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China opens up after Sichuan earthquake

In front | NEWS
(Photo: lille abe/ Flickr)

62, 664 have died and five million are homeless since the 7.9 magnitude quake on 12 May. The EU has pledged two million euros in aid

by olivier lopez // 26/05/08

NEWS
Graffiti at the alternative summit, Lima May 2008 (Photo: Paola Bon/ Julio Corcuera Portugal)

Over to the EU-Latin America summit in Peru

EU member states juggle with the socialist and capitalist faces of Latin America at the EU-LAC summit in Lima on 16 – 17 May 2008, and the Peruvians speak

by olivier lopez / Paola Bon / Julio Raul Corcuera Portugal // 16/05/08

NEWS
Cyclone Nargis as seen by NASA satellites (Photo: guano/ Flickr)

Burma cyclone: how to force the junta?

After a tropical cyclone on 4 May, Burma faces a major humanitarian crisis. The military junta in power will not succumb to international pressure to allow emergency assistance to enter the country. What can Europe do?

by olivier lopez // 15/05/08

FOCUS

Paris, Turin book fairs invite Israel


But the decision to honour the Jewish state and its culture in France and Italy triggered a boycott effect in both capitals

by Francesca Barca // 14/05/08

TESTIMONY
credits : Roslan Tangah (flickr)

'Foreigners' in Europe: the real eurogeneration?

More and more young people around the world are setting their feet on European soil, and seem to fit in well despite bureaucratic complications. We hear from Russian, Angolan and Peruvian students living in Italy and France on their idea of Europe

by Soili Semkina // 08/05/08

ANALYSIS
Gulf of Aden coastline (Photo: Hoorob/ Flickr)

Modern pirates use GPS in Somalia

Recent attacks on Spanish and French ships highlight the insecurity of maritime activities. The EU is confronted by a challenge which puts its capacity to create a policy protecting common security into question

by Mélanie Bulan & Joaquín Salido Marcos // 05/05/08

ANALYSIS
Italian merchant Giovanni Arnolfini (in Jan van Eyck’s 1434 portrait)'s resemblance to Putin has been much marked in the international media (Photo: geekulr/ Flickr)

Putin did not pull a Sarkozy love story

On 21 April, ‘Moskovsky Korrespondent’ apologised after reporting that Putin was to marry athlete Alina Kabaeva, 24. A look back at a story he termed as ‘snotty noses and erotic fantasies’

by Ulrich Heyden // 21/04/08

FEATURE
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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

by josé Lavazzi // 18/04/08

FEATURE

Olympic games: Europe up in arms over Tibet

A huge victory for some, enormous disappointment for others. For the first ever time, the Olympic torch has been extinguished under mass pressure, as Europe makes itself heard

by Olivier Lopez // 10/04/08

Mission possible in Romania (Photo: oaspetele_de_piatr a/ Flickr)

Romania: welcoming NATO

One international summit, 26 countries, thousands of different voices - one of the youngest EU members welcomed NATO officials and the international media to Bucharest from 2-4 April 2008

by Luciana Grosu // 08/04/08

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