Category Archives: Stories

News: EU Talks For Bosnia And Herzegovina, US Calls For Gaza Ceasefire Vote

The Globalist (March 22, 2024): Bosnia and Herzegovina could be given the green light to begin EU accession talks. We discuss what this means with Monocle’s Balkans correspondent Guy de Launey.

Plus: Washington pushes for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, a row about palace furniture ramps up between Brazil’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Jair Bolsonaro, and we get the latest fashion news.

News: EU Leaders’ Summit In Brussels, Vietnam President Thuong Resigns

The Globalist (March 21, 2024): We discuss what will be on the agenda at the EU leaders’ summit in Brussels with associate editor at Politico, Suzanne Lynch.

Also in the programme: we get the latest on Vietnam president Vo Van Thuong’s resignation and find out why Canada is stopping future arms shipments to Israel. Plus: we flick through the April issue of Monocle as it hits newsstands.

News: Ceasefire Talks In Gaza, Argentina Protests, Elections In Slovakia

The Globalist (March 20, 2024): As negotiations in Doha resume, we discuss the likelihood of a temporary truce in Gaza after months of devastating war.

Plus: protests in Argentina, US domestic politics and why Slovakia’s forthcoming presidential election is crucial for the EU.

News: Israel Denies Using Famine As Weapon In Gaza, Hong Kong Security Law

The Globalist (March 19, 2024): Israel denies the EU’s accusation that it is using starvation as a weapon of war.

Plus, Hong Kong’s Article 23 security legislation nears a vote and Mark Galeotti introduces the Kremlin elite of the future.

News: South Korea Summit For Democracy, Talks In Gaza, EU-Egypt Migration

The Globalist (March 18, 2024): We get the latest from Gaza, explore the relevance of the third Summit for Democracy and question an EU cash-for-migration deal with Egypt.

Plus: the director of the Olympic Foundation for Culture and Heritage, and how to legislate happiness in California.

Sunday Morning: Stories And News From London, Lisbon And Nairobi, Kenya

Monocle on Sunday, March 17, 2024: Emma Nelson, Terry Stiastny and Stephen Dalziel on the weekend’s biggest talking points. We also speak to Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, in Lisbon and Naveena Kottoor, Monocle’s correspondent in Nairobi.

Saturday Morning: News And Stories From London

Monocle on Saturday Podcast (March 16, 2024): Though voting has begun in Russia to elect the country’s next president, the results are unlikely to come as a surprise. However, there is resistance bubbling under the surface.

Join Georgina Godwin and Russia specialist Charles Hecker to discuss the run-up to the election. Plus: Tory donor Frank Hester’s racist comments, Boris Johnson’s unofficial talks in Venezuela and Monocle’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco interviews Lauro Andrade, founder of DW!  São Paulo Design Week.

News: Putin Seeks 5th Term In Russia Elections, Japan-Ukraine Military Support

The Globalist (March 15, 2024): We discuss this weekend’s presidential election in Russia, which will grant Vladimir Putin another six-year term.

Plus: US efforts to involve Japan in providing additional military support to Ukraine, the future of government in the Netherlands and theatre news.

News: Rise Of The Far-Right In Portugal Elections, Cease-Fire Talks In Gaza

The Globalist (March 11, 2024): We get the latest results from Portugal’s elections and ask what’s next for the nation’s government as the far-right gains ground.

Plus: we discuss the likelihood of a ceasefire in Israel and Gaza before Ramadan, get the headlines from the Balkans and find out who wins big at the 2024 Academy Awards.

Sunday Morning: Stories And News From Zürich 

Monocle on Sunday, March 10, 2024: Eemeli Isoaho, Juliet Linley and Benedikt Germanier join Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, to discuss the weekend’s hottest topics.

We speak to Monocle’s senior foreign correspondent, Carlota Rebelo, for the latest on Portugal’s elections and Monocle’s editor in chief, Andrew Tuck, joins us from London. Plus: authors Alex Dahl and Thomas Enger join Tyler in Zürich to discuss Norwegian crime fiction.