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Top 5 Loveable Cities
Buenos Aires, Casablanca, Kagoshima, Rome and Seoul are never going to make the top 25 of our Liveable Cities index but despite their various impediments – from creaking services to epic traffic problems –…
Most liveable city: Helsinki
Helsinki claims the number 1 spot in Monocle’s 2011 Quality of Life survey, which ranks the top 25 cities in the world to call home. Rising from fifth position in 2010, Helsinki outperformed Zürich…
Europe
An ethnic minority debacle in Poland, election watch Portugal and a banknote overhaul in Sweden.
Myanmar mirage
Huge changes have recently taken place in Burma: a new capital rises from the plains, elections have been held and the military junta formally dissolved. But is it all a mirage?
Eye on the prize
A strengthening economy and new confidence have made Turkey a diplomatic rising star. As revolts play out across the Middle East, everyone wants the ear of the country’s ambitious foreign minister.
Oceania
A round-up of news from the Pacific islands, plus the election in Palau and New Zealand's hunt for diplomats.
Americas
We examine Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff's image makeover, report on Qatar's investment in the US property market and bring you the view from Bogotá.
After the storm
The Arab Spring started in Tunisia. But what happens after you’ve dislodged your dictator? We report from a nation fizzing with the energy that comes with sudden freedom.
