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PANORAMA unemployment : PIIGS unwelcome in the EU parlour: war of words rocks Eurozone

PIIGS unwelcome in the EU parlour: war of words rocks Eurozone

Despite Silvio Berlusconi’s dreams, the next member of the Eurozone is unlikely to be Israel; even Croatia or Turkey have taken a back seat. The current pan-EU squabble is over who should have been admitted to the eurozone in the first place

by naomi o'leary @ // 01/03/10 - 3 Comment - 4 votes

unemployment, tower of babel, germany, economic growth, languages, portugal, eurozone

OPINION unemployment : Anderlecht, Molenbeek, Schaarbeek: spot the crime in Brussels

Anderlecht, Molenbeek, Schaarbeek: spot the crime in Brussels

Petty crime and unemployment rates (17.6%) are high in inner city Brussels, which registers a low violent crime rate in Europe. Nevertheless, police arrested 12 Belgian Albanians linked to a crime gang on 15 February*, whilst certain districts remain dangerous. Is this down to the crisis?

by cafebabel.com , Thimi Samarxhiu @ // 01/03/10 - 4 Comment - 8 votes

unemployment, balkans, sex, albania, candidate countries, violence, red light district

INTERVIEW unemployment : Marc Guerrero: Catalan MEP on Spain, unemployment and van Rompuy

Marc Guerrero: Catalan MEP on Spain, unemployment and van Rompuy

Youth unemployment has become one of the biggest challenges facing the EU. In Spain the figure has reached 43% amongst those aged 15-26. We discuss this problem and the new era that Europe faces with the youngest ever leader of the European liberal democrats (ELDR)

by Puri Lucena @ // 05/02/10

unemployment, liberls, josé luis rodríguez zapatero, european parliament, spain, youth, internships

EU presidency: the trouble with Spain...

EU presidency: the trouble with Spain...

He's EU president, he's Mr. Bean. Just a few days into the six month rotating presidency of the EU, hackers attacked the Spanish prime minister's image. And Zapatero has already had to take a step back after harsh criticism on his proposed sanctions against EU states with deficient economic policies.That's rich, coming from a country where a generation of people earning 1000 euros a month has coined the term 'mileuristas'! No wonder Iberian cleverclogs are part of the brain drain towards other EU countries...

Ho, ho ho. Merry crisis-mas

Ho, ho ho. Merry crisis-mas

Shopping trolleys creak on empty and whole transport networks are paralysed, providing an eerie backdrop to Europe’s banker offspring, who this christmas are hoping for a thaw in their sector and financial salvation for the end of 2009. Meanwhile, Italians in the north from the far right Lega Nord party are bestowing illegal immigrants with a very special ‘White Christmas’ gift...a time for reflection and values?

FEATURE unemployment : Startups, ethics and the crisis: focus on young people in Turin

Startups, ethics and the crisis: focus on young people in Turin

After the crisis months of unemployment, training and scholarship schemes, some Italian youngsters decide to swap  'instability' for life as an entrepreneur. Examples from the industrial city of Turin

by Pedro Picón @ // 21/12/09

unemployment, work, turin, eu crisis on the ground, italy, youth, europe on the ground

FEATURE unemployment : European social funds and the case of start-ups in France

European social funds and the case of start-ups in France

Setting up in business without any advice can be a little like doing sports without any training. There’s professional help available in the form of an entrepreneurial incubator; the ESF’s purpose is to finance these intermediary structures. In the 2007 French film ‘The Grocer’s Son’, a youth takes over his father’s rural travelling store - like Caroline

by Emmanuel Haddad @ // 17/12/09 - 1 Comment - 1 vote

unemployment, money, employment, society

ANALYSIS unemployment : Brussels, internships, deaths: should all work be paid?

Brussels, internships, deaths: should all work be paid?

Work hard, work for free. Placements are all the rage and the signs suggest that they’re here to stay. But businesses fulfilling their obligations and clarification on worker contracts is not top of the agenda for the Spanish presidency of the European Union, which begins for six months from January

by hélène Rivoal @ , Mocanu Madalina @ // 07/12/09 - 8 Comment

unemployment, university, public health, health, brussels, europe, precarity

REVIEW unemployment : Film review Germany: interns feature in 'Résiste - Aufstand der Praktikanten'

Film review Germany: interns feature in 'Résiste - Aufstand der Praktikanten'

'A Quantum Revolution' has been screening in German cinemas since 12 November

by Jens Wiesner @ // 25/11/09 - 1 Comment

unemployment, work, cinema, germany, jonas grosch, film, precarity

TESTIMONY unemployment : Europe's youth stack up the degrees to shun the dole

Europe's youth stack up the degrees to shun the dole

With one out of five under-25s job-hunting in Europe, many opt to continue studying as long as it takes to avoid signing up on the dole. Diverse realities of a generation in the middle of the crisis

by Barbara Blay @ // 22/10/09 - 1 Comment

unemployment, university, eurostat, testimony, youth, economy, economical crisis

TESTIMONY unemployment : 2009's graduate flavour comes in crisis: part one, England and Ireland

2009's graduate flavour comes in crisis: part one, England and Ireland

Two language and literature graduates compare their experiences of entering the work world in 2009. Part one in a job testimony series of young Europeans based at home

by Eimear Blee @ // 21/10/09 - 1 vote

unemployment, work, testimonio, precarity, youth, economy, job

NEWS unemployment : Europe's five million unemployed youth

Europe's five million unemployed youth

The impact of the world economic crisis is being felt on the European workforce. Since the start of 2009, 18.3% of people under 25 have been out of work. It's a figure that's been on the rise since 2008

by Jane Mery @ // 24/08/09

unemployment, european economic community, financial crisis, eurostat, youth, euweek, economical crisis

ANALYSIS unemployment : 15.5% unemployment, diaspora: Lithuanians try luck elsewhere

15.5% unemployment, diaspora: Lithuanians try luck elsewhere

Whilst Vilnius welcomes visitors from around the world because of its status as the European capital of culture 2009, countless are leaving the country in an attempt to escape widespread unemployment and salaries which are under the European average for the most part

by Sebastien Gobert @ // 25/06/09 - 1 Comment

unemployment, vilnius, identity, nationalism, nation, immigration, diaspora

PANORAMA unemployment : European elections night:  I was watching TV

European elections night: I was watching TV

The night that most centre-left governments took their batterings, you might have caught a show about an unemployed mother-of-two in Spain or the final of 'The Apprentice' in the UK. Glance at the programmes for which viewers gave up the EU election coverage ghost on the evening of 7 June; results came out at 8pm, signalling a lower voter turnout than 2004

by Nabeelah Shabbir @ // 08/06/09 - 1 vote

unemployment, germany, abstentionism, poland, european media, television, spain

FEATURE unemployment : Languages: Dutch amidst French in bilingual Brussels

Languages: Dutch amidst French in bilingual Brussels

On the footpaths of Brussels your ears catch a litany of languages. In this European city, the official status of the bilingualism can be seen everywhere, especially in job advertisements. Is this a question of identity or discrimination in recruitment?

by Julie Gonce @ // 02/06/09 - 8 Comment

unemployment, english, european institutions, emploi, multiculturalism, multilingualism, belgium

ANALYSIS unemployment : Brussels crisis: be creative, become an entrepeneur

Brussels crisis: be creative, become an entrepeneur

The crisis is confronting young entrepreneurs in Brussels. Whilst some have excellent qualifications, those who don’t have a battle on their hands

by antonia schäfer @ // 02/06/09

unemployment, belgium, european elections 2009, brussels, precarity, youth, eudebate2009

FEATURE unemployment : Brussels: a city of life-long interns

Brussels: a city of life-long interns

We meet young foreigners in a capital full of multinationals, institutions and the need for multilingual interns

by Fernando Navarro Sordo @ // 02/06/09 - 5 Comment

unemployment, languages, european parliament, safety and security at work , brussels, youth, europe on the ground

INTERVIEW unemployment : Lívia Járóka: female, Roma and Euro MP

Lívia Járóka: female, Roma and Euro MP

The first female Roma member of the European parliament takes stock of her first term in office and announces that she will run in this year’s European elections in June. We talk women, Roma statistics and the EU institutions

by Fernando Navarro Sordo @ // 02/06/09 - 3 Comment

unemployment, feminism, hungary, roma, european parliament, right-wing, men and women

Seville's spangled glory

Seville's spangled glory

Who do you meet when you hit the epicentre of southern Spain, slap bang in the middle of its easter orgy of tradition, the Semana Santa? Parking attendants reinserted into society, immigrants despite Spain's hand in the EU return directive, Cuba's 'friends' and a far-left youth questioning the crisis which is crippling the nation. In video and images below this edition, the glory days of the Expo '92 site have faded into urban decay in one part of the city, and are translated into the phallic novelties of the new Cajasol tower and the city's first ever metro line. Three journalists, a video maker and a photographer from the cafebabel.com network feature in this month's 'cities' mission, named 'EUdebate on the Ground'

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G20 London Summit: "A summit like no other"

London, 3rd April 2009. After G20 leaders agreed a mind boggling trillion dollar plan to tackle the global financial crisis, Gordon Brown declared that the London summit marked “the day the world came together to fight back against the global recession”, and the beginning of a “new world order”. President ...

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Protests against the G20 Summit in London

by Naomi Christie London, 2nd April 2009 G20 Protesters on the fringes of the exclusion zone of the ExCeL building in London were out-numbered by press and police on Thursday. Many potential protesters were walked away from the site of the protest early, where peaceful protests the came from a ...

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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 ...

Julien by Julien on bruxelles