Tag: letters-of
One hundred years later, Berlin tempted by the 2036 Olympic Games
LETTER FROM BERLIN The mayor (CDU, conservative) of Berlin, Kai Wegner, and the regional minister (Social Democratic Party) of the interior and sport, Iris Spranger, during the signing of the…
In Poland, the confessions of a fundamentalist Catholic who became a virulent critic of the Church
LETTER FROM WARSAW Tomasz Terlikowski during a debate at the Auditorium Maximus in Krakow (Poland), February 28, 2018. DOMINIKA ZARZYCKA / NURPHOTO VIA AFP Some remind him of his nickname…
Afghan cricket, champion of hearts
LETTER FROM NEW DELHI Afghan supporters wave the old flag of the country banned by the Taliban, in Pune (India), October 30, 2023. MATTHEW LEWIS-ICC VIA GETTY IMAGES The Cricket…
In kyiv, a film festival overtaken by the war
LETTER FROM kyiv Destroyed residential building in the city of Mariupol, Ukraine, September 25, 2022. STRINGER / AFP Minutes of silence for the soldiers who fell at the front, a…
In Australia, the slaughter of wild horses, symbols of a battle “for the soul” of the country
LETTER FROM SYDNEY Brumbie wild horses in Kosciuszko National Park, New South Wales, January 23, 2018. CHRISTINE MENDOZA / UNSPLASH Australia has never hesitated to use major means to protect…
Sweden wants us to stop confusing it with Switzerland
LETTER FROM STOCKHOLM Screenshot of the “Sweden (not Switzerland)” campaign, posted online on October 24, 2023. VISIT SWEDEN For Sweden, as for Switzerland, this is a problem. Not the type…
In Greece, the price of olive oil soars, consumers panic
LETTER FROM ATHENS An olive oil factory in the village of Madena (Greece), December 15, 2020. ANGELOS TZORTZINIS / AFP In his food packaging company located in the suburbs of…
In Switzerland, uninhibited xenophobia is progressing at the polls
LETTER FROM GENEVA Election leaflets from UDC leader Marco Chiesa (center) on a party stand in Lugano (Switzerland), October 7, 2023. FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP The photo on the left…
In the United States, billionaires angry with anti-Israel Harvard students
LETTER FROM NEW YORK During a pro-Palestine demonstration on the campus of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 14, 2023. JOSEPH PREZIOSO / AFP Have they been champing at the…