Romania
Communist-themed film reviews: Kawasaki's Rose vs Portrait Of The Fighter As A Young Man
Having buried the past, it is almost impossible to hear a public discussion on communism in either the Czech Republic or Romania. The Berlin film festival screened a film from both countries in the hope of raising public awareness of their vigilante secret police services
romania, berlinale, cinema, stasi, communism, history, culture
British authors in Paris on writing and Romania
Vivienne Vermes is working on an autobiographical piece, whilst Denise Larking Coste is about to publish a novella in French; both Brits are members of a writers group from called 'Babel'. We discuss life in Paris, writing and Romania
Music in January: Blur, Arsov and Loredana Groza
Electro tickles through folk Slovenian covers to Romanian local heroines, whilst the mighty Britpop band are featured in a new documentary in the UK, premiered last night: your music tips of the month
romania, britpop, music, culture calendar, album, culture, slovenia
Summer read: love in Europe
With quills in rucksacks, budding young authors scour the virgin soil of the old continent, penning their feelings as they go. A selection of the winning articles from the 2009 'Youthreporter' writing competition based in Germany, ‘In love with Europe’. From lovesick autistic children in Wales to interrail hedonism, get literary
Mihai Mircea Butcovan: 'the majority of Italians ignore everything which Romania does for the EU'
The Italy-based writer and poet, 40, looks at the Romania he left behind twenty years after the revolution ended the communist regime. Interview
romania, italy, berlin wall, immigration, nicolae ceausescu, culture
Where are the Italians at the Romanian shopping centre in Rome?
The first Romanian-owned shopping centre, La Strada, has opened in Tiburtina, a district of Rome. Visitors are few and far between, and the Italians are even scarcer. Feature
Migrants keep coming to Seville, Spain and the rest of Europe
But their rights as workers and humans are at stake, while the status of illegal or legal are being sorted out
romania, best of cafebabel.com, immigration, discrimination, illegal immigrants, seville, returns directive
No to eastern European rescue package
The EU countries want to better co-ordinate their national bank rescue plans and economic stimulus programmes. At an informal summit meeting in Brussels on 1 March, protective measures for individual industries and an aid package for eastern Europe were rejected. Reactions from Denmark, Portugal, Romania and the Czech Republic
romania, economical crisis, eurotopics, hungary, finanzkrise, economy, banks
In Buzescu, Roma architecture is surreal real estate
We clatter by train through Romania to the small village where the former nomadic Roma are building palaces they design themselves in the middle of Wallachia – with neither consent nor plans. Feature
romania, culture, architecture, bukarest, roma, buzescu, art
Romania turns to a coalition government
Romania’s socialists are currently making the most progress with proposals against the crisis, on the day when the party of European socialists presents its election manifesto in Madrid
romania, socialism, martin schulz, tory party, madrid, power, politics
Hitch-hiking to Romania
A French association offers the chance to explore a country through hitch-hiking. Each summer it offers its members a new destination, usually European, sometimes beyond the Schengen zone. Road-trip
Enlargement: the grit beneath the nail
'EU standards' are one thing, but the reality of the issues lurking behind EU enlargement are another. We launch a series of Europe's young journalists of 2008 with regards on, amongst others, the sex trade in Romania, black border market in Poland and food made in Serbia
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