Tag: europe

• The hottest startups in Lisbon

  August 22, 2019

  A decommissioned power station, a 15th century convent and former bread and pasta factories are part of the 20-building complex in the east Lisbon neighbourhood of Beato that’s currently being… more ›

• Far-Right Extremists Have Been Using Ukraine’s War as a Training Ground. They’re Returning Home.

  August 17, 2019

  Five years on, Mikael Skillt still doesn’t know exactly what made him leave his construction job and his girlfriend to fight in the war in Ukraine. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/vb95ma/far-right-extremists-have-been-using-ukraines-civil-war-as-a-training-ground-theyre-returning-home more ›

• On the rocks: Can the Scottish whisky industry survive Brexit?

  February 22, 2019

  Glasgow, Scotland – Robert Burns, Scotland’s beloved 18th-century national poet and songwriter, penned words in praise of it. Winston Churchill, Britain’s war-time prime minister, breakfasted on it. And Robert Mitchum,… more ›

• When Oligarchs Buy Media: A Central European Tale

  December 1, 2018

  When Oligarchs Buy Media: A Central European Tale How the financial crisis precipitated a mass exodus of Western investment from Central Europe—and paved the way for oligarchic takeovers of media.… more ›

• How Hungary and Poland have silenced women and…

  May 26, 2018

  How Hungary and Poland have silenced women and stifled human rights » In the women’s movement in Central Europe, there are few moments to celebrate. Polish women successfully preventing a… more ›

• Black women in Britain – from the Romans to the…

  June 22, 2016

  Black women in Britain – from the Romans to the Windrush » Black women have lived in the UK since Hadrian built his wall. A new exhibition chronicles the often… more ›

• How ISIS Built the Machinery of Terror Under…

  March 29, 2016

  How ISIS Built the Machinery of Terror Under Europe’s Gaze » The day he left Syria with instructions to carry out a terrorist attack in France, Reda Hame, a 29-year-old… more ›

• Liberal, Harsh Denmark

  March 1, 2016

  Liberal, Harsh Denmark » In country after country across Europe, the Syrian refugee crisis has put intense pressure on the political establishment. more ›

• Paris is still the center of the world

  November 15, 2015

  Paris is still the center of the world Out of the gate: in November, 2015,  Agenda-setting is still regarded as a relevant theory to explain how news media can influence public… more ›

• The Other France

  August 29, 2015

  The Other France » Fouad Ben Ahmed never paid much attention to Charlie Hebdo. He found the satirical magazine to be vulgar and not funny, and to him it seemed… more ›