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