Our editor-in-chief takes a look at the current issue.
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About a special animal in the Democratic Republic of Congo
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In Russia, tea is traditionally brewed in a samovar.
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Bjeen Alhassan, born in Qamishli, Syria, now lives in Germany. In her Facebook group “Learning with Bijin” she helps refugee women, earning her the German Integration Award.
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The government is remodelling the country. Many people in Poland are protesting against the changes. But why does the opposition remain so weak?
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The writer Joanna Bator is one of the most important voices of contemporary Polish literature. Her new novel is about angry women and women and deep psychological wounds. Is that coincidence or a statement?
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Polish photographer Natalia Kepesz travelled to her hometown of Złotoryja in southwestern Poland for her latest works. She also documented a new Polish trend, military summer camps for local children.
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Poland's government ramps up its attacks on media and journalists.
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The New York architect spent his childhood in Lodz and later became world-famous with buildings like the Jewish Museum in Berlin. In an interview, he talks about his ties to his homeland and how Polish architecture deals with the country's history.
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Spectacular buildings were designed in Poland both under socialism and after the fall of communism. Five outstanding examples of Polish architecture of the past seventy years.
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Since the annexation of Crimea, increasing numbers of Ukrainians are moving to Poland. For the government this means it has to deal with immigration issues for the first time.
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Some Polish dishes leave foreigners perplexed. A defence!
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How history contributes to the consolidation of a nation - and its division.
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Political scientist Rafał Pankowski explores the links between German and Polish nationalists.
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Poland's relationship with its eastern neighbours is complicated - especially with its big brother Russia.
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A judge accuses the Polish government of undermining the rule of law - and has been under investigation by prosecutors since 2016. An interview.
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Nationalists in government, fanatics on the streets: the German explanation for the situation in Poland is often quite simple. But it is not so clear cut.
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The world’s biggest brown-coal power station is in Poland. That’s not the only reason the Warsaw government is finding it hard to kick-start an energy transition
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An alphabet with 32 letters, tongue twisters and infinitely long words: a crash course on the pitfalls of the Polish language
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Why “LGBT ideology” is part of the government's fighting talk - and how people are resisting it.
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In Chile, a democratically elected assembly is drawing up a new constitution but it remains unclear if it will work out. A snapshot of a country at the crossroads.
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German ambassadors are mostly white and male. The up-and-coming diplomat, Tiaji Sio, explains why this has to change
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The Pact of Free Cities, signed by the mayors of Bratislava, Prague, Budapest and Warsaw in 2019, formed an alliance to counteract the swing to the right of their respective governments. What has happened since then?
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Church congregation numbers in Romania beat those of all other European countries. And the popularity of the Romanian Orthodox Church is second to none. But since the advent of the pandemic, its image has started to show cracks.
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One of the biggest ethnography museums in Europe is facing up to its colonial past. How exactly is it going about it?
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There is currently an appeal stuck to the windows of a Tokyo hospital that sums it up: “The medical system is on the brink of collapse! For God’s sake, cancel t...
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About money worries and chocolate bars
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Why nature has a right to integrity
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In his new book, author Parag Khanna envisages a future in which we are all migrants.
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In his new graphic novel, Guy Delisle illustrates the summer job he once had in a Canadian paper and pulp factory.
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In his new novel, Mathias Énard observes French rural life in the 21st century as though it were a strange, foreign culture.
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In her debut novel, Nana Oforiatta-Ayim defines both her European experience and her Ghanian roots.
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