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MUNICH, Germany — A night at the opera conjures images of elegant outfits and spectacular vocals. But at one German opera house, 18 audience members required medical treatment after watching recent performances featuring explicit lesbian sex scenes, piercing, and lots of blood. The opera, Sancta, premiered at the Mecklenburg state theatre in Schwerin in May. It was based on the controversial 1920s opera Sancta Susanna, whose story follows a nun facing her repressed desires. The new version of Sancta, directed by Austrian choreographer Florentina Holzinger, shows naked nuns roller-skating on a half-pipe and a wall of crucified unclothed bodies.

Persons: Sebastian Ebling, Sancta, Sancta Susanna, Florentina Holzinger Organizations: Stuttgart State Opera, NBC News Locations: MUNICH, Germany, Mecklenburg, Schwerin, Austrian

☆ A Swiss town borders 2 other countries, making it the ideal base for exploring. Here's what 6 days in Basel were like.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-05 | by ( Monica Humphries | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

I spent six days in the Swiss city of Basel, exploring the town's rich art scene. AdvertisementWhen you land in Basel, Switzerland, you land in a Swiss fantasy. I had arrived for its biggest art celebration: Art Basel, an international fair where 250 gallerists feature 4,000 artists. Monica Humphries/Business InsiderHere, I tracked down French pastries, hopped on a trolly tour, and got lost in the picturesque streets. The one thing I feel I missed during my Basel trip was a visit to Germany.

Persons: —, Monica Humphries, Jean Tinguely's, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Julio Le Parc's, Queen Elizabeth II, it's, I've Organizations: Service, Basel, Kunstmuseum Basel, DJ, Basel would've Locations: Swiss, Basel, France, Germany, Switzerland, It's, Basel's Klybeck, Klybeck, Miami, Bushwick , Brooklyn, Colmar, Alsace, Kandersteg, Titisee, Baden, Europa, France's, Bern, Lucerne

☆ Jimmy Carter is setting a new record for American presidents. It’s important for everyone
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +25 min

Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images Carter works at a construction site sponsored by the Jimmy Carter Work Project in Asan, South Korea, in 2001. Alex Wong/Getty Images Carter meets with Obama and other former presidents at the White House in January 2009. Richard Lewis/The Elders/Getty Images Carter was interviewed for "The Presidents' Gatekeepers" project at the Carter Center in Atlanta in September 2011. Chris McKay/Getty Images Carter talks about his cancer diagnosis during a news conference at the Carter Center in Atlanta in August 2015. The 1983 tweaks to Social Security included, for instance, the counting of some Social Security benefits as taxable income and a gradual increase of the retirement age from 65 to 67.

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☆ Jus sanguinis - or ‘blood right’ - might entitle you to EU citizenship
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Terry Ward | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Some countries are fairly straightforward about their requirements for citizenship through jus sanguinis. Hungary offers citizenship based on jus sanguinis with some caveats, too. “When both of my parents got their Hungarian citizenship around four years ago, it made it easier for me to get it,” said Koszorus, 41, who received his Hungarian citizenship this summer, less than a year after he started the paperwork and application process. And a private Facebook group called Dual US-Italian Citizenship has more than 70,000 members and is among many other resources available to people who think they might have a blood right path to Italian citizenship. Florida-based travel writer Terry Ward lives in Tampa and has the blood right to Italian citizenship through her paternal great-great-grandfather.

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☆ Kaspar Hauser: New DNA analysis upends ‘lost prince’ theory
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-21 | by ( Mindy Weisberger | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

But these results were soon contradicted by tests a few years later that sampled Hauser’s hair. However, some researchers who supported the “lost prince” hypothesis claimed that the blood may not have belonged to Hauser, Parson told CNN. Those results showed that Hauser’s mtDNA was a close match to that of the Badens, contradicting the findings from Munich. A royal hoax debunkedParson’s lab conducted new analysis of Hauser’s hair, using strands collected before and after his death. The new findings about Hauser not only debunk the prince theory; they also demonstrate the importance of pushing the limits of technologies for DNA analysis, Parson said.

Persons: CNN — “, Kaspar Hauser, Hauser, Kaspar Hauser —, Daniel Karmann, —, ”, Dmitry Temiakov, Temiakov, Walther Parson, Parson, ” Parson, ” Temiakov, Duke Carl, Grand, Stéphanie de Beauharnais, Countess Louise Caroline von Hochberg, Carl, Stéphanie, Countess Hochberg’s, Mindy Weisberger Organizations: CNN, Markgrafen, AP, Thomas Jefferson University, National DNA Database, Austrian Federal Ministry of, Scientific Locations: Nuremberg, Germany, Baden, what’s, Ansbach, Philadelphia, Innsbruck, Austria, Munich, Münster, “, Potsdam

☆ Totò Schillaci: Tributes pour in for Italy soccer legend after his death aged 59
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-18 | by ( Aleks Klosok | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Former Italy and Juventus striker Salvatore “Totò” Schillaci, who was the top scorer at the 1990 World Cup on home soil, has died at the age of 59, his former club announced in a statement on Wednesday. “Salvatore Schillaci, known by everyone as Totò, the striker from the magic nights of Italia ’90 with our national team. Bon voyage, champion.”Schillaci played a starring role for Italy at the 1990 World Cup. In the aftermath of the World Cup, Schillaci would go on to score only once more for his country, a goal in a 2-1 defeat to Norway the following year in a qualifier for the 1992 UEFA European Championships. Schillaci announced his retirement from the game in 1999.

Persons: Salvatore “ Totò, Schillaci, “, Totò, Giorgia Meloni, “ Salvatore Schillaci, ” Schillaci, Paolo Bruno, d’Or –, –, Lothar Matthäus, Lorenzo Casini, ”, Japan’s J.League, Jubilo Iwata, Gabriele Gravina Organizations: CNN, Italy, Juventus, Argentina, England, Juve, Italy’s, ’, Getty, UEFA European, Coppa Italia, UEFA Cup, Inter Milan, Inter, Serie Locations: Italy, Italy’s, West Germany, Norway, Japan’s, Italian

☆ Her teenage summer crush unexpectedly came back into her life. ‘I felt like I was reconnecting with my best friend’
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Francesca Street | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

He remembers the way she walked down the beach, recalls noticing her immediately, wanting to talk to her. “We’d download songs and listen to the album at the same time,” recalls Vlad. “The emotion was really, really intense. Iga OlszakWhile Vlad and Iga were together in Germany, they talked about the potential of Iga visiting Vlad in the US. “He created that space for me where it felt really good and I finally felt okay to say the truth,” she says.

Persons: Iga Olszak, Vlad Dimovski, Iga, Vlad, “, Skotina, ”, ” Vlad, ” Iga, …, wasn’t, –, that’s, ’ ”, Vlad’s, She’d, he’d, Iga –, weren’t, they’d, Olszak, I’d, who’d, ”, “ I’d, Will, ’ ” Vlad, Luca, Klara, They're, – he’d, “ I’m, we’ve Organizations: CNN, CNN Travel, “, Facebook Locations: Skotina, Greece, Poland, North Macedonia, Mount Olympus, Iga, Germany, Chicago, Republic of Macedonia, Europe, Bielefeld, “, Florida, Macedonia, pouting

☆ Long Johns, Forensics and a Bound Russian Killer: Inside the Big Prisoner Swap
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-03 | by ( Anton Troianovski | Mark Mazzetti | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The private jet that took off from southwest Germany on Thursday afternoon was carrying a group that may have never expected to be confined together: police officers, doctors, intelligence agents, a senior aide to Germany’s chancellor — and a convicted Russian assassin. In the back of the plane, the assassin, Vadim Krasikov, sat with his hands and feet bound and wearing protective headgear; he was not heard uttering a word on the entire flight. At the same time, a Russian government jet was also headed for Ankara, Turkey’s capital, carrying officers from the F.S.B. intelligence agency and 16 prisoners being released by Russia and Belarus. At one point, one of the F.S.B.

Persons: —, Vadim Krasikov, “, Krasikov Locations: Germany, Russian, Ankara, Turkey’s, Russia, Belarus, Moscow

☆ Putin says decision to deploy US long-range missiles in Germany is “reminiscent” of Cold War
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-28 | by ( Darya Tarasova | Benjamin Brown | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the United States’ and Germany’s decision to deploy US long-range missiles in Germany from 2026 is “reminiscent of the events of the Cold War” and could see Russia station similar missiles in response. Putin said that the US and Germany’s decision to begin “episodic deployments” of the long-range missile capabilities from its Multi-Domain Task Force in Germany starting in 2026 would put Russian infrastructure within the reach of the to-be-deployed missiles. “This situation is reminiscent of the events of the Cold War related to the deployment of Pershing medium-range missiles in Europe,” he said. Pershing II missiles, designed to deliver nuclear warheads, were deployed by the US Army at American bases in West Germany from 1983 to the alarm of the then Soviet leadership. They were withdrawn with the introduction of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) in 1988.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, ”, Putin, Pershing, Sergei Ryabkov, “, Moscow, DJ Judd Organizations: CNN, Navy, Domain, Force, Pershing, US Army, Soviet, Nuclear Forces Treaty, SM, ” Locations: United States, Germany, Russia, America, St . Petersburg, Europe, West Germany, ”, ” Russia, “ Russia

☆ Euro 2024 day 22: Goodbye to Ronaldo and Kroos as Spain and France set up semi-final
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-05 | by ( The Athletic Uk Staff | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +9 min

Euro 2024 has its first pair of semi-finalists. GO DEEPER Toni Kroos was at the top of his game at Euro 2024 - so why is he retiring? France had also lost their previous three penalty shootouts in major tournaments, not winning one since the 1998 World Cup. And he did, sending Costa the wrong way to keep France’s Euro 2024 dream alive. every one bar their final group game) Ronaldo played every second.

Persons: Mikel Merino’s, there’s, Joao Felix, Cristiano Ronaldo, Toni Kroos, Florian Wirtz’s, Merino, Jaime Reina, Qian, Kroos, Sebastian Stafford, Dermot Corrigan Spain’s, Luis de la, Mikel Merino's, Li, bea, kee, tim, Ron, dre, Amy Law, sid e Organizations: England, Getty, Champions League, Real Madrid, Bloor, Croatia, Albania, Georgia, pla Locations: Spain, Germany, Portugal, France, Denmark, Italy, SPAIN, ste, goa

☆ Inside the Little Britain Inn, where Germans go to pretend to be British
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-30 | by ( Julia Buckley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

Welcome to the Little Britain Inn, a corner of Germany that shall remain forever England. Because that’s the thing about the Little Britain Inn. In fact, the reason the Little Britain Inn exists is because of a cross-cultural argument. The Little Britain Inn also rates 4.8 out of 5 on Google. Some of our best guests have been here eight or 10 times – it’s like they’re our friends.”Today, the Little Britain Inn is going from strength to strength.

Persons: ”, Jack, that’s, there’s, Queen Elizabeth, Prince William, “, Blinders, Julia Buckley, Robin Hood, James Bond, Queen Elizabeth II, . Bean, Jack Sparrow, Alice, Wonderland, the, William, Meghan, Harry, Charles, Camilla, Princess Diana, Brexit Gary Blackburn, Gary Blackburn, Blackburn, Monika, who’s, it’s, who’d, he's, Unkel –, Who, they’d, Union Jack –, England, –, Bean, Agatha Christie, Harry Potter, – Blackburn, traipse, King Charles, Emma Bridgewater, King Charlie's, John Deere, Emily, Alyson, wouldn’t, They’re, Diana, Gary’s Organizations: Germany CNN, England, lifesize Paddington Bears, Paddington Bears, CNN, Paddington Bear, Brit, European Union, EU, Blackburn, Little, Linz –, Royce, Union, Google, YouTube, Regulars Locations: Vettelschloss, Germany, Rheinland, Pfalz, Rhineland, Palatinate, Bonn, West Germany, Cologne, Little Britain, Trafalgar, Little, England, British, German, Poland, Unkel, Linz, London, Blackburn, Guildford, Charles, Cornwall, Birkenstock, Argentina

☆ These gay military veterans wonder what Biden’s new pardon means for them
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-30 | by ( Ramon Sanchez | Ray Sanchez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

The pardon won’t automatically change the record of convicted veterans, but it will allow them to apply for a certificate that will help them receive withheld benefits. “Our nation’s service members stand on the frontlines of freedom, and risk their lives in order to defend our country. Despite their courage and great sacrifice, thousands of LGBTQI+ service members were forced out of the military because of their sexual orientation or gender identity,” Biden said. A service member’s discharge status can determine what Veterans Affairs benefits they are eligible for. To get their records changed under the pardon, veterans will need to complete an online application, which will go to their military service department.

Persons: Mona McGuire, Karla Lehmann, “, ” McGuire, McGuire, ”, Lehmann, Joe Biden, Biden, ‘ What’s, ’ ” Lehmann, Biden’s, ” Biden, Christie Bhageloe, Bhageloe, Don’t, Ruth Castro, ’ McGuire, “ I’m, I’m, …, ’, I’ve, ” “, America’s Organizations: CNN, US Army, Army, Milwaukee Police Department, Michigan State Police, Armed Forces, Military, Department of Justice, Veterans, Department of Defense, Defense Department, Affairs, Pentagon, Department, 164th Military Police Company, Army Board for, Military Records, Department of Locations: West Germany, Milwaukee, Mineola , Texas, Wisconsin

☆ Euro 2024: Germany vs. Denmark suspended after lightning and heavy rain forces players off pitch
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-29 | by ( Sam Joseph | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —The Euro 2024 round of 16 clash between Denmark and host nation Germany was suspended after just over 30 minutes played due to what UEFA described as “adverse weather conditions” at the BVB Stadion in Dortmund. After a loud clap of thunder reverberated around the arena, referee Michael Oliver paused the game and led the players to the touchline. The players, staff and officials spent a few minutes taking shelter in the dugout before being led down the tunnel as lightning illuminated the sky in West Germany. Germany players walk off the pitch after its game against Denmark was suspended due to lightning and heavy rain. After an approximately 25-minute delay, the crowd welcomed the players back onto the pitch with a big cheer, going through a five-minute warmup before the match resumed goalless.

Persons: Michael Oliver, Schmuelgen, hailstones Organizations: CNN, UEFA, Denmark, Reuters Locations: Denmark, Germany, Dortmund, West Germany

☆ In Germany, Far-Right Plotters of an Improbable Coup Go on Trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-21 | by ( Christopher F. Schuetze | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Prince Heinrich XIII of Reuss, the obscure aristocrat who wanted to become German chancellor, and eight men and women who planned to bring him into power by violently overthrowing the government, went on trial on Tuesday in Frankfurt. Nearly a year and a half after a spectacular nationwide raid involving 3,000 police officers at 150 locations that the authorities say foiled a bizarre, far-right plan to seize power, the prince and the plotters will start facing justice. It is expected to be one of the most complex court cases since West Germany tried Auschwitz concentration camp commanders in the 1960s. Members of the group, who called themselves the “United Patriots,” believed the government was run by pedophilic, illegitimate politicians who had access to a network of underground military bases. The plotters believed in the existence of a secret alliance, prosecutors say, consisting of sympathetic foreign intelligence services, including ones belonging to the United States and Russia, would help the group overthrow the deep state once a signal was given.

Persons: Prince Heinrich XIII of Reuss, —, ”, pedophilic Organizations: “ United Patriots Locations: Frankfurt, West Germany, United States, Russia

☆ Diego Maradona’s Golden Ball trophy went missing in unknown circumstances for decades. Now it’s expected to sell for millions
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Diego Maradona’s Golden Ball trophy from the 1986 World Cup, which had gone missing in contested circumstances for decades, has reappeared and is anticipated to sell for millions of dollars at auction next month. Argentina went on to defeat West Germany 3-2 in the final and win the second of the country’s three World Cup titles. Maradona controls the ball during the 1986 World Cup final against West Germany. Colorsport/ShutterstockThe history of the Golden Ball trophy awarded to Maradona in Paris after the tournament is shrouded in mystery. Maradona was unquestionably a household name before the 1986 World Cup, but after leading Argentina to the title, he became a global superstar.

Persons: CNN — Diego Maradona’s, ” François Thierry, “, ” Maradona, God, ”, Maradona, Thierry, there’s, didn’t, Aguttes, Asif Kapadia’s Organizations: CNN, England, CNN Sport, West, Maradona, Italian, Napoli, Argentine Locations: Paris, Argentina, Argentine, West Germany, Buenos Aires

☆ Germany to redesign Adidas soccer jersey numbering amid Nazi symbol controversy
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-02 | by ( Oscar Holland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —German soccer authorities will redesign the number “4” on the country’s national jerseys amid claims it resembles a logo used by Nazi paramilitary units. The DFB unveiled Germany’s new uniforms, which will be worn by both men’s and women’s teams, in late March. Less than two weeks ago, the DFB announced that Nike will take over from Adidas as the German soccer team’s official shirt supplier from 2027. Adidas has produced the country’s jerseys since the 1950s, during which time the men’s team (either as Germany or West Germany) has claimed four World Cups. The logo was so widely used at the time that some German typewriters were produced with a stylized “SS” key.

Persons: Oliver Bruggen, Adolph Hitler, Walter Heck, Hitler, Guido von Organizations: CNN, Nazi, German Football Association, DFB, Schutzstaffel, UEFA, Adidas, Reuters, France, UEFA European, Nike, soccer, SS Locations: Germany, West Germany, Austrian

☆ Enhanced Games Are Olympics With Steroids, Pay; Meet the Founder
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-31 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

Several countries pay bonuses to medal winners, and high-profile athletes may get brand deals and sponsorships, but many Olympic athletes live quiet lives. AdvertisementD'Souza suggested he received funding for the Enhanced Games in the "single-digit millions" but declined to specify the amount. So far, it's unclear what kind of talent Enhanced Games will attract. He said that at the Enhanced Games, athletes would get comprehensive health checkups to monitor the effects of "whatever enhancement protocols" they're on and ensure they're fit to compete. D'Souza said he planned to announce more details about the Enhanced Games this summer — right around the Paris Olympics.

Persons: Aron D'Souza, gymgoers, D'Souza, Thomas Bach, Bach, Uber, Christian, Christian Angermayer, Balaji Srinivasan, Coinbase's, Peter Thiel, Angermayer, Srinivasan, Thiel, Hulk, Charles Harder, Harder, didn't, Sargon, Peter, VCs, Thiel hasn't, he's, James Magnussen, James, he'd, Marta Nawrocka, BI's Gabby Landsverk, Jim Walden, Grigory Rodchenkov, it's, who'd Organizations: International, Olympic, IOC, West Germany's Olympic, The New York Times, Business, Apeiron Investment, University of Melbourne, Gawker Media, BuzzFeed, Gawker, Abrams, Australian Financial, US, Doping Agency, UFC, Drug Free, NFL, NBA, MLB, Testing Agency, ITA, CNN, FBI, Sports, Gaming Initiative, Paris Locations: Miami, Lausanne, Switzerland, Oxford, Australian, Russia

☆ Formed in the Cold War, former members of Germany’s Red Army Faction are now fugitives
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-17 | by ( Sophie Tanno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —German authorities have been tracking down the former members of the Red Army Faction (RAF), a now-defunct Cold War-era militant group, who have been on the run for nearly 30 years. The RAF, he said, emerged in what was then West Berlin, at the “crossroads” of the Cold War. The first, and most prominent period from 1970-1977, saw the group murder public officials and US soldiers and take many hostages. In April 1975, six RAF members seized the West German Embassy in Stockholm in a hostage standoff with the goal of forcing the release of imprisoned RAF members. The Red Army Faction claimed responsibility for the assassination, but the perpetrators were never brought to justice.

Persons: Baader, –, Jürgen Ponto, Siegfried Buback, Daniela Klette, Burkhard Garweg, Ernst, Volker Staub, Klette, Claudia Ivone, Garweg, Staub, pouncing, ”, Ivone, Wolfgang Kraushaar, Kraushaar, Axel, Andreas Baader, Ukrike Meinhof, Meinhof, ” Kraushaar, Helmut Schmidt, Franz Josef Strauss, Axel Springer, Springer, Alfred Herrhausen, Willy Brandt Organizations: CNN, Red Army Faction, RAF, East, Stasi, Dresdner Bank, Germany’s Public, Office, Police, ARD, ” Reuters, Bild, Red Brigades, Nihon, Springer, Criminal Police, West German Embassy, West, Meinhof Group, Reuters, Democratic, Deutsche Bank Locations: Berlin, West Germany, Kreuzberg, Bonn, Weiterstadt, German, Italy, Japan, West Berlin, Vietnam, Lower Saxony, Stockholm, Bavarian, Cologne, GDR, Democratic Republic

☆ Andreas Brehme, who won the 1990 World Cup for West Germany, dies aged 63
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-20 | by ( Ben Morse | Nadine Schmidt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Later that year, a unified German soccer team was formed following the country’s unification. Lothar didn’t fancy it [in the 1990 World Cup final]. He was part of the team which finished runner-up in the 1986 World Cup and runner-up in the 1992 European Championships. Andy was our World Cup hero, but for me he was much more than that – he was my close friend and companion to this day. “In 1990 he fired the German national team to the World Cup title with his penalty and became a football legend.

Persons: ” Andreas Brehme –, –, Brehme, ” Brehme, Franz Beckenbauer, West, FourFourTwo, “, ”, Rudi, Völler, Lothar, Matthäus, Lothar didn’t, “ Andreas Brehme, Bernd Neuendorf, Mario Götze, Gerd Müller, Helmut Rahn, Andreas Brehme –, Andreas ’, Andy, Ciao Andi, Otto Rehhagel, Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer, Sebastian Widmann, ” Kaiserslautern Organizations: CNN, West, Bayern Munich, Argentina, FIFA, FourFourTwo, Bundesliga, FC Kaiserslautern –, Italian Serie, Inter Milan, German Football Association, DFB, Kaiserslautern, Bavarian, Internazionale, UEFA, ” Inter, Real Zaragoza, Devils, German, FCK Locations: West Germany, Rome, German, Italian, Brehme, Italy, Spain, Kaiserslautern

☆ Ukraine's military is shifting to a defensive strategy that failed Nazi Germany in WWII
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Ukraine's military has chosen a defensive strategy that echoes the German approach from WWII. AdvertisementAnswering that question first requires defining “active defense,” one of those broad military terms that mean different things to different people. Active defense is meant to be waged by large units, while Ukraine appears to conducting small-unit operations. “Active defense was understood to be generally applicable to divisions, corps and field armies,” Nash said. Even a limited ‘active defense’ needs all of these elements, too.”Last summer, Ukraine’s frontal assault with vehicles hit mines and were menaced by missiles fired from Russian helicopters.

Persons: today’s, Douglas Nash, ” Nash, “, –, Erich von Manstein, von Manstein, von Manstein’s, “ Von Manstein, Ukraine —, Russia —, Diego Herrera Carcedo, Erich Von Manstein, it’s, Von Manstein, Hitler, inflexibly, von Organizations: Third Reich, Red Army, US, US Army, Western Allies, Wehrmacht, Keystone, Getty, German, Reuters, AK, Russo, NATO, West, NATO —, Soviets Locations: Nazi Germany, Ukraine, Russia, today’s Ukraine, Berlin, Stalingrad, Germany, Italy, France, Kharkov, Ukrainian, Donetsk Oblast, Avdiivka, Ukraine’s, It’s, Russian, Warsaw, Western Europe, West Germany

☆ Can Germany’s sputtering economy be revived in 2024?
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-10 | by ( Hanna Ziady | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Europe’s biggest economy shrank last year for the first time since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. And the outlook isn’t much brighter: the International Monetary Fund predicts that Germany will be the slowest-growing major economy in 2024, eking out an increase of just 0.5%. “Germany needs a fundamental economic transformation,” Marcel Fratzcher, president of the German Institute for Economic Research in Berlin, told CNN. Carsten Koall/Getty ImagesHomegrown troublesAlongside an external environment that has become more hostile to Germany’s outward-facing economy, the country’s internal political climate has worsened. Businesses such as these, which can find new markets and applications for their know-how, may hold the key to reviving Germany’s moribund economy.

Persons: What’s, ” Marcel Fratzcher, ”, Carsten Brzeski, Jens Schlueter, Constanze Stelzenmuller, Christian Lindner, Olaf Scholz, Robert Habeck, Carsten Koall, Michael Probst, Karl Haeusgen, ” Sebastian Shukla, Chris Stern Organizations: London CNN — Trains, Lufthansa, International Monetary Fund, European Union, European Commission, German Institute for Economic Research, CNN, ING, Brookings Institution, Volkswagen, Biden, Free Democratic Party, Social Democratic Party and, Green Party, Deutsche, LinkedIn, Investors, SAP, chipmaker Infineon, Intel, MAN Energy Solutions, Germany’s Machinery, Equipment Manufacturers Association Locations: Europe’s, Germany, Ukraine, Berlin, Europe, China, Zwickau, United States, Russia, “, Japan, masse, Frankfurt, ”, Hamburg, Jungheinrich, Augsburg, Munich, Esbjerg, Denmark

☆ Gigi Riva, Italy’s all-time leading scorer, dies aged 79
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Samuel Joseph | Sam Joseph | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Italian soccer great Luigi ‘Gigi’ Riva died on Monday at the age of 79, according to the Italian Football Federation (FIGC). Nicknamed ‘Rombo di Tuono’ (‘Roar of Thunder’) – a nod to his shooting and physical strength – Riva is Italy’s leading all-time national team goalscorer, a title he has held since 1973 after passing Giuseppe Meazza. Have a good trip, beloved Gigi.”Riva made his international debut aged 20 and was part of the side that won Italy’s first ever European Championship. He more than played his part, opening the scoring in the final against Yugoslavia, which Italy won 2-0. He joined the club at the age of 19 after making his professional debut for Serie C team Legnano-Ivrea.

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The upheaval at Documenta is just one example of how Europe’s art world is being torn by debates about Israel and Gaza, as some institutions have moved to postpone the shows of artists who have criticized Israel. Documenta was initially staged in 1955 as the first large-scale exhibition in West Germany of the art of the European avant-garde. It was a direct response to the Degenerate Art Show, the denunciatory exhibition of modern art staged by the Nazis in Munich in 1937. Although the mural was taken down, it set off a monthslong debate in Germany’s art world about antisemitism, Palestinian activism and Germany’s relationship to formerly colonized countries. Hoskote said Documenta was one of the art world’s greatest events, partly because it had always been a forum for new ideas.

Persons: Documenta’s, — Simon Njami, Gong Yan, Kathrin, Inés Rodríguez, —, ”, Bracha Lichtenberg Ettinger, Ranjit Hoskote, Anaïs Duplan, Ai Weiwei, ” Ai, Ai, Galerie Max Hetzler, Lisson’s, Claudia Roth, Documenta, Hoskote Organizations: Venice Biennale, Folkwang, Israel, Art Newspaper, Galerie Max, Berlin, Die Locations: Israel, Kassel, Germany, Gaza, Venice, India, Essen, Haitian, United States, B.D.S, London, Lisson, New York, Paris, West Germany, Munich, Nazi, Indonesia

☆ The West could live with a frozen Ukraine conflict
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( Hugo Dixon | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

Ukraine may be heading for a similarly frozen conflict with Russia. So a frozen conflict would help the West achieve – at least partly – its key geostrategic aim: to show hostile powers that it doesn’t pay to invade one of its friends. In a frozen conflict, Ukraine would still need to invest heavily in massive fortifications, anti-missile defence systems and technology to deter Russian attacks. ECONOMIC WARIn a frozen conflict, sanctions against Russia would probably remain more or less in place. REBUILDING UKRAINEIt will be harder to rebuild Ukraine’s infrastructure in a frozen conflict than if there was peace.

Persons: Nuzhnenko, Vladimir Putin, Putin, Valery Zaluzhny, Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Tim Ash, Peter Thal Larsen, Thomas Shum Organizations: Ukraine's National Guard Omega, Radio Free, Radio Liberty, REUTERS Acquire, Reuters, Moscow, Hamas, U.S, EU, International Monetary Fund, Kremlin, Investors, BlueBay Asset Management, Soviet, Cyprus, European Commission, West, Thomson Locations: Avdiivka, Ukraine, Donetsk region, Radio Free Europe, Korea, Cyprus, Russia, Kyiv, –, Israel, United States, Moscow, North Korea, Iran, Russian, UKRAINE, West Germany, Soviet Union

☆ Opinion: Who a ‘stalemate’ in Ukraine really benefits
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Augusta Anthony | Opinion Jade Mcglynn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

CNN —Responses to the recent statements by the commander in chief of the Ukrainian military, Valery Zaluzhny, warning of a stalemate war between Ukraine and Russia, have been varied and revealing. On the other side, skeptics of Western support for Ukraine gloatingly cited the interview as evidence that Ukraine should have capitulated at some imagined earlier opportunity. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyi meets with the Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg on September 28, 2023 in Kyiv, Ukraine. It is not Ukraine that is desperate to continue war despite plentiful options to stop the bloodshed — it is Russia. And would there still be ‘fatigue’ in Western capitals if Ukraine had retaken more territories during the summer counteroffensive?

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