You are here: Homepage Tag EU Articles Jasbir Singh in a greenhouse near Odemira Photo: Tilo Wagner Personal history | Portugal From engineer to fruit picker Born in the Indian city of Chandigarh, fruit picker Jasbir Singh, 34, has been picking berries in Alentejo for five years. Soon he could apply for Portuguese citizenship. A conversation Interview with Jasbir Singh 07/01/2022 Welcome to the European Union Illustration: TengMeu Cultural policy | Europe Welcome to the club! In the light of the Ukraine war, Europe needs to allow new countries to join and also strengthen its cultural policy. After all, the European Union is first and foremost a cultural project By Gijs de Vries 07/01/2022 The mosque in the "Park of Peace" in Kaunas: For the Capital of Culture year, the building opens its doors to interested visitors Photo: Martynas Plepys European Capitals of Culture What we don’t remember The war in Ukraine, a pandemic that never ends: This may not be the best time for the new European Capital of Culture cities to present themselves. Novi Sad in Serbia and Kaunas in Lithuania are going ahead anyway. And both metropolises are approaching their own urban histories in very different ways By Jenny Friedrich-Freksa, Doris Akrap 04/14/2022 Illustration: Gosia Herba Democracy | Poland The Polish lesson The government is remodelling the country. Many people in Poland are protesting against the changes. But why does the opposition remain so weak? By Piotr Pacewicz 07/01/2021
Jasbir Singh in a greenhouse near Odemira Photo: Tilo Wagner Personal history | Portugal From engineer to fruit picker Born in the Indian city of Chandigarh, fruit picker Jasbir Singh, 34, has been picking berries in Alentejo for five years. Soon he could apply for Portuguese citizenship. A conversation Interview with Jasbir Singh 07/01/2022
Welcome to the European Union Illustration: TengMeu Cultural policy | Europe Welcome to the club! In the light of the Ukraine war, Europe needs to allow new countries to join and also strengthen its cultural policy. After all, the European Union is first and foremost a cultural project By Gijs de Vries 07/01/2022
The mosque in the "Park of Peace" in Kaunas: For the Capital of Culture year, the building opens its doors to interested visitors Photo: Martynas Plepys European Capitals of Culture What we don’t remember The war in Ukraine, a pandemic that never ends: This may not be the best time for the new European Capital of Culture cities to present themselves. Novi Sad in Serbia and Kaunas in Lithuania are going ahead anyway. And both metropolises are approaching their own urban histories in very different ways By Jenny Friedrich-Freksa, Doris Akrap 04/14/2022
Illustration: Gosia Herba Democracy | Poland The Polish lesson The government is remodelling the country. Many people in Poland are protesting against the changes. But why does the opposition remain so weak? By Piotr Pacewicz 07/01/2021
