competition
Montreal international poetry prize 'for poets by poets'
Poetry is enduring, if not a deep freeze, at least a hard frost. Austerity measures across Europe and Canada have led to severe cuts in arts funding. Amidst the scrabble to fund prizes whose state subsidies have been slashed, a brand new award has emerged on a different funding model, with the winner to scoop 50, 000 Canadian dollars on 15 December
competition, writers, quebec, canada, culture calendar, poetry, prize
Roller hockey, tennis and basket ball wins: golden age for Spanish sport
Not everything is in crisis in Spain. Football, basketball, tennis and even roller hockey: Spanish sport seems to be experiencing a golden age
competition, football, sport, hockey, juegos olímpicos, european football championships, europe
2011 win for Azerbaijan: Eurovision returns east
Norway, Germany...after two years in western Europe, Azerbaijan was the surprise winner of the Eurovision song contest on 14 May. The 2012 contest will be held in the Caspian Sea coast city of Baku, an awkward host city given that the country is in an ongoing military conflict with its neighbour Armenia
competition, azerbaijan, music, caucasus, eurovision, culture calendar, eurovision song contest
Best and worst of Eurovision 2011
It's a year of astonishing comebacks, pleas to stop climate change and, most intriguing of all, France's entry singing entirely in a language other than French. The famed song contest is held between 10 - 14 May in Duesseldorf, Germany. We've put ourselves through the best of Europe out of the 43 participants - especially for you
competition, music, eurovision, culture calendar, eurovision song contest, songs, germany
After JC Decaux’s Vélib’, 6, 000 bicycles for London
Its recent success in the public bicycle market has led the French advertising giant into a race against competitors to secure the multiplying contracts popping up all over Europe
Nobel prize for literature: Horace Engdahl on 'ignorant' American writing
The permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy criticises US writing days before the winner is announced, on 9 October
competition, claudio magris, prize, literature, horace engdahl, culture, nobel price
Map: EU growth will slow down in 2008
The EU’s economy will grow slower than expected, falling from 2.7% in 2007 to 2.0% in 2008. Things will worsen in 2009. Take a look at your countries’ growth rates
competition, economic growth, consumers, conjuncture, map, consumption society, european union
Michel Barnier: 'we won't be naive about agriculture'
The French minister of agriculture on the farm subsidies (CAP) reform which the European commission will present in November
competition, food, western eu, politics, european commission, belgium, brussels
Inflation: 'the convergence of eastern and western prices will have to wait 20 years'
What do you Europeans really think of rising prices and inflation in the Eurozone?
competition, italy, germany, europe, european central bank, united kingdom, spain
Lux Voor: the changing face of politics
Neither coalition nor legal organisation, the ‘Lux Voor’ movement, founded in March 2006, radically questions contemporary Dutch politics. We take a look at this flourishing network
competition, activism, corruption, education system, discrimination, development, paedophilia
