Foreign Correspondence

Dec 15

Knitting in Norway: A Steady Hype

Knitting is going through a revival across social media, but in Norway, it was never dead. When I started my exchange in Trondheim,...

Dec 12

Unravelling Dutch Politics: What international students should know about the government and its education reforms

As every student has probably deduced from the amount of emails UM has sent out, Dutch universities are not particularly excited about...

Dec 5

Has the royal family in Spain become a symbol of division instead of unity?

The Spanish monarchy is a subject of significant divide within Spanish society. Indeed, the royal family raises many questions from a...

Dec 4

No Other Land wins IDFA Audience Award as Israel paves the way for Gaza’s resettlement

No Other Land has won the IDFA NPO Doc Audience Award 2024 , the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) public prize...

Dec 2

French mass rapes: How the horrific rapes of Gisèle Pelicot highlight the huge effort still needed to achieve gender equality

Trigger warning. This article tackles several difficult topics, including rape and being drugged. More and more people are claiming that...

Nov 28

COP29 and the History of Climate Inaction

COP29: The ‘Finance COP’ Between November 11 and 23, 2024, COP29 convened for nearly two weeks of debates, press conferences, and...

Nov 25

“If Crisis Comes” Lessons from Sweden and the Nordics on War

For the next two weeks, in addition to their weekly magazines and newspapers, millions of Swedes will receive in their mailboxes what...

Jul 11

The Cultural Tapestry of Hong Kong: Understanding how different cultures find identity

The day is humid as heat blankets the pedestrians walking through the streets of Hong Kong. The sound of lapping water from the harbour...

Feb 2, 2023

Estonia, a state fractured in several worlds

When I started telling people I was going on an exchange to Estonia, I faced mixed reactions. Overall, people were surprised and puzzled...

Dec 9, 2022

One victory sour for Argentina, please

There was no sun getting through the holes of the tangled curtain of our room’s window. Humid, densely hot and cloudy began a day in...