Asia
Economy lesson from young Europeans: move to China and start saving now
EU officials are brainstorming the programme of Denmark's six-month presidency of the EU, as young, ambitious Europeans give us their financial lessons from the 'crisis year' 2011
asia, money, labour, 'indignant citizens' movement, youth, economy, europe
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
Bike traffic: return of the scorchers
Environmentally conscious cyclists regularly battle errant cars in European cities
asia, activism, green cities, berlin, budapest, environment, activists
Olympic games: Europe up in arms over Tibet
A huge victory for some, enormous disappointment for others. For the first ever time, the Olympic torch has been extinguished under mass pressure, as Europe makes itself heard
asia, identity, nicolas sarkozy, protest, france, paris, human rights
Mujahideen Khan: 'we do not know who the Taliban is right now'
Afghanistan remains a huge challenge for NATO. Whilst officials met in the Bucharest's Parliament Palace from 2-4 April, a group of Estonian journalists cast an eye back with a mujahideen in the Afghan mountains
asia, nato, mujahideen, afghanistan, peacekeeping, drugs, war
Eyewitness: Tibet out of control
As the tension between the Tibetan monks versus Chinese control escalates, we hear a 25-year-old Swiss tourist's version of events after a week in the capital, Lhasa
asia, dalai lama, tourism, discrimination, multiculturalism, violence, lhasa
Young prostitutes surviving in Bangkok
The lively streets of the capital conceal a sordid reality. In this meat market, they do their best to survive and dream of Europe
Plastic surgery: turn to the Thai scalpel
Bangkok and its shiny new clinics have become the new capital for medical tourism, particularly for plastic surgery - and sex changes
December: pure culture seeker
Berlin sparks and pixels, free Splash electro in Paris, European student cinema festival in Manchester and eat yourself to death in Lodz
asia, music, poland, youth, united kingdom, festivals, culture calendar
Nuclear energy: new wave in Europe
Brussels goes far east, caps the CAP and ideologises nuclear energy in the first EU forum - take a bite of the latest news from Brussels
asia, middle east, energy, brussels, euweek, agriculture, news
Russian tears for 'Hausfrau' Eva Herman
On 9 September the controversial German TV personality was sacked after a comment praising Nazi family policy. Moscow is astonished
asia, russian federation, media, family, journalism, moscou, germany
The truth about cats and dogs
The EU is poised to enforce its ban on cat and dog fur imports from China on 19 June. Parliament voted to outlaw its import, export and sale in April
David Calleo: 'free trade is the last great religion of the West'
On the eve of the global Davos Economic Forum, North American intellectual David Calleo describes his vision of the role Europe plays in globalisation
asia, italy, liberalisation, america, india, globalisation, foreign policy
Marjane Satrapi: 'the Iraq war was about nothing but oil'
We spoke to the Iranian graphic novelist, 37, in January, after she shot to fame with her black-and-white comic book ‘Persepolis’. It's currently hitting movie screens in its animated French version
asia, democratisation, interview, feminism, immigration, comics, iran islamic republic of
Set fire to your tongue - a la Korean!
North Korea is a hermitic country. The secrets of its gastronomy are hidden behind a huge variety of ingredients and spicy flavours
Europe meets Asia: reviving the Silk Road
As trade flourishes between the EU and Asia and regional integration accelerates, the Asian highway opens new routes to the East
asia, devolution, internal market, consumers, foreign policy, international trade, development
'No concrete measures can be expected from the meeting'
Dr. Willem van der Geest, President of the European Institute for Asian Studies in Brussels, one of the most authoritative voices in the field, gives us the keys to understanding the ASEM meeting and the new season of EU-China Relations
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