Conventional wisdom holds that diplomatic channels are the last you should close in times of tensions. Up north, where ...

Moscow’s Consulate General in Kirkenes takes no role in dialogue. It’s main mission - it appears - is to stir tensions, ...

Many more diplomats, thou It is not clear if the move to shut down consular services in Kirkenes is permanent, or temporarily. Nikolai Konygin, who has been Consul General in Kirkenes since autumn ...

Last year, as the war was just beginning, we visited Gaza’s largest and most important hospital – al-Shifa – as it faced collapse following the Israeli siege on water and fuel. The ...