Middle East
Cinema: Persepolis hits the UK
Released on 25 April in an English-dubbed version, a review of Franco-Iranian artist Marjane Satrapi's Oscar-nominated animation of a girl displaced in Vienna
middle east, vienna, art spiegelman, men and women, religion, youth, comics
Exhibition brings Israel and Palestine 'face to face'
Face2Face is a unique and edgy photography show by French and Swiss friends JR and Marco, They stick the Israeli-Palestinian conflict right under European noses
middle east, switzerland, contemporary art, photogallery, berlin, venice, palestine occupied territory
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
Lebanon: mirage of peace
After an Al Qaeda video threat aimed at the French and Spaniards on 21 September, Islamist groups in Lebanon are ready to finish with the apparently quietened situation in the 'Middle East's Switzerland'
middle east, islamic terrorism, spain, terrorism, syrian arab republic, lebanon, world affairs
From China and the Middle East with love in Bucharest
Shopping around the city’s northern Europa complex, where two migrant businessmen from the Romanian capital’s integrated communities discuss leaping and boundng with the EU's eight-month old member state
middle east, bucharest, illegal immigrants, business man, romania, shopping, china
Where Israel and Palestine meet
An astonishing eye-witness account of Israeli-Palestine exchanges at the checkpoints that divide the two peoples, followed by an update on EU-Palestine relations
Saad Hariri: 'impunity in Lebanon is unbearable'
The late prime minister's son speaks to European journalists in Beirut before the UN tribunal came into force on 10 June – the first bringing justice to an individual
Iranian conservatives: 'Unnecessary provocation'
The atmosphere from within Iran is increasingly hostile - president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s nuclear ambitions don't help
middle east, teheran, islam, mahmoud ahmadinejad, iran islamic republic of, economy, world affairs
Interwar Lebanon tightens its belt
In pre-civil war ambience, how are the Lebanese making a living?
middle east, baalbek, united nations, peacekeeping, syrian arab republic, beirut, war
Italy: 'country of madmen'
Afghanistan - delicate name for European governments. Italy is bridging the gulf between its international obligations and the Senate
middle east, nato, romano prodi, left-wing, italy, afghanistan, war
'Financial aid to Lebanon won't increase Western control'
400 million Euros from the Commission, $770 million from the US. But Lebanon remains consumed by instability
middle east, paris, democratisation, france, european union, war, foreign policy
Iran: Security Council deadline looms
February 21 is the United Nations deadline for Resolution 1737 for Iran to stop its uranium-enrichment programme
middle east, america, defence, united kingdom, united states, germany, denmark
A cartoon image of enlightenment
The crisis surrounding the Mohammad cartoons is not only a European media sensation, but it also shows us that the media do not react appropriately. Instead of enlightening us, they are just adding fuel to the fire.
middle east, damascus, media, violence, press freedom, journalism, denmark
Piergiorgio Rosetti: Peace as a political instrument
The case for a European peace-corps is the strongest it’s ever been, Piergiorgio Rosetti tells Café Babel.
middle east, kosovo, peacekeeping, agriculture, israel, europe, world affairs
Ahmadinejad's Jihad
As the nuclear crisis deepens, isn't it time that Europe put aside its differences with Iran's opposition party, asks MEP Paulo Casaca.
middle east, analysis, european parliament, tehran, iraq, terrorism, mahmoud ahmadinejad
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