It’s not the passage of time or overcoming hardship that makes you wise, but rather the effort to keep your mind truly open.
Author: Tanja Hofbauer
MUNICH — On Oct. 5, German doctor Alexander Haase* opened his web browser and dropped merchandise he wanted to purchase into a checkout basket. He paid 590,99 euros — money that went into a Hungarian bank account. A few weeks later, an inconspicuous brown package arrived by DHL delivery. He opened it. There was a […]
Beth sometimes sleeps for months. She suffers from a rare disorder — the ‘Sleeping Beauty’ syndrome. Her boyfriend Dan sits bedside every day. A different kind of timeless love story.
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A Woman’s Biggest Enemy Is Womanhood
Our author attends a women’s conference in Berlin, and reaches a brutal conclusion about the very idea a ‘being a woman.’
-Analysis- MUNICH — The recent attacks on the Internet would be great material for a movie. But it would be more a horror film than action flick — and it could be a low-budget production since the victims could just be you and me. No need to pay high-priced movie stars. The screenplay would go […]
MUNICH — At first sight, it looks like a real bargain buy: five disposable razors for 85 cents, with Aloe-Vera sliding strips, “ideal for the bikini line.” No hesitation, the pink razors are in the basket. But wait: Two shelves to the right, there’s what looks like the same kind of package, but in blue. […]
MUNICH — What a crappy year you were 2016. With your terrorist attacks, the British going mad with Brexit and the Americans electing a Twitter troll as commander-in-chief. In Syria and other war zones, people were drowning all year in blood. On top of all of that, many of our most beloved artists and performers […]
-OpEd- Is this China’s big moment? The World Economic Forum in Davos is welcoming Chinese president Xi Jinping as a special guest. It’s the first time a Chinese leader has attended the event. It marks a historic moment, not least because it comes just a few days before Donald Trump will be sworn in as […]
BERLIN — One recent underreported case of a 24-year-old Afghan in Germany is a perfect example of how hard it is for security authorities to track potentially dangerous Islamists. The suspected radical, who has disappeared near Hannover in Lower Saxony, had previously traveled to Afghanistan to be trained in the handling of explosives. Since July […]
What has Germany done to make people feel safer after the events of last New Year’s Eve, when hundreds of women were sexually abused in Cologne and other cities? Not much, writes author Birgit Kelle.
Thirty years before Hitler’s crimes, Germany’s southwest African colony was the scene of mass killings of ethnic Hereros, whose descendants are still waiting for answers.
The entire German business model, based on exporting its goods and services, may have to change as populists forces surge in its leading trading partners.
Family pictures, porn, German armed forces’ internal data – openly accessible on the internet. One mistake is enough and your privacy is destroyed.
-Analysis- BERLIN — Europe’s leaders were jubilant when Alexander Van der Bellen won the Austrian election Sunday. The bitter pill came later with confirmation that Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, a strong supporter of the European Union, had lost the constitutional referendum he’d staked his reputation on — and would resign. Italy was one of […]
–OpEd- BERLIN — It’s been said that house guests are like dead fish: After three days they start to smell. When it comes to government officials, it usually takes a little longer. Americans make a president clear out of the White House after eight years, at the latest. That’s smart. Heads of government in Germany […]
Trump, Orbán, Le Pen: today’s nationalists share certain things, like an antipathy for supranational institutions. But Trump’s real danger is something completely different.