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In the red

In the economic crisis, why do Italians say they are 'in the green' when Brits are 'in the red?' Tour of European expressions for all those broke joes out there

by Katharina Kloss @ // 05/05/10

audio, purchasing power, united kingdom, lifestyle, western eu, southern eu, european commission

Bun in the oven

According to Eurostat, 5.4 million babies were born in 2008. Lithuanians are the most industrious breeders, while Germans are at the bottom of the chart. Some of Europe's expressions for motherhood

by jane mery // 11/09/09

audio, europe, italy, germany, spain, france, translation

Europe's fugly munters and mingers

'Ugly' is relative. Europe is creative with names when someone is ‘offensive to the eyes’. Tuna fish, veils, mussels or middle-aged pop stars beware - when Europe maligns ugliness they all have to pay the price…

by aneta.marciniak @ // 31/07/09

audio, music, animals, expressions, language, translation, tower of babel

Europe's 'head in the clouds'

Why is when you have an unrealistic expectation that you are told your head is in the cloud or on the moon? We reach dizzy heights with this week's collection of idioms and audio

by Luciana Grosu @ // 14/01/09

audio, tower of babel

Audio: sounds like Greek to me

Nonsense which sounds like Greek, Chinese, Arabic, double Dutch and Spanish to Europe's citizens

by Julia Lazaro @ // 26/09/08

audio, greece, languages, tower of babel

Vesna Goldsworthy: 'Radovan Karadzic is related to me'

The Belgrade-born journalist and author of ‘Chernobyl’s Strawberries’, 47, on fighting cancer, the traumas of war, her eccentric grandmother and her war criminal cousin

by Natalia Sosin @ // 23/07/08

audio, warsaw, nato, serbia, chernobyl, vesna goldsworthy, radovan karadzic

Skirt chaser

by Katharina Kloss @ // 30/04/08

audio, love, sex, nicolas sarkozy, silvio berlusconi, languages, tower of babel

Gheg or Tosk: dialect still divides Kosovo

The majority of Kosovars speak Gheg, but officially use Tosk for historical reasons. As Kosovo emerges in the form of an independent state, Migjen Kelmendi, former rock star and editor in chief of 'Java' magazine, discusses 'nationalist deliriums'

by jean-sébastien lefebvre // 18/03/08

audio, the traces, java, identity, media, dialect, balkans

Violins

by jane mery // 12/03/08

audio, translation, traditions, languages, tower of babel

One-horse town

by philippe-alexandre saulnier // 27/02/08

audio, multilingualism, european tour, translation, traditions, tower of babel

Didier Awadi: 'Artists too often have big egos'

The Senegalese hip hop pioneer, 38, invites his fellow rappers to speak out and campaign for a harmonious continent with his latest album 'Presidents of Africa'. Plus an exclusive video interview from Dakar

by Alexandre Polack @ // 25/01/08

audio, senegal, racism, integration, discrimination, illegal immigrants, development