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As European markets are fleeced by the US mortgage yak, institutions plunge, member states show levels of 'unEuropean' solidarity and citiziens scramble for their savings. 'The only solid reality is the word of God', Pope Benedict pipes in - we might just be finding out this autumn. Amen
Lykke means 'happy' in Norwegian. Li's debut album has led to a European tour, and she’s hyped as one of 2008’s biggest new stars. But chart positions don’t make the 22-year-old singer happy
Piano rock from the UK, Balkans from Belgium and Blue Monday in Norway – October’s best music picks kick off a European autumn
The French and Italians ‘blow up' or ‘make a hole’ in their school timetables, whilst the Spaniards 'disappear' with the 'young bulls' - pan-European idiomatic expression of the week
The European commission proposes revising the adequacy of banks' own funds in order to strengthen financial stability. Weekly newflashes from Brussels
Whilst Matti Vanhanen loves oven potatoes and Rodriguez Zapatero prefers salted melon - European politicians and their tastes. Bi-weekly gastronomy edition
cafebabel.com has been covering Europe's tracks for seven years now - a selection of our best articles
The permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy criticises US writing days before the winner is announced, on 9 October
The American director continues to swap Central Park and New York jazz for Gaudi’s buildings and Spanish flamenco. What happened to Manhattan’s most famous lover? We discover a new Woody Allen in his latest flick 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona'
With elections just around the corner, the EU will be debating its global military and diplomatic role. Interview with a British analyst
Europaplatz (‘Europe Square’) is not just a bus station in Tübingen. It is actively integrated in the urban reality of this ancient charming town which lies on the river Neckar
The Czech Republic's TV advert reminds us of their upcoming six month presidency of the EU, and sees them toying with their eurosceptic image
Pulling together; the official word from the president of the European commission, which hit Europe's national dailys on 2 October
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Today we head to our friends from Budapest, Paris, Prague, Sofia, Seville and Athens, Tallinn and Vilnius!
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What do the cafebabel.com team at HQ in Paris look like? Find out by clicking on this link to see them on the 'Soir 3' programme on France 3, on Friday 26 September. Read article
Rome. Fiumicino airport. The exit of terminal C. Thirty glorious degrees over five days in early September. Forty young people clucking about like your typical fifteen-year old adolescents, unleashed at the doors of their first ever nightclub. Only here, we are surrounded by suitcases, backpacks and trolleys. Read article
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Counter-culture: Sonic Youth tour Europe
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Romania: EU dreams, but prostitution and poverty reality
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Claudio Magris – ‘When Europe is one state’
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Kosovo independence: your reactions
Siné: ‘Satire has to be iconoclastic‘
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Second-hand clothes fly off Polish shelves
Sweden's Lykke Li: heartbreak leads to electro pop
Interview: the success of Greek-Turkish Cypriot Radio May
Hungaro-Slovak history textbook: keep dreaming
Giulietto Chiesa on Russia-Georgia war: ‘Europe is responsible too’
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Smuggling cigarettes in Schengen Poland
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