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Brussels: young, gifted and going nowhere fast
They’re over-qualified, multilingual and come from every corner of the European Union. They moved to the Belgian capital to find an internship or job. A short report from the heart of this bustling microcosm
eurogeneration, labour, languages, european institutions, belgium, brussels, youth
‘University mafia’ cut corners in Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany and France
On 1 February, a new rector was allegedly appointed to the Alexander Dubcek university of Trencin in western Slovakia, after a spate of corruption scandals forced his predecessor to resign. Fake diplomas are nothing new, but these events multiplied across Europe in 2009, with Miss Worlds and prominent politicians standing accused: how can such a reality be explained?
eurogeneration, university, germany, slovakia, czech republic, students, professor
Meet the Erasmus elite: bright stars in a global recession?
What do a loud-mouthed English ladette, a svelte Ukrainian vamp, a dashing Polish casanova and a bagpipe-playing Frenchman all have in common? Bar-stool jokes aside, they're all members of YRN - the association of European regions' youth network. About 150 people meet annually to discuss how to use Europe to hoist them out of the economic doldrums. cafebabel.com caught up with them in Paris this December
eurogeneration, paris, economic crisis, erasmus, youth, regions, travel
'Generation 112': the civic erasmus programme
The 'euro-militants' of this French initiative feel the need to expand the erasmus student exchange programme, by adding a spirit of civic service
eurogeneration, erasmus, expresso, voluntary service, civil society, european voluntary service , euweek
cafebabel's most commented articles of 2009
Imlaq on the Israel-Palestinian conflict: 'cafe babel is biased in writing only about Israelis.' Bob on French language learners: 'Americans and Britons probably don't do much better than the French when it comes to languages.' Oriane about the extreme right in Europe: 'It’s a pity to throw nazillon in everywhere.' Georges on the Erasmus programme: 'Most of the french students are afraid.' Peter about parlorama.eu: 'Miss Koch-Mehrin is one of the worst - she’s never at parliament!' A small compilation of the best reader comments in 2009 - be sure to leave us yours for 2010! Happy new year
- Why would you not do Erasmus?
- Europe's far-right youth: '10 years ago we were 'Nazi losers'. Now it’s ok to be a Nazi'
- Eyewitness Israel: Gaza, war and the wall of incomprehension between Europe
- Parlorama.eu portal reopens despite EU politician threats
- French citizens ‘Balkan-level’ skill at the English language
- Take back your Portuguese worker: how racist is Europe?
Holocaust Polish boy speaks from the dead on Facebook
'Winter’s here. Every Jew must write their name on the Star of David that is sewn on their clothes...' In the same way that Anne Frank documented her experience day after day in her journal, a young victim of the Holocaust is being virtually revived through Facebook, where he has 2, 279 'friends'
eurogeneration, germany, second world war , poland, internet, holocaust, history
Film review Germany: interns feature in 'Résiste - Aufstand der Praktikanten'
'A Quantum Revolution' has been screening in German cinemas since 12 November
eurogeneration, work, cinema, germany, jonas grosch, generation precarity, film
Sauna, an A-level in drinking beer: my erasmus semester in Tampere, Finland
Scandinavia is continuously highly rated in the Pisa classifications, and in between reindeers and Santa Claus, I recommend you all spend an erasmus semester in Tampere
eurogeneration, university, tampere, scandinavia, erasmus, tallinn, riga
Picture that: it's only been 20 years since the Berlin wall fell
For its twentieth anniversary Europe will euphorically celebrate the fall of a wall that didn’t just split Berlin in two, but an entire continent. At 6:57 pm on 9 November, the GDR's Politbüro member Günter Schabowski announced that from now, east German citizens could travel freely. Hours later, Berliners were hugging each other from the east to the west. Another 20 years later, and the eurogeneration have made their motto out of this freedom of movement - eastern working girls invade Europe’s labour market, symbolic walls come to a fall in Paris, or exist in people’s heads. Does the spoiled post-89 generation know how lucky they are? Perspectives
- Czech internet forums, KSCM: disillusionment and nostalgia for communist past
- 9/11 - the fateful day of German history
- Twenty years on: why Berlin is not Germany
- What communism means to three central and eastern European women
- 20th anniversary: go and see the 'Berlin wall' be destroyed in Paris
- Jean-Christophe Bas: 'the erasmus generation doesn’t know how lucky it is'
Europe’s under-25 joblessness woes
5 million under-25 job-hunters hit the European dole lists at the beginning of 2009. That’s one million more than the year before! A whopping 39% of 16- to 24-year-olds in Spain are unemployed – and they’re not alone. A generation of graduates speak out
- Young graduates job-hunt in Italy, Portugal and Greece
- Young Spaniards escape crisis by moving around in Europe
- Europe's youth stack up the degrees to shun the dole
- Europe's five million unemployed youth
- Young Europeans would like to be Scandinavian
- 2009's graduate flavour comes in crisis: part one, England and Ireland
‘Outlandish’, ‘comical’, ‘shocking’: volunteers for international experience speak
The ‘VIE’ gives 18 to 28 year olds the opportunity to work in a company or in administration abroad for between 6 to 24 months. Those who have experienced it speak highly of it
eurogeneration, testimonianza, expatriation, expatriates, youth, travel, volunteer
Learn how to practice safe sex at the Højskole, Denmark's alternative school
With no examinations, a free timetable and learning-speed unique to each individual, the 'Højskole' proposes an education without competition (and diplomas), allowing each student to freely express their creativity and live within a community
eurogeneration, school system, respect, school, youth, life-long learning, fun
Is your gran a 'silver surfer'?
French grandmas in stinging nettles, German grandpas at the European parliament and Polish grannies working in communist toilets - there's a visually colourful variety of 'ageing' expressions across the European continent
eurogeneration, work, tower of babel, age, pensioner, languages, consumers
Lazy Bundestag showdown
The uninspired German election campaign will probably continue ailing until elections take place on 27 September. A fibreless TV chancellor duel and lustless candidates have had a somniferous impact on the electing nation. Will Angela Merkel, the most 'powerful woman in the world' over the last four years, seduce the girls? Or will Steinmeier hack into the Russian Facebook community first? Maybe subjects like climate change from eco-showman Guttenberg or the fictional candidate, the comedian Horst Schlämmer, could shake up the dozing federal republic
Move to London: my experience
As I had a few months free before going back to my studies, I felt it was time for a leap into the unknown, with a suitcase, some money and a one-way ticket to London. The plan was to work, have fun and refresh my English; pretty scary stuff. One month was my limit for becoming economically independent. A brief guide about surviving for a summer in London
eurogeneration, practical information, london, european experience, testimony, united kingdom, travel
Road trip to... Mont Saint-Michel!
Two Italians, a Ukrainian, a Chinese woman and a Frenchman in a Citroen Berling. An account of the roadtrip spent in enthusiastic discovery of the famous Mont Saint-Michel, source of pride for France and a cause of rivalry between Brittany and Normandy
eurogeneration, travel writing, mont saint michel, fun, travel, tourism, france
The organic army: joining the WWOOFer volunteers
It’s wet and it’s muddy, not to mention the slugs. I've come to England, where World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms first began, to find out what's behind the mysterious appeal of the green holiday alternative known as WWOOFing...
eurogeneration, organic, environment, green, animals, united kingdom, travel
Nostalgia: Sweden's top of the pops in the nineties
Swedish hits had the whole world bopping around from 1989 to 1999 thanks to artists such as Neneh Cherry, her brother Eagle Eye, Ace of Base and The Cardigans: a selection of the best Swedish music videos from the end of the 20th century
eurogeneration, bands, vídeo clip, cultural agenda, culture calendar, sweden, pop music
Why Swedes go next door to Denmark to buy alcohol
The Swedes are notorious for their heavy drinking; its government has been trying to counter the problem since the 19th century
eurogeneration, systembolaget, scandinavia, business, alcohol, youth, travel
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