Education

Music duo Kim Ki O: ‘the danger of being Turkish’ for Europe

The Swedish pop elite love them, but EU bureaucracy is preventing Ekin Sanac and Berna Göl from breaking Europe. In Istanbul, music is an unstable bridge between east and west. Part two of a special feature

by cafebabel.com // 08/09/09

education, visa, bands, joy division, brussels, kim ki o, turkey

Why Turkish band Kim Ki O can't break Europe

The Swedish pop elite love them, but EU bureaucracy is preventing Ekin Sanac and Berna Göl from breaking Europe. In Istanbul, music is an unstable bridge between east and west. Part one of a special feature

by Clara Bergström @ // 01/09/09 - 6 Comment

education, visa, education system, men and women, europop, member states, culture

Istanbul's Yeditepe, Bogazici universities: erasmus on the catwalk campus

Istanbul is in: just look at the rising numbers of erasmus students at the thirty or so universities in the Bosphorus metropolis. While just a few years ago only a few universities in Istanbul had a bilateral contract with other European colleges, there are now hardly any colleges left in the 20-million inhabitant megapolis which do not open their doors to students eager to study abroad. Part one of an erasmus experience

by Harika Dauth @ // 15/07/09 - 5 Comment

education, vêtements, erasmus, istanbul, turkey, university

Brussels: the old age of youth

The crisis is synonymous with young unemployent. The capital of Europe is currently baiting its breath for the European elections between 4 and 7 June 2009. Within, 33% are young jobshunters. Yet the Belgian capital remains an Eldorado for internships, its opportunities in multinationals and for being a fairground for new European politics. We feel for the precarities of the days, its languages and the nights. Three journalists, a video maker and a photographer from the cafebabel.com network feature in this month's 'cities' mission, named 'EUdebate on the Ground'

• Brussels: did you know that 20% of EU workers work at night?
• Brussels crisis: be creative, become an entrepeneur
• Languages: Dutch amidst French in bilingual Brussels
• Brussels: a city of life-long interns

Vito Kolelishvili: rugby player on 'unpaid managers and sportsmen' in Georgia

In 2004, Vito Kolelishvili became a professional rugby player with Lelos, the national rugby union team. At 19, he is one of the few rugby players nominated ‘best player of 2008’, shortly after the Georgian national tournament ended. Interview

by Nino Gogua @ // 10/02/09 - 2 Comment - 4 votes

education, sport, money, georgia, tbilisi, training, talent

Israel-Palestine in Italian eyes

On 2 February, president Mahmoud Abbas cancelled a visit to current EU president Czech Republic, as peace talks continue after the three-week Middle East conflict in January. From a Europe generally sympathetic to Palestine, our weekly focus is centered in Italy: portraits of Israeli-Palestinian communities in Turin, an Israeli artist in Mantua and mutual understanding through a history textbook

• Israeli sculptress Nathalie Alony: ‘Palestinians in Gaza should be given something to lose’
• A Czech prescription for the Middle East, the EU’s ‘Mexico’
• Turin in the Israel-Palestine crossfire

European universities set for battle over Shanghai league table

The old European universities are as usual lagging behind while Anglo-Saxon universities are steaming ahead. The Shanghai league table is beginning to get on the nerves of the French Grandes Ecoles, which are trying to create an alternative league table

by Aurélien BORDET @ // 09/01/09 - 1 Comment - 1 vote

education, classement de shanghai, france, university, society

Erasmus: when she was twenty, she had plenty

The landmark programme has enabled 1.5 million young people to study in Europe to date, launching them into a 100% ‘eurogeneration’ experience. First in a series of five: success statistics

by JSeb 2.0 @ // 14/11/08

education, erasmus, europe, the elections in numbers, eudebate2009, european union, travel