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I am Imanuel Marcus, The Berlin Spectator's founder and main editor. Before I came to Berlin, I lived all over the place, including in former Yugoslavia, where I was a war reporter. As a foreign correspondent for German and Swiss radio stations, I worked in the U.S. for almost 6 years. I also lived in Bulgaria and Mexico, meaning I know what it is like to be an expatriate. But I am a former Hamburger in Berlin.
Contact me here: imanuelmarcus (at) gmail.com

Germany

Germany: Major Parties Suffer Big Losses in Hesse Province

Imanuel Marcus Oct 28, 2018

Update October 29th, 2018, 06:07 a.m.: The final results are in. CDU: 27%, SPD: 19.8%, Greens: 19.8%, AfD: 13.1%, FDP: 7.5%, The Left: 6.3%. The voter turnout was 67.3%. In Hesse, the German province which includes cities like Frankfurt, Darmstadt and Wiesbaden, the two major parties, Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative CDU and the…

Germany

Germany: Job Market Integration of Refugees Working Well

Imanuel Marcus Oct 21, 2018

The integration of refugees into the job market in Germany is working well, according to the Federal Employment Agency (BA). Detlef Scheele, the agency's…

Berlin

Berlin Police Produce Rap Video to Fight Intolerance

Imanuel Marcus Oct 20, 2018

The Berlin police have released a rap video clip. In the tune entitled 'Here For Each Other' ('Füreinander Da'), immigrants and police officers sing and rap…

Culture

Ed Motta: Brazilian Jazz-Funk Heavyweight in Europe

Imanuel Marcus Oct 16, 2018

When I ran a European concert agency and booked 'Real Music' artists such as Incognito, Spyro Gyra and Carleen Anderson quite a few years ago, I came across a Brazilian phenomenon. On this side of the Atlantic Ocean, the singer, composer, arranger, music collector and DJ Ed Motta was already famous in Portugal. Further north, in Germany, he was…

Germany

Bavaria: Conservatives Take Big Hit in State Elections

Imanuel Marcus Oct 14, 2018

Update October 15th, 2018, 6:45 a.m.: The final numbers are in. CSU: 37.2 percent, the Greens: 17.5, 'Freie Wähler': 11.6, AfD: 10.2, SPD: 9.7, FDP: 5.1, the…

Germany

Germany and Israel: A Complicated Friendship

Imanuel Marcus Oct 4, 2018

For the sixth time, the cabinets from Berlin and Jerusalem had the opportunity to discuss a range of issues during German-Israeli government consultations. The…

Berlin

Germany: Reunification Party Without Selfie Sticks

Imanuel Marcus Oct 2, 2018

Twenty-eight years ago, the Berlin Wall fell. It lasted for the same period of time, 28 years, from August 13th, 1961, to November 9th, 1989. On October 3rd, 1990 the reunification process was finalized. This is what the Germans are celebrating on Unification Day. This time, Berlin organized the main celebration. Days before the big event, the…

Culture

Charles Aznavour Dies

Imanuel Marcus Oct 1, 2018

Needless to say, Charles Aznavour was drowned in awards, both for his singing and acting. In 2006, he launched a big farewell tour. But, as it turns out, that…

Germany

Germany: Radical Right-Wing ‘AfD’ is…

Imanuel Marcus Oct 1, 2018

In September of last year, just before the general elections, democratic parties and voters feared the radical right-wing 'Alternative for Germany'…

Germany

The Complicated Guest: President Erdoğan in Germany

Imanuel Marcus Sep 28, 2018

Welcoming a guest like Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is not easy for anyone in Berlin. When the Turkish President and Chancellor Angela Merkel shook hands to say goodbye after they gave a press conference together, he smiled like a schoolboy who just won a competition, while her expression definitely did not deserve the expression smile. She looked angry…

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