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On World Day Against the Death Penalty, opponents of capital punishment demanded its worldwide abolition. Today, in 2019, even democracies such as the United States of America or Japan still stick to this medieval, inhumane practice.

The New York-based publication 'The Algemeiner' has released this year's 'Jewish 100' list. It contains 100 people, both Jews and non-Jews, who have "positively…

After the 'Ibiza Scandal' which brought down former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz' government coalition in May, he won the Austrian snap elections on Sunday. It…

Berliners speak a lot, in multiple languages and about anything. German, Turkish, Arabic, Russian and English, in this order, are the most popular languages in the German capital. Things look very different from the European perspective.

Four years ago, when the refugee crisis hit Europe, The Berlin Spectator's Imanuel Marcus returned to Croatia for a radio news agency, 20 years after he had…

At The United Nations in New York City, Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel introduced her climate protection policy today. For the Fridays for Future movement,…

British expats living in Germany gathered at Brandenburg Gate in Berlin today in order to protest against Brexit. Some of the estimated 150 participants held signs and a giant European flag. They chanted "Stop the coup!"

Forty-seven years ago in Munich, Palestinian terrorists murdered almost the entire Israeli team at the Olympic Games. West Germany aided the culprits by making…

Standing at Brighton Beach and looking at the sea is nice. So is consuming a greasy portion of fish & chips for 10 Pounds. People from all over the world…

On November 1st, 2019, von der Leyen will take over the job from Juncker. The doctor and mother of seven, who is part of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian-Democratic Party of Germany (CDU), does have some time to prepare. Observers believe she will need it since she was hastily thrown into the ring.