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Melancholy in Berlin: views of three foreign writer residents
Very loosely, a 19-year-old Klaus Mann saw 1920s Berlin as 'seductive, gray, scabby, peeling, yet vibrant vitality, nervous, shimmering, phosphorescent, animated, full of tensions and promises.' Italian, Croatian and French writers Gianluca Falanga, Maksim Cristan and Maia Mazaurette give us their noughties take
crisis on the ground, eucrisis on the ground, labour, multiculturalism, economical crisis, germany, cities
Budapest: stand-up comedy and playback theatre 'cures' crisis
It's an American pursuit gaining momentum in central Europe. Young comedian Balàzs Hajdù explains why he might eventually have to leave his job, and a doctor explains how theatre helps cure his patients
crisis on the ground, eucrisis on the ground, financial crisis, economical crisis, theatre, civil society, hungary
Social lending: Noba.hu and the problematic Hungarian 'peer to peer' system
Since their emergence in 2005 'person to person' or 'p2p' lending platforms have become an increasing global alternative to conventional banking. But Hungary's version of the online banking model has found its ability to make the concept financially appealing to potential clientele stifled by Hungarian law
crisis on the ground, eucrisis on the ground, money, financial crisis, bank, economical crisis, cities
The bleak Greek crisis: Europe's hardship sic Europe's hope
Good morning, Europe! Will you be saving the debt-mired Greece today? We're going to find out at the EU summit, which takes place in Brussels between 25 and 26 March. The Greek crisis has divided the European political and media landscape because it most prominently plays on the future of the sixteen-member eurozone. It also represents a fine threat for the young Greeks who are currently feeding the debate, and are a symbol in themselves of a Europe of PIIGS (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Spain). The consensus is clear: somewhere, sometime soon, mentality has to change before the Greeks can make a stab at a new start
- Read the special edition The bleak Greek crisis: Europe's hardship sic Europe's hope
- Monetary union and media stress: young Greeks and Germans debate
- PIIGS unwelcome in the EU parlour: war of words rocks Eurozone
- Europe apprehensive about Athens
- Bailing Greece out: the update
- Greece crisis: how your average Greek yacht-owner is clamping down
What crisis? Scouring for entrepreneurs in Bulgaria
Bulgaria’s GDP growth slowed, but nowhere close to the levels noted west of Sofia. The new coalition government has inherited nearly empty treasury coffers from the previous 'corrupt' administration. In the European Year of Innovation 2009, funding for start-ups was cut. Yet stories of determination prevail. Part three in a five part 'EU crisis on the ground' city series
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