genetically modified organisms

Seville gets mean on green

At a time when unemployment is enemy number one across the country, April saw the launch of a new monument to Seville which cost a grand total of 123 million euros - 70% more expensive than first chalked. Things don't look good before local elections take place in Spain on 22 May. But there is some future somewhere, and the capital of Andalusia has some green goods despite its bad municipal management. Between solar energy successes, local organic producers and the increase in bicycle lanes in the city, there is definitely a case to be made for green economy in Seville. That doesn't mean it's the place for greenwashing though. Fifth edition in a 2011 monthly series, ‘Green Europe on the ground’ (Image: (cc) Franie Frou Frou/ Flickr)

• Read the special edition Seville gets mean on green
• Seville: growing organic produce on Spanish asphalt
• Organic Seville: too many exports, not enough young workers or local mouths
• Rolling down 120km of bike lane in Seville
• Seville’s photovoltaic energy, as invented by Archimedes

Italian, French and Bulgarian press vs genetically modified potato

On 3 March the European commission gave the green light for the 'Amflora', used for the production of industrial starch. This was the first time since 1998 that it has approved a GMO for cultivation. Some commentators say Brussels has bowed to the pressure of agriculture companies; others claim this paves the way for a better future

by eurotopics @ // 03/03/10

genetically modified organisms, eurotopics, ogm, potato, politics, european commission, europe

Austrian blood stirs

To welcome our new cafebabel.com local team in Vienna, we have a look at this tiny country which has become big in the international news thanks to the trial of incest father Joseph Fritzl and the sudden death of Europe’s most popular right wing politician, Jorg Haider. But Austria is also the country that has just won its case for banning GM crops against the European commission, that gives 16-year-olds the right to vote and that has the lowest unemployment rate in Europe (4%), after the Netherlands

• Read the special edition Austrian blood stirs
• No skilled labour in Austria? In Hungary, Csorna hangs in there
• Voting aged 16: are the Austrians Europe's most mature?
• Austria’s ban on cultivating genetically modified sweetcorn
• Film review Austria: The Bone Man is rootsy, rank and riotous
• Austrian tabloids make global headlines with Joseph Fritzl, incest father
• The Bone Man’s Josef Hader & Wolfgang Murnberger: ‘Intelligent nastiness is our speciality’

HandiCAP: freedom-hunting French farmers, as European as Parisians

Young farmers in the region of Auvergne worry about their future, which is being over-organised by a too liberal Europe. They want to give vent to their anger at the upcoming European elections in June 2009

by Katharina Kloss @ // 17/02/09

genetically modified organisms, eudebate on the ground, auvergne, cap, european elections 2009, cities, globalisation

Food for Life

The organic lobby is suspicious of GM and biotechnology, but the European Commission wants the know-how.

by nora s. stampfl // 23/01/06

genetically modified organisms, jean quatremer, investigation, international trade, economy, agriculture, society

Do you speak Eurofood?

Brussels has announced a truly European food policy. They call it ‘From Farm to Fork’. And of course they wish you ‘bon appétit!’

by alice desthuilliers // 23/01/06

genetically modified organisms, consumers, food, common agricultural policy, european commission, economy, agriculture