This article was originally published in Danish on January 14, 2018. In recent decades, a number of so-called right-wing populists have experienced a significant rise in almost all European countries. Their rise is fueled by a growing number of Europeans’ natural dissatisfaction with the immigration policies of recent years, which have opened Europe’s borders to... Read More

“Ajax are the Spurs of Holland.” Millions of expert English-speakers will be baffled by that short sentence. It’s a linguistic iceberg, with the words as the tip of the berg riding on a submerged mass of implicit culture. If you’re baffled by it yourself, the sentence means that the soccer-club Ajax (EYE-acks) in Amsterdam are... Read More