Bordering Paris, Seine-Saint-Denis is the poorest and youngest district in metropolitan France, and distills many of the problems and paradoxes that tend to characterise the “banlieues.” In the town ...

In the second instalment of “Backdropping Current Affairs,” Carl Henrik Fredriksson is amazed by newly released footage of the Louvre robbery. But other Louvre scenes prove more telling: from David’s ...

Russia is trying to freeze Ukraine into submission. With temperatures plunging to -20°C, Moscow's repeated strikes on Ukraine's energy infrastructure have plunged the country into glacial darkness. 80 ...

This is the first in a series of columns in which Carl Henrik Fredriksson sets current affairs in a cultural frame. By ...

In Brussels, grassroots solidarity is putting roofs over the heads of refugees and helping them with paperwork. The results ...

Several thousand people protested in Denmark and Greenland to say a loud “No!” to Donald Trump’s efforts to annex the Arctic island. While the White House has already had its heart set on the ...

Meagre pay, weak or non-existent social protection, and job insecurity. For years now, the press has been in a structural economic crisis, and it’s taking a toll on journalists. Once seen as ...

Attaccato a Parigi, il dipartimento della Seine-Saint-Denis, il più povero e più giovane della Francia metropolitana ...

Collé à Paris, le département le plus pauvre et le plus jeune de France hexagonale concentre les illégalités et les paradoxes ...

Tras la invasión a gran escala de Ucrania, decenas de miles de migrantes rusos están transformando rápidamente los sectores ...

Rusia quiere congelar Ucrania para forzar la capitulación. Mientras que las temperaturas descienden a -20 ºC, los ataques ...

La Russia cerca di congelare l'Ucraina per spingerla alla capitolazione. Le temperature in Ucraina scendono fino a -20 °C e i ...