Seamus Kearney

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Postcards from Uzbekistan: the Tomb of Saint Daniel

This is one of numerous places claimed as the final resting place of the biblical prophet Daniel

24/10/2016

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Postcards from Uzbekistan: the Siab Bazaar

The Siab Bazaar in Samarkand is one of the largest and oldest markets in Uzbekistan

10/10/2016

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Postcards from Uzbekistan: the Shakhi Zinda memorial complex

Samarkand's Shakhi Zinda memorial complex is a stunning collection of ancient tombs

26/09/2016

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Postcards from Uzbekistan: Samarkand's lost art of papermaking

The paper made here was considered to be among the finest in the world

12/09/2016

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Postcards from Uzbekistan: the Tilla-Kori Madrassah

Once a place of Islamic learning, this magestic madrassah in Samarkand dates back to the 1600s

29/08/2016

Travel News

Tokyo attempts to revive its historical connection with water

Hundreds of years ago Tokyo was often referred to as the water city, until the focus shifted to the modern urban expanse that we know today

18/08/2016

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Postcards from Azerbaijan: Baku's Old City

We finish our series of Postcards from Azerbaijan in the capital's Old City

17/06/2016

Europe News

Possible Brexit big talking point at flagship EU economic summit

The Brussels Economic Forum is the flagship annual economic event of the European Commission

10/06/2016

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Postcards from Azerbaijan: The tradition of tea

This week in Postcards from Azerbaijan, the country's deep attachment to tea

10/06/2016

Europe News

What will happen to current British MEPs if the UK votes for Brexit?

Questions are being asked about the likely future of the current British MEPs if the UK votes to leave the bloc

09/06/2016

Europe News

EU launches official one-year inquiry into Panama Papers scandal

The inquiry committee will have 65 members and will report back in one year

08/06/2016

Series

Postcards from Azerbaijan: Hiking around Khinalig

Our postcard this week is from the Guba region and the stunning landscape around the village of Khinalig

03/06/2016

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The remote mountain village that has its very own language

03/06/2016

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Hot design: the towers that look like flames

02/06/2016

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Postcards from Azerbaijan: The Baku Flame Towers

Opened in 2013, the towers are used for a hotel, apartments and offices and the tallest has a total of 38 floors

27/05/2016

Luxembourg

Everything you need to know about the LuxLeaks scandal

A summary of the main points about the LuxLeaks scandal

26/04/2016

Japan

Scandal engulfing Mitsubishi widens with new revelation about testing methods

Managers have now admitted they have been using an improper fuel-efficiency testing method since 1991.

26/04/2016

France

Australia chooses France for lucrative submarines contract

Australia has chosen France to build a new fleet of submarines, rejecting Japanese and German bids

26/04/2016

Ukraine

Candle-lit vigils to mark 30th anniversary of Chernobyl nuclear disaster

It was in the early hours of the morning on April the 26th 1986 that a test went horribly wrong at the nuclear plant in then Soviet Ukraine

26/04/2016

World News

ANZAC Day: "It's a story of brave men who fought in a foreign land for our values"

A dawn service is held at ANZAC Cove in Gallipoli in Turkey to remember the Australian and New Zealand troops who landed there during the First World War

25/04/2016