Portugal
Evora, where life bumps to a different rhythm than in Lisbon
The economic development of the Alentejo region of the country poses the same problem faced by many Mediterranean countries. How can innovation and tradition survive side-by-side?
portugal, research and innovation, youth, traditions, economy, tourism, italy
Low cost airlines lend citizens a 'European' identity
Budget travel is a reality for modern Europeans, a part of everyday life. Accounting for its environmental impact may affect the as yet fragile common European identity it lends to flying citizens
portugal, european identity, money, germany, england, ryanair, economy
Buraka Som Sistema: 'We never wanted the African flag thing in our music'
As four men from Lisbon and Luanda set Angolan disturbances to breakbeat music, the European press scrams to box the sound. We have a shot too when we meet the band on one of their tour legs in Paris. After all, they have been on a gradual rise in Europe over the last couple of years
portugal, best of cafebabel.com, concert, culture calendar, culture, music, downloads
Gonçalo M. Tavares: 'I hate the idea that everything you do is new'
The Luanda-born epistemology professor at Lisbon University, 38, talks his award-winning novel 'Jerusalem', and why it took him so long to get published already
portugal, gonçalo m. tavares, writers, bertolt brecht, josé saramago, angola, ljubljana
Education: looking for theology in France
Theology, or the study 'of realities relative to the divine'. Where can this subject be studied in Europe and who pays? Is it public or private?
portugal, university, religion, atheism, catholicism, france, society
Franco, Hitler and Mussolini: fascist-flavoured holidays
Buy yourself a dictator-inspired trinket when you visit the tourist hotspots popular amongst nostalgists from the western and southern European right - overview
portugal, hitler, franco, tourism, antonio de oliveira salazar, dictator, benito mussolini
Greece, Portugal and Romania: save your species!
Is Europe acting fast enough to halt irreversible biodiversity loss?
portugal, european court of justice, zakynthos island, romania, turtle, environment, natura 2000
Laura Cesana: 'There should be more Erasmus programmes for teachers'
A linguist and voyager, the Italian painter transported her Jewish origins from the United States to Portugal, where her multiple identities are exhibited by a flourishing brushstroke
portugal, italy, identity, interview, painting, languages, rome
Rhys Hughes: 'the Welsh are very proud'
The British short-story writer, 41, cites Italo Calvino and Raymond Queneau as his influences, discusses literature, lipograms and Iberia - and why the boy from Wales only publishes in certain languages
portugal, literature, united kingdom, europe, lisbon, greece, spain
Batman, goats and internet in Cavas do Monte, Portugal
The living conditions in the north Portuguese mountaintops of S. Pedro do Sul have hardly changed in hundreds of years. Bit by bit, however, the uniting, modernising world is moving in, and the children are moving out
portugal, devolution, paris, agriculture, development, covas do monte, regions
Apple gets fair on UK music downloads
Portuguese no to reform treaty referendum, the pan-EU music marketplace and Sarkozy’s press conference
portugal, presidency, music, downloads, apple, european constitution, consumers
Iberia: unite Spain and Portugal
28% of Portuguese and 45% of Spaniards want to unify Spain and Portugal
portugal, cities, lisbon, southern eu, spain, books, society
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