The Economist • 27th March 2023

How did Lebanon end up with two rival time zones?

The chaotic switch to daylight savings time is emblematic of the country’s politics

The Economist • 17th March 2023

How Belarus’s role in the invasion of Ukraine could grow

It can offer ammunition and morgues, but not military might

The Economist • 15th March 2023

An ecological whodunnit on stage

“Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead” at the Barbican

The Economist • 12th March 2023

The Czech Republic turns to the West

Petr Pavel shores up alliances in Europe

The Economist • 8th March 2023

Who blew up the Nord Stream pipelines?

Lots of blame, no hard evidence

The Economist • 5th March 2023

The Michelin Guide’s fading stars

Guy Savoy, long considered the world’s best chef, is downgraded

The Economist • 19th February 2023

POTUS in Kyiv

President Joe Biden makes a surprise trip to Ukraine

The Economist • 16th February 2023

Poland’s rule-of-law conflict is coming to a head

Brussels must decide whether reforms leave politicians with too much power over judges

The Economist • 19th January 2023

The Ukraine war is forcing eastern Europe to build more links

A region built on the Moscow-Berlin axis discovers north-south connections

The Economist • 16th January 2023

Belarusian democracy on trial

A show trial of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya begins in Minsk

The Economist • 16th January 2023

Who is Valery Gerasimov, Russia’s latest commander in Ukraine?

His appointment may temper the influence of the Wagner Group

The Economist • 17th November 2022

A pilot scheme to trail the four-day workweek in Britain

Efforts to increase productivity hold lessons for sceptics, too

The Economist • 26th October 2022

Russia's ruthless new commander in Ukraine

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The Economist • 18th October 2022

Who is the leader of the shadowy Wagner Group

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The Economist • 13th October 2022

Who is Sergey Surovikin, Russia’s new commander in Ukraine?

The ruthless general’s appointment signals an even more aggressive mood in the Kremlin

The Economist • 29th September 2022

Going for a bong: the global trade in church bells

Germany once looted church bells. Now it sends them overseas

The Economist • 29th September 2022

Who is Yevgeny Prigozhin, the man behind the Wagner Group?

Vladimir Putin’s fixer has finally admitted that he recruits mercenaries

The Economist • 15th September 2022

Poland opens a propaganda-heavy canal

A concrete channel to avoid Russian-controlled waters

The Economist • 21st August 2022

The heirs to Ryszard Kapuscinski, Poland’s best-known journalist

Literary non-fiction is both celebrated and contested in Poland

The Economist • 19th July 2022

Ukraine's farmers struggle with excess grain

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