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Love at first byte

In front
love through the internet

More and more Europeans are looking for true love through the keyboard. Could finding a soul mate be just a mouse-click away? Through the internet, borders and inhibitions can be overcome in the flash of an eye.

by Sarah Rüffler // 13/02/06

FOCUS

Bridget Jones Syndrome

Is being single a flaw? It is becoming less so if you consider Europeans’ new demands for their love lives.

by Vanessa Witkowski et Prune Antoine // 13/02/06

INTERVIEW
Yalcin Vahit

No compromise on political equality – say Turkish Cypriots

Yalcin Vehit, head of the Turkish Cypriot representation to the EU, speaks to cafebabel.com about the problems in Cyprus, and its position in the EU.

by Ilker Aslan // 10/02/06

TESTIMONY
Place d'Armes, Luxembourg (Luxembourg Tourist Ofiice, London)

Luxemburg: three languages, one nation

It is not easy to establish a national identity when foreigners make up 38% of a country’s population, especially when it is a country that has to sit between France and Germany. However, sometimes a small country can teach the European Union a wonderful lesson on integration.

by Mirko Coleschi // 06/02/06

INTERVIEW
Prof. Guido Montani (MFE)

“The EU’s decision-making system is medieval”

Guido Montani explains why the nationalist route is a dead end street for Europe.

by Marco Riciputi // 06/02/06

FOCUS
Symbol of the 'Berlin Republic': the dome of the Reichstag in Berlin (Florian Rohlfshagen)

Living in the shadow of the past

Between new-found nationalism and rediscovered confidence, are the Germans beginning to see themselves in a different light, without having fully dealt with their past?

by Ulrich Schwerin // 06/02/06

ANALYSIS
Polish people can look to an optimistic future. This photo shows a road in the Polish Kolno-Region (Maciej Ciupa)

Poland on the way up

In old Europe, people are fearing an influx of cheap Polish labour and the relocation of businesses to Poland. But are these fears justified? We take a look at the facts.

by Joachim Korte Bernard // 30/01/06

FOCUS
GM Potatoes

Food for Life

The organic lobby is suspicious of GM and biotechnology, but the European Commission wants the know-how.

by Nora S. Stampfl // 23/01/06

FOCUS
Where have your vegetables come from?

Do you speak Eurofood?

Brussels has announced a truly European food policy. They call it ‘From Farm to Fork’. And of course they wish you ‘bon appétit!’

by Alice Desthuilliers // 23/01/06

PANORAMA

A decade of food hysteria

Many EU countries have ordered farmers to keep their chickens indoors. Such action has a familiar ring. The past decade has been marked by crises in the food chain in Europe.

by Silvia Filipe // 23/01/06

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