It is better run than London or New York, less intimidating than Paris, less claustrophobic than Brussels.

它比伦敦或纽约运转的更好，没有巴黎那么咄咄逼人，没有布鲁塞尔那么幽闭。

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No wonder some in Berlin, Paris and even Brussels maintain that Turkey is too wilful and unreliable ever to sit comfortably inside the EU.

难怪柏林、巴黎甚至布鲁塞尔的某些人士坚称，土耳其太过任性、太不可靠，永远无法安安心心地待在欧盟内。

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Top brass in Brussels, or Paris, can talk as much as they like.

布鲁塞尔或巴黎的那些厚脸皮尽可以信口开河。

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In this cinematic first-person essay about Israel, the Brussels-born and Paris-based director Chantal Akerman uses a lightweight video camera the way an artist uses a sketchpad to capture visual thoughts on the wing.

NEWYORKER: L��-Bas

All the same, if there are substantial and eye-catching changes to the convention text, or if (as seems quite likely) the inter-governmental conference simply fails to reach agreement on time next month, there will be much hand-wringing in Brussels, Paris and Berlin.

ECONOMIST: Charlemagne

Cross-channel ferries and the Eurostar trains that connect London with Brussels, Paris and points beyond are currently full to bursting with short-haul flyers returning home and businessmen who have no alternative but to travel.

ECONOMIST: Iceland's volcanic eruption