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Thierry Uhrman versus the chic Lyon suburb

In front | FEATURE
(Photo: La Demeure du Chaos © Thierry Ehrmann)

Controversy erupts as an artist turns his residence into an ‘Abode of Chaos’, with heaps of scrap metal and works of art

by Abdelwahid Djaballah // 02/04/08

MULTIMEDIA

Videos: Putin, Sarkozy, Blair and Schröder

Putin pouts, schnip schnap Schröder, Blair sings and Sarkozy and opposition leader Ségolène snuggle

by Tomáš Ruta // 05/04/08

FOCUS

Go, women architects

Female architects are suffering from social historical invisibility. Creating more gender-based networks can raise awareness about gender inequality and social recognition

by Alma López Figueiras // 02/04/08

PANORAMA

British, Italian and German architects give Europe a face

Openness, transparency, efficiency: which buildings need a democracy? We span the European parliament, palace, court of human rights and Central Bank

by Anna Karla // 01/04/08

FEATURE

Paris: squats in Europe's second most expensive city

Amidst an explosion of rental prices, the Macaq organisation squats unoccupied buildings to bring the lack of student housing into the public eye

by Farah Boucherak // 01/04/08

REVIEW
(Photos: ukemi_42/ Xavier Häpe/ Flickr)

Babelblogs: Macedonia, cloning and praying in Berlin

Europe is often seen as boring and bureaucratic - not the case with cafebabel.com’s community blogs. European debate is in full swing, bloggers are up in arms and words are flying

by Jean-Sébastien Lefebvre // 28/03/08

Teen rock bands: the Tokio Hotel phenomenon

Young, extremely successful - and extremely annoying for some. Why are teen bands like Estonia's 'The Bedwetters' and Denmark's 'Dúné' storming the charts across Europe?

by Yvonne Pöppelbaum // 28/03/08

ANALYSIS

Prices are rising: blame the euro?

Deep at the heart of the political debate the euro is often held responsible. Life is more expensive, but whose fault is it?

by Aurélien Bordet // 25/03/08

(Illustration: Henning Studte)

Hooking people up since 1483

by Nele Yang // 19/03/08

Call him Darkel (Photo: Daniel Gutiérrez Acuña)

Jean-Benoît Dunckel: 'the English are a hard audience to win over'

Ten years since the release of Air's first album 'Moon Safari', one half of the French duo, 38, talks Czech audiences, being a vanguard of the European electronic scene and why Air are not like Radiohead

by Fernando G. Acuña & Irene Andreu Carrera // 15/03/08

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