VP Iglesias steps out and runs for Madrid Government

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Pablo Iglesias, former second vice-president from the Spanish Government, and leader of Unidas Podemos announced on March 15 from his personal account on Twitter that he resigns his vice presidency and gets in the running as the candidate from the left-wing parties for Madrid Community elections...
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Political balance is broken at Madrid government

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The Bureau of Assembly of the Madrid Community has admitted the two motions of censure presented this morning by PSOE and...

The farce and the pose in Pablo Hasel

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The conviction sentence of Pablo Hasel has become a powerful speaker. Days after his arrest, newspapers around the world...
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Withdraw of the third-grade freedom regime to the imprisoned politicians

The penitentiary surveillance court number 5 of Catalonia has withdrawn the third penitentiary degree to the seven...
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Controversial Indian Farm Bills Explained

In light of the increasingly destabilising protests by farmers in India, theConsulate General of India in Munich, has...
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Raila Odinga - 5 intriguing facts you never knew

Raila Odinga is an outstanding personality in Kenyan politics, the party leader for Cord, and former Kenyan Prime...
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Erdogan's power lust puts him ahead of Turkey

The Turkish military's attempt last year to overthrow the government of strongman President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had...

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Spanish Massive Consumers changes of habits

The Spanish consumer has changed remarkably their shopping habits since the beginning of the COVID pandemia. The journal...

Facebook wants to lift block on media content

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The Australian government has reached an agreement with Facebook in the dispute over media content on the platform. The...
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Lufthansa expects a challenging summer

The Lufthansa Group is relying on the desire to travel after months in lockdown for the first step out of the crisis. The...
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German companies lagging digital peers

It's hard to imagine a typical workday in Germany without digital technologies from abroad. Video chats via Microsoft...

German exports slump sharply

The Corona crisis tore deep holes in the German export balance last year. Exports of goods slumped by 9.3 percent compared...
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Billions for Europe's chip industry

The chip industry in Germany and Europe is apparently facing a wave of investment worth billions. After bottlenecks in the...

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Mathematical modelling could reduce infection rates

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A quick scan of the cell phone display and the long-awaited entrance to a movie theater, a concert, a handball hall, or...

Climate fight looks to CO2 storage

On the roof of the waste incineration plant in Hinwil near Zurich, the air is as low in carbon dioxide as it was before...
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Artificial snow to preserve glaciers

Felix Keller is visibly excited. He doesn't seem to mind the double-digit temperatures at 2100 meters above sea level at...
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Mystery solved: The origins of flying dinosaurs

Fossils of pterosaurs, the earliest reptiles to evolve powered flight, were unearthed in the 19th Century but their...

A green way of coloring denims blue

A new research study led by the University of California, Berkeley engineering Professor John Dueber has shown that indigo...

Future smart devices might provide you with a feel for virtual textures and shapes

Imagine you are browsing the just-released iPhone that you would like to purchase on your tablet. Normally, what would...

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Britain's Busiest Airport back to telly

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Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport returns to UK screens for its seventh series on Wednesday 10th March. Set against...

The Loveliest Lullaby

Could there be a song that is universally known to all Christians and many more of other denominations? It is said that...

Adam and Eve - by Masaaki Hasegawa

This project aims to improve the social status of LGBT, especially female couples in the world, as many campaigns and...

Arte: Caminos de luz

  Existen mundos paralelos. Y en esos espacios miles son los seres humanos que hacen y terminan sus logros. Y vuelven...

Road ProJect Under Stonehenge Endangers 6,000 Year Old Site

Plans for an uderground dual carriage way could badly damage a major archaelogical site near the world heritage site,...
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The Meerkats are back in Town

Munich Zoo (Tierpark Hellabrunn) proudly presents their new inhabitants - three male and one female meerkat that moved in...

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Vaccination wave rolling towards Germany despite vaccination backlog

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In Germany, there is currently a vaccination backlog, many people who have been vaccinated refuse an offer of vaccination...

Nasal swab tests now approved

In Germany, people can now test themselves for the coronavirus. The Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices...
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Each vaccine has its merits and they all work

Reports from the scientific community often meant bad news in the Corona year: Warnings, steep curves, mutated viruses....

German Corona infection rates continue downward trend

Health authorities in Germany reported 4369 new Corona infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) within one day. In...
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Experts warn against rapid lockdown easing

Scientists warn against loosening lockdown too quickly in light of the spread of the new Corona variants. "Openings...

Corona outbreak in ice cream factory

After a Corona outbreak occurred at an ice cream factory in Osnabrück, Germany, the number of employees who tested...

Travel »

A Travel Guide to Rome

Rome, Italy is a popular holiday destination. With over 4.2 million visitors each year, it's easy to get lost in the...

Creating your own 'Thrilla in Manila' when travelling to the Philippines

Back in October 1975, the third and final bout between boxing legends Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier took place in the...

Top 5 Places to Visit in Germany

Settled in the very heart of Europe, Germany is the seventh largest country and the second most populated in the Old...

Festivals to attend in 2017

Festivals are awesome as you get to meet a lot of people and learn different things. Some festivals are held at the...
Munich on a budget

Munich on a budget

Many budget travellers find Munich a tricky place to visit, as the average prices are higher here than elsewhere in...
Icelandic Seasons' breathtaking photography

Icelandic Seasons limited edition photobook available

The master photographer Martin Schulz is a true friend of Iceland. He has visited the country 15 times and he has...

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The forgotten ones

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I saw her through the glass. It's true that I passed by very quickly, engrossed in my thoughts, but her simple and...

Searching the perspective of a future

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"Speaking without perspective is like looking through a keyhole. You see the other side, but only halfway". One year on...
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The new Parlament

This week the bankrupt investiture of Pere Aragones brought the new Catalan Parliament to the fore. I refer to this...
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Do androids dream with electric sheeps?

It is not so disturbing that robots resemble human beings; the scary thing is that it is the other way around. Perfect...

The art of discrimination

In spite of the times we live in, it is not difficult to find a society, and all those that fit within each of them,...
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EU faces uncertainty as Brexit and pandemic hit hard

As 2020 draws to a close, the EU unknowingly teeters on the brink. After a year of disastrous political posturing and...

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