Category: English

  • Sour grapes: The climate change moves the wine-growing regions in the North

    The traditional wine growing areas of Europe could soon be history, if climate change continues to advance. A Chance for more northerly regions? The northernmost wine regions of the world Germany: Saxony-Anhalt In the Federal state of Saxony-Anhalt is the northernmost wine region, by a more than 70 km long wine road is situated on…

  • Controversial classicist to guide Hungary’s new Academy-research network

    Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban has appointed a controversial scientist to head up a new research network that will oversee the Academy of Sciences in the future. Prime Minister Viktor Orban has appointed Miklós Maróth, a Orientalists and the classical philologists, the head of the new research network of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. The…

  • World without borders

    Clean up, clean out, give away – for many a first step to peace and harmony. However, a reminder is in need of a legacy, according to Carmen-Francesca Banciu For years, the growing Trend for minimalism. Whether at the beginning of your adult life or just before retirement, want to live a lot of people…

  • “Sisters-in-arms”: the Kurdish heroines in the fight against the IS

    The French filmmaker and journalist Caroline Fourest tells the story of Kurdish women, the defeated the IS. Your movie “Soeurs d’armes” (weapons sisters) faces criticism from Turkey. DW: “Soeurs d’armes” is her first feature-length film. How did the idea to make a Film about the Kurdish fighters against the so-called Islamic state (IS)? Caroline Fourest:…

  • By plane half way around the world: Africa new escape route

    The escape routes from Africa to Europe are tight. Now the tractor to offer new routes from Africa by plane half way around the world: more and more African migrants are stranded in Mexico. Your destination: United States of America. At the beginning of July in Mexico were reported by authorities, the number of African…

  • Felbermayr: Trump needs to Deal with China

    US President, Trump makes the trade dispute with China will escalate and announces new duties. But for his re-election, he needs a Deal, says Gabriel Felbermayr, President of the Kiel Institute for the world economy. Deutsche Welle: On Wednesday, the commercial has ended talks between the United States and China, without result, in September they…

  • Klitschko’s fight for Power in Kiev

    The mayor of Kiev, Vitali Klitschko, is under increasing pressure from the new Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Selenskyj. The power struggle for the capital threatens to become the mud. As a former Boxing champion is used to it, Vitali Klitschko, blows to endure, and to not go for stronger opponents to the ground. As a politician…

  • Portugal suffers from the mass tourism

    The tourism boom brought to Portugal every year with new record figures and brings a lot of money in the crisis country. But he is causing ever greater environmental problems, which are ignored by the government. Sweet rang the coffers of the tourism in the Portuguese capital never: Around 30 million passengers came in 2018,…

  • Wacken: a unique success story

    It is the most famous Heavy Metal Festival in the world. This year, Wacken Open Air is to 30. Time instead. With Slayer, Anthrax and Sabaton. And to mark this anniversary, writes sustainability on the flags.. Several thousand Metalheads crowding in front of the entrance to the so-called “Holy Ground” of the Wacken Open Air.…

  • Rwanda’s Opposition “to be shot”?

    Gone or dead – Rwanda’s opposition party, the Forces Democratiques Unifiées “loses” its members mysteriously. The fate of government critics is unknown, but who is responsible? Anselme Mutuyimana – dead, found in a forest. Boniface Twagirimana, Vice-President of the Forces Democratiques Unifiées (FDU-Inkingi) Rwanda – disappeared. Jean Damascene Habarugira – dead, mutilated found in a…

  • U-Boot-Brand: Many questions, few answers

    Since the fire, on a deep-sea station of the Russian Navy, in which 14 people were killed, has passed a month. Slowly, Details leakage, but so far, many questions remain open. An Overview. Four of the ten sailors, including senior officers, were killed on 1. July in a fire on a deep sea station on…

  • Fragile peace through new agreements in Mozambique

    Mozambique’s government and the main opposition party RENAMO have signed a new peace agreement. Already several attempts to end the violence in Mozambique. Also this time, there is skepticism. President Filipe Nyusi and the leader of the opposition, Ossufo Momade with the peace Treaty A week in the sign of peace: On Monday, the Mozambican…

  • Psychologist: Social media reacts to Frankfurt responsibly

    The tragic incident in Frankfurt has shown that most of the users of Social media are still critical, says the würzburg media psychologist Frank Schwab. This is a Chance for the professional media. Strong reactions of the Public after the killing of an eight-year-old boy in Frankfurt. Mr Schwab, on Monday there was in Frankfurt…

  • JaafarTalk: dispute over polygamy

    In the first issue of the new DW-shipment “JaafarTalk” developed a violent dispute on the subject of polygamy. The programme was discussed then in the network contrary. The topic also gains in Germany of relevance. The first edition of the “JaafarTalk”, the new DW-broadcast of a presenter Jaafar Abdul Karim, has triggered an enormous audience…

  • Bastian Schweinsteiger loses in the MLS-Allstar-Game against Atletico

    It comes to nothing – except honor: In a show match Ex-national player Bastian is subject to Schweinsteiger with a MLS all-star selection of Atletico Madrid – and is raised by Zlatan Ibrahimović. World champion Bastian Schweinsteiger has conceded with an all-star selection of the North American football professional League MLS in the show match…

  • “At 15, I wanted to go to the barricades”

    Aleksandra Diermajer was broke out 15, as in the Warsaw uprising against the German occupiers. She is one of Thousands of young people who resisted. Even in the captivity they went as a volunteer. Aleksandra Diermajer-Sękowska as a teenager: Pseudonym of “Olenka” 1943 joins Ola the scouts. For four years the war raging in Poland.…

  • Iran’s judiciary against Activists

    While Iran is on the Persian Gulf, a show of strength with the United States and other Western States, before he goes inside against critics. Several activist were detained inside. Esrin Darkale (in the article image in the middle with the pink towel) was on 28. July in Garmsar, a small town in the vicinity…

  • “Burka ban” in the Netherlands – Who is implementing it?

    Since today, the “burka ban” in the Netherlands. However, hardly an Institution wants to implement it. Fiercely debated but still. Most of the hospitals in the Netherlands have already declared before the ban, that you will not refuse burqa wearers access. Patient care is more important than the enforcement of dress regulations, they added. The…

  • Family reunification: Ola missing you so

    For a year now, on a subsidiary basis, protected refugees, such as Hussain and Ali Alsukhili allowed to bring their closest relatives to Germany. A visit to the Syrian family reveals a Dilemma of family reunification. Ali Alsukhili (second from right) picks up his family at the airport On the penultimate day of the year…

  • Siemens is seeking HR Manager

    Personal chefs often have a heavy Stand at the Siemens technology group, the employee representatives on the blade but quite saddened by the parting of labor Director Janina ball Janina ball (in April in Berlin) Siemens must find a new top force for human resources. The previous labor Director Janina ball will leave the company…

  • For the first time since the financial crisis: the US Central Bank lowers interest rates

    Since 2008, the US Central Bank, the Fed reduced the key interest rate. Now, the monetary authorities react to economic development. Thus, US President, Donald Trump gets what he wants- but only a little bit. The Headquarters of the US Central Bank in the capital city of Washington The key rate in the U.S. drops…

  • Warsaw’s struggle against the Nazi rule

    75 years ago in Warsaw rose up against the German occupation. Every 1. August reminds Poland of the victims of the Warsaw uprising. At this year’s commemoration also Federal part, foreign Minister Heiko Maas. Soldiers of the Polish home army are holed up in a ruined house, in front of German troops Rarely, German politicians…

  • Robust labour market is braced against the crisis signals

    For many years, the record had deep, the other is hunted – in the meantime, the Federal Agency for work ‘ on rising unemployment figures. A trend reversal is not in sight. The lower economic growth in Germany hits in the labour market, especially the helper-occupations and low-skilled immigrants. In this area the unemployment in…

  • Herman Melville, for 200. Birthday: A whale made him immortal

    In the case of his contemporaries he fell through with a “Moby Dick” and was soon forgotten. Only after his death, Herman was discovered Melville again. With “Bartleby” and the Modern pre – and Donald Trump. “I don’t know if a book is not better in the brain of a man as in calf leather…