Copenhagen
Obituary: alphabets, butterflies and Inger Christensen
Why learn Welsh? They all speak English anyway. Why learn unpronounceable Flemish, impossible Finnish, self-assertive Catalan or miniscule Danish? But when the Danish experimental poet died on 2 January 2009 in Copenhagen, a loser language lost its most beautiful voice
copenhagen, obituary, literature, catalan, flemish, best of cafebabel.com, william shakespeare
Italy’s Mike Sponza: the pan-European way to blues
The 39-year-old musician is the founder of a blues music project which started in central Europe past the Iron Curtain and now spans the continent. Blues is not only an American genre, and can also play a part in integration - interview
copenhagen, music, culture calendar, blues, culture, mike sponza
Continental blues
While youths on the continent are living on internship stipends and parental support, in London their counterparts are in secure jobs and earning large paycheques.
copenhagen, italy, labour, united states, germany, internships, berlin
East-West divide
Since the Roma are legally defined as a minority in Europe, officially they benefit from a protection of their rights. However, the way that laws are applied varies within the Union
copenhagen, roma, european council, western eu, slovakia, bulgaria, central and eastern europe
