Germany
Schäuble prescribes medicine for Greece he first tested on East Germany
July 16, 2015The end of the GDR eased the way for racists and open Nazis. A defeat of Syriza and the hopes it raised could open the door to a strengthened neo-Nazi Golden Dawn movement.
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Changing captains in Germany’s Left Party
June 11, 2015The Left Party is the only opposition force with any real clout in Germany, so a gathering with representatives of its 60,000 members was important enough.
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Today in history: Good sex with Dr. Ruth
June 4, 2015Today is the birthday of Dr. Ruth Westheimer, born (as Karola Ruth Siegel) in 1928 in Wiesenfeld, Germany.
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Germany: many strikes and a big scandal
May 28, 2015A locomotive engineers strike stopped freight cars and passenger traffic; meanwhile, Angela Davis visited Berlin and elsewhere in Germany.
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The Volkswagen chronicle: Porsche and Piëch
May 14, 2015The North German city with the very tourist-attractive name "Wolfsburg" boasts of two things, though both are second best.
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