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Belgian singer Selah Sue, no Amy Winehouse
She’s a singer with American, even Jamaican soul, but Sanne Putseys is also just like any other young angel-faced Belgian girl, despite her groove sisterhood
clermont-ferrand, music, belgium, psychology, interview, paris, brunch
Europavox festival: Sindri Már Sigfússon, Ebony Bones, Lonely Drifter Karen get down in central France
A huge music festival with acts from all over the world in the heart of the Auvergne? It was the stuff of pipe dreams, but Europavox has done it. From 27 to 31 May more than fifty concerts will be held in Clermont-Ferrand, a medium sized town just to the south of the centre of France
clermont-ferrand, music, eurofestival, culture calendar, culture, france
Photos: hanging out with four Roma communities in the French Auvergne
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
clermont-ferrand, eudebate on the ground, photogallery, society, roma
Education: Bologna process, sales time in French universities
France is infuriated. The resentment felt towards the Bologna process, aggravated by the repercussions of the economic crisis, has driven students to go on a general strike as a demonstration of their 'anti-privatisation' feelings. They fear that their future is going 'at reduced prices'. We test the water in Clermont Ferrand
clermont-ferrand, university, eudebate2009, education system, professeurs, bologna process, cities
HandiCAP: freedom-hunting French farmers, as European as Parisians
Young farmers in the region of Auvergne worry about their future, which is being over-organised by a too liberal Europe. They want to give vent to their anger at the upcoming European elections in June 2009
clermont-ferrand, economy, cap, best of cafebabel.com, common agricultural policy, international trade, agriculture
Clermont-Ferrand – where are the right-wing?
How and why has the French city been obstinately socialist for 60 years? We look at its challenge for the 21st century
clermont-ferrand, activism, politics, mayor, socialist, right wing, youth
Cinema festivals in France: after Cannes, it's Clermont-Ferrand
While the annual international short film festival short in the Auvergne allows a public of loyal fans to see the genres latest gems, the industry struggles to generate sufficient income or to create a proper distribution network
Theatre: Auschwitz meets the French Auvergne
For the International Short Film Festival 2009, director Fabrice Dubusset is working with amateur performers for the group's first Fassbinder play. The revival of the German director's 'Just a Slice of Bread' brings critical themes to the European arena
clermont-ferrand, theatre, holocaust, reiner werner fassbinder, holocaust memorial day, culture calendar, culture
