Archive for ‘Culture’

Germany provokes anger over museum to refugees who fled Poland during WWII

Germany has provoked anger in Poland over plans to build a museum dedicated to German refugees who fled or were expelled from Poland after the Second World War.

No Celluloid Escape

Documentaries reign at the Berlinale, where gritty, low-budget films reflect the grim global mood.

Canada on world film stage

Politics and new cinema on the bill as six Canuck feature films screen at Berlin film festival

Designer of new World Trade Centre to build synagogue in Munich

New York-based architect Daniel Libeskind, the master designer of the new World Trade Centre, has announced plans to build a new synagogue in the not-always-welcoming Bavarian capital.

A New Context for the Holocaust

Internet porn is changing German sex lives

The internet is fueling change to the ways in which Germans have sex, according to a survey, as increased viewing of pornography makes people less inhibited.

Obama Wows Them in Europe

Cheering throngs in Berlin but also some doubts he can live up to the great expectations

A City’s Life in Pictures

'Expressionale' pairs Berlin's living artists with dead masters. Some works are even for sale.

China’s New Confucianism

Political philosopher Daniel A. Bell writes on the revival of Confucianism transforming Chinese politics and society.

The Last Dictator