Brussels
Censoring Oliviero Toscani
'In art transgression is a duty,' says the Italian photographer, author of the latest shock campaign with French anorexic model Isabelle Caro. 'Brussels don't want to know a thing about my European vision'
brussels, media, art market, best of cafebabel.com, censorship, marketing, photography
PubliCity - from Barcelona to Dresden
brussels, advertising, dresden, northern eu, barcelona, cities, photogallery
Jean Quatremer: a nation has been born - Flanders
The crisis between the Flemish and francophone Belgians continues. After 172 days without a government and big provocations by the Flemish political class, has Belgium come to a point of no return?
brussels, right-wing, nationalism, jean quatremer, regions, european democracy, flanders
Cocaine Spain
plus the never-ending story of Kosovo
brussels, european personnel selection office, non-eu countries, kosovo, euweek, drugs, serbia
Epso: just English, French and German please
Controversy brews because competition announcements for the European Personnel Selection Office were published in only three languages. Officials blow the whistle on the apparently chaotic management of translations
Belgium partition: voice of the populace
Almost three months after the Belgian legislative elections, negotiations with a view to forming a government are still in deadlock. The country hopes for better days
brussels, separatism, flanders, elections, society, western eu, politics
Ángel Parra: 'experiencing exile is painful - they push you towards an abyss'
Based in Paris for the past 35 years, the 64 year old musician son of folklore icon Violeta Parra on Chilean Septembers, exiles and his dead mother's legacy
A dog’s life
Pets are now an integral part of society. Even the competitive European markets are being flooded with dog and cat accessories
brussels, lifestyle, madrid, united states, society, western eu, belgium
Ukraine crisis and a passive Europe
The fifth elections in three years, the latest by presidential fiat, take place on 30 September. Europe needs to sit up and pay more attention for the country to be an effective stabile democracy
brussels, ukraine, world affairs, european democracy, central and eastern europe, european commission, elections
Michel Barnier: 'we won't be naive about agriculture'
The French minister of agriculture on the farm subsidies (CAP) reform which the European commission will present in November
brussels, food, competition, european commission, france, european union, western eu
Language means business
945, 000 small and medium-sized exporting businesses - 11% of those in the EU - missed out on commercial contracts because of poor language skill bases
brussels, united kingdom, european union, western eu, politics, belgium
Trust me, I'm Microsoft
On 17 September the European Union's second highest court slaps Microsoft with a 500 million euro fine for violating antitrust regulations and abusing its monopoly of the market - they have two months to appeal
brussels, international trade, america, united states, netherlands, european union, society
Brussels: chaos for the initiated
The fifth and last in our ‘taxi’ series. In Brussels, you catch them from taxi locations specifically created to this end, at different spots in town
brussels, cities, central and eastern europe, society, belgium
'It is our right to organise our fiscal system as we please'
Switzerland’s stubborn neutrality and the fact that the country is considered a tax haven by many, these are the issues we want to discuss with the Swiss ambassador to the EU
brussels, switzerland, neutrality, fiscal paradise, candidate countries, traditions, europe
Ferdinando Riccardi: 'the meaning of Europe is reconciliation'
Over the last 50 years, the 77-year-old has witnessed the initial stages of the evolution of a Union undergoing total transformation. Editor and columnist for daily bulletin Agence Europe, the EU's press agency, this Italian in love with Brussels is still an unwavering federalist
brussels, european media, brunch, italy, western eu, belgium
Anything to get votes
Belgian politician offers one blowjob for every vote in her favour
Inflation: 'the convergence of eastern and western prices will have to wait 20 years'
What do you Europeans really think of rising prices and inflation in the Eurozone?
brussels, european central bank, economy, competition, germany, spain, italy
French adoption: ‘intercity babies’
Restrictive adoption law drives French lesbian couples across Belgian and Dutch borders to be artificially inseminated
brussels, feminism, tourism, travel, amsterdam, paris, netherlands
Gordon Brown, Euro-sceptic prime minister?
All change in Her Majesty's kingdom: Scotsman Gordon Brown, 56, replaces Tony Blair at the head of government after ten years of hard loyal service
brussels, london, gordon brown, tony blair, europe, united kingdom, politics
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