ISSUE 16: SPIES
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ISSUE 16: SPIES ✺
How the former Chief Operating Officer of Wirecard stole two billion euros from the company and became a Russian spy.
How the former Chief Operating Officer of Wirecard stole two billion euros from the company and became a Russian spy.
The trouble with the country’s far-right informant apparatus.
Once a haven for international cooperation, trust on the Norwegian archipelago is disappearing — and so are the rights of its residents.
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“What can I do, I will always be, at heart, an emigrant — but what lessons have I drawn from it?”
“With every step my target seemed even more energetic, while I had to thread my way through a host of towering Northern European tourists who stopped every few minutes to aim their cameras.”
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JOURNALISM
Four young women share stories of survival under military rule in Myanmar.
“Do you still love me knowing that I’m an assassin?” “Absolutely I do.”
How the northern German village of Unterlüß became dependent on the arms manufacturer Rheinmetall.
ESSAYS
Data centers have proliferated across Ireland, at great cost.
Global maritime shipping is riddled with obstacles that slow down logistics, some of which are intentionally implemented to increase profit.
The tech mogul’s statements about his country of origin reveal that he never really knew the place.
POETRY
“Tiananmen Tower was flooded with the orange-red faces of the young guards. / People wandered and wasted away.”
“Bird the Knife” and “Measure to protect cultural heritage”
BULLETIN FROM BABEL
How the Scandinavian country became a literary powerhouse.
Kawa Nemir’s translation is an archive of the language, which has been suppressed by Turkey's nationalist politics.
Notes on the end of a fifteen-year friendship.
The Most Wanted Man in Europe
How the former Chief Operating Officer of Wirecard stole two billion euros from the company and became a Russian spy.
A Shadow Over Svalbard
Once a haven for international cooperation, trust on the Norwegian archipelago is disappearing — and so are the rights of its residents.