integration
Magyd Cherfi: 'identity and national is a collusion that I don’t get'
Singing about these issues in concert is something of a déjà vu that the French singer and militant can do without, he says. Interview
integration, multiculturalism, magyd cherfi, culture, identity, illegal immigrants, france
European bloggers describe their Berlin walls
Monday is 9 November, the day when the Berlin wall was brought down. To reflect on this iconic modern historical event for the eurogeneration, citizen journalists from five cafebabel.com local teams - Sofia, Budapest, Turin, Strasbourg and Istanbul - simultaneously blogged one day about the walls they see in their cities
integration, communism, event, kurds, architecture, budapest, blogs
Zanko: the 'White Arab' Italian rapper who would perform for the Lega Nord
In English slang, the word 'Zanko' is someone who is a social and cultural pioneer. Like this 28-year-old Syrian Italian, who gigs in unique political hotspots such as Zingonia and Lampedusa, has 'fought' for hip hop and would happily show the far-right Italian party what he's made of
integration, rap, hip hop, italy, syrian arab republic, street music, culture
Portuguese Barroso: this is your man for Europe, again!
On 16 September, the European parliament voted José Manuel Barroso in for a second term as European commission president, with 382 votes for, 219 against and 117 abstentions. Barroso promised to advocate social policies, but the Portuguese, Belgian, French and Polish press was sceptical
integration, european institutions, josé manuel barroso, european media, european commission, eurotopics, euweek
Fake Oddity: ‘relations will change after July’s Turkish cultural season in France’
The Lyon-based group talk about their participation in an event introducing 'Turkish culture' in France from 1 July 2009 til March 2010. But on 11 June, the Turkish PM warned it could be postponed because of opposition to the Turkish EU membership bid, according to the Hurriyet daily
integration, lyon, culture, music, radiohead, turkey, france
London and Berlin reviews of Mark Ravenhill's 'Over There' play
Mark Ravenhill’s unconventional play about identical twins who are reunited after growing up in east and west Germany travelled from London to Berlin this spring. Our London reviewer calls it a timely commentary on the EU’s current political troubles. Our Berlin reviewer wonders if the British director reproaches the Germans with the repression of history. Cross-reviews from the Royal Court and Schaubühne theatres
integration, reunification, family, best of cafebabel.com, berlin wall, culture, england
Where are the Italians at the Romanian shopping centre in Rome?
The first Romanian-owned shopping centre, La Strada, has opened in Tiburtina, a district of Rome. Visitors are few and far between, and the Italians are even scarcer. Feature
Migrants keep coming to Seville, Spain and the rest of Europe
But their rights as workers and humans are at stake, while the status of illegal or legal are being sorted out
integration, documents, eu debate on the ground, senegal, migrant, law, africa
Up on the Luxembourg downs
In a crisis-shaken Europe, even the financial fortress of Luxembourg swung low with the downfall of the Fortis and Dexia institutions. But the Grand Duchy has so much more to offer than bribe money affairs and corny young bankers. Integration, European elections and the Luxembourgish language - the newest cafebabel.com local hub provide us with an insight into their country
Germany, Italy vs. Döner Kebab
At the end of January 2009, the Turkish daily newspaper Hürriyet reported that the German town of Viersen had ruled that its retailers must replace the Turkish word 'döner' (which means “rotisserie”) with its German equivalent 'Drehspieß'. In Italy, the city council of Lucca banned 'ethnic fastfood' in the city centre. Is the döner kebab the target of an anti-Turkish conspiracy?
Romanians in the Ponticelli district, Naples, speak after the fire
The intolerance of the population towards the nomads, who had been living for years on the periphery of the city, has become ever violent, supported by the popular and racist propaganda of the Lega Nord (northern league) political party. We try to understand what is left after the lynchings, the fires, the vigilantes and forced evictions
integration, roma, italy, best of cafebabel.com, naples, discrimination, racism
Kids with weapons in Istanbul's Kurdish district
It is the refusal of the government in Ankara to make the inhabitants get on with each other which ends up in their refusal to integrate in Balat, the Kurdish-Armenian district of Istanbul
integration, mustafa kemal atatürk, enlargement, turkey, politics, society
Euthanasia: Noel Martin wants to die
The British citizen of Jamaican origin, has been a paraplegic ever since he was attacked by a band of neo-Nazis. In 2007, he made headline news in Germany and is still fighting to be able to decide the date of his death
integration, profile, germany, berlin, violence, western eu, death
Hunger strike for illegal immigrants in Belgium
162 protestors have came to a provisional deal with the government - but they haven't eaten for 50 days
integration, belgium, brussels, turkey, illegal immigrants, europe, human rights
Women's Day, a European clause
Uniforming the laws concerning the rights of women in the EU from the top down is an exciting idea and a necessity that is gaining support from militants all across the EU
integration, feminism, charter of fundamental rights, european constitution, francis wurtz, men and women, france
Spain: elections under terrorist alert
Although arrests of suspected ETA and Jihad terrorists have increased in Spain, the terrorist threat overshadows the campaign of the Spanish legislative elections on 9 March
integration, rodríguez zapatero, islamic terrorism, terrorism, southern eu, spain, focus
Australia: ‘Sorry’ for the Indigenous
13 February. Big screens, daytrips to Canberra, and a historical ‘apology’ by the new Labor government, to the 13, 000 Indigenous children taken from their Aboriginal parents after British colonisation
integration, non-eu countries, john howard, london, aboriginal, colonisation, kevin rudd
British and the EU: Je t’aime moi non plus
On 19th September 1946, British Wartime leader Winston Churchill called for a ‘United States of Europe’ during a speech in Zurich. Sixty years later, the British still do not want to join a federalist project – time for reflection?
integration, local autonomy, nationalism, economy, united kingdom, european union, immigration
Living behind the cirque du soleil
Some 4,000 people live in poor conditions in shanty towns on the outskirts of Paris. But an integration programme plans to lift 30 Roma families out of misery
integration, paris, romania, aubervilliers, roma, europe, france
What it means to be European
French PM Dominique de Villepin and Spanish author Jorge Semprún have teamed up with a new offering: a book about Europe
