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Paris, Krakow: the crop of Europe's pretty urban green
The tallest building in the world, the 828 metre (2716 ft) high Burj Khalifa skyscraper, was unveiled in Dubai at the beginning of January. Nowadays the question is more of building outwards rather than upwards, with four buzzwords - happiness, ecology, smartness and economy - via two city models
future of europe, urbanism, futur, architecture, cracow, cities, paris
EU-US: 'If this was Formula One, Europe would still be working on its motor'
US president Barack Obama will not be attending the EU-USA summit planned for May. The official explanation given is that he wishes to devote himself to domestic problems. The German, Belgian and Czech press, however, suspects that he doesn't want to waste time in Europe, which still hasn't found a collective voice
future of europe, transatlantic relations, global europe, euweek, barack obama, european media, united states
The Italian malaise: 'a country for old folks, run by old folks'
The 27 stories in Italian journalist Sergio Nava's 'Brain Drain' (2009) share one common thread: every single interviewee decided to leave Italy. In the book-cum-blog, the 34-year-old tries to find the origins of an injustice now afflicting young Italians, and speaks of the angst of a generation who have felt forced to export their talent abroad - and successfully at that. Interview
future of europe, expatriation, brain drain, journalism, labour market, italy, youth
Pierre Schellekens: ‘EU is partnership of member states, not rule of the strongest'
At 2 metres 09, the 37-year-old cuts an imposing figure. Politically active whilst a student in Gothenburg in the early nineties, he was appointed head of the Swedish EU delegation in February. At home in his apartment in the leafy, quiet area around Stockolm's Odengatan, he talks Sweden’s presidency of the EU, which runs from July to December
future of europe, presidency, european council, politicians, reach, sweden, climate change
Modern pirates use GPS in Somalia
Recent attacks on Spanish and French ships highlight the insecurity of maritime activities. The EU is confronted by a challenge which puts its capacity to create a policy protecting common security into question
future of europe, international trade, violence, japan, spain, germany, france
Radar station for US anti-missile defence on Czech soil?
But it hadn’t banked on such a large opposition from two thirds of the population and such an angry reaction from its future neighbours. A return to the cold war?
future of europe, protest, czech republic, best of cafebabel.com, europe on the ground, war, defence
Exploiting unpaid interns: rites of passage?
Associations like Generation Precarity or Fairwork expose an exploited flexible labour force with intermittent incomes and no job security
future of europe, italy, democratisation, identity, youth, labour, education system
Greece, Portugal and Romania: save your species!
Is Europe acting fast enough to halt irreversible biodiversity loss?
future of europe, european court of justice, lifestyle, biodiversity, greece, zakynthos island, romania
Albania: 'NATO yes, PM Berisha no!'
Whilst Tirana celebrated an invitation to join the NATO alliance alongside Croatia on 2 April, the opposition mobilised itself to denounce the government
future of europe, council of europe, tirana, non-eu countries, sali berisha, albania, candidate countries
Batman, goats and internet in Cavas do Monte, Portugal
The living conditions in the north Portuguese mountaintops of S. Pedro do Sul have hardly changed in hundreds of years. Bit by bit, however, the uniting, modernising world is moving in, and the children are moving out
future of europe, devolution, paris, covas do monte, tourism, agriculture, internet
Young Europeans on love, brothels and Beach Boys in Kosovo
Despite the lack of vegetables and electricity, or precisely because of it, young Swedes, Dutch and French Europeans enjoy working in this remote, recently independent, spot of Europe
future of europe, electricity, balkans, pristina, gracanica, beach boys, kosovo
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