Though they often vote for a party, and not an indvidual lawmaker, German citizens can question their elected local and federal representatives directly, thanks to a website called Parliament Watch. The founders have expanded to other European countries, have plans for Tunisia, and possibly even the United States. more...
Can doctors and investment advisers be trusted? And do we live more for experiences or memories? In a SPIEGEL interview, Nobel Prize-winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman discusses the innate weakness of human thought, deceptive memories and the misleading power of intuition. more...
The second quarter-final was completed on Thursday ahead of the Eurovision Song Contest finals on Saturday night. more...
It used to be that Germans saw Poland as a backward place full of car thieves and post-Soviet ugliness. Recently, though, the country has experienced an economic boom and relations between Warsaw and Berlin are better than ever. more...
Because wind and solar energy are inconsistent, energy managers are looking for ways to fill in the gaps when it is dark outside and the air is still. A Norwegian company wants to turn hydroelectric power stations in the north into Europe's battery packs. more...
In November 2011, Arzu Özmen was killed by her family for having fallen in love. But prosecutors, who have put five of her siblings behind bars for the murder, are not satisfied. They have set their sights on the father. more...