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Mar 27, 2025 at 10:45 384

Turkey’s autocrat Erdogan is trying to eliminate his rival Imamoglu

In 2019 already, Istanbul’s mayor Ekrem Imamoglu ermerged as the most dangerous rival for Turkey’s president turned autocrat, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who was single-headedly ruining the Turkish economy and impoverished large sections of the population. Imamoglu is not the typical dull, secular, liberal, center-left CHP politician, but a charismatic one who is also electable...

Mar 13, 2025 at 14:48 Jean-Michel Basquiat: Engadin

From December 14, 2024 until March 29, 2025 and thanks to curator and writer Dieter Buchhart, the art gallery Hauser & Wirth St. Moritz in Switzerland is presenting the intimate show Jean-Michel Basquiat:...

Mar 05, 2025 at 12:05 Full transcript of President Trump’s speech to a joint session of Congress on March 4, 2025

Full transcript of President Trump’s speech to a joint session of Congress on March 4, 2025: President Trump: Speaker...

Feb 16, 2025 at 14:15 Bill Evans in Norway: The Kongsberg Concert

On June 26, 1970 the jazz pianist and composer Bill Evans (August 16, 1929 – September 15, 1980) played with his trio—Eddie...

Oct 03, 2019 at 16:12 1323

An unconvincing Brexit proposal by Johnson rejected by the opposition

On October 2, the Prime Minister Boris Johnson finally presented his first draw of a Brexit deal. Today, he defended his plan in...

Oct 02, 2019 at 16:55 1530

A funny but thin Conservatives conference speech by Boris Johnson

Today, the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson gave a funny, but thin speech at the Conservatives conference in Manchester. He...

Oct 01, 2019 at 16:26 3689

The newly designed Hélène Darroze at The Connaught restaurant opened today

The newly designed Hélène Darroze at The Connaught restaurant opened today (October 1, 2019). The space was re-imagined space...

Sep 05, 2019 at 16:14 1653

Cabinet Conte II forced to deliver — otherwise Salvini will come to power

The new Italian government has been sworn in today by President Mattarella. The old is also the new prime minister: Giuseppe...

Sep 03, 2019 at 23:42 1229

The House of Commons voted 328 to 301 to take control of the agenda

A few minutes ago, the government of Boris Johnson was defeated. The House of Commons voted 328 to 301 to take control of the...

Sep 03, 2019 at 20:32 1485

Boris Johnson has no longer a majority in the House of Commons

With today’s defection of the Tory MP Phillip Lee to the Liberal Democrats, the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has no...

Sep 02, 2019 at 18:38 1687

In Brandenburg, the coalition of SPD and The Left voted out, AfD on the rise

In the 2019 Brandenburg state election, the coalition of SPD and The Left was voted out, the populist, right-wing AfD is on the...

Sep 02, 2019 at 16:27 1692

The coalition of CDU and SPD in Saxony lost the majority

On Sunday, September 1, in the regional election in Saxony, the coalition of CDU and SPD lost the majority. 66.6% of the 3.287568...

Aug 30, 2019 at 22:26 1915

Christian Thielemann: The Orchestral Recordings on Deutsche Grammophone

In 2003, I first heard Christian Thielemann live conducting Wagner during his term as Generalmusikdirektor at Deutsche Oper...

Aug 30, 2019 at 17:08 1798

The Ottoman Empire

A book review of Colin Imber’s third edition of The Ottoman Empire (Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.de, Amazon.fr) has first to note that this book was first published in 2002 and...

Aug 26, 2019 at 17:30 1810

Trump might trigger a recession and sabotage his own reelection

Dear Republicans, what has happened to the party of free trade and fiscal discipline? Where are the Tea Party people? Trump might...

Jul 29, 2019 at 10:03 2204

The reforms in Moldova

The Moldovan parliamentary election of February 24, 2019 led to a silent revolution in the tiny Eastern European state with less than 3 million inhabitants; roughly one million Moldovans...

Jul 24, 2019 at 13:58 2388

Zelenski has won a clear majority in the 2019 parliamentary election

In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election, the Servant of the People party (Sluha Narodu) of President Volodymyr Zelenski...

Jul 23, 2019 at 22:53 2159

Boris Johnson is unfit to lead the UK

The results of the Conservative Party leadership contest have been published today. The former foreign secretary and former...

Jul 10, 2019 at 09:52 2126

A look back at Art Basel 2019

In mid-June, as every year, any self-respecting collector, museum director and art lover travels to Switzerland for the world’s leading art fair. A look back at Art Basel 2019 proofs...

Jul 08, 2019 at 18:36 1695

Rag ‘n’ Bone Man wins Double Platinum in Switzerland

On July 6, 2019 the now famous Rag ‘n’ Bone Man was back at the Montreux Jazz Festival (MJF) where, in 2016, his...

Jun 24, 2019 at 14:31 1653

Ekrem Imamoglu is a potential national rival for President Erdogan

As for the March 31, 2019 mayoral election, for the June 23, 2019 rerun, some 84% of the roughly 10.5 million Istanbul voters...

Jun 17, 2019 at 17:52 2751

Biography of chef Holger Zurbrüggen

The great German chef Holger Zurbrüggen was born in the city of Greven in North Rhine-Westphalia on January 21, 1966. His father ran a restaurant, his brother was a trained chef. Holger...