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Ukraine: Still Europe’s breadbasket | Eurozine

[ad_1] Ukraine has always been one of the largest s­uppliers of grain to global markets. At the beginning of the twentieth century its share in

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Violence without end? | Eurozine

[ad_1] Focusing on the conflict in Gaza, Esprit asks how we can ‘intellectually assess an event of such a scale, one that has already polarised

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Not so special treatment | Eurozine

[ad_1] The EU moves toward further restricting asylum. The new pact agreed on 20 December, even refuses a proposed age limit for the detention of

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Peace to the plates! War on the animals!

[ad_1] My grandmother loathed chicken. During the Second World War she was forced to kill and pluck hens. The smell stuck in her nose and

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Your favourites | Eurozine

[ad_1] This year, the magazine turned 25 years old, and our network of cultural journals celebrated the 40th anniversary of the first European Meeting of

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Comedy versus cancel culture | Eurozine

[ad_1] Related reads Further sources From political correctness to ‘cancel culture’, staying ‘woke’ seems to be the comedian’s new worst nightmare. While humor acts as

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A recipe for survival | Eurozine

[ad_1] September. People, flies and wasps cling to the last of the blackberries and the first soft pears of autumn, while cherry plums and mirabelles

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Greenwashing oil | Eurozine

[ad_1] It seemed like an ordinary Tuesday in Frankfurt, the financial heart of Europe. Hundreds of bankers were busy working in Deutsche Bank’s two giant

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Copium compendium | Eurozine

[ad_1] ‘Well-informed cynicism is only another mode of conformity.’ (Max Horkheimer) ‘Let’s smoke feelings together, it’s all about you, me and feelings, which should be

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Decolonizing Russia? | Eurozine

[ad_1] ‘Decolonisation’ has become the word of the year in our corner of the academic world. I will admit to some selfishly complicated feelings about