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Kirtimai: Lithuania's Roma on education and 'missing England'
Less than 3, 000 Roma live in Lithuania. Representing 0.1% of the population, there are still enough Baltic 'gypsies' to serve as a scapegoat in a country feeling squeezed by the crisis. However, in one Lithuanian village, Romualda, Svetlana, Konstantin and Konsela are helping the community to lift its head
drugs, union of soviet socialist republic, vilnius, school, lithuania, multikulti on the ground, integration
Cannabis legalisation: shopping for reality in Vienna
The Austrian capital has one 'head shop' for 100, 000 residents. It's perfect for cannabis amateurs, especially as the business is now commercial and legal, though smoking it in public is still not legal
drugs, vienna, green europe on the ground, cannabis, austria, smoking, health
Croatia’s writers and playwrights: no post-war no-hopers
It’s impossible for the moment to imagine a literature and theatre scene in Croatia which does not blend in the story of Yugoslavia’s collapse. The wounds are too fresh, holding back the development of a certain maturity. One young generation of playwrights and writers between Zagreb and Split literally put the streets on their stages and pages, as they move between the daily quest for an identity and the desire for renewal
drugs, literature, street, balkans, zagreb, croatia, culture calendar
'Shooting galleries' in Europe: political jab or social cure-all?
Supervising the use of hard drugs or not is an issue that's cropping up across Europe, with some countries tackling it with a different intensity than others; the UK has three injecting clinics. While eight progressive governments have already established the centres, others wish to silence such crazy calls for change. All in the name of morality. Obviously...
drugs, switzerland, italy, norway, berlin, civil society, europe
Mushrooms, worthy hallucinogens of paradise
The beneficial properties of mushrooms are renowned: springing up out of the ground from nothing, they are one of the first foods eaten by human beings. What is perhaps less well known is that it may well be the mushroom which was responsible for the birth of the human species
Puff marijuana, not tobacco in Holland’s coffee shops
The anti-smoking law takes effect from 1 July in The Netherlands
drugs, hash, holland, tourism, marijuana, weed, the netherlands
Mujahideen Khan: 'we do not know who the Taliban is right now'
Afghanistan remains a huge challenge for NATO. Whilst officials met in the Bucharest's Parliament Palace from 2-4 April, a group of Estonian journalists cast an eye back with a mujahideen in the Afghan mountains
drugs, asia, nationalism, afghanistan, war, peacekeeping, nato
As drugs and violence rise, Mexico's democratic hopes fall
Mexicans are losing confidence in their institutions, justice is absent, women are murdered and narcotics traffickers keep the pressure on an increasingly violent society
drugs, feature, men and women, mexico, violence, world affairs, non-eu countries
Cocaine Spain
plus the never-ending story of Kosovo
drugs, belgium, european personnel selection office, brussels, kosovo, euweek, serbia
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?
drugs, underground, tourism, the streets of europe, alcohol, barcelona, southern eu
Sport: Brussels' Achilles Heel
As an international UNESCO convention on doping takes place in Paris, Pietro Mennea, Italian former Olympic champion, discusses the 'crime'
Terry Gilliam – eternal youth
Terry Gilliam spent half his life in London, where he created Monty Python with a group of like-minded comedians. At 65, the actor-director’s spirits remain as imaginative and animated as ever
drugs, cinema, brunch, best of cafebabel.com, terry gilliam, sitges, culture
Transe ('Trance') - journey to hell
The controversial new film offering from Portuguese director Teresa Villaverde premieres in France on December 27
Girls hit cinema screens
Films about girls in the suburbs are all the rage in Europe
drugs, education system, film, abortion, festivals, discrimination, culture
Alternative lifestyles: 'I came to Amsterdam to live in a squat'
In the 1980s, a political movement of squatters changed the face of the Dutch capital. Today, young apolitical Eastern Europeans are joining the squatter movement
drugs, protest, lifestyle, ageing society, netherlands, architecture, freedom
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