Category: English
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New and Gnabry – a losing battle
Germany must accept against the Netherlands, a defeat. National coach Löw experienced disappointments on the court and can only rely on a few players – Manuel Neuer and Serge Gnabry. Visibly annoyed and a little perplexed looked at Manuel Neuer in the 79. Minute his front people. The Dutch striker Donyell Paint had just reached…
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More than an analog pre-paid System – the good old stamp
The Germans are sending fewer and fewer letters. A shame, because since the founding of the Federal Republic of Germany 70 years ago, stamps have always been a reflection of German history. A tribute to a small piece of paper. History on two square centimeters: stamps from Germany 1949: the topping-out ceremony for the opening…
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German air force – aircraft, but no pilot
Bundeswehr in a different way: Only function missing-capable combat aircraft, now the staff is missing – at least in the air force Laage base in Rostock. From there, Volker Witting reported. You fly if pilots are in there With a deafening roar, they rise in the sky. In minutes, a distance of three Eurofighter roar…
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The street scooter is looking for his Chance in China
Deutsche Post sets for a long time on a climate-friendly package delivery, but the electric street scooter was not a pure success story. Now there is good news from the far East. Deutsche Post wants to get with her street scooters wholesale in the Chinese market. Together with the local automobile manufacturer Chery, the Post…
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Increasing violence against migrants in Russia
A Tajik Migrant is beaten up in a supermarket brutal. Instead of dragging the offender to justice, is to be deported, the Tadschikin. In Russia, unfortunately, not an isolated case. For Derja (Name changed by the editors), it is a day like any other. She leaves her work in a bakery in the Moscow suburb…
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Robert Mugabe – the Power behind the Power
Even two years after the ousting of Robert Mugabe for human rights violations in Zimbabwe on the agenda, writes the student activist, political observer and Blogger, Blessing Vava. It’s a hot October night, it was in the year 2009. We, a group of student activists sat in the Bus on the way home. We had…
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Withdrawal from Afghanistan troops – no matter what the cost it?
After the September 11 attacks. In September, the U.S. began almost 18 years ago, a war with Afghanistan. Now the US government wants to pull thousands of troops out of the country, but critics warn that the price is too high. What gifts are allowed to adopt a US soldier from Afghan village elders? How…
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A lot of hype about Margaret Atwoods novel, “The stuff inside”
Margaret Atwood, best-selling book “The zoo story” gets a sequel: “The stuff inside” suggests, even before the appearance date on the 10. September-high waves. The expectations of the new Atwood novel are high. After her novel “appeared in The Report of the maid” in the year 1985, has been described, the today 79-year-old writer Margaret…
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DFB-Team is losing a prestige duel
The German national football team has missed after numerous Blackouts in the defense, a big step in the direction of EM 2020, and after the first setback in qualifying under pressure. The team of national coach Joachim Löw’s side lost to the Netherlands on Friday evening in a turbulent prestige duel in Hamburg with 2:4…
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EU-Mercosur: the struggle for the rain forest
The EU wants to make adherence to environmental standards a condition for trade agreement with Brazil. Thus, the government is under pressure to fight the fires in the Amazon rain forest to be effective. 17 Chapter covers the free trade agreement between the EU and the South American trade Alliance, Mercosur. In June of 2019…
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Air force: airplanes without pilots
Bundeswehr in a different way: Only function missing-capable combat aircraft, now the staff is missing – at least in the air force Laage base in Rostock. From there, Volker Witting reported. You fly if pilots are in there With a deafening roar, they rise in the sky. In minutes, a distance of three Eurofighter roar…
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Iran’s dangerous game in the nuclear poker
Recent initiatives to resolve the crisis around Iran’s nuclear program have not yielded any rapprochement. Washington continues to put on maximum pressure, Tehran is responding with metered violations of the nuclear agreement. From this Friday, as Iran intends to launch the “third Phase” of its withdrawal from the international nuclear agreement by 2015. At the…
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Liberation or occupation? A scandal in Sofia.
An exhibition from a historical occasion provides for tensions between Bulgaria and Russia. The events of 75 years ago and the following 45 years are not processed in Bulgaria still. Pro-Soviet Bulgarian soldiers at the beginning of September 1944 “If a pedestrian is crossing a dangerous intersection. From the right, a brown ‘Opel is coming…
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Comment: No weapons in the Yemen!
Who is supplying weapons to the warring parties in Yemen, is complicit in the humanitarian disaster, say the UN. Germany, too, must feel addressed, writes Rainer Sollich. Until the end of September, the Federal government needs to meet in Berlin, a difficult decision. You must decide whether Germany’s so-called “export of arms-stop” versus “directly on…
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Robert Mugabe: From folk hero to dictator
By 2017, Robert Mugabe was one of the most controversial heads of state in Africa. First, as the African showpiece politician celebrated, converted later to a brutal dictator. Now he has died at the age of 95 years. Many Africans saw Robert Mugabe, the radiant leader, brought in 1980, Zimbabwe’s independence from Britain. However, in…
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A Moscow Park as a mirror of the Soviet-nostalgia
On the outskirts of Moscow a huge “Soviet long-wonder land” exhibition at VDNKh. Now, the Russian government revived the site again, and with it the nostalgia for the USSR. “In this Park I have the most beautiful memories.” With a Smile Pensioner Lydia Gavrilovna is your view about the “exhibition of achievements of national economy”…
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Maas expects from the Congo and more in the fight against Ebola
The German foreign Minister has met the new President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Félix Tshisekedi could stand for new beginnings, but must fight against violence and Ebola. From Kinshasa Fabian of the Mark. Federal foreign Minister Maas meets Congo President Félix Tshisekedi How serious the situation is, has Heiko Maas will get…
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Pope Francis in Mozambique: a peacemaker or involuntary choice of helpers?
Pope Francis visited a country in turmoil: In the Mozambique is choosing the fight, the recently signed peace agreement between the government and the Opposition is on the Brink. The expectations of the Pope are great. President Nyusi and his wife with Pope Francis “The Pope is coming at a worse time,” says Sande Carmona…
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MH17-witness by prisoner exchange to Russia?
A court in Ukraine has dropped Volodymyr Tsemakh free. He is regarded as an important witness in the case of the downed flight MH17. Now his statement is in question, because he should seem to be to Russia are transferred. A court in Kiev has left on Thursday in a surprisingly Volodymyr Tsemakh free. The…
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Recipes against populism: “The according to be brave”
What literature against propaganda, lies, and verrohte language? In the framework of the German-Israeli literature days, the international writers provide answers for dealing with the populism. Events such as the German-Israeli literature days will, of course, planned carefully and long in advance. However, as the political spirit of the times the Director would have conducted,…
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Nike Wagner: “I want to bring in the Beethoven festival is always Special”
“Moonlight” festival is the Motto of Nike Wagner’s sixth Beethoven. What connects the Director and what she plans for the Beethoven anniversary in 2020, has betrayed them in the DW-interview. DW: this year’s Beethoven festival (6. up to 29. September 2019) has the Motto of “moonlight”. How did you come up with that? Nike Wagner:…
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“German Angst”? German be brave
The Germans have so little Fears, such as since 1993, not more, says a long-term study. A good Portion of “German Angst”, however, remains. Especially in front of Strangers you fear in this country. It’s the fear is one of the few words that made it from German into English:. As a “German Angst” is…
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Premier Conte: From the Amateur player to the state man
One and a half years, he was still an unknown law Professor, now he is Italy’s political Star: The amazing career of Giuseppe Conte – convincing, but without a Conviction? A portrait of Bernd Riegert. At the G7 summit in Biarritz at the end of August, the Jura-Professor Giuseppe Conte still assumed that his second…
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Expert: “attack, probably from Russia, choreographed”
At the end of August was shot in Berlin, a Chechen from Georgia. The alleged perpetrator should be Russian citizen. It was a political assassination? Estimates from the Russia expert Mark Galeotti. Forensics in the Park: Berlin police officials in Moabit Deutsche Welle: Mr Galeotti, Zelimkhan Khangoshvili has fought in the second Chechen war against…