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So, that was a near miss, but everything’s turned out all right in the end. The members of the Social Democratic Party have voted “yes” to another coalition with Angela Merkel, with a fairly clear majority. The new...

Getting barraged with bad reviews on a site such as TripAdvisor has become the bane of every restaurant owner’s existence – but the negative reviews culture has spread well beyond places to eat out. Google’s recent...

The grandees of Hollywood are approaching this year’s Oscars in a pretty subdued and wary mood, the most subdued since the days of 9/11 and the Iraq war. Because this is the Former Court of King Harvey, the...

As soon as the exit polls are out, the calculating will begin. In theory, a wide variety of combinations are possible to form Italy’s next government, but as Stephanie Kirchgaessner notes, some are more possible than...

“A compliment is like a kiss through a veil,” wrote French author Victor Hugo in his novel “Les Misérables.” But sometimes, good intentions can be misinterpreted. Things can get particularly troublesome in an intercultural setting: Misunderstandings...

It’s about time: Rachel Morrison is the first woman to be nominated for an Oscar for cinematography. Hollywood is still far from gender equality, but just how pronounced is the imbalance? #MeToo and “Time’s Up” have...

US President Donald Trump’s planned tariffs on steel and aluminum have met with massive outrage, and have sparked concerns that the measure will distort trade, cost jobs and ultimately lead to a tit-for-tat trade war. After...

The Tuscan hill town of Siena is more ancient than Rome. It was an old Etruscan village by the name of Saena back when the Seven Hills of the Eternal City were nothing more than wilderness. Fitting...

The Karadjordjevic family, descendants of Yugoslavia’s former royals, want Montenegro to return millions of euros’ worth of property including castles confiscated by the Communists after WWII. Descendants of the former Yugoslav royals want to be given...

Kosovo’s Special Prosecution has taken statements from the President and from the speaker of parliament for the trial of ten suspected members of the ‘People’s Eye’ organisation, accused of drawing up a list of national ‘traitors’....