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The Italian Poet Gabriele D’annunzio occupied 100 years ago, the Croatian port city of Rijeka. Why this was not political, but rather the continuation of poetry, explains author Kersten Knipp. Gabriele D’annunzio (right, with cane) in Fiume in October 1919 After the First world war Croatia in Italy were due to the London agreement of…

Is anyone still out there? The question of life on other planets, astronomers have no rest. On the exoplanets K2-18b could be the now been able to find. But what does that mean exactly? What an Exoplanet is? Exoplanets, extra solar planets, are planets that are outside (Greek: exo) of the Gravitational influence of our…

Less and less to drug makers research for new antibiotics. A Search of the North German broadcasting (NDR) doesn’t reveal that pharmaceutical companies keep Promises. Antibiotics research: fungal culture in a Petri dish Although the increasing spread of resistant seen enter germs as one of the largest global threats, stopping pharmaceutical companies to research new…

The designated EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is to explain to the European Parliament, of the name for the future migration Department. The new title of “Protect what makes Europe” has many opponents. The resort with the simple name “Migration, home Affairs and citizenship,” held with EU Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos for 2015 and…

Since 2015, the French justice is investigating the US Internet group. It involves allegations of massive tax evasion. Now, Google relented and agreed to a settlement. To avoid further legal disputes, accepted Google in France, a penalty payment of EUR 500 million. In addition, the US will pay companies 465 million euros in taxes. That…

In Latin America organizations is increasing, according to government suppression of protests against mining projects. The extraction of raw materials befeuere in addition, social and political unrest. El Salvador: Protest against mining in the capital, San Salvador. With its diverse wealth of minerals in Latin America, attracting worldwide investors to the mining industry. According to…

Traffic blockades, naked in the Parliament, a colored flow: The movement Extinction Rebellion, protest unconventional for climate protection – and is quickly gaining the inlet. In October, she wants to put cities in the world to a standstill. Suddenly green: The Limmat river in Zurich on Tuesday Zurich ends up in the Rankings of the…

Hamburg celebrates the cruise and hundreds of thousands of visitors will make it a true spectacle. Environmental groups criticize the Hamburg Cruise Days as a false Signal in the climate debate. Already days before the giant spectacle of the Hamburg port city illuminated in a magical looking dark blue. The light artist Michael Batz staged,…

With the fascinating exhibition “Through the walls“ gives the Berlin-Gropius-Bau to 30. Anniversary of the fall food for thought on topics such as separation, division and populism. More current than ever: The exhibition “walls to go” Mona Hatoum: “Waiting is Forbidden”, 2006-2008 “Waiting prohibited” is in Arabic and English on the blue road sign. It…

Always rings EU countries, the distribution at sea of rescued refugees. Germany has so far received 225 people. The Libyan woman Nesrein is one of them. The DW has taken. 360 days it took, until Nesrein was able to build on its twelve square meters on the outskirts of Lübeck, a new life. The day…

The official opening of the International automobile exhibition in Frankfurt, there were words of encouragement for the German Chancellor and a speech ban for Frankfurt’s mayor. Chancellor Merkel visited during her tour of the IAA, the Mercedes Stand German Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) has called for the opening of the International automobile exhibition (IAA) in…

Chancellor Angela Merkel opened the Frankfurt auto show IAA. It is likely to be the last. What is the foreseeable end of their term of office, but to the car industry, says Henrik Böhme. A trade fair is already buried before its official opening, practically it has not been so. At the computer fair Cebit,…

For your latest novel “The witnesses” returns Margaret Atwood back in the dictatorship of Gilead. However, Atwood’s dystopia, 34 years after the publication of “The Report of the maid”, even fiction? Watch the Video 01:48 Share Margaret Atwood, “The Stuff Inside” Send Facebook Twitter google+ Tumblr VZ Xing Newsvine Digg Permalink https://p.dw.com/p/3PQvX Margaret Atwood, “The…

Jews and Muslims in Europe want to increase the number of shared word. It is a completely new development in the area of religions. And a response to the rise of right-wing populist parties in Europe. The venue is remote. But it has symbolic power. In the South of Italy, Matera, one of the European…

A place of longing San Francisco: The Federal art hall in Bonn draws a portrait of California’s Pacific metropolis. However, for many that followed until today, the reputation of San Francisco, proved to be the dreams as foams. “California Dreams” – San Francisco in the Federal art hall in Bonn Harold John Brothers: “Russian Hill,…

Why must a tragedy before the (football)is watching the world? The self-immolation of the young Iranian Sahar Khodayari alias #blue girl also reveals the helplessness of FIFA, says Joscha Weber. In the case of the 2018 world Cup in Russia, they celebrated themselves and their team in the stadium – Iran’s female football fans Sahar…

In order to cope with the influx of refugees, Cyprus needs urgently the support of the EU. In poorly converted containers, asylum-seekers wait at the end of part for many years on the processing of their applications. In Turkey, the Amir and Layla* have made a decision that would change her life: she decided to…

130 pages full of facts: The Catholic order of Malta relief service has submitted a new migration report. Good news come mainly from the economy. On the title sheet of the fresh Maltese-integration report, a young man in blue Overalls stands in front of a work bench. He looks pleased. And according to the 130-page…

Our immune system has a lot to do, and constantly fights against viruses, bacteria, infections and other diseases. With vaccinations, we grab him under the arms and make a contribution to world health. Yes! In the case of a vaccination our immune system is exposed to aware of a pathogen. Either live pathogens used as…

If the walls could speak, what would – and should – tell you? In the case of a former barracks complex of the Nazi era, the city is doing a hard Soest. Because of the location there are many stories that overlap. The town of Soest, about 50 kilometres East of Dortmund, is rich in…

Three Teams are nominated for the German future prize in 2019. The victory physicians struggle in the fight against cancer, a chemist with sustainable plastics, and computer scientists to help with analysis software company. The Jury of the German future prize has selected on Wednesday in the German Museum in Munich, the three Teams nominated…

For years, a U.S. spy was sitting apparently right in the Kremlin. He was, however, deducted from Russia’s centre of power. The case is symptomatic of the dysfunctional relationship between the US President, Trump and his secret services. Even before he took office in January of 2017, Donald Trump criticized regularly by the US secret…

In the mountains of Armenia, near the health resort of Jermuk, a gold mine for protests. Local residents see them as a threat to their drinking water and blocking the start-up. The source originates in the vicinity of the Mine. Jermuk in the southwest of Armenia is known for its hot springs, a soothing water…

In the EM-qualification, England has the rebellious outsider Kosovo in a turbulent game in the barriers. After a lightning-goal of the world Cup on turns-Fourth. Cristiano Ronaldo hits four times for Portugal. Short time it smelled even after a Sensation, but only briefly: After just a few seconds after the kick-off was an outsider Kosovo…