The art collection of the Austrian ophthalmologist Rudolf Leopold (1925-2010) contains over 5,000 objects. The core of Sammlung...

The economist Razeen Sally noted in his book Return To Sri Lanka that, in the 2015 election, the minorities – Tamils, Muslims...

[From our archives] Robert Altman is the director of classic movies such as Nashville (1975) and The Player (1992). In 2001, he has shot his best picture so far, not only from the visual...

The massive protests across Sri Lanka since March and especially April 2022 are due to the worst economic and financial crisis since gaining independence from Britain in 1948. They are the...

[From our archives, written in December 2017] The new album by the world’s greatest band, the Rolling Stones, was recorded...

[Concert review from September 1, 2000] What one could guess from listening to her last CD When I Look In Your Eyes which was...

Diana Krall: The Look of Love [Written in September 2000] With her new album The Look of Love (Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.fr, Amazon.de), Diana Krall confirms her exceptional status...

With her latest album [written in 2004], The Girl in the Other Room (Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.fr, Amazon.de), jazz singer...

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...