Barcelona
Documentary 'Listening to Garzon': Spain’s most famous judge judged
‘Escuchando al Juez Garzón’ is an 87-minute documentary shot as a single interview with the high-profile human rights judge in Madrid in late 2010. Over a year later, he is going on trial for triple prosecutions on his abuses of power at his country's supreme court. International human rights activists argue that this 'Judge Dredd' case is one of Spanish science fiction
barcelona, franco, london, berlinale, madrid, silvio berlusconi, justice
Barcelona extends football school to Warsaw
A year away from the 2012 European football championships in Poland and Ukraine, Warsaw’s city sports director has convinced the football club Barcelona to open the club’s first European football school outside Spain. Young Polish talent will train at the ‘FCB Escola Varsovia’ from the end of October. Barcelona is giving the Poles the ‘know how’ but not the money
'Real democracy NOW!': #spanishrevolution becomes #europeanrevolution
Spain’s so-called 15-M has become 29-M, referring to the dates of the sit-in protests of a Spain in May which saw local elections swinging to the favour of the opposition conservatives. The rage is sweeping Italy, Belgium and France
barcelona, internet, madrid, arab spring, jasmine revolution, revolution, facebook
Post revolution new media: journalists face uncertain future
The recent Arabic revolutions have highlighted significant changes in the way stories are covered, but what are the implications of these changes, where are we heading and should we be scared?
barcelona, arab spring, journalism, jasmine revolution, revolution, society
Suburbs of Europe
Once fires burnt in the French 'banlieue' of Paris. Once those Lisbon suburbs were considered dangerous, and those Barcelona suburbs remained obscure, and that Strasbourg suburb on the country's border gentrified, though no-one knew exactly why. Once hip hop defined the peripheries of cities, before breaking out of its ghetto identity and moving to the city centres. Snapshots from the rings of some of Europe's most famous southern and western capitals
- Read the special edition Suburbs of Europe
- Beyond Gaudi: exposing the gateway to Barcelona
- Chelas: not such a dodgy neighbourhood of Lisbon
- Six years after riots, French discuss French 'banlieue'
- Port du Rhin: Strasbourg’s problem suburb (which is also on the border)
- European hip hop between Brussels, Amsterdam, Hanover and London
Che Sudaka: 'Barcelona was what it was and, sadly, is not anymore'
This is the story of a six-piece Barcelona-based band composed entirely of South Americans. We chart their journey from illegal street buskers to successful European band in Paris
barcelona, multiculturalism, argentina, european tour, brunch, solidays, europe
'Shooting galleries' in Europe: political jab or social cure-all?
Supervising the use of hard drugs or not is an issue that's cropping up across Europe, with some countries tackling it with a different intensity than others; the UK has three injecting clinics. While eight progressive governments have already established the centres, others wish to silence such crazy calls for change. All in the name of morality. Obviously...
barcelona, netherlands, norway, berlin, discrimination, rome, switzerland
Catalonia vs bulls: prohibition of Spanishness?
When the Catalan parliament voted against bullfighting in the community on 28 July, the bullfighting world grouped together to defend their interests. The political opposition has announced that it will promote a law in congress to avoid further rulings of this type. The ‘Plataforma Prou!’, promoter of the popular legislative initiative that gave a place to the vote, announced that they would not give up in their fight to free bulls from martyrdom
barcelona, regionalism, bullfight, law, justice, nationalism, animals
'Come to Romania': quest to brand Bucharest
Forging a skate culture, redesigning lei banknotes and offering a story to tourists, aside from the palace of parliament hotspot, the result of dictator Ceaucescu's tearing down a third of the city in communist times. These are just some of the ideas to boost the image and GDP of a crisis-riddled country
barcelona, money, bucharest, centrist, communism, architecture, romania
Ban bullfighting in Catalonia
It’s a briskly warm spring afternoon in Barcelona and blood is shed for the first time this year in the grand Monumental arena to the cheers of willing fans. Brilliantly shimmering sequins sparkle on the skin-tight suit of a proud Torero as he marks the beginning of yet another season of bloodshed
Obituary: Irish academic Fred Halliday dies in Barcelona
The Dubliner passed away on 26 April. No student in east-west relations would have escaped the work of this internationally acclaimed scholar in international relations, unabashed European socialist and eternal friend of the Middle East. Tribute from an Iranian Londoner who met the Irish scholar in Spain
barcelona, university, ireland, research and innovation, middle east, iran islamic republic of, brunch
Hitchhiking Gathering 2010: the lowdown
The third celebration of the Hitchhiking Gathering takes place in August, first in Barcelona and next in Lisbon, with hundreds of hitchhikers from the whole continent expected to attend
barcelona, hitch hiking, ecology, europe, youth, lisbon, travel
Carme Riera: why Catalan’s 'days are numbered'
Whilst in Lisbon for BeBalears, the Balearic Islands cultural week, the Barcelona-based writer and Spanish literature professor discusses how she struggled to write in her native tongue and analyses the erasmus effect
barcelona, literature, multiculturalism, carme riera, culture, lisbon, language
Music: (subversive) songs for the European city
Madrid's famous Gran Via boulevard celebrated its 100th anniversary on 7 April, with a local survey seeing 'Gran Via' by crooner Antonio Flores top a list of songs dedicated to the city. From monkeys in Berlin to Red Bull and Swedes in Barcelona via Stalin in Warsaw, a selection of offbeat videos suggested by the cafebabel network
Cinema law: rude case to not dub and subtitle all films in Catalan
Tradition, money and marginalisation lie behind the rejection of the proposed ‘Ley de Cine’, which stipulates that 50% of all films in the region must be subtitled or dubbed in Catalan. When in early February, over 75% of cinemas across Catalonia shut their doors in protest, the people seemed to agree
barcelona, cinema, culture calendar, film, culture, catalan, spain
European theatre tips of the summer
Sam Mendes subtitled in Greek, Oscar Wilde in the open air in Regent's Park and the British Shakespeare company with Czech director Jiri Menzel in a castle in Prague - the best music, dance and theatre doses in July and August
barcelona, arts, greece, william shakespeare, culture calendar, slovakia, scotland
Music in March: Killed by 9V Batteries and Extraperlo
Paris-Berlin machine rock, continental breakfast from Barcelona and Austrian pot-washers –spring is blossoming in many ways on the music scene! Café Babel’s music diary for March
barcelona, bands, berlin, culture calendar, austria, leonid kuchma, switzerland
Barack Obama inspires art and fashion in Paris and Barcelona
Whether it's his face in gravel viewed from the air, or his face in sequins viewed from the catwalk, Cuban artist Jorge Rodríguez Gerada and French Moroccan designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac are inspired by the democratic presidential candidate. Cross-portraits
barcelona, paris, barack obama, us elections, spain, fashion, contemporary art
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