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Apr 14, 2026 at 17:50 990

Bye, bye Orbán! Péter Magyar and his Tisza party win a two-thirds majority in the 2026 Hungarian parliamentary election

Bye, bye Orban! Péter Magyar (*1981) and his oppositional Tisza party win a two-thirds majority in the 2026 Hungarian parliamentary election—despite all of Viktor Orbán’s (*1963) repeated gerrymandering, the control of roughly 80% of the media in Hungary, and repeated election handouts to retirees and rural residents, who make up his core constituency. On April 12, 2026 the...

Apr 06, 2026 at 19:15 Gustave Courbet: realist and rebel

The French painter Gustave Courbet (1819–1877), born into a wealthy farming family in a provincial town, revolutionized the pictorial language of 19th-century art by making the visual reality of his time the...

Apr 05, 2026 at 16:02 Félicien Rops: Laboratory of Lust

Even in today’s sexualized world, the erotic and pornographic works of the master of Belgian Symbolism, Félicien Rops (1833–1898), have the power to lure audiences out of their comfort zones. They...

Mar 11, 2026 at 11:10 Global Nuremberg 1300-1600

Already since September 25, 2025 and only until March 22, 2026 Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg shows the exhibition GLOBAL Nuremberg 1300–1600. It explains how the city of Nuremberg (Nürnberg)...

Jan 27, 2020 at 20:31 3485

2020 regional election in Calabria

In the highly anticipated 2020 regional election in Calabria, the populist, extreme-right to moderate-right alliance candidate Jole Santelli (*1969) was elected president. Jole Santelli is...

Jan 22, 2020 at 00:20 1211

Trump’s impeachment is a political manoeuvre and will not be successful

The election of Donald Trump in November 2016 was a disgrace to the Republican Party, a disgrace to the United States and a...

Jan 13, 2020 at 15:45 2213

President Tsai Ing-wen re-elected in Taiwan

On January 11, 2020 the Taiwanese people showed the Communist regime on the mainland what they thought of their reunification...

Jan 07, 2020 at 21:27 4994

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez reelected in Spain as leader of a minority government

Finally, Spain has a new prime minister. He happens to be the old one. Today, Januar 7, 2019 the Spanish Congress of Deputies...

Dec 30, 2019 at 21:24 3715

Gauguin: Portraits

Until January 26, 2020 you can still visit the great Credit Suisse exhibition Gauguin: Portraits at the National Gallery in London (English catalogue: Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.com; French...

Dec 20, 2019 at 19:36 2122

The House of Commons approves the Boris Brexit deal

The opposition could have toppled PM Boris Johnson when he was the head of a minority government. The opposition could have...

Dec 16, 2019 at 10:37 3500

Daniil Trifonov: Destination Rachmaninov — Departure

For me, the best classical music recording of the past two years is Daniil Trifonov’s Destination Rachmaninov — ...

Dec 13, 2019 at 09:39 1856

Boris Johnson wins while Jeremy Corbyn and Jo Swinson step down

People make mistakes. Intelligent people learn from their mistakes. Stupid people make the same mistakes again and again. The...

Dec 11, 2019 at 11:05 1346

Vote tactical and — wherever it makes sense — Lib Dem

If you don’t vote, don’t complain afterwards! Vote tactical and wherever it makes sense Lib Dem. The Lib Dems stand...

Dec 08, 2019 at 14:54 2827

The self-destruction of the German Social-Democrats

After roughly 14 months in office, the rhetorically embarassing first female leader of the German Social-Democrats (SPD), Andrea...

Nov 02, 2019 at 14:29 2714

Netanyahu should have been forced out of office a long time ago

The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should have been forced out of office a long time ago. Over his many years in...

Oct 29, 2019 at 17:58 3055

Fernández and Kirchner won the presidential election together

With the crucial help of the former president Cristina Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner (*1953) as his vice-presidential...

Oct 24, 2019 at 16:50 3995

Philippe Jaroussky: a career spanning twenty years already

The career of my favorite (classical music) singer Philippe Jaroussky is already spanning twenty years. The French countertenor...

Oct 07, 2019 at 20:08 1993

Prime Minister Costa is the winner of the Portuguese legislative election

On October 6, 2019 some 9.34 million registered Portugese voters were asked to elect their new parliament. Voter turnout reached...

Oct 03, 2019 at 16:12 1551

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 2006

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 4637

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 2245

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 1353

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 1908

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...

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