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Alcohol ban? Istanbul cafes versus Turkish authorities
This summer a new broom was sweeping clean the streets of Istanbul – as well as the country’s football and armed forces. Who’s wielding the broom? What ‘rubbish’ are they trying to get rid of? ‘Turkey eats dirt’ is cafebabel.com’s response to the summer ‘dust up’ by the Turkish authorities. The final in our three-part series: Turkey cracks down on those famously dangerous things, street cafes
the streets of europe, bar, stamboul, ramadan, islam, turkey, party
Unravelling the Zagreb web
Contrary to our expectations of a post-war, post-Yugoslav capital, Zagreb looks like a puffy cream cake. The typical Balkan cliché doesn’t strike the eye right away. It is not for nothing that Croatia is a favorite for membership in the European union, having reached 30 of the 35 'negotiation chapters'. 23 May saw EU enlargement to this potential 28th state going on behind closed Brussels doors, but Zagreb has been producing its own critical tones too. Its ladies go for the 'western model' and its LGBT rights record pips it ahead of its Serbian neighbour. The Balkan idyll is cobbled together despite Croatia's status as having the youngest history of war and existing neighbour policy conflicts. Scratch the surface and this deteriorates. Citizens first raged the streets in February against corruption scandals and a bad economic climate. Changes here happened too quickly and in too short a time for this city to grow 'adult'. Read the articles from our French-German-Serbian-Bulgarian team who report from Croatia's capital in the framework of our special edition, Orient Express Reporter (Image: (cc) lern/ Flickr)
- Read the special edition Unravelling the Zagreb web
- Croatia’s writers and playwrights: no post-war no-hopers
- Is gay OK in catholic Croatia?
- Zagreb’s Miss Independents
- Croatian writer Olja Savicevic: 'We have never lived in a normal society'
- My Zagreb Vitriol: remembering Croatia’s anti-government protests
Small money, big things: four film and art initiatives in Kosovo
The economic climate ensures the making of only one film financed by centre for cinematography per year, whilst exhibition opportunities are spare. Young Kosovars are working where they believe they can help – in society, with ordinary people
the streets of europe, war, balkans, art market, pristina, roma, kosovo
Tübingen, buses and Europe
Europaplatz (‘Europe Square’) is not just a bus station in Tübingen. It is actively integrated in the urban reality of this ancient charming town which lies on the river Neckar
the streets of europe, tübingen, grand projects, eudebate2009, city planning, european elections 2009, europe
Rome: Europe = shops
We continue our series of articles visiting the streets of Europe which carry the continent’s name. In this episode, shopping and lessons in a non-existent Europeanism at the heart of Eur(ope?)
the streets of europe, federico fellini, society, southern eu, politics, italy, rome
Sofia – Paris elephant truckers
For years, the convoys of lorries on European motorways have been becoming longer and longer. Stefan Kaegi and Jörg Karrenbauer relate their European-style road movie in Paris with theatre production 'Cargo Sofia-Paris'
Rome's invisible taxis
Third in our summer series tracking Europe's taxi drivers, where finding a taxi in the eternal city is like trying to find a needle in a haystack
the streets of europe, traffic, tourism, cities, italy, rome
Beer over Gaudi
In Barcelona, unlicensed street performers, sleeping on park benches and drinking and urinating on its streets is illegal. How has the civic by-law affected society one year on?
the streets of europe, drugs, barcelona, underground, violence, alcohol, prostitution
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