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Cafébabel is evolving!
Our story is being written elsewhere
Find out whyNotre histoire s’écrit ailleurs
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Balkan eye in the sky
Between 2010-2012 cafebabel ran a successful pilot version and sequel of the Orient Express Reporter programme; young journalists from EU, Balkans and Turkey hosted each other to produce a series of reports in each others cities. One year on, this group of veterans maintains that close network of young talents, and collaborates to share news, ideas, information, and a mutual identity with a forward-looking mentality. Our similarities are our differences. It's not science fiction!
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