satire
Comedian and new mayor Jon Gnarr spoofs politics in Reykjavik
It's made an impact - The Best Party won the local elections on 29 May with 34.7% of the vote! We talk to party number two Einar Orn Benediktsson, a former singer and trumpet player who has collaborated with Björk and the Sugercubes
satire, music, politics, corruption, economical crisis, reykjavík, beppe grillo
British comic Sacha Baren Cohen's Brüno: 'the most famous Austrian since Hitler'
'Borat was so 2006' - in 2009 it is Brüno who is showing some skin on billboards across Europe. The latest creation from the English shock-comic is a gay Austrian fashion journalist. From 24 July, an alternative version screens in UK cinemas for teenage audiences. cafebabel.com’s hub in Vienna analyses the phenomenon
satire, humour, cinema, culture calendar, sacha baron cohen, culture
'Virtual Life': EU's three year, 3.3 million euro 3D virtual world project
Virtual constitutions and nations, a 3D world, democracy and censorship: these are the keywords of a virtual reality project in the style of Second Life financed by the European Union for a total of three million euros. Welcome to Virtual Life
satire, second life, privacy, comics, censorship, structural funds, pope benedict xvi
Gerhard Glück:'I live a middle-class life and make middle-class art'
Something’s not right in next door’s garden – at home with the award-winning German caricaturist, 65, who paints miniature scenes from across the Swiss border
satire, european media, germany, brunch, karikaturen, freedom of expression, art
Hold your satirical tongue
Public space draws comedians like a moth to the flame, and activists don't mince matters. From Italy's comedian-cum-prime ministerial candidate Beppe Grillo, to his French counterpart Coluche and disputed French-Spanish sex and anti-semitic caricatures. Western and central Europe's colourful protest culture
Muhammad cartoons: humour or hate?
This week freedom of expression has taken up an inordinate amount of column inches in the European press. But where do the boundaries lie between freedom of expression and causing offence?
satire, europe, religion, world affairs, denmark, journalism, islamophobia
