Music is not only a matter of knowledge and competence but also of taste and fashion. After fantastic albums such as When I Look...

In the French presidential election, the worst case scenario could by avoided. President Macron was reelected for another...

As in 2017, Emmanuel Macron will again face Marine Le Pen in the French presidential election run-off on April 24, 2022....

Democracies are not strong because we are all good democrats but because democracies (normally) offer prosperity. If they can’t provide this anymore, the enthousiasm for democracy...

The Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban (*1963) “wins” another two-thirds majority in the April 3, 2022...

The West must outspend Russia in Ukraine. The military might of the United States, the United Kingdom, France and other nations...

As a former KGB agent stationed in the GDR, Russian President Vladimir Putin is fluent in German. On September 25, 2001 he made a...

For many years under former chancellor Merkel as well as in the first months of the current Ampel coalition under Chancellor...

U.S. President Joe Biden announced today, February 22, 2022 a set of sanctions against Russia which he and his allies are ready...

On February 21, 2022 the wake-up call was rude. After a long, televised rant in which he simply denied the existence of an...

Until March 20, 2022 the Museum für Islamische Kunst zu Berlin, in cooperation with the Sarikhani Collection, shows the...

The wealthy and influential families of Rome patronised the young, impecunious painter Michelangelo Merisi (1571-1610) from the town of Caravaggio in Lombardy. They welcomed him as a guest...

Founded in 1926 as the Latvian Radio Centre Orchestra, the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra (LNSO) is one of the greatest...

It was clear from the start that Boris Johnson is unfit to lead the United Kingdom. Exiting the world’s largest free trade...

Richard Toye, Professor of Modern History at the University of Exeter, writes in his book Winston Churchill — A Life in the...

The (small) surprise winner of the primaries of Les Républicains in France: Valéry Pécresse. For the first time in their...

It is a big defeat for Joe Biden in Virginia. He had won the state in the presidential election against Trump with a 10% margin....

For 16 days, from September 18 to October 3, 2021 Paris had featured a temporary attraction: the famous Arc de Triomphe, wrapped...

It is complicated. The social-democrat Olaf Scholz has currently the biggest chances to become the next German chancellor. But...

The Swiss Fondation Beyeler in Riehen near Basel presents from September 19, 2021 until January 2, 2022 the exhibition Close-Up...