The term 'wealth management' is used in the elite retail divisions of international banks to distinguish special banking services from the mass-market offerings. It refers to a personalised service which combines financial advice, investment strategy...

Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia all share a border with either Russia or, in Poland's case, with Belarus, a close ally of Russia. Following the Ukrainian revolution and the ensuing civil war in the country's East as well as the Russian annexation ...

Much of the media's attention on the migrant crisis facing the European Union has focused on southern Europe, with Greece and Italy in the spotlight as the two countries most refugees and migrants aim for on their hope-filled journeys toward the ...

Over the course of the migrant crisis that unfolded in the spring and summer of 2015 and dominated European news headlines until well into 2016, the Balkan countries of Greece, Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary and Slovenia saw the biggest mass ...

Europe's migrant crisis has rattled the European Union, calling into question the notion of open borders and cooperation between member countries on some of the most fundamental issues. The most concentrated influx of migrants over the two years ...

The Solomon Islands form a spectacular archipelago of islands, volcanoes and coral atolls off the eastern edges of Papua New Guinea. The islands are rich in indigenous culture and visually stunning. This Pacific idyll is now facing severe challenges...

On Alaska's remote Bering Sea coast, citizens of the United States, the world's largest economy and most powerful country, are fighting a desperate battle against the most serious environmental problem in human history: climate change. The roughly ...

Tokelau is one of the smallest and most remote nations in the world. Consisting of three coral atolls in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, 580 km north of American Samoa and covering a mere 10 square kilometres in combined surface area, it can only be...

Global warming is affecting the entire planet but the people, flora and fauna in the Pacific region are particularly vulnerable. In the southern Pacific powerful super-cyclones and 'king tides' are occurring ever more frequently. In the North, ...

Winter, or 'zima' in Russian, is a definitive season in Russia. Two thirds of the country is covered in snow and ice and winter can last from three to nine months, depending on the region. The effect on people and daily life is, in some sense, ...

Driven out of their countries by conflict and chaos, refugees from Africa continue to arrive in rickety boats on Italy's southernmost outposts such as the island of Lampedusa, a mere 130 km from the Libyan coast. Once registered by Italian ...

Small is Powerful - a project looking at the impact Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are having on economic development in various African countries. Subsaharan Africa is not an entrepreneurial desert, dominated by diminutive businesses relying ...

NEST is a Senegalese healthcare company offering comprehensive maternal and child health services. Its aim is to establish a network of healthcare facilities around the country that provide high-quality services for Senegal's middle class. Founded in...

Agrisatch is a medium sized agribusiness based in the small village of Tori northeast of the capital Cotonou. The poultry farm produces quality chicken and large quantities of eggs and has become the leading producer in the country. Its competitive ...

CDS in Mauritania is a venture which provided access to water and electricity in rural communities using renewable sources wherever possible. Founded 38 years ago, and with a staff of 25 employees, the company aims to fill the gap in energy and water...

In the semi-arid border region between Kenya and Somalia lies Dadaab, the world's largest refugee camp which, with 330,000 inhabitants, is also one of Kenya's largest cities. First established in 1992 to house the tens of thousands of Somali ...

The Worldwide Human Rights Movement (FIDH) and the Guinean Organisation for the Defence of Human and Citizen Rights (OGDH) have been fighting against impunity and exposing serious human rights violations in Guinea since 2010. These include crimes ...

On 19 February 2017 Iraq's Prime Minister, Haider al-Abadi, announced the resumption of the offensive on the city of Mosul, which had been under ISIS control since 2014. In the preceding four months, the Iraq Army and various allied militias has ...

On the slopes of Mount Ijen in eastern Java, a group of around 110 local men carry out one of the most demanding and dangerous jobs. Ijen is one of around 130 active volcanoes in Indonesia and while it hasn't erupted since 1999, the crater has filled...

By the time Dafrin Ambotang was four years old, he could already hold his breath and dive down to the coral-strewn sea bed of the lagoon in front of his house. By the age of six, he had speared his first fish. Ambotang belongs to the Bajau people, a ...

In the remote jungle city of Mong La, on Myanmar's border with China, endangered species are sold openly as aphrodisiacs and traditional medicines in the city's animal market. In local restaurants, customers are treated to rare creatures of all ...

On Qeshm island, at the narrowest part of the Straits of Hormuz, an ancient ship building tradition survives that is reminiscent of biblical times in its simplicity and workmanship. The Lenj is a traditional wooden boat, made with planks, that has ...

This series of portraits of refugees seeking asylum in Switzerland was defaced during a public exhibition in a square in Geneva. The original series was produced as part of an anti-racism week, in cooperation with the New York-based Insideout ...

The Yazidis are a religious minority living in the border regions between Syria, Iraq and Turkey. In northern Iraq they are concentrated around the town of Sinjar at the foot of the Sinjar mountains. Their monotheistic faith, which originated in the ...

Once held up as a beacon of hope in Africa, Eritrea is now more often referred to as a militarised camp ruled by an authoritarian regime. Since independence in 1991, Eritrea has had fraught relations with most of its neighbours and mainly features in...

hana no kage aka no tanin wa nakari keri In the shadow of the cherry blossom complete strangers there are none Kobayashi Issa (17621826) Sakura or cherry blossom is intimately identified with Japanese culture. For centuries it has been...

80 years after the 31st Olympiad launched in Rio de Janeiro, the first Games to take part in South America, the facilities for an earlier, highly controversial competition are rusting and crumbling on the outskirts of Berlin. Held three years after ...

The "High Street" is a peculiarly British notion that doesn't necessarily denote a physical street in the traditional sense but describes the commercial and cultural centre of villages, towns and cities across the country where locals congregate to ...

The elderly gentlemen who frequent the many coffee bars in Asmara, Eritrea's capital, dressed in European suits, fashionable hats and hand-made leather shoes refer to themselves as "Asmarinos". Proud of their city and their country's history, they ...

On the day that British Prime Minister Theresa May officially informed Donald Tusk, the President of the European Council of the UK's intention to leave the European Union, Piotr Malecki walked the streets of London, meeting individuals from all ...

Hawaii, with its benign climate, all-star tourism marketing team and exotic fruits seems like a picture-perfect paradise convincing even the most cautious of individuals that life's every dream will come to fruition with a change of zip code. ...

On a recent trip to the United States, Panos photographer Graeme Williams tried to get to the root of the apparent contradictions in the country's psyche that have led to the deep divisions within the society. Born in South Africa, Graeme was puzzled...

"I see my trip to Idomeni on the Greek - Macedonian border as a turning point in my experience of following and reporting on the Syrian diaspora across the Middle East and Europe. Last year I visited Izmir in Turkey where hundreds of Syrian refugees...

Working with the British Red Cross in Sicily, Alfredo D'Amato met individuals, couples and whole families of migrants from countries across West and East Africa who had undertaken incredibly dangerous and potentially deadly journeys across countless ...

Because of its uniquely suitable microclimate, the Greek island of Chios is a major producer of mastic, or 'Arabic gum' - the resin of the mastic tree (Pistacia lentiscus). The sticky sap has been used medicinally since antiquity and is said to work ...

"Palaces of Memory" is a journey into India through the Indian Coffee Houses, a national network of worker-owned cafes which can be found in cities throughout the sub-continent. The Coffee Houses simultaneously speak of a Post-Independence optimism ...