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Oct 14, 2025 at 20:28 595

Together with Nova Gorica in Slovenia and Gorizia in Italy, Chemnitz is the European Capital of Culture 2025. In this context, the exhibition Edvard Munch. Angst at Kunst Sammlungen Chemnitz in Germany, which opened on August 10 and will last until November 2, offers a fresh look at a pioneer of modernism, who transformed landscape painting into a landscape of the soul, reminding us of...

Jun 12, 2025 at 13:12 From Trump vs. Musk to Trump vs. California

The craziest part of the relationship between Donald Trump and Elon Musk is not that it fell apart so quickly, but that it came...

May 16, 2025 at 15:38 Rembrandt. The Complete Paintings

With Rembrandt. The Complete Paintings, Volker Manuth, Marieke de Winkel and Rudie van Leeuwen offer readers a view at 329 works made by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) during his lifetime, in what is known as...

May 15, 2025 at 07:00 Neue Sachlichkeit / New Objectivity exhibition at Neue Galerie New York

Since its founding in 2001, Ronald S. Lauder’s museum Neue Galerie New York has focused on Austrian and German art from 1890 to...

Apr 21, 2019 at 20:31 2163

The comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy has won the presidential election in Ukraine

A national exit poll shows that the comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy has won the presidential election in Ukraine. In the second...

Apr 10, 2019 at 15:49 2049

Bibi did it again

On April 9 some 6.34 million voters were asked to cast their vote in the 2019 Israeli legislative election. Voter turnout reached 67.9% (in 2015: 71.8%). With roughly 97% of the votes...

Apr 03, 2019 at 20:48 2030

The Turkish opposition is alive

Surprise, surprise. The Turkish opposition is alive. If President Erdogan should really lose the capital Ankara AND his hometurf city of Istanbul, it could signal the beginning of his...

Apr 02, 2019 at 15:26 7865

A history of The Connaught

The history of The Connaught begins in 1815: Napoleon was definitively defeated and George III was King (1760-1820) of the ever more powerful British Empire. My first stay at the London...

Mar 29, 2019 at 16:22 1513

May’s deal rejected by 344 votes to 286

Just a few minutes ago, the House of Commons rejected Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit withdrawal agreement, negotiated...

Mar 28, 2019 at 09:14 1279

The hard Brexiteers look weak

The hard Brexiters aka Brexiteers suddenly look weak. Leading Leave supporters such as Boris Johnson changed their view regarding PM Theresa May’s deal and regard it now as the...

Mar 27, 2019 at 23:51 1172

The House of Commons rejected all 8 motions of the evening

Today, March 27, 2019 the House of Commons had the chance to agree on a way forward regarding the Brexit mess. The MPs voted down...

Mar 25, 2019 at 23:15 1123

The House of Commons takes control over Brexit

The government was defeated by 329 votes to 302 on a cross-party amendment. MPs are now trying find a majority for a Brexit...

Mar 21, 2019 at 21:38 1431

Common sense should tell Theresa May to revoke Article 50

Common sense should tell Theresa May to make the best, reasonable choice: revoke Article 50. In December 2018, the European Court...

Mar 21, 2019 at 18:37 1266

Remain is in the best interest of the British

What does a UK politician have to focus on first? To act in the best interest of the country’s citizens. Currently, Remain...

Mar 17, 2019 at 20:17 1751

Gantz claims that Netanyahu took a $4.5 million bribe from thyssenkrupp

[Update added on March 18, 2019 at 02:54 Ukrainian time: Sunday in Haifa, Benny Gantz indeed called for a state commission of...

Mar 14, 2019 at 20:24 1148

Brexit delay votes under way. 10 amendements to the motion to be voted on.

Added at 18:24 Berlin time: Independent Group MP Sarah Wollaston’s amendment, which called for an extension of Article 50...

Mar 13, 2019 at 23:21 1159

No-deal aka hard Brexit is not off the table

Despite two House of Commons votes today, a no-deal aka hard Brexit is not off the table. The House of Commons first passed a no...

Mar 13, 2019 at 03:29 1125

Corbyn is demanding a general election but not a second referendum

After Prime Mister Theresa May’s Deal was voted down once again by parliament on March 12, the leader of the opposition,...

Mar 12, 2019 at 20:10 1166

May’s Brexit deal has no chance to pass

[Update at 21:38 Ukrainian time: May’s Deal has been rejected once again, this time with 391 to 242 votes]. Theresa...

Mar 12, 2019 at 01:57 2288

Israel’s Minister of Culture Miri Regev

Israel’s Minister of Culture and Sport Miri Regev (*1965) has been described as a cultural warrior, Trump in high heels,...

Mar 11, 2019 at 20:39 2130

Netanyahu has moved Israel to the far-right

The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has moved Israel to the far-right. Another proof of this fact: his feud with the...

Mar 08, 2019 at 14:40 1410

The Global Art Market Report 2019

The Art Basel and UBS Global Art Market Report 2019 shows that, in 2018, the word’s art market reached its second highest level in a decade, amidst further consolidation at the top...