poverty
Doha, Qatar: the north-south solidarity harvest in India
From 29 November to 2 December, UN member states discuss development aid in these times of financial crisis. There is also a crisis in international solidarity: in India, a quarter of a million live in poverty
Photos: 111 000 Russians in Estonia
Beyond the historic gates of the old town, around the commercial centres, behind the motorways - the Russian-speaking minority mill on with life in the district of Lasnamaï in Tallinn. Photo feature
poverty, estonia, eu debate on the ground, europe on the ground, russian federation, ethnic minorities, central and eastern europe
Microcredit: European utopia ?
Over the past several years in Europe, a growing number of key players and initiatives have been trying to use microprojects to re-establish people who are excluded from the financial system. Analysis
Seville - always on the move
The Andalusian staples of tapas and flamenco are metaphors for a city that is always on the move, without sacrificing its traditions.
Overworked, underpaid in a French call centre
Too many young Europeans are forced to work in bad conditions to finance their studies in France. Why a young Italian quit
poverty, testimony, languages, multilingualism, students, western eu, labour
Paris: squats in Europe's second most expensive city
Amidst an explosion of rental prices, the Macaq organisation squats unoccupied buildings to bring the lack of student housing into the public eye
Italy's pasta prices soar to 14%
Frozen incomes and an inflation rate above the European average - purchasing power is at a breaking point in a country where poverty particularly affects the younger population
poverty, italy, analysis, purchasing power, economy, inflation, southern eu
Photos: living on the street in Paris
The homeless and immigrants - those select few that Parisians would perhaps rather not see, at least at Christmas time. Neither indifference nor presidential words will make this 'problem' disappear
poverty, photogallery, illegal immigrants, photography, western eu, homeless, paris
Paris suburbs: 'place of exile'
'Banlieue' is the colloquial reversal of 'lieu du ban', literally, 'place of exile'. In the French suburbs, out of work labourers are holed up in prison-style buildings, along with their children, to whom they pass on their despair
poverty, immigration, violence, suburbs, housing, paris, france
A capital that can’t grow up
Last May, the German daily newspaper Tagesspeigel warned that in Berlin one child in three lives off 'Hartz IV' (government aid). This is a new high for Germany and is more than twice the national average. Is it an avatar of reunification?
poverty, germany, berlin, ursula von der leyen, family, cities, politics
The 1, 000 Euros a month club
Europe’s youth follow the cog: university, a first job, building a future. But Seville’s brood of ‘1000-Euro-a-month-ers’ are finding even that hard
poverty, seville, spain, demography, university, labour, southern eu
Newsha Tavakolian, Iran's inside story
At the inauguration of Perpignan's 19th festival ‘Visa pour l'image’, the Iranian photojournalist focuses on the situation of women in the Middle East
poverty, feminism, men and women, photo, culture, peacekeeping, war
Lidl cracks the whip
Lidl supermarkets are a familiar sight in malls around Europe, popular among students and cash-strapped families. But according to the German services employees’ union, ver.di, Lidl supervisors repress their workers and enforce 45-hour work weeks.
poverty, protest, discrimination, consumers, human rights, european union, internal market
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