Source: SUDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG

Süddeutsche Zeitung is one of Germany’s premiere daily quality newspapers. It was founded on 6 October 1945, and has been called “The New York Times of Munich”.

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Economy Geopolitics

Panama Papers: Link Between Magnitsky Probe And Putin’s Cellist Pal

Orchestra in Perm, Russia
Orchestra in Perm, Russia Aleksandr Zykov

Sergei Magnitsky died on Nov. 16, 2009 in a solitary confinement cell of the infamous Matrosskaya Tishina Prison in Moscow. He was 37. His death rocked U.S.-Russia relations and sanctions were put in place by Washington, followed by countermeasures from Moscow. Magnitsky had been a lawyer and auditor and, while working for the investment company Hermitage Capital, had uncovered an alleged case of fraud amounting to several million U.S. dollars. According to his research, Russian civil servants had, in conjunction with criminals, managed to steal $230 million from the treasury and transfer it abroad through a very complex web of […]

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Eyes on the U.S. Geopolitics

GMO Arctic Apples, Only The TTIP Of The Iceberg

Europeans want to know what's in them.
Europeans want to know what's in them. Glen Stubbe/Minneapolis Star Tribune/ZUMA

Health, science, business and consumer rights are driving major differences between the U.S. and the EU in the most far-reaching trade negotiations in history.

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Economy Geopolitics

Micronation, Offshore: Panama Papers Wash Up In Sealand

Man being hoisted onto Sealand
Man being hoisted onto Sealand Sealand's Facebook page

You won’t find it on any map of the world nor see it mentioned in any geography book. And yet it certainly exists. In the middle of the North Sea, surrounded by nothing but waves and wind, is the smallest self-proclaimed state in the world. The Principality of Sealand, as its inhabitants call it, is […]

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Geopolitics Migrant Lives Society Syria Crisis

Traumatized Young Refugees Present New Challenges For German Doctors

Refugees arriving in Munich's train station in September
Refugees arriving in Munich's train station in September Michael Trammer/Pacific Press/ZUMA

For psychiatrists at Munich’s Heckscher Clinic, underage migrants who have fled war and violence, often alone, represent a difficult new group of patients.

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Geopolitics

Alexey Navalny On Panama Papers: Proof That Putin “Owns” Russia

Alexei Navalny participating in a February march in memory of Boris Nemtsov in Moscow
Alexei Navalny participating in a February march in memory of Boris Nemtsov in Moscow Navalny's Instagram account

MOSCOW — Alexey Navalny is one of most prominent opponents of the Russian government of Vladimir Putin. The 39-year old lawyer and head of the Moscow-based NGO Anti-Corruption Foundation first came to prominence through a blog that takes direct aim at alleged malfeasance by Putin and his associates. We spoke with him in his Moscow […]

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Future

Call To Arms For Cyber War, Trying To Poach Private Sector Recruits

On the cyberwar path
On the cyberwar path Bundeswehr / Faller

Like military counterparts around the world, the German armed forces must urgently compete with the private sector to attract the Internet’s best and brightest.

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Future

Artifical Intelligence: How To Stop AI From Destroying The Human Race

Brain machine
Brain machine Johan Bichel Lindegaard

Skype founder Jaan Tallinn wants to program machines to keep them from becoming a threat to the human race. Yes, he believes, the threat is real.

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Economy Society

My Yacht, My Shell Company: Cheating, Divorce And Panama Papers

Offshore
Offshore James Willamor

There may be only one thing super-rich men fear more than the tax authorities, and it’s a wife gearing up for divorce. Panama has havens for that too.

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Economy Geopolitics

How Suddeutsche Zeitung Launched The Panama Papers Bombshell

SZ journalists Bastian Obermayer and Friedrick Obermaier
SZ journalists Bastian Obermayer and Friedrick Obermaier SZ video screenshot

MUNICH — Over a year ago, an anonymous source contacted Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) with the following exchange: Hello. This is John Doe. Interested in data? SZ: We’re very interested. JD: There are a couple of conditions. My life is in danger. We will only chat over encrypted files. No meeting, ever. The choice of stories […]

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Geopolitics Ideas Terror in Europe

Belgium, Finding The Proper Way To Soldier On

At the Maelbeek metro station, a tribute for the victims of the Brussels terrorist attacks.
At the Maelbeek metro station, a tribute for the victims of the Brussels terrorist attacks. Aurore Belot/Pacific Press via ZUMA

Many locals are trying to maintain a so-called “belgitude” after last week’s deadly terror. But the city’s vulnerability is on full display.

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Ideas Society

How Educators Are Failing Bullies

Four victims in this photo?
Four victims in this photo? Thomas Ricker

It’s normal for children to argue and fight. But those identified as bullies are often suspended or expelled far too quickly. Why don’t schools intervene earlier?

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Geopolitics

Le Pen To Bernie: Anger Economics Drives Populist Surge

At a Bernie Sanders rally in New York
At a Bernie Sanders rally in New York Andy Katz/Pacific Press via ZUMA

Rising populism in the West can be traced to continuing fallout from the 2007-08 financial crisis. The responses — from both left and right — share certain fundamental arguments.

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Economy Eyes on the U.S. Society

Marketer’s Ruse: How To Foment Popularity

A deep love
A deep love Grant Robertson

Restaurant, cell phone and clothes: People usually buy what others appear to want, so companies use the illusion of low supply to create new demand. But there are paradoxes to human instincts and desires.

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Society

Aging, Gay And Coming Out — In A German Retirement Home

Egon in his Kiel retirement home
Egon in his Kiel retirement home Julia Sellmann for Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin

After suffering a stroke seven years ago, Egon had to move to an assisted living facility. And for the second time in his life, he finally mustered the courage to be his true self.

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Eyes on the U.S. Future

Germany Asks: Is Zuckerberg Criminally Liable For Facebook Hate Speech?

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, between like and hate
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, between like and hate Alberto Pepe

Two German lawyers say the Facebook founder and CEO doesn’t do enough to stop hate speech.

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Society

Breaking Bad To Deutschland 83, Why Some TV Series Do So Well Abroad

Deutschland 83 is a big hit outside of Germany
Deutschland 83 is a big hit outside of Germany

Audiences have an insatiable desire for new series, with Netflix alone planning to release more than 30 new ones in 2016. But why are more and more going international?

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Food / Travel

Up Close With Lions And Tigers Rescued From The Underworld

Tiger at Ansbach's Big Cat Sanctuary
Tiger at Ansbach's Big Cat Sanctuary Jasmin Madeleine H. via Instagram

The public is welcome at Germany’s “Big Cat Sanctuary,” a place of last resort for animals once in the grips of illegal circuses and mob traffickers.

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Future Ideas

India To Zuckerberg: We Don’t Believe Facebook’s Big PR Lie

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in New Delhi in 2014
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in New Delhi in 2014 Xinhua/ZUMA

Anti-colonialism’s echo: India balks at Mark Zuckerberg’s plans of offering free but limited Internet access, which is ultimately aimed at boosting Facebooks’ numbers. Will the rest of the world follow?

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Future Society

Google, Facebook And Beyond: Why Algorithms Discriminate

Google Images search for CEO
Google Images search for CEO Worldcrunch montage

Yes, technology can be biased, racist and sexist. That’s because the creators of algorithms are overwhelmingly white men, and the online results are becoming a huge problem in an increasingly digitized world.

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Society

Formula 1 Icon Niki Lauda: No Friends If You Want To Finish First

Niki Lauda last year at the Russian Grand Prix in Sochi
Niki Lauda last year at the Russian Grand Prix in Sochi Hoch Zwei/ZUMA

Niki Lauda is a Formula 1 legend. After the accident at the German Grand Prix at Nürburgring nearly killed him, Lauda was back in the driver’s seat seven weeks later. In an exclusive interview with Suddeutsche Zeitung, the son of Austrian industrialists speaks about his family’s attempt to derail his career, living with the daily […]

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Ideas Society

In Germany, Migrant Shame And The Changing Meaning Of Groping

Jan. 9 protest against male violence against women in Cologne
Jan. 9 protest against male violence against women in Cologne Elke Wetzig

Groping women obviously isn’t acceptable in the West, where decades of protest won more progressive cultural standards. But lost amid the furor is an understanding of refugee men’s humiliation without work, money or a chance of integration

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Future Ideas

Registered Humans And The Risks Of Forced Digitalization

Who's watching?
Who's watching? hendrikwieduwilt

The state, as well as companies, want to know as much as possible about citizens. The battle against the unstoppable digitalization of our world seems hopeless. Germany is particularly sensitive to the downsides.

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Geopolitics Ideas

Germany: First Whispers Of Possible Merkel Government Crisis

German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Karlsruhe, Germany, on Dec. 14,
German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Karlsruhe, Germany, on Dec. 14, Luo Huanhuan/Xinhua/ZUMA

German Chancellor Angela Merkel had been immune to crisis, so far. But now that the government coalition is divided about the country’s open-door policy, things are about to change.

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Food / Travel

Vegan? Gluten-Free? Lactose Intolerant? Europe’s Top Chefs Are Burned Out

Chef Diethard Urbansky at work in Munich's Dallmayr restaurant
Chef Diethard Urbansky at work in Munich's Dallmayr restaurant Facebook page

HAMBURG — The heat in the kitchens is getting hotter. Life for cooks and chefs around the Western world has grown ever more difficult since healthy diets that exclude everything from gluten to dairy became a super trend. “We are confronted with this on a daily basis,” says Tony Hohlfeld, head chef at Hamburg’s gourmet […]

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Society

Help? That Homework Question For Parents Everywhere

Homework may require more than a pencil
Homework may require more than a pencil woodleywonderworks

Just how much help should parents offer to their children? Like anything, it’s a delicate balance, but a word with the school may also be a required assignment for mom and dad.

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Ideas Migrant Lives

Mass Assaults On German Women, A Clash Of Cultures Exposed

Protests last year in Cologne
Protests last year in Cologne Pacific Press/ZUMA

A wave of violence rocked Cologne on New Year’s Eve, when more than 100 women reported that men of Arab and North African appearance robbed, groped and raped them. Though shocking in Germany, such attacks are all too common in Arab countries, wher

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Ideas Society

The University Of … Stressed-Out Students

Just too much
Just too much LaurMG

College students increasingly describe how the pressure to perform well is wreaking havoc on their well-being. Research even shows a worrying trend toward psychological conditions related to the strain. Here’s how to prevent the worst.

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Economy Future Green Or Gone

Behind The Musk: A Foreign Eye On The Tesla Car Revolution

Assembling the Tesla Model S at the carmaker's plant in Fremont, California
Assembling the Tesla Model S at the carmaker's plant in Fremont, California Patrick Tehan/TNS/ZUMA

Perhaps just as fascinating as the electric cars is the company’s founder and the genuinely earnest ideal among employees to make the world a better place.

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Future

The E-Cycle, Pedaling That Fine Line Of Ecology And Utility

An Ideo e-bike
An Ideo e-bike Sarah Mirk

Bicycles with electric motors are becoming more popular and controversial at the same time. Environmentalists wonder if cyclists are losing their carbon neutrality in pursuit of an extra boost.

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Society

Why German Business Leaders Don’t Want A Burqa Ban

Wearing a burqa in Berlin, Germany
Wearing a burqa in Berlin, Germany Sascha Kohlmann

MUNICH — The conservative Christian Social Union (CSU) party in the southern state of Bavaria wants Germany to ban the burqa. But the toughest opposition to the proposal may come from what is otherwise a natural CSU ally: local business leaders. Should a ban be implemented similar to the one France approved in 2010, it […]

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Society

MOOCs And Privacy, German Fears About Online Student Data

Munich's Ludwig-Maximilians-University
Munich's Ludwig-Maximilians-University Facebook page

More and more universities around the world offer so-called Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). With top Munich universities using the online education provider Coursera, doubts grow over security and the selling of customer data.

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Geopolitics

New Study: Economic Crisis Shifts Voters To Political Right

At a Golden Dawn rally in Athens last September.
At a Golden Dawn rally in Athens last September. Michael Debets/Pacific Press via ZUMA

A study recently released in Germany demonstrates that right-wing parties win on average 30% more votes after a financial crisis. The success of France’s Marine Le Pen is just the latest example.

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Green Or Gone Ideas

Religion And Ecology, Not Always A Natural Marriage

Statue in St. Peter's Square, Vatican City
Statue in St. Peter's Square, Vatican City Evandro Inetti/ZUMA

Muslims are supposed to save water, Christians and Jews energy. In the past, we blamed those ideologies for ecological crises.

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Society

A New Feminist Argument Against Abortion

A New Feminist Argument Against Abortion
Agencia de Notícias do Acre

Shouldn’t women who believe it’s wrong to abort a girl just because she’s a girl also believe it’s wrong to abort a baby just because she might have a disability? One self-described feminist author argues yes.

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Economy Geopolitics

Deutsche Bank And The Thorny Question Of Banker Bonuses

Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt, Germany
Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt, Germany El Tiempo/GDA/ZUMA

Deutsche Bank’s new chief John Cryan believes end-of-year bonus demands harm the company. But bonus culture may be too deeply embedded throughout the financial sector.

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Future Society

Beyond Electric Cars: Inside Audi’s Big Bet On “Power-To-Gas” Technology

Driving toward the future?
Driving toward the future? Kamil Rejczyk

German carmaker Audi has commissioned Etogas Ltd. to build the planet’s first power-to-gas plant to fuel cars with transformed wind and solar energy. Could this “windgas” technology make today’s electric cars obsolete?

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Geopolitics Terror in Europe

In Germany, Exploiting Paris Attacks To Link Refugees And Terrorism

PEGIDA meeting in Munich on Nov. 14
PEGIDA meeting in Munich on Nov. 14 Michael Trammer/Pacific Press/ZUMA

Germany was already clashing over the country’s recent migrant crisis. Now, the nationalist PEGIDA group is playing with fire by using the Islamist terror attack to justify its extremist positions.

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Society

Top Bosses More Likely To Be Narcissistic And Machiavellian

That's Mr. Burns, Homer's boss (Poor Homer...)
That's Mr. Burns, Homer's boss (Poor Homer...) The Simpsons

The good news, according to this German study? Actual psychopaths rarely make it to the top …

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Food / Travel Society

Introducing The World’s First Halal Sparkling Wine

Tasting Dinar
Tasting Dinar DINAR Facebook page

Muslim guests at celebrations will no longer have to stand around with a Coke in their hands. For Munich’s Four Seasons Hotel, a local company has produced the first-ever non-alcoholic sparkling wine made in accordance with Islamic law.

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Economy Future Society

Collective To Connective: Does The Internet Undermine Human Institutions?

Digital words, real actions
Digital words, real actions Backbone Campaign

Patients versus doctors, electors versus parties and disappointed refugee aid response. The Internet may actually widen the gap between citizens and modern democratic institutions.

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