A man in Norway slept through a massive container ship crashing into his garden just metres from his house. I…
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Food Neighbourhoods: Ialysos, Rhodes
In this episode of Food Neighbourhoods for Monocle’s The Menu programme, I am off to the largest of the Dodecanese…
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Norway’s ski jumping scandal and Russia’s prodding of Nato in the Arcic
Why everyone in Norway is up in arms over cheating ski jumpers? And is Russia dialling up the conflict with…
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Food Neighbourhoods: Tromsø, “The Paris of the North”
Tromsø might be far into the Arctic north of Norway, but when it comes to food and drink it feels…
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Why Norway and UK are cooperating closer on defence
Norway and the UK have agreed to expand their defence cooperation in light of hybrid threats from Russia. But how…
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How to catch 27,000 escaped salmon… or not
The world’s largest farmed salmon producer, Mowi, has announced a 43 Euro reward for each fish people manage to catch…
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Russia’s hybrid war is hotting up
Photo: Lars Bevanger As we near the third anniversary or Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, there is another, hidden front…
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Why is ex-Nato chief Stoltenberg back in the Norwegian government?
Photo: Torgeir Haugaard/Forsvaret It has been a busy few weeks in Norwegian politics, with the coalition government falling apart and…
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Food Neighbourhoods: Alagna Valsesia
I have taken on the tough assignment to head to the Italian Alps and the small hamlet of Alagna Valsesia…
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Magnus Mæland, the mayor of Norway’s geopolitical flashpoint
Sør-Varanger municipality is Norway’s northernmost municipality and the only one with a border with Russia. I spoke to mayor Magnus…
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