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Get on the Live Debate: How dangerous is Russia?

By Spock on Wednesday, August 20 2008, 18:02 - What's On

After the Russian-Georgian crisis, the world started to feel the pressure of a new, possible Cold War. Estonian politicians and public opinion split in two fearing the consequences this could have on the future of the Republic and asking help to NATO more often than European Union diplomacy while Russia showed everyone its will of playing a new leading role in the global order.

How and when will the Ossetian war really end? Does Estonia really risk its independence again? What is Europe doing in the mean time? And, most of all, what is happening in Russia?

Discuss these questions in the new BabelTallinn debate moderate by Vahur Koorits from Postimees and with exceptional guests such as H.M. the Georgian Embassador in Estonia, Mr. Zurab MARSHANIA, Sven MIKSER, Evelyn SEPP, Maarika MIIL and Aleksander SHEGEDIN.

Friday, 22nd of August, Opetajate Maja, Tallinn 7 pm

Live on tallinn.cafebabel.com

Western Europe Time (GMT): 5 PM; Central Europe Time (GMT+1): 6 PM; Eastern Europe Time (GMT +2): 7 PM

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‘Young European Laboratory of Theatre’ on tour in Europe

By Spock on Thursday, August 7 2008, 12:59 - What's On

The Young European Laboratory of Theatre (JTLE) is a non-profit organisation whose aim is to create a European space for theatrical creation and study. The theatre troupe is bringing together a group of young actors from different European acting schools with a performance which will be shown in all corners of Europe.

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cafebabel.com EU Reporter project wins European commission ‘Golden Star’ award

By Spock on Wednesday, August 6 2008, 18:48 - What's On

The European commission has selected our ‘EU Reporter’ project from twelve other civic participation projects that encourage action and debate on EU issues at a grass-roots level.

Question to our babelians – why is the internet important for a European public sphere?

By Spock on Wednesday, August 6 2008, 13:24 - What's On

For a long time the EU has been blamed for a deficit of democracy by political science. ‘There is a lack of European public sphere,’ the reproach says.

The fact that no functional European public sphere has been generated until now is due to the absence of pan-European media. Some pan-European media projects have failed because the diversity of European languages and distribution caused high production costs. These made the products unprofitable. Internet provides a new platform for European media, because it features structural advantages compared to other mass media. The internet is a medium which is especially appropriated to account for a European public sphere.

With my study ‘European public sphere and internet – self-image and function of pan-European online newspapers exemplified on cafebabel.com’, I find out which sites are available on the web, addressing their news coverage of Europe and the EU explicitly to European public. The structure, themes, users, self-concept and function of cafebabel.com are analysed as an example of pan-European websites.

How do pan-European websites contribute to the development of a European public sphere?

Babelians: why are pan-European websites – especially cafebabel.com – important in the European public sphere you share?

by Franziska Horsch

Franziska Horsch studies journalism and communications at the University of Hamburg.

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MEP Alain Lamassoure: 'A Europe built on European networks'

By Alberti on Monday, July 28 2008, 17:08 - What's On

Opinion: 'The enormous divide between the European Union and public opinion is surprising. We've removed all the boundaries between us and brought down the barriers - except where public debate is concerned'

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Participate in the first Summer Media School in Lisbon from September 21-30

By Spock on Friday, July 18 2008, 16:09 - What's On

Youth Press Portugal invites cafebabel.com journalists to participate in the Summer Media School in Lisbon from September 21-30 2008.

cafebabel.com journalist nominated for the first European Parliament Prize for Journalism

By Spock on Friday, July 18 2008, 14:54 - What's On

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!

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From Strasbourg to Lisbon: what happened to the European public opinion?

By Alberti on Thursday, June 26 2008, 12:19 - What's On

This post is also available in: German Spanish French Italian Polish

These are the questions asked by the activists working everyday to build through this magazine a genuine European public opinion. We decided to share these concerns with all the readers of cafebabel.com. We launch today a consultation on the future of cafebabel.com and on the future of the association Babel International. Speak your mind!

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2008

cafebabel.com is hiring!

By natalia on Wednesday, June 18 2008, 18:35 - Making of

This post is also available in: German

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.

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Call for applications to the Euro-mediterranean Summer School of Peyresq!

By Spock on Tuesday, June 17 2008, 11:58 - What's On

This post is also available in: French

The first Euro-mediterranean Summer School of Peyresq "Peace, Citizenship, Multiculturality in Europe and in the Mediterranean" will be held from 16 to 24 August 2008 in the village of Peyresq (Southern Alps, France).