Credit: Spiegel-Germany dapd German Nobel laureate Günter Grass has stirred up a debate on Israel with a new poem. Is Israel a threat to world peace? German writer Günter Grass has been blasted as an anti-Semite this week for making just such a claim in a new poem. But while […]
Source: Spiegel International A Commentary by Sebastian Hammelehle Never in the history of postwar Germany has a prominent intellectual attacked Israel in such a cliche-laden way as Günter Grass with his controversial new poem, “What Must Be Said.” The Nobel Prize laureate has delivered a lyrical first strike against Israel. […]
Credit: Spiegel Germany By Barbara Hans dapd “Die Tageszeitung,” the only German paper currently giving women a voice. German newspapers are full of clever commentaries, artful rhetoric and ideas. But an evaluation of national papers shows that editorials are almost always written by men. As the business gender quota debate rages […]
Reuters | Apr 04,2012 | JORDAN TIMES BERLIN — Nobel Prize-winning German writer Guenter Grass has attacked Israel as a threat to world peace and said it must not be […]
Source: Qantara The interviews and speeches given by Germany’s new president, Joachim Gauck, show that he is putting a clear distance between himself and Islam. But as German president, his job is not to polarise, but to differentiate. In this essay, Jan Kuhlmann argues that he should reach out more […]
Under pressure from the German government, Munich media regulatory office (BLM) has made an illegal decision to remove Iran’s international English Channel, Press TV, from SES Astra at 19:00 local time on Tuesday. In an email sent to the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) officials, Vice President of the […]
Credit: Spiegel Gemany. REUTERS Credit Suisse headquarters in Zurich. Many German politicians and tax collectors are furious about Switzerland’s decision to issue arrest warrants against three German officials who bought a stolen CD with tax data. The move has gone down well in Switzerland, where politicians have praised the country’s […]
Source: Qantara In Pakistan, the former cricket star and populist Imran Khan is attracting an ever-growing number of followers. His rise underlines the widespread dissatisfaction with the current leadership. Marcus […]
Source: Qantara Klaus von Stosch Stosch is the most important representative of Comparative Theology in Germany. In his new reference work, Stosch writes that this course of studies is a […]
Source: Qantara Muslims are divided in their views on the new German president, Joachim Gauck. Many are concerned about his evident understanding for the views of Thilo Sarrazin on Muslims […]
Credit: UK TIMES LONDON: Zubair Khan This time Mr Mazhar Javed, Acting Ambassador of Pakistan in Germany, accompanied by Mr Ghulam Haider, Press Counselor Pak Embassy Berlin, who briefed the […]
Source: Spiegel Germany:By Thomas Schulz in New York Getty Images It wasn’t so long ago that many viewed Germany’s economic model as outdated and the country as the “sick man of Europe.” These days, however, even the Americans have come to praise parts of it, though they still doubt whether […]
Source: Spiegel Germany By SPIEGEL Staff A snap election in North Rhine-Westphalia will put Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government under intense strain this spring. Her junior partner, the FDP, is putting its own survival above coalition unity. And an early tactical error by her party’s candidate, Norbert Röttgen, could wreck its […]
Source: Spiegel-Germany By Jan Puhl Witold Krassowski/ DER SPIEGEL Determined to develop its nuclear industry to meet its booming energy needs, Poland is tired of lectures from its environmentally conscious neighbor Germany. After all, Poles argue, the Germans have benefitted from nuclear power for decades. The differing energy philosophies threaten to strain […]
Credit: Wasim Ahmad Butt. By Zubair Khan Mamdouh Ahmed Butt with German Chancellor Chancellor Angela Merkel. When ever any Ahmadi achieves any distinction it gives immense pleasure to whole of the Jamaat. Mention of such achievements by Ahamdies pave the ways for others to follow the same path. By […]
Source: The Local The smoking ban in German pubs and cafes, even patchily implemented, has clearly reduced the number of heart attacks over the last few years, a report published […]
Source: The Local Most food products aimed at German children is too sweet and fatty, making it “practically impossible” to give kids a healthy diet based on food designed for […]
Source: Spiegel International The tiny village of Feldheim, some 60 kilometers southwest of Berlin, was catapulted by chance to the forefront of the renewable energy movement. Now visitors from around […]
Source: The Local Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle ruled out even talking about German military involvement in Syria on Friday, saying it would be “counterproductive,” during a meeting of the Council […]
Source: The local Scientists at the world’s biggest IT fair unveiled on Tuesday what they hope is the car of the future that can shrink to fit tight parking spaces […]