Nov 19 The Confidence of Ben Bernanke in Germany For a speech by a Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke's remarks on "global rebalancing" certainly weren't designed to fly under the radar. "The Fed chairman's message, though scholarly in tone, was unusually blunt," wrote the Wall Street Journal,… Continue reading
Aug 25 Wednesday’s Art Notes By Molly Finnegan In today's arts and culture headlines, Wyclef Jean loses his bid to run for office in Haiti. Continue reading
Aug 04 Slide Show: Berlin’s Tacheles Gallery Hoping to Avoid Extinction By Tom LeGro Formed as a squat by artists seeking to save the building from demolition in the 1990s, the Tacheles Gallery in Berlin provides space for artists while remaining freely open to the public. The building, which is also a tourist attraction,… Continue reading
Jun 30 German Presidential Election Exposes Cracks in Merkel’s Coalition By Larisa Epatko It took three rounds of voting Wednesday to elect Chancellor Angela Merkel's candidate for president, Christian Wulff, in a sign of brewing differences within her coalition ranks. Continue reading
Jan 21 A Shot in the Dark: Cinematographer of ‘The White Ribbon’ Gives His Take For U.S. audiences, cinematographer Christian Berger may be best described as "the eyes" of Michael Haneke, the Austrian auteur known for his intense (and frequently violent) films. Haneke and Berger's latest film, "The White Ribbon," matches their previous efforts in… Continue reading
Nov 09 20 Years After the Fall, Nostalgia Builds for East German Design Nostalgia for the East -- or 'ostalgie,' a portmanteau combining the words ost ('east') and nostalgie ('nostalgia') -- has taken hold in contemporary, unified Germany. Continue reading
Nov 03 Robert MacNeil: Covering the Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall By Larisa Epatko On Aug. 12, 1961, Robert MacNeil, then a junior correspondent for NBC News, was dispatched to Berlin to cover the unfolding events that would lead to the construction of a wall separating East and West Germany. Continue reading