Once in a while there's good news from Europe -- yes, even from here in Germany. And because Germany is so central in Europe and so strong, even minor good news from this country can be impor
The German man of the hour is Baron Karl-Theodor von und zu Guttenberg. Actually he has eight other given names, which modesty prohibits him from using, but the title shows that his family tr
On December 5th one or two hundred people left a movie theatre in Berlin, mostly silent and deeply moved though the film they had seen was first released in 1930. This American-made epic had
Once again the time has come in Germany for bells to ring, fireworks to explode, politicians to declaim, and media to drench us with joyful, endless reminders of events of twenty years ago and the
It all began with a jolt, and hasn't stopped jolting yet! Presidents in Germany are not too important; they do have a veto right, make occasional speeches, pin on medals and take the oa
To believe the boulevard rags, it would be a day of revolutionary riot, bloody battles with the police, and violent standoffs between extremists of the left and right.
Pity poor Angela! The rock is Greece and its economic woes. The hard place is North Rhine-Westphalia, where an extremely crucial election is due on May 9th -- very soon but not soon eno
The Berlin anti-fascists waiting near the Spree River at 4:30 AM for the buses to Dresden were sleepy, cold, and nervous. Not without reason. Some had faced the Nazis a year earlier.&nb
While German politicians stared at the calendar, wondering nervously what the May 9th elections will bring in the biggest state, North Rhine-Westphalia, with its 18 million people, media attention
The European ruling elite likes to pretend that the crisis afflicting the Eurozone countries was something both unforeseen and unforeseeable, the result of circumstances beyond its control deriving
The EU is today going through the worst crisis since its foundation. This crisis is part of a global financial, economic, social, ecological and political crisis, which is hitting people very hard, starting with women and young people, for whom the future is looking darker.
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