Euroball: selected physics cases

The Euroball gamma -ray spectrometer resumed operation at the IReS-Strasbou rg laboratory (Fr) in June 1999 after an eighteen months campaign at the IN FN-Legnaro laboratory (It). Euroball is currently used to study the structu re of atomic nuclei at extreme conditions of angular momentum and to addres s the physics of exotic and/or difficult-to-reach nuclei far from stability . A selection of physics cases and new results recently obtained with the s pectrometer are discussed in this talk.