#17 From the borders of the union
A future on hold
Zeroing in on Cyprus is not an easy task. Too often, outsiders’ perception of the island fails to go beyond the political division of north
5 July 2023
Zeroing in on Cyprus is not an easy task. Too often, outsiders’ perception of the island fails to go beyond the political division of north
by Raoul de Jong I’m not sure when I heard the term ‘Keti Koti’ for the first time. I had probably heard it early in
When war destroys your world, how do you construct a new sense of purpose? About this series This is the last episode in a series
In Cyprus, the lines drawn by the frozen conflict have left everlasting traces on people’s identity, the way they relate to each other, and against
Whether or not Jake Davison was motivated by what he read online, his deeds conform to a worrying pattern. Davison, 22, shot and killed five
Growing up in Northern Ireland’s county Armagh, Tomaí Ó Conghaile was just one kilometre away from the border of the Republic of Ireland, where children
Many evenings, my mother would sneak into her bedroom for hours at a time. She would lie on the bed, her face brightened by the
I first heard about my father’s alcohol problem when I was 18, had just returned from a year abroad, and was recovering from a surgery.
On 29 October 1923, a modern nation rose from the ashes of the Ottoman Empire. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder and first president of the
When taking the train from the Polish capital of Warsaw to Motycz—a small village in the east of the country—there is a point where you
At first, I believed it was a visit to the doctor like any other: I had cramped over and over from lower abdominal pain, combined
Throughout the continent, coffee is a drink that Europeans champion in the number of litres consumed per capita. In 2021 alone, Europeans drank 35 billion