Trends
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Netherlands
I’m 15, I’ll start a business
17 January 2012De Groene Amsterdammer Amsterdam -
12 January 20121The Guardian London
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Spain
Low-cost life for all
9 January 201214El País Madrid -
10 November 20113Newsweek Polska Warsaw
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Austerity Europe
Greeks driven back to the land
19 October 20114The Independent London -
Occupy Movement
A hashtag revolution
18 October 20118Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Frankfurt -
18 October 2011PresseuropWprost
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Balkans
Ikea, a Bulgarian idea of luxury
23 September 20111Standart Sofia -
Religion
Pope oversees a dwindling church
22 September 2011PresseuropTygodnik Powszechny -
Society
Immobile Europe
20 September 201112Dagens Nyheter Stockholm -
Northern Ireland
Minister rages against bras for children
8 September 2011PresseuropThe Belfast Telegraph -
United Kingdom
Austerity increases homelessness threat
31 August 2011PresseuropThe Guardian -
Central Europe
Ex-GDR, a new land for Poles and Czechs
29 August 2011Lidové noviny Prague -
Romania
The totalitarian tourist trail
18 August 2011PresseuropRomânia libera -
Latin America
The Spanish brain-drain
24 June 20112El País Madrid -
Greece
Life in a time of Troika
1 June 2011To Vima Athens -
30 May 2011PresseuropThe Times of Malta
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Greece
Back home with mum
3 May 2011De Volkskrant Amsterdam -
Lifestyle
Hour of the hypocrites
4 April 2011Süddeutsche Zeitung Munich -
7 March 2011Gazeta Wyborcza Warsaw
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United Kingdom
Why drugs are on a downer
25 February 2011The Guardian London -
Portugal
The new wild west
11 February 2011PresseuropVisão -
Euthanasia
The taste for death
2 February 20113Wprost Warsaw -
Tourism
Chinese are the new Americans
25 January 2011La Repubblica Rome -
Lifestyle
Multi-locality, a new reality
17 December 20102Respekt Prague -
1 December 20103Süddeutsche Zeitung Munich
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5 November 2010PresseuropEl Periódico de Catalunya
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Democracy
Tea Party crosses the Atlantic
1 November 20101Público Lisbon -
Health care
Poland leads in medical tourism
2 September 20102PresseuropRzeczpospolita -
Democracy
The Germany that says Nein
1 September 2010Der Spiegel Hamburg -
Germany / France
Can a city live down a dark past?
25 August 2010La Vanguardia Barcelona -
Job market
To be young… and doomed
17 August 2010PresseuropHospodářské noviny -
Portugal
Lisbon, the empty capital
6 August 20101El País Madrid -
15 June 2010PresseuropEl Periódico de Catalunya
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Economic crisis
Disunited in stereotypes
27 May 20101Dagens Nyheter Stockholm -
Italy
Vampire haunted Volterra
27 April 20101Der Spiegel Hamburg -
26 April 20101De Volkskrant Amsterdam
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Denmark
Beggar thy frauding neighbour
7 April 2010Politiken Copenhagen -
Bulgaria
Welcome the Greeks bearing euros
1 April 2010Standart Sofia -
31 March 2010Rzeczpospolita Warsaw
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Marriage
Divorce European style
25 March 2010PresseuropMladá Fronta DNES -
Marriage
All the nice girls love a Russian
24 March 2010Lidové noviny Prague -
Romania
Wombs for rent
22 March 2010PresseuropAdevărul -
17 March 2010PresseuropSüddeutsche Zeitung
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12 March 20101La Vanguardia Barcelona
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11 March 2010PresseuropRzeczpospolita
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International Women's Day
A fight that's far from over
8 March 20102Presseurop -
Diaries
Private histories of the world
25 February 2010Trouw Amsterdam -
Religion
Jewish and German, new generation
9 February 20102Die Zeit Hamburg -
Czech Republic
Russians, nothing to be afraid of
28 January 2010Respekt Prague
Whether it’s making iPhone apps or delivering organic food on a bicycle, junior entrepreneurs are creating their own lucrative business in the Netherlands, with or without assistance from their school. 
A new movement is occupying some of the hundreds of properties abandoned since the crash of 2008, a protest not just against homelessness, but also against the speculation that led to Ireland’s spectacular economic collapse. 
With the crisis in full swing, and pay packages as low as 1000 euros gross per month, there's no lifestyle choice other than that of austerity. It's a trend that's changing consumer habits. 
The annual Independence March organised in Warsaw on November 11 by right wing and nationalist groups is likely to grind to a halt this year. The left wing 11 November Coalition is urging its supporters to block the march, and confrontation seems unavoidable.
As strikes bring the country to a halt, and politicians dither over the fate of the eurozone's most stricken economy, Greeks are being forced to turn back the clock to make ends meet. A report from the island of Naxos, in the Cyclades. 
The “Occupy” movements springing up around the world are a new form of political participation: the unorganised citizen is calling for an ongoing dialogue with institutions such as political parties and trade unions, from which authority is slowly draining. 
The long awaited opening of the Swedish brand’s first shop in Sofia has been spoiled by controversy over prices — an opportunity for Bulgarian journalist Martin Karbovski to poke fun at his compatriots’ taste for novelty at all costs... 
Upping sticks to work elsewhere is a natural part of life in the United States. But not in Europe, where people are often afraid to move away from their home turf. A Swedish journalist argues that this lack of mobility is a handicap in the current crisis. 
More and more Poles are settling in the former East Germany, filling the void left by the flight of East Germans to the West following the collapse of the Berlin Wall. Lidové noviny is calling on Czechs to do the same, and so to help blur the borders of central Europe. 
Faced with record unemployment and poor job prospects, a generation of young Spaniards is decamping to the economic boomtowns of Latin America
Gone are the days of going out and shopping, trouble-free travel and early evening drinks in outdoor cafes. Bills and surgery have been postponed, and no more private tuition for the kids. Laid-low by the crisis, Greeks have learned to rein in their lifestyles, and everyday living in the country has become a sad affair. 
Confronted by unemployment and the economic crisis, young Greeks are being forced to give up their nascent independence and return home to live with their parents, where they benefit from the same ethos of familial support whose excesses have contributed much to the crisis. 
Can we reconcile a Western lifestyle with respecting the environment? Hardly, says the "Sueddeutsche Zeitung". Voting for Green parties is not enough to resolve the contradictions faced by a growing number of Europeans, as evidenced by the Green surge in Germany. 
Freetown Christiania is no longer free. After forty years, the last hippie enclave in Europe is bowing to the laws of the free market, writes Gazeta Wyborcza. 
In Britain, the number of young people taking drugs has fallen by 30% in the last fifteen years. Is the drop due to declining quality, or tales of celebrity breakdown? 
Many Europeans are looking abroad for help to end their lives, while more and more countries are allowing euthanasia. Is the penchant for death winning the battle against the right to life? asks the Polish weekly Wprost. 
Buoyed by the emergence of China’s middle class, the growing wave of travelers from China could revitalise the European tourist industry. But businesses in the sector have yet to adapt to their new customers. 
A growing number of Europeans enjoy parallel lives – living in Prague and working in Paris or living in Vienna while having a girlfriend in Stockholm. Known as having “multiple habitats,” the phenomenon has piqued the interest of sociologists. 
Rich man, poor man: as the wealth gap widens in Berlin, the well-heeled are fencing themselves in. They feel safe in their gated communities – if only it weren’t for the neighbours…. The envy. And the protest. 
Will Barack Obama hold out against the reactionary groundswell? The US mid-term elections on 2 November also have a bearing on Europe, where grass-roots anxieties are fuelling the rise of populist parties. 
A wave of protest has overrun Germany. People everywhere are coming out against politicians’ pet projects. Democracy seems alive and kicking, but oftentimes self-interest and the general welfare collide head-on. And this naysaying spree could stymie the country’s modernisation. 
How does a city that symbolises Nazism or French collaboration bear such an enduring burden? Nuremberg and Vichy are each struggling in their own way to live down the past. 
Rundown buildings and the high price of a square metre are driving away young people and transforming the Portuguese capital into a ghost town to the point where it would be completely devoid of life were it not for the annual influx of students brought to the city by the Erasmus programme. 
"United in diversity": for many years the motto of the EU held sway on a continent that had been marked by war. However, the economic crisis has prompted a resurgence of age-old European antagonisms. 
For many years this small Tuscan town has attracted visitors drawn to its Etruscan past and medieval monuments. But in the last few months, it has become the haunt of thousands of teenage fans of the Twilight saga, whose fictional vampires are supposed to live here. 
Mephedrone – otherwise known as miaow-miaow – is increasingly prevalent on the European nightclub scene. The drug, which is legal and easy to obtain, is now considered dangerous after the recent deaths of young users in the United Kingdom and Sweden — which is why several countries are currently planning to ban it. 
Following the example of Copenhagen, more and more Danish local authorities are encouraging local citizens to inform on neighbours involved in benefit fraud. Politiken deplores a shift in policy, which it believes will undermine the rule of law. 
Hard hit by the recession, the bargain hunting citizens of northern Greece are spending their euros across the border in neighbouring Bulgaria, where business is booming for local traders and dentists. 
Every year European royal families receive more and more public money, while the nature of their personal fortunes often remains a well-guarded secret. In the wake of controversy sparked by recent revelations about undisclosed assets belonging to the King of Belgium, Rzeczpospolita reports that the question of regal coffers and what they should contain is once again in the news.
Women from the ex-Soviet Union have been a boon to international dating services for some time now. Now it’s the men’s turn to beguile European women, observes Lidové noviny in amazement. 
The urban renewal project in the Greek capital has been hit by new government measures designed to remedy the disastrous state of the nation's finances. Without funding, city planners must explore other options, starting with the fight against cars and chaotic development. 
Exactly 100 years after its launch, International Women's Day offers an occasion for reflection on the role of feminism and the campaign for the liberation of women, whose evolving objectives no longer command the consensus they enjoyed in previous decades. The European press reports: 
In Germany, Italy and France, municipal authorities are collecting personal journals, which recount the real history of everyday existence. 
The Jewish community in Germany, estimated at 200,000, faces its greatest postwar upheaval, what with the immigration waves from the former Soviet republics and a new generation for whom the Holocaust and Israel are faraway matters, writes Die Zeit 
Close to 20 years after the departure of the Red Army, growing numbers of Russians are choosing to live in Prague. Some are businessmen with links to the Kremlin, who worry the Czech government, but there are also students and entrepreneurs seeking a new life outside modern day Russia.