Clermont-Ferrand

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

by Fabien Champion @ // 20/05/09 - 1 Comment - 1 vote

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Cities: Clermont-Ferrand boils

Nestled in the centre of France, the 'Michelin city' is darkened by its volcanic hinterland. Protests against the Bologna education reforms - brought in by Europe - simmer within, whilst protests against Brussels’ liberalism spew from young farmers of the Auvergne region. Would the socialists have a solution? After all, they have been in power in the city since the second world war. The reform seismometer may just erupt at the European elections in June 2009. After Tallinn and Paris, four journalists and one photographer from our network explore the third stop in cafebabel.com's monthly 'cities' mission, 'EUdebate on the Ground'

• Education: Bologna process, sales time in French universities
• HandiCAP: freedom-hunting French farmers, as European as Parisians
• Clermont-Ferrand – where are the right-wing?
• Michelin manufacturing ‘malady’: is recession causing flat tyres in France?
• Photos: hanging out with four Roma communities in the French Auvergne

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

by Fabien Champion @ // 16/02/09

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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

by Ezequiel Scagnetti @ , Katharina Kloss @ // 02/02/09 - 9 Comment

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