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How three young dutchmen cornered the nitrous oxide market

Nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, is an illegal drug in the Netherlands. Yet Dutch streets are inundated with empty canisters, often labelled “FastGas”. Where do the canisters come from, and
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Who owns the story?

Behind the soaring profits of Sweden’s publishing giants, lies a bitter power struggle
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Belfast: The politics of bilingual signs in Northern Ireland’s capital

In a fiercely divided city, language remains a bitter sectarian battleground
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Dublin: The quiet revival of Irish on the streets of the city

Returning home, a Dubliner abroad reconnects with the Irish language
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Parsing justice: Linguistic violence in the courtroom

In the courtroom, language is never neutral. It can elucidate the truth or shroud it in shadow, protect the innocent or silence the vulnerable. From the arcane tangle of legal
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Obsessed with the mess

Searching Belgium’s secondhand shops for forgotten treasures
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Kadyrov’s battle for Russia’s 500-Ruble note

As Russia redesigns its currency, Chechnya’s Ramzan Kadyrov wages a symbolic war for visibility
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Denmark’s fractured family

The myth of unity between Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands conceals a deep and uneasy divide
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Faith in the feed

A Dutch report on how Gen Z is finding God through the algorithm
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Between silence and belonging

The struggle of Kosovo’s Ashkali community to name themselves in a country that rarely asks who they are
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Danish dating gets the ick

Exploring the fine line between charm and cringe
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Polish students are getting smarter

Student protesters in Poland are using direct action to force universities to make small – but significant – changes
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