, transport and fresh air

('Louisa Reichstetter',) — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:00:00 -0000

Fancy a fresh-aired adventure in Paris? Since 2007 residents and tourists have been able to rent the public bicycles, the Vélibs, fleeing the dark metros which transport millions in and out of the capital day in, day out. Images of a city in movement

Photos: parkour from Paris to Rome

('Nabeelah Shabbir',) — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:15:00 -0000

The urban discipline, created by Frenchman David Belle in the nineties, is growing as fast as its exponents are springing over Europe’s city railings. Images taken in the Tor Bella Monaca district in Rome, during the second national Parkour.it rally

Photos: Prague Spring, forty years on

('Nabeelah Shabbir',) — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:30:00 -0000

On 21 August Prague commemorated forty years of it’s famous democratic ‘spring’, which ended revolt in the capital this past century. The spontaneous protest caught the world by surprise, before it was reprimanded by the Soviet regime. Images

Photos: the China dream in Shanghai and Guanghzou

('Nabeelah Shabbir',) — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:22:48 -0000

As preparations for the Beijing Olympics in August gain momentum, spectacular urban facilities are taking shape across China. View through the keyhole

Photos: Santa Cruz life-size in Seville

('Andrew Burgess',) — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:00:00 -0000

The district of Santa Cruz in the old centre is like a miniature Spain colourfully displayed by the numerous rare buildings of such imposing beauty. A genuine museum of Hispanic folklore

Photos: metro culture in Budapest

('Pedro Pic\xc3\xb3n',) — Tue, 27 May 2008 17:00:00 -0000

You can’t evade the underground in everyday life in Budapest, which has the second oldest metro system in Europe after London

Hungry Senegalese fishermen

('Susannah Readett-Bayley',) — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:00:00 -0000

Amidst a global food crisis and scarcer fish, the fishermen 'victims' of EU commercial agreements set off in their pirogues for the shores of Europe

Macedonia in images: names, Tito and David Morales

('Nikos Chrisikakis',) — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:00:00 -0000

After a Greek veto on its joining NATO during the annual summit in Bucharest on 2 - 4 April, the country could still be on track to start EU membership talks by the end of 2008 if it meets the relevant criteria. View from the lens

Architecture blogs in Romania, Spain and England

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:00:00 -0000

Most blogs devoted to architecture cover the whole of Europe through their importance, often even the whole world, by not limiting themselves to the presentation of this set of themes exclusively within the author’s country of origin

Exhibition brings Israel and Palestine 'face to face'

('John Smith',) — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:58:00 -0000

Face2Face is a unique and edgy photography show by French and Swiss friends JR and Marco, They stick the Israeli-Palestinian conflict right under European noses

UK, Russia: a new Iron curtain?

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:00:00 -0000

Two out of three British Council offices were deemed 'illegal' and closed down in Russia in January. A reflection on ties between the Kremlin and London

Photos: Europe sprays ideas

('Nabeelah Shabbir',) — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:00:00 -0000

From Madrid to Bucharest, Europe's streets of art are bursting with creativity and new talents

Strasbourg is bikes

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:00:00 -0000

With the inauguration of the TGV to Strasbourg, the city is staking its claim for modernity and the environment. The bicycle rules in this city that wants to overtake Fribourg as model of sustainable growth

Photos: Cuba as Castro retires at 81

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:00:00 -0000

Post-election images from the provincial tourist town of Viñales in the west, to the semi-tropical cacao plantations of Baracoa in the east. The Cuban leader will not run again as president at the National Assembly on 24 February

It's not just rubbish in Naples

('Mary Maistrello',) — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:00:00 -0000

Campania drowns in tonnes of refuse. The EU threatens the intervention of the Court of Justice. How did we get this far, asks a young Neapolitan reporter

Photos: living on the street in Paris

('Natalia Sosin',) — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:00:00 -0000

The homeless and immigrants - those select few that Parisians would perhaps rather not see, at least at Christmas time. Neither indifference nor presidential words will make this 'problem' disappear

Schengen: Slovenia and Italy help each other

('Kate Martin',) — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 12:00:00 -0000

When Slovenia became part of the Schengen zone on 21 December 2007, the 280km barrier separating it from Italy fell. It had been symbol of the iron curtain and the cold war that have divided Europe for decades

Censoring Oliviero Toscani

('Nabeelah Shabbir',) — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:00:00 -0000

'In art transgression is a duty,' says the Italian photographer, author of the latest shock campaign with French anorexic model Isabelle Caro. 'Brussels don't want to know a thing about my European vision'

PubliCity - from Barcelona to Dresden

('Nabeelah Shabbir',) — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:00:00 -0000