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INTERVIEW stockholm : Moby: free Europe concerts for climate change

Moby: free Europe concerts for climate change

'Play4Climate.eu' raises awareness among Europe's youth before the December UN summit in Copenhagen. We chat to the American musician/ activist

by Waldemar Ingdahl @ // 15/09/09 - 1 Comment

stockholm, activism, environment, united nations, green, copenhagen, mtv

Sweden straddle EU

Sweden straddle EU

Sweden's somewhere up there. But at the moment Europe's northern lights are somewhere kind of everywhere: take the eternal sandy or shock blonde ex-pat stereotype, the Swedish pirate political party which snatched a seat in the brand new European parliament in June, and the fact that the country is running the EU until the end of the year! Their political focus is on the crisis and the environment. Skål captain!

NEWS stockholm : Stockholm and Hamburg are Europe's 'greenest' cities

Stockholm and Hamburg are Europe's 'greenest' cities

On 23 February, environment commissioner Stavros Dimas announces the European green capitals of 2010 and 2011. Latest titbit of news from Brussels

by Fernando Navarro Sordo @ // 23/02/09 - 3 Comment

stockholm, green cities, copenhagen, transport, euweek, écologie, hamburg

INVESTIGATION stockholm : Cost of Life day: Budapest Europe’s cheapest capital?

Cost of Life day: Budapest Europe’s cheapest capital?

Twelve cafebabel.com local teams, from Sofia to London, spent one night simultaneously going for a movie, followed by dinner, a drink and a ride home on public transport. Compare their costs, and you’ll find that Europe is not as homogenised as we tend to believe

by Ole Skambraks @ // 10/12/08 - 4 Comment

stockholm, best of cafebabel.com, euro, budapest, parigi, blogs, lyon

AGENDA stockholm : Culture in November: cinema, reflection, competition

Culture in November: cinema, reflection, competition

From cinema in Barcelona and Stockholm, to photography and Picasso in Paris, a line up of events that will get you thinking - monthly guide

by Jesús Ramírez Morales @ // 22/10/08

stockholm, museum, culture calendar, turin, paris, culture

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La Movida and the Swedish reforms

It is very interesting to read about the La Bola de Cristal TV-programme on post-Franco dictatorship Spanish TV. As a representative of La Movida, it seemed to tackle difficult topics with a particular punk rock style. Of course, it was the aftermath of dictatorship that opened the door to pent ...

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Nobel Prize celebrations and scandals

The glamour is still present at the Nobel Prize celebrations in Stockholm, in fact it may have overtaken the science and culture. Unfortunately, prize winner Nambu could not attend to receive his prize in person from the king of Sweden. Now, the prize is paid in Swedish krona which means ...

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Sweden beyond yes and no

Tomorrow November 20th the Swedish parliament will most probably decide for the Lisbon Treaty. The major parties in the centre-right government are for, together with the Social Democratic opposition. Only the left party and the green party (the greens demand a refendum) will say no. Cecilia Malmström, minister of EU ...

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The football of the ice: bandy

On November 12th, Waldemar Ingdahl writes about a very special sport; bandy- the football of the ice. Read more in Bandy – ice hockey in Sweden goes big in Europe Played in more than twenty-one countries, bandy is a tale of globalisation, cultures opening up to change and making their distinct ...

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Merry Christmas from Stockholm

God Jul (Merry Christmas) from a sunny winter-morning Stockholm. It pleases us to extend our Season's Greetings to all babelians, and we also link to Adriano Farano's post about 2008.

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