Romania has established the world’s largest deposit return system, and people are enthusiastic about it.
In the Transylvanian village of Pianu de Jos, 51-year-old Dana Chitucescu collects a bag of empty PET bottles, aluminum cans,…
Face transplants offered hope, but patients endured unimaginable challenges.
On the morning of May 28, 2005, Isabelle Dinoire woke to find herself lying in a pool of blood. After…
“We’re a bit jealous of Kneacap”: Europe’s minority languages navigating the digital age, by Stephen Burgen.
There’s an Irish saying, “tír gan teanga, tír gan anam”: a country without a language is a country without a…
“From day one, drone operators sense they are being targeted,” say the women pilots on Ukraine’s front lines.
Women have been part of Ukraine’s drone operations since the early months of the full-scale invasion. As military shortages grow,…
Former Greek Prime Minister Tsipras harshly criticizes his ex-finance minister Varoufakis, calling him a “celebrity,” in his memoir.
Yanis Varoufakis, the outspoken economist who became prominent during Greece’s debt crisis, was not only self-centered but more focused on…
An Italian court’s decision to take the children of a UK-Australian couple living in the woods has sparked division in the country.
An Italian court’s decision to remove three children from their British-Australian parents, who were raising them in the woods, has…
The alarming surge of Buddhist extremism: ‘Nirvana can wait’
In the summer of 2023, I returned to Dharamshala, an Indian town famous as the home of the Dalai Lama,…
The European Union’s top court has ruled that all member countries must recognize same-sex marriages, a decision that directly challenges Poland’s stance on the issue.
The European Union’s top court has ruled that same-sex marriages must be recognized across all member states and criticized Poland…
An uncomfortable truth for our leaders: there’s a limit to how “human” we want you to be.
The camera captures Jacinda Ardern in her pajamas, looking tired and worn out. It shows her wiping crumbs off the…
How small plates took over Britain’s dining scene: the rise of snack-style eating in restaurants.
Elliot’s in east London boasts plenty of hip credentials: a blond-wood color scheme, natural wine bottles for sale, and LCD…