Portugal
Catarina Botelho on crisis, arts and just everyday life in Portugal
The visual artist and photographer from Lisbon focuses on the relationship between close friends, family and objects, as well as doing the odd stint working abroad. We talk about the arts in Portugal, culture during a crisis and staying forever amateur
portugal, economical crisis, lisbon, dictature, culture, lisbon, art
Portuguese singer Camane: 'Nobody in my generation was listening to fado music'
While ‘folk music‘ isn’t too popular in most countries, the Portuguese fado attracts a wide range of generations - at least in its home country. The masculine figurehead of a new generation of fadistas, 44, speaks about the genre’s roots
Chelas: not such a dodgy neighbourhood of Lisbon
‘You were in Chelas? I’ve lived in Lisbon for eight years and I have never risked going there,’ says Melinda, a 23-year old student who moved to Portugal with her family from Cape Verde. Melinda isn’t the only one who knows of the bad reputation of this district
Spanish, Belgian media on Portuguese prime minister resignation
José Sócrates handed in his resignation on 23 March after the austerity measures proposed by his minority government were rejected by parliament. The interest rates for Portuguese government bonds then rose to record highs while the euro dropped on currency markets. The eurozone can only avoid new perils when everyone understands that the times of plenty are over, writes the press
portugal, economical crisis, euro, josé sócrates, euweek, politics
Portuguese student on Portugal ignoring politics
The president of Portugal, the conservative Aníbal Cavaco, has been re-elected in the first round with 52.9% of the votes and the lowest turnout in the history of the Portuguese democracy. A Portuguese student breaks down the general pessimism and the lack of power in his country, next candidate, according to certain media, for a financial bail-out
portugal, economical crisis, economy, lisbon, elections, politics, budgetary deficit
Europe and PIIGS: bitchy politics
The acronym 'PIIGS' seems to have characterised the five eurozone losers as that nasty group of girls that everyone hated in school. Since things turned sour on Europe’s financial front, the EU community has shown its bitchy side - a sentiment which is hardly emblematic of the shared vision that the EU was founded on. Rant
Europe: ready for birth of abortion law?
On 13 April, the first-ever 'Brussels March For Life' took place in Belgium, which legalised abortion in 1990. Almost a month earlier though, women's rights pioneer Simone Veil became the sixth women ever to be 'immortalised' at the French academy. But 35 years after her 'Veil Law' legalised abortion in France, the topic remains a controversial issue
portugal, simone veil, poland, human rights, european union, abortion, european parliament
PIIGS unwelcome in the EU parlour: war of words rocks Eurozone
Despite Silvio Berlusconi’s dreams, the next member of the Eurozone is unlikely to be Israel; even Croatia or Turkey have taken a back seat. The current pan-EU squabble is over who should have been admitted to the eurozone in the first place
portugal, economic growth, economical crisis, tower of babel, germany, languages, opinion
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, italy, greece, research and innovation, youth, economy, tourism
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, identity, germany, environment, england
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, music, downloads, culture, concert, best of cafebabel.com, angola
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, brunch, gonçalo m. tavares, bertolt brecht, ljubljana, josé saramago, angola
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, society, france
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