Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Thursday 27 October
Trying to be European
Being a European, if you are one (and I am one), is something we should be proud of I suppose.
- 59 results for emigration
The Monocle Daily, episode 127
The US’s new wave of emigration, the verdict on London’s Design of the Year awards, and a look the Asia’s news for the day ahead.
Affairs / Entrepreneurialism
From Portugal, with mixed feelings
All of these emigrants can agree on one thing: there is money to be earned in Luanda. Yet their feelings about living in Angola differ vastly...
The Briefing, episode 232
Sasha Issenberg on Mitt Romney’s latest gaffe, we learn why France wants its youth to emigrate, and hear from the Pitti Fragranze event in Florence.
Midori House, episode 190
We learn how the economy has led to Spaniards emigrating, Tyler Brûlé discusses Olympic uniforms, and Liv Lewitschnik visits Hong Kong Book Fair.
Culture / Newspapers
New woman
Unlike many other Russian dissidents, veteran broadcaster Irena Lesnevskaya has never considered emigration and, as editor-in-chief since 2007 of opposition weekly news magazine The New Times, has dared to speak out against…
Culture / Arts
Culture briefing
Films: An animated documentary about the Lebanon war, and a Russian émigré junkie in London. Books: Taschen's depiction of Soviet chic, a comic strip treatment of a nourish New York tale and a childhood memoir of Argenti…
Culture / Music
Keep on playing
Ethio-jazz was the thrilling sound of Ethiopia in the 1960s and ’70s, blending traditional music with funk and soul. James Brown impersonators yelped and pelvic-thrusted their way around stages before a communist dictato…
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Monday 13 February
Immigrants join the party in Brazil
It seems that not only Brazilians are enjoying the boom the country is having in recent years, but foreigners too.
Business / Food & Drink
Monocolumn
Monday 25 July
Birobidzhan: Russia's Jews look East
The highlight of the specials on the menu at Fanza, a restaurant in Birobidzhan, the capital of Russia’s Jewish Autonomous Region is wild boar.
Affairs / Investments
Monocolumn
Sunday 16 January
Lisbon: Portugal gets top marks for effort
Portugal has narrowly escaped danger with its recent successful bond auction. Putting aside the still precarious, publicly scrutinised financial situation, the harrowed country is also proving it can at least do some things…
Edits / Food & Drink
Monocolumn
Thursday 5 November
Seoul food for the world
South Korea is spending $40m (€27m) in a bid to quadruple the number of Korean restaurants abroad and boost its food exports.
Affairs / Entrepreneurialism
Monocolumn
Sunday 17 January
Germans get adventurous
After years of longing for a job for life and worshipping the ideal of staying at home in comfort, Germans are showing signs of becoming globally minded entrepreneurs.
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Tuesday 9 March
Getting round Switzerland’s minaret ban
The infamous minaret ban in Switzerland, the result of a nationwide vote last autumn, continues to cause international confusion and indignation.
Edits / Travel
Atlantic wings
From running mercy flights for volcano survivors in the 1950s to transporting today’s Portuguese football stars, the Azores’ airline SATA has soared above its island birthplace.
Culture / Books
Writings wrongs
Paco Ignacio Taibo II is Mexico’s foremost detective novelist, as well as a professor, journalist and political activist. Author of 50 books that have been published in 29 countries, he is best known for his novels featu…
Business / Travel
Do not disturb
After spending a rumoured €273m on a total overhaul, the Dolder Grand is hoping to cement its reputation as the European elite getaway, 109 years after its first guests checked in. But has the Foster redesign retained the…
Culture / Arts
Patron familias
Sometimes it’s not civic officials who shape the city but passionate families. In Sydney the Kaldors’ cultural philanthropy is enriching their city.
Culture / Radio
The lines are open
Veteran journalist Menashe Amir broadcasts in Farsi from Israel to millions of Iranians. His weekly radio call-in show on Israel Radio International is a way for people in the Islamic Republic to air their views.
Affairs / Aviation
To russia with love
Following this summer’s Georgian war, breakaway territory Abkhazia has been recognised as independent by Russia and Nicaragua. Limited diplomatic credibility hasn’t stopped it wanting the trappings of statehood: it hopes…