travel
Laura Cesana: 'There should be more Erasmus programmes for teachers'
A linguist and voyager, the Italian painter transported her Jewish origins from the United States to Portugal, where her multiple identities are exhibited by a flourishing brushstroke
travel, italy, identity, painting, art market, languages, lisbon
Videos: Barroso and Mamère are ecologically challenged
Two of Europe’s politicians talk ‘global solutions, global problems’ but sometime forget to put their words into action
travel, josé manuel barroso, environment, climate change, politics, european commission, transport
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
travel, devolution, agriculture, internet, development, covas do monte, regions
Cuba: backstreet with an escape route
In the first of our ‘rock and backpack’ series, we discover Havana - the cultural centre of a Cuba in which everyone has the ability to produce something, but few express themselves
travel, havana, dance, communism, cuba, latin america, world affairs
Are you young, employed and on the move?
As a consequence of encouraging young students to travel the world, it's necessary to expect that many of them, inspired by the itch to travel, decide to move away and work. How do they manage?
Born in the eighties
Twenty-something baby losers. Often disparaged, yet the 'eighties generation' harbour multiple talents. First part of a series of portraits exchanging Paris and Berlin
travel, western eu, blogs, berlin, lifestyle, germany, youth
Branco Stoysin: 'You can learn anything on your own'
The self-taught guitarist is coy about his age and anti-internet-overload. The Yugoslav 'ghost' has lived his dream in London since the early nineties, his folk and jazz music celebrating the sun and the Balkans
travel, music, nato, education system, war, united kingdom, london
God bless our babelblogs
From Prishtina to Kiev with our new reporters project, via Istanbul and the US along the comic soundtrack of Europe - by Groucho Marx and Tim Burton
travel, eurotik, turkey, journalism, central and eastern europe, kiev, istanbul
Curt Ficcions: 35mm short film to zero
The Academy of Spanish Cinema undermine short films by excluding the medium from the world of television. Spanish short films are currently airing in francophone territories
Post-Erasmus syndrome: SOS distress
Erasmus = a riotous life abroad of non-stop parties and lovemaking. But once they’ve returned, the majority of students experience a low period, a mixture of nostalgia and apathy. Is this the end of innocence?
travel, university, psychology, studies, erasmus, students, society
Plunge into Portugal
Journey to the southwest of the European continent in quest of ancient villages and avant-garde buildings
travel, lisbon, porto, traditions, culture, portugal, tourism
French adoption: ‘intercity babies’
Restrictive adoption law drives French lesbian couples across Belgian and Dutch borders to be artificially inseminated
travel, feminism, netherlands, brussels, belgium, amsterdam, europe
2 Days in Paris: 'the French are apparently perfect'
Julie Delpy’s multicultural comedy with bite, starring her parents, US actor Adam Goldberg and Germany’s Daniel Brühl, opens in French cinemas on 11 July. Reviews from both sides of the Rhein
travel, nationalism, america, love, julie delpy, lifestyle, culture
