Stockholm
Swedish royal wedding: boosting neither tourism nor young spirits
Victoria Bernadotte, the 32-year-old heiress to the throne, will wed commoner Daniel Westling, 36, in the capital's cathedral on 19 June. Despite the smorgasbord of fun on display in Stockholm, the widespread feeling amongst Swedes and expats is that the merriment is wasteful and annoying
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
stockholm, activism, environment, united nations, green, copenhagen, mtv
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!
- Read the special edition Sweden straddle EU
- Why Swedes go next door to Denmark to buy alcohol
- Swedish Pirate Party MEP Christian Engström: ‘Europe is stronger than the US’
- Sweden's Cecilia Malmström: 'I'm a politician. It’s not my task to impose an identity on people'
- Swedish women, the ideal woman?
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
stockholm, green cities, copenhagen, transport, euweek, ecology, hamburg
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
stockholm, best of cafebabel.com, euro, budapest, parigi, blogs, lyon
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
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