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NEWS homeless : City planning in Budapest: making poverty invisible

City planning in Budapest: making poverty invisible

Since the new conservative majority came to power in Budapest in 2010, the local council's anti-poverty strategies include putting a ban on begging in public spaces and reversing an old tradition: the 'social' management of bulk refuse collection known as 'lomtalanitás'

by Ludovic Lepeltier @ // 07/11/11

homeless, civil society, discrimination, society, poverty, hungary, budapest

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Image : Hunting the crisis in happy Vienna

Hunting the crisis in happy Vienna

PICTURES homeless : Photos: metro culture in Budapest

Photos: metro culture in Budapest

You can’t evade the underground in everyday life in Budapest, which has the second oldest metro system in Europe after London

by Gonzalo Ovejero @ // 27/05/08

homeless, underground, travel, metro, central and eastern europe, photo, europe on the ground

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Photos: living on the street in Paris

The homeless and immigrants - those select few that Parisians would perhaps rather not see, at least at Christmas time. Neither indifference nor presidential words will make this 'problem' disappear

by jorge alexandre pereira // 06/02/08

homeless, photography, western eu, illegal immigrants, paris, france, europe

FEATURE homeless : Homeless in Paris

Homeless in Paris

High rents, fierce competition - just a couple of difficulties that 100, 000 people in Paris face when looking for accommodation

by kadri kukk // 05/02/08

homeless, housing, squat, squat, youth, paris, france

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Starving in Brussels

An Analysis by Waldo Vanderhaeghen The past months many angry workers voiced their discontent with workers from other European countries ‘stealing’ their jobs. The economic crisis is taking its toll on employment and public opinion. However understandable this opinion is, policy makers should not give in to impulsive reactions. The ...

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