11 results for Swiss Guards

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Men of the cloth

16 August 2012

The Swiss Guards have protected the Vatican since the 16th century and today employ a cutting-edge tailor to maintain their sharp look.

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The Russia-Finland border was once the focus of Cold War hostility. Now the Finns and Russians are working together to stop people and drug traffickers opening up new smuggling routes. Monocle goes on patrol with the Fin…

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The Curator, episode 164

6 December 2014

Tomos Lewis brings you the best of past seven days on Monocle 24. This week we speak to Poland’s ambassador to the UK, ask why Pope Francis apparently sacked the chief of the Swiss Guards, and unpick the art of being a…

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All the fun of the fair

14 December 2017

Olma, Switzerland’s annual agriculture and nutrition tradeshow, has been going strong for 75 years. It’s how all nations should connect with their agrarian roots – and bet on a pig race or two.

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Business briefing

23 May 2013

Smuggling in Mali, locking up in Singapore, film-making in Mauritius and other business news.

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Uniform approach

17 November 2007

Outsourcing has a bad name – a way of cutting labour costs by employing people in India and China (over three million US jobs will be lost to this trend by 2015). But there’s also a growing move for nations to outsource…

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Final frontier

17 September 2007

The Tajik-Afghan border is one of the most dangerous in the world because of its central role in the heroin trade and potential as a smuggling route for WMDs. Can it ever be tamed? Well, the US, Iran, the EU and China are…

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Bath time

1 May 2009

The most anticipated date on the bathroom industry calendar is the ISH (International Sanitation Heating) fair in Frankfurt. Monocle was there to seek out the latest and the best in taps, sinks, baths and toilets.

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Woolly Wonkas

25 April 2013

From hi-tech US military labs to the traditional textile mills of northern Italy, wool pioneers are forging new fabrics that could change the procurement practices of the world’s frontline forces. We investigate how a…

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Clean and serene

17 October 2007

Liechtenstein’s population is under 35,000 people, yet it is the registered home of 70,000 companies and 15 boutique banks. There is just one anachronism in this modern thriving state: a ruling prince who has little time…

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Vatican foreign policy: Keep the faith

18 January 2016

Like many sovereign states, the Holy See pursues an active foreign policy, wielding enormous influence on international decision-making. We visit the Vatican’s foreign ministry, where world peace is always on the agenda.

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