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The Spy Who Started Café Culture: A Secret Polish History
10 minutes readRather than ‘shaken, not stirred’, one 17th-century Polish spy would likely ask: ‘Black or with…
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Runestone Revelation Hints The Most Famous Viking Was a Woman
by Kaethe Lis3 minutes readHarald Bluetooth is the most famous of Viking leaders, celebrated for unifying the people of Denmark during…
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80 Years Ago Denmark Miraculously Saved 8,000 Jews From Nazi Murder
3 minutes readHuman history is all-too-full of ghastly acts of cruelty and torment. They are our ultimate…
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Romania: Shock as Men Accused of Torture Walk Free
5 minutes readPoliticians and representatives of civil society have reacted with shock to the news that Romania‘s supreme…
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Norway, Oslo and the Palestinians: A Rotten History
by Axel Daube10 minutes readNorwegian Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt brooks no violence against Palestinian civilians. During the most recent Israeli massacre, she tweeted on 5…
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The Head of the OSCE in Sarajevo was informed about Orthodoxy in Bosnia
by Erika Dyre1 minutes readThe Head of the OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe) in Sarajevo, Brian…
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Travel: History and culture of the three Baltic states
by Assar Dagr2 minutes readIN the latest of his travel features exploring off-the-beaten-track places, John Waller visits Estonia,…