photogallery
Photos: Prague Spring, forty years on
On 21 August Prague commemorated forty years of it’s famous democratic ‘spring’, which ended revolt in the capital this past century. The spontaneous protest caught the world by surprise, before it was reprimanded by the Soviet regime. Images
photogallery, violence, activism, soviet, youth, peter uhl, prague
Photos: the China dream in Shanghai and Guanghzou
As preparations for the Beijing Olympics in August gain momentum, spectacular urban facilities are taking shape across China. View through the keyhole
Photos: Santa Cruz life-size in Seville
The district of Santa Cruz in the old centre is like a miniature Spain colourfully displayed by the numerous rare buildings of such imposing beauty. A genuine museum of Hispanic folklore
photogallery, santa cruz, seville, flamenco, tourism, spain, photo
Photos: metro culture in Budapest
You can’t evade the underground in everyday life in Budapest, which has the second oldest metro system in Europe after London
photogallery, underground, hungary, metro, budapest, travel, central and eastern europe
Hungry Senegalese fishermen
Amidst a global food crisis and scarcer fish, the fishermen 'victims' of EU commercial agreements set off in their pirogues for the shores of Europe
photogallery, labour, food, senegal, family, food security, immigration
Macedonia in images: names, Tito and David Morales
After a Greek veto on its joining NATO during the annual summit in Bucharest on 2 - 4 April, the country could still be on track to start EU membership talks by the end of 2008 if it meets the relevant criteria. View from the lens
photogallery, balkans, identity, albania, candidate countries, josip broz tito, religion
Architecture blogs in Romania, Spain and England
Most blogs devoted to architecture cover the whole of Europe through their importance, often even the whole world, by not limiting themselves to the presentation of this set of themes exclusively within the author’s country of origin
photogallery, architecture, blogs, austria, panorama, united kingdom, romania
Exhibition brings Israel and Palestine 'face to face'
Face2Face is a unique and edgy photography show by French and Swiss friends JR and Marco, They stick the Israeli-Palestinian conflict right under European noses
photogallery, middle east, berlin, discrimination, palestine occupied territory, afghanistan, freedom of movement
UK, Russia: a new Iron curtain?
Two out of three British Council offices were deemed 'illegal' and closed down in Russia in January. A reflection on ties between the Kremlin and London
photogallery, education system, london, internet, russian federation, british council, moscow
Photos: Europe sprays ideas
From Madrid to Bucharest, Europe's streets of art are bursting with creativity and new talents
photogallery, poland, madrid, european tour, bucharest, torun, reims
Strasbourg is bikes
With the inauguration of the TGV to Strasbourg, the city is staking its claim for modernity and the environment. The bicycle rules in this city that wants to overtake Fribourg as model of sustainable growth
photogallery, sport, sustainable developement, green cities, strasbourg, climate change, traffic
Photos: Cuba as Castro retires at 81
Post-election images from the provincial tourist town of Viñales in the west, to the semi-tropical cacao plantations of Baracoa in the east. The Cuban leader will not run again as president at the National Assembly on 24 February
photogallery, baracoa, non-eu countries, viñales, eu presidency, fidel castro, retirement
It's not just rubbish in Naples
Campania drowns in tonnes of refuse. The EU threatens the intervention of the Court of Justice. How did we get this far, asks a young Neapolitan reporter
photogallery, european court of justice, city planning, stavros dimas, naples, southern eu, politics
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
photogallery, poverty, illegal immigrants, homeless, paris, cities, western eu
Schengen: Slovenia and Italy help each other
When Slovenia became part of the Schengen zone on 21 December 2007, the 280km barrier separating it from Italy fell. It had been symbol of the iron curtain and the cold war that have divided Europe for decades
photogallery, slovenia, schengen zone, european union, communism, society, politics
Censoring Oliviero Toscani
'In art transgression is a duty,' says the Italian photographer, author of the latest shock campaign with French anorexic model Isabelle Caro. 'Brussels don't want to know a thing about my European vision'
photogallery, sex, censorship, milan, oliviero toscani, art market, best of cafebabel.com
PubliCity - from Barcelona to Dresden
photogallery, advertising, dresden, northern eu, cities, barcelona, brussels
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