Germany
Refugee crisis exposes Germany’s political crisis
November 5, 2015The German political scene is in turmoil and such turbulence has opened the way to healthy change, but now, in my view, it can lead to great dangers.
Read moreIn Berlin 250,000 march against unfair trade
October 13, 2015It was a day to remember, a date for the record books: It marked a surprising development in German politics!
Read moreGermany: predictions after 25 years
October 2, 2015After 25 years of unification, annexation, or occupation, the only safe predictions in Germany still seem to be the ones about lunar eclipses.
Read moreThoughts on Greece, Syriza and its left critics, Part 2
September 11, 2015While Greece is a tiny country and Syriza a new party of the left, their success in overcoming the current crisis would give fresh momentum to people in Europe and woldwide.
Read moreToday in history: Beethoven’s opera “Fidelio” in Berlin, 1945
September 4, 2015"A political prisoner's wife goes undercover, infiltrates the family of the prison guard and frees her husband from a secret dungeon just as the tyrant is about to kill him."
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