Schengen
'La frontière intérieure' documentary: French architects take on Iron Curtain
One stretch of border, one place, one person. The French documentary film 'La frontière intérieure' ('The Interior Border') is to have 40 public viewings throughout this summer along the former Iron Curtain. Seven portraits aim to highlight the obstacles, both physical and mental, preventing the people of Europe from understanding each other. Interview
schengen, video, video gallery, iron curtain, documentaire, culture calendar, journalism
What communism means to three central and eastern European women
Twenty years since the fall of the Berlin wall, what does communism mean to Cecilia, 22, from Bulgaria, Katharina, 20, from Slovaki and Anna from the Czech Republic is, at the age of 28?
schengen, feminism, cold war, iron curtain, past enlargements, communism, berlin wall
Blue Card, Green Card: Czech Republic shows its true colours
Since 1 February 2009, the EU’s first Green Card came into existence in the Czech Republic. This has pre-empted the European Union’s plans for a Blue Card
schengen, green card, immigration, european elections 2009, eudebate2009, blue card, prague
No skilled labour in Austria? In Hungary, Csorna hangs in there
A Vienna-based company was looking for skilled workers. Since it failed to find any in Austria, it moved to a small town in Hungary. Here, locals are hoping to find new prosperity
schengen, labour, economy, labour market, csorna, hungary, austria
Smuggling cigarettes in Schengen Poland
With the admission of Poland into the Schengen zone on 1 January 2008, smuggling is on the way out - perspective
schengen, contrabando, legislación, schengen zone, eu frontiers, poland
German nudists off Poland's Baltic beaches!
The nudists have always been there, but until Poland entered into the Schengen agreement on 1 January 2008, Usedom beach, which lies between the German and Polish towns of Ahlbeck and Swinoujscie, was divided by a wire-mesh fence
schengen, feature, germany, vacation, summer, baltic sea, usedom island
Brussels: commissioners play musical chairs
Frattini and Kyprianou to jump ship? Internal stories of fraud, external stories of fraud and far too few children born in Europe - it's the latest news from the EU capital
schengen, ageing society, news, franco frattini, liechtenstein, euweek, tax
Hungary-Slovakia: 'Schengen won’t make my life better'
As we celebrate on 21 December 2007, for residents along the Hungarian border, Schengen is a historical event with bittersweet results
schengen, treaty of trianon, slovakia, society, european union, culture, hungary
Poland's 10, 000 border guards
Since 21 December 2007 there have been no border controls between Poland and Portugal. In Germany there have been fears that the Polish authorities aren’t ready to take on the security of the entire EU
schengen, ukraine, belarus, world affairs, interview, freedom of movement, central and eastern europe
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