Pakistan
Inner-city immigrant-city Athens: look Greek, look lively
A crisis can exacerbate a ‘them versus us’ feeling, especially with elections on the cards. Half a million undocumented immigrants* makes Greece one of the three European countries (alongside Spain and Italy) to be the first point of welcome for asylum seekers. Far right parties milk the 'foreigners-out' cow, whilst a general mood of mistrust reins
pakistan, frontex, economical crisis, vote, crime, politics, racism
Osama Bin Laden killed in Pakistan: young Europeans react
From corners of the Balkans and Europe to Americans and Pakistanis on the European continent, why the news of the US killing of the Saudi Arabian al-Qaida leader on 2 May, who took charge of the 9/11 attacks of 2001, hasn’t ruffled the most obvious feathers
Finnish, German, Italian reaction to islamist murder in Pakistan
Shabbaz Bhatti, minister of minorities, was murdered by islamists in Islamabad on 2 March. Pakistan's only christian cabinet minister, the 42-year-old was one of the few to oppose abuses of the country's blasphemy laws. European commentators fear the forces of radical islam could gain in strength, and call on the international community to take action
pakistan, radical islam, european union, assassination, catholicism, 9/11, politics
Europe's politician loudmouths
British prime minister David Cameron was accused of 'going offscript' by former foreign secretary David Miliband after a series of press conferences where he accused Pakistan of 'exporting terror'. Do Europe's eurosceptic politicians have the biggest mouths when it comes to diplomatic rows? Expression of the week
pakistan, united kingdom, european union, politics, india, tower of babel, best of cafebabel.com
Grzegorz Szczygieł, Panjabi MC and an Opel Kadett
The director garnered acclaim from a travel festival in Wroclaw in 2008 for a documentary which took him from being a Polish businessman in Wroclaw to a traveller in Pakistan and Iran, parts of which he covered with the famed postwar car
Walking the Lal Masjid mile
On 10 and 15 September former prime ministers Sharif and Bhutto plan leaving London for upcoming elections in Pakistan. Military president Musharraf was hit hard by the ten-day ‘Red Mosque’ siege by armed fundamentalists in July
pakistan, islamic terrorism, non-eu countries, world affairs, democratisation, islamabad
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