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The European Parliament is debuting a Prize for Journalism in 2008. It will be given to journalists who have dealt with major issues at a European level or have promoted a better understanding of the EU institutions and/ or EU policies.

There will be four different categories for the prize: written press, radio, TV and internet. Irish journalist Angela Steen has been nominated for her article ‘Åland - a land neither Finnish nor Swedish’ published on cafebabel.com.

Please click here to read her article!

We wish her good luck!

In line with the development of our website cafebabel.com, we are looking for a:

• Community editor, based in Paris and a
• Polish editor, based in Warsaw

Please click on each link in order to download the job offers.

The M100 Sanssouci Colloquium, the largest gathering of European journalists, together with the Friedrich Ebert Foundation invites young journalists from all over Europe to Potsdam to debate the future of European journalism and journalism training. From 21st to 25th August 2008 young media professionals have the opportunity to engage in discussions about training of journalists and their role in the future vis-à-vis the internet, blogs and mobile phone reporting during the M100 Youth Media Workshop.

Conditions of participation: Applications are welcome from young journalists between 18 and 26 from the whole of Europe. Please submit a brief text (max. 3 pages) or a video (max. 3 mins.) about the following topic: “What does it mean to be a journalist in my country.”

Please add your CV and your journalistic preference: Print, Online, TV, Radio or Photography.

The workshop language is English.

The organisers of the Youth Media Workshop will bear the costs of accommodation and meals during the workshop. In addition there is a travel allowance of up to 250 Euro.

Please submit your application by 30 June 2008 by email to: s.sasse@m100potsdam.org

or by post to: M100 Office Sabine Sasse Am Alten Markt 9 D-14467 Potsdam

In collaboration with: www.m100potsdam.org

This year’s General Assembly gathered people from all our local teams in Europe together in order to exchange experiences, introduce some exciting new projects within cafebabel.com and to debate about the future of cafebabel.com

This has been a unique occasion between the permanent staff in Paris and our network to meet and to brainstorm about new projects, like our new sports section. - Watch for it when the Euro 2008 will start, it will show you a new and very babelian way to talk about sports

Check out Katha, our German editor, Giovanni, from our team in Tallinn, Pedro, our Spanish editor and head of the Sports section, and Juliette, from the Paris team (left to right).

Here you have Nicola, President of Babel International, Nils, President of Babel Deutschland and Adriano, our Executive Manager enjoying lunch in front of the Canal St. Martin.

We also tried to find new ways of improving our internal communication – therefore we organized a Speed dating to stimulate truly European partnerships between local teams. Let's watch out for this couples in the future!

Check out more pictures about it here: Silvias pictures and Simonas pictures!

This year’s General Assembly has been quite a success – follow the development of it on coffeefactory!

Credit Photos: Silvia Cravotta and Simona Strimaityte

Here you have crazy RCE faces and from the network: Can you guess who is who?

The European Science Parliament (ESP) takes place for the first time between 9 - 10 October 2008 in Aachen. 120 participants all over Europe will debate about the theme ‘Europe energised – Will lights go out in 2050?’