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The moving goalposts of the Maldives' single-use plastics phase-out
Plastic straws are back and the ban on bottles keeps getting pushed back.
12 hours ago
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Foreign money, not foreign neighbours: Rasmalé and the politics of land
When does a 99-year lease become a sale?
01 Oct, 18:28
A revolt from Europe to Moscow as Maldives taxes the world's travel agents
An Italian operator has dropped the Maldives in protest.
30 Sep, 15:58
'Should I just do it for you?': how two volunteers got the rufiyaa into Unicode
The MVR symbol is no longer a dollar in disguise.
29 Sep, 13:55
The invisible workforce behind the Maldives' reclaimed islands
Temporary residents of a place they built to last.
28 Sep, 13:48
