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Activist Ahmed el-Senussi: Libyan prince and human rights hero
Currently a member of Libya's national transitional council, the prince was in solitary confinement during his imprisonment and did not speak to a single person for nine years. We meet in Strasbourg where the former prisoner of conscience was one of five Arabs to win the Sakharov freedom of thought prize for 2011
strasbourg, activism, interview, prison, libya, arab spring, muammar al-gaddafi
Marrying 'eco' with 'logical' in Strasbourg
300 hectares of green spaces, more than 500 kilometres of bike route and the nature park of Vosges just nearby. The Alsatian capital definitely classes as one of Europe's ecological paradises, and we even find citizens who plan their weddings with a green visor. We sent a budding Sherlock Holmes through the city to crack its eco-crimes, because after all, Strasbourg is most famous in the European eco-crime scene for the second seat of the European parliament which it hosts, compromising the city's eco-balance. Read the following edition in a ten-month 2011 monthly series, ‘Green Europe on the ground’ (Image: (cc) njaminjami/ Flickr)
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
- 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)
- Beyond Gaudi: exposing the gateway to Barcelona
- European hip hop between Brussels, Amsterdam, Hanover and London
US style fails in EU: Barroso meek 'state of union' speech
The EU commission president made his 'comeback' speech to the EU parliament on 7 September - but the German, Czech and Slovenian press have much to lament. Press review
strasbourg, roma, european institutions, euweek, josé manuel barroso, european commission, politics
Europarl TV: 'technology is more fast-paced than the institutions'
In September 2008, the TV channel started streaming parliamentary sessions and news features on MEPs and their speeches on the European parliament’s webpage. The challenge is to give the institutions a human face - press service chief Jean-Yves Loog tells us how
strasbourg, internet, european media, television, journalism, jean-claude trichet, web 2.0
European bloggers describe their Berlin walls
Monday is 9 November, the day when the Berlin wall was brought down. To reflect on this iconic modern historical event for the eurogeneration, citizen journalists from five cafebabel.com local teams - Sofia, Budapest, Turin, Strasbourg and Istanbul - simultaneously blogged one day about the walls they see in their cities
strasbourg, youth, integration, berlin wall, tourism, anniversary, immigration
French band ‘Zakarya’ play Klezmer in Saint Petersburg
Think you need a clarinet and melancholy yiddish tunes to play Jewish folk music? Then you’ve yet to hear the French quartet. As their Russian concert winds down, accordionist Yves Weyh discusses the audience's strength of imagination, ‘imaginary’ film scores and avant-garde Klezmer
strasbourg, festivals, music, les nuits européennes, concert, rock
Islam in Strasbourg: role model for the rest of EU?
With more than 20 mosques, 30 catholic churches, 13 protestant churches, 9 synagogues and 10 Buddhist temples, many believe that the creation of an islamic theology department would solve the problem of integration. Such an establishment is not permitted in secular France; but with a local statute and the system of 'recognised faiths', it can be in Strasbourg
strasbourg, moschea, mosquée, best of cafebabel.com, cities, islam, society
Spotlight on fighting prostitution in Strasbourg
In the last year, the picturesque city of Strasbourg has become known as the red light district of Alsace, a veritable European capital of prostitution. Is Strasbourg really a big brothel, where locals and EU officials indulge their peccadilloes?
strasbourg, prostitution, men and women, villes, mep, cities, red light district
Why the fridge would you do an internship at the European parliament?
Do you want to see the heart of Europe on a day-to-day basis? There’s no better way to do it than by becoming an intern at the European parliament in Brussels, with its maze of corridors, hemicycle and canteen. Well . . . if you can negotiate a decent salary and hours!
strasbourg, internships, brussels, education, students, power, eudebate2009
Images: European parliament, Strasbourg
By foot, tram, bicycle, boat or car, parliament buildings are easily accessible … just like the rest of Europe?
strasbourg, grand projects, society, european elections 2009, european parliament, politics, power
What the fridge is the European parliament?
Every five years, MEPs are elected democratically across Europe. A look behind the scenes of this legislative power. Plus, a video
strasbourg, sakharov prize, what the hell is, european democracy, lisbon treaty, brussels, european elections 2009
MEPs visit brothels, according to vice-chairwoman of liberals
Silvana Koch-Mehrin, the vice-chairwoman of the liberal party in the European parliament,
accuses Euro MPs of going to Strasbourg as though they are on ‘holiday’, adding that ‘they don’t work but go and see prostitutes’
strasbourg, corruption, prostitución, sex, joseph daul, euweek, elections
Video: German MEP puts European parliament to Britpop strains
Alexander Alvaro, 33, pokes fun at the lack of security in the European parliament building in Strasbourg, in a video posted on Youtube on 24 September. Part of the roof caved in on 7 August
strasbourg, bruselas, alexander alvaro, seguridad, germany, eurodiputados, youtube
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