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Holocaust or low cost?
A funny conversation showed generational divide on Germany - and Europe - history. Two German babelian girls last week were chatting in a café in Le Marais, a cosy area in the heart of Paris.Of course they were chatting in German. Suddenly a...
Shoe-shiner? It's just a job like another. Sounds from NYC
Conversation with a shoe-shiner, sounds from the Empire State Building and much more from my second time in a jazzy New York City. Audio-video report. Shoe-shiner explaining his job is just a job like another and why French don't think so (and so...
Columbia University debate on the changing media landscape
I am just back from New York City and I must tell you about this wonderful experience I had at the Hearst Media Dialogues. On November 11, I had the great chance to participate to the Hearst Media Dialogues, a panel on the future of online journal...
I multiplied myself into France 24 cathode-ray tube
On Wednesday I was a guest speaker in two separate talk-shows. One in English (Face Off), the other in French (Face à face). On the same TV, France 24. Who is running Europe in time of crisis? It was a truly Babelian and Eurogeneration experienc...
How is to be Erasmus in Edinburgh?
We continue our series of Erasmus city-guide with Alicia Benito-Martinez, an Erasmus pioneer who will run you through the wonderful city of Edinburgh. Discover Scotland, its traditions and the unforgettable experience of being Erasmus there! It wa...
Tips for Erasmus in Bratislava: low cost and dirty dancing
Here we are with a lot of info on another Erasmus city: Bratislava, capital of Slovakia.Francisco Chica García will show you all the tips you must know to spend a wonderful Erasmus year! Finding a place to stay in Bratislava for 75 eurosDorms: D...
Being Erasmus in Seville: flamenco, a 250 euros bed and Carboneria
How's to be an Erasmus in Sevilla? Gabriela Azevedo (first from the right in this photo taken in La Carboneria), from Seville cafebabel.com, will tell you all that you must know before coming in Andalusian capital for a student exchange program.
Young Irish voted NO to Lisbon Treaty
65% of young people voted NO to Lisbon Treaty.Is it a generational or a social divide? According to the last Eurobarometer, only 35% of under 24 people in Ireland voted NO to the referendum. Moreover, 31% of people still in education (students) v...
EU Treaty, may Barroso resign
Open letter to the President of the European Commission. After Ireland said “No” to the Lisbon Treaty with more than 53% of the poll, a gesture, a move is much needed. Straight away. Dear President Barroso, We believe in the principle of accou...
Interview Barroso!
Please send me your question for José Durao Barroso in the aftermath of Irish "No" to Lisbon Treaty and European continuous crisis to deal with its rules definition. In 5 years time, the President of the European Commission will have dealt with str...
'Racist' German commercials and catenaccio politics: when Italy feels under siege
You are or you are not part of the Eurogeneration? To find that out, check out this commercial! Have you seen that? Right, you do not speak German. In that case, my colleague Katharina, will explain to you what all the fuss is about: “We are in...
Erasmus in Portsmouth, tips and tricks
Let's continue our tour of European cities with all the tips provided by people who spent their Erasmus year there. After Budapest, here you have a unique report of Portsmouth, the little seaside village in the UK. Our host this week is Antoine aka A...
I want a EU referendum in Britain
The 5th March has been something of a special day. I was in London, during Gordon Brown(the first)’s era. That same Brown that denied, in a heated debate in the House of Commons last week, the referendum about the European Constitution promised by...
Erasmus in Budapest: tips and tricks
Today, as announced, Eurogeneration is proud to launch 'Erasmus guide': a unique cityguide compilation taking you in the best European cities to let you discover them with the eyes of someone who lived it at 100% – say an Erasmus student. Very pers...
Tell me about your Erasmus experience: participate to the survey!
What's to be Erasmus in...Warsaw? ...Budapest? ...Paris? ...Istanbul? Eurogeneration wants to start a practical series of articles 100% fed by people spending or having spent their Erasmus period in any European city. This person would be credited...
The pizza maker and his passport : the mission of the E-migrant
Massimo has been pizza maker in Paris since 1970. At that time passport was still compulsory to travel between Italy and France. Travel or rather, immigrate! As all moving was, back then, far more definitive compared to the one we are used to nowaday...
Let's say goodbye to typewriters. In 2008.
Information sometimes gets out of reality. When Monica, a brilliant babelian that worked in this editorial office, told me that during the summer, I couldn’t believe it. During the exam that gives you a journalist license – yes, in Italy, the fas...
Post-America syndrome
Here I am, back in Paris: still paying the consequnces of the jet-lag, with loads of ideas running through my mind, happy about being able to hug my wife and go back to cafebabel.com. But still... Still I have to admit that this stars-and-stripes exp...
A European behind Meru, Second Life's alternative
When you’re 27, in Italy, if you're still doing a bachelor, all you can do is make a vow to the Virgin Mary. Vladlen Koltun, instead, got a PhD when he was 21 and has been teaching Computer Science for 3 years now. At Stanford, Silicon Valley’s b...
