europe's news magazine

Month of November , 2007

Will IKEA make the Arctic Bloom?

Karin Lundström Rawden reports from the edge of the Arctic circle on how the arrival of an IKEA store has reversed the fortunes of a once-forgotten town »

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Britain's tortured relationship with the European Union is graphically explored in a new exhibition in London's Cartoon Museum  »

Macedonia Mountain Mission

After shrugging off post-communist bureaucracy in Macedonia's National Cartographic Institute, Paul Kaye heads off mapless into the Balkan mountains  »

Football Scores for the EU

European football has developed in parallel with the EU itself, and the two have nurtured each others in ways that are not immediately obvious »

Exploding the Marat Myth

Jacques-Louis David’s saintly portrayal of a murderous French revolutionary is one of Brussels’ major art treasures - and one of its most misleading. »

Europe is What it Eats

Food lies at the heart of national identity in Europe, but decoding menus and understanding eating habits can be a tricky business  »

Woes Revolution

Georgia's rose revolution brought hope to the ailing former Soviet state, but the country's firebrand leader is rapidly falling out of favour with voters  »

El Bullishit?

El Bulli is considered to be the best restaurant in the world. Jarle Hetland asks whether the Catalan eatery deserves the fawning praise heaped on it »