http://www.spiegel.de Daily news, analysis and opinion from Europe's leading newsmagazine and Germany's top news Web site. en Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:10:14 +0100 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:10:14 +0100 http://www.spiegel.de http://www.spiegel.de/static/sys/logo_120x61.gif http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,793896,00.html#ref=rss The Occupy Wall Street movement is just one example of the sudden outbreak of tension between America's super-rich and the "other 99 percent." Experts now say the US has entered a second Gilded Age, but one in which hedge fund managers have replaced oil barons -- and are killing the American dream. Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:03:00 +0200 http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,793896,00.html The Occupy Wall Street movement is just one example of the sudden outbreak of tension between America's super-rich and the "other 99 percent." Experts now say the US has entered a second Gilded Age, but one in which hedge fund managers have replaced oil barons -- and are killing the American dream.]]> http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,793923,00.html#ref=rss Anders Behring Breivik has admitted to killing 77 Norwegians during a bombing and shooting massacre in July. Investigators say he is almost overly eager to talk. Still, after 100 hours of questioning, they have seen no signs of remorse and have little information about what really motivated him to kill. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:49:30 +0200 http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,793923,00.html Anders Behring Breivik has admitted to killing 77 Norwegians during a bombing and shooting massacre in July. Investigators say he is almost overly eager to talk. Still, after 100 hours of questioning, they have seen no signs of remorse and have little information about what really motivated him to kill.]]> http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,790456,00.html#ref=rss Lore behind Mayan crystal skulls once influenced collectors at world-class museums. Modern research, though, proves they can't be pre-Columbian. Were they really carved by jewelers in Idar-Oberstein, Germany? Artisans in the Hunsrück mountains have carved a new museum piece. Fri, 07 Oct 2011 17:15:00 +0200 http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,790456,00.html Lore behind Mayan crystal skulls once influenced collectors at world-class museums. Modern research, though, proves they can't be pre-Columbian. Were they really carved by jewelers in Idar-Oberstein, Germany? Artisans in the Hunsrück mountains have carved a new museum piece.]]> http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,789111,00.html#ref=rss Airbnb is a revolutionary online platform that lets people offer and book lodgings in private homes around the world. The for-profit couch-surfing service is alarming the German hotel industry. Fri, 30 Sep 2011 11:32:00 +0200 http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,789111,00.html http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,787747,00.html#ref=rss As the chair of the Wannsee Conference and head of the Reich Main Security Office, Reinhard Heydrich was the personification of the cruelest aspects of Nazi Germany. But the first scholarly biography of him finds that a combination of shame, love and luck -- rather than purely inherent evil -- led him to pursue a path of Nazi terror. Mon, 19 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,787747,00.html As the chair of the Wannsee Conference and head of the Reich Main Security Office, Reinhard Heydrich was the personification of the cruelest aspects of Nazi Germany. But the first scholarly biography of him finds that a combination of shame, love and luck -- rather than purely inherent evil -- led him to pursue a path of Nazi terror.]]> http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,784921,00.html#ref=rss Researchers in Leipzig are compiling a ground-breaking digital archive of artefacts from around the world. Created to contrast Neanderthals with modern man, the archive could revolutionize their field -- which is exactly why many oppose it. Fri, 16 Sep 2011 18:50:48 +0200 http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,784921,00.html http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,785768,00.html#ref=rss A series of plane crashes -- eight this year alone with the total loss of 119 lives -- is threatening to undermine Russia's ambitions to revive its once-proud aircraft industry. The country is pinning its hopes on a new regional jet, the Sukhoi Superjet 100 -- but each new disaster involving aging planes is dimming its prospects of success in the international market. Tue, 13 Sep 2011 11:41:00 +0200 http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,785768,00.html A series of plane crashes -- eight this year alone with the total loss of 119 lives -- is threatening to undermine Russia's ambitions to revive its once-proud aircraft industry. The country is pinning its hopes on a new regional jet, the Sukhoi Superjet 100 -- but each new disaster involving aging planes is dimming its prospects of success in the international market. ]]> http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,784682,00.html#ref=rss The Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya is the world's largest. The machinery of international famine relief is in full gear there, but hundreds of thousands of people may become long-term residents. Conditions have prompted a camp manager to transform a temporary refuge into a city of the future. Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:43:00 +0200 http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,784682,00.html The Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya is the world's largest. The machinery of international famine relief is in full gear there, but hundreds of thousands of people may become long-term residents. Conditions have prompted a camp manager to transform a temporary refuge into a city of the future.]]> http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,781622,00.html#ref=rss In an interview with SPIEGEL, Dutch Finance Minister Jan Kees de Jager calls on the German government to remain firm in its opposition to euro bonds. He also warns that even the fiscally solid nations of the euro zone will get into trouble if they keep having to increase the volume of the bailout fund. Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:21:00 +0200 http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,781622,00.html In an interview with SPIEGEL, Dutch Finance Minister Jan Kees de Jager calls on the German government to remain firm in its opposition to euro bonds. He also warns that even the fiscally solid nations of the euro zone will get into trouble if they keep having to increase the volume of the bailout fund. ]]> http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,780258,00.html#ref=rss The euro drama is escalating in Berlin. In order to save the common currency, the European Central Bank is now purchasing large volumes of Italian government bonds. German central bankers and politicians in Chancellor Merkel's government oppose the move, which they see as a dangerous threat to the ECB's independence. Mon, 15 Aug 2011 17:52:00 +0200 http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,780258,00.html http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,777281,00.html#ref=rss Non-believers are often more educated, more tolerant and know more about God than the pious. A new wave of research is trying to figure out what goes on in the minds of an ever-growing group of people known as the "Nones". Thu, 11 Aug 2011 16:55:00 +0200 http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,777281,00.html http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,779123,00.html#ref=rss In a SPIEGEL interview, German Development Minister Dirk Niebel discusses the current famine in Africa, criticism of his country's contribution to fighting the catastrophe and why he believes aid policies must be mutually beneficial to donors and recipients in the age of globalization. Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:12:00 +0200 http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,779123,00.html In a SPIEGEL interview, German Development Minister Dirk Niebel discusses the current famine in Africa, criticism of his country's contribution to fighting the catastrophe and why he believes aid policies must be mutually beneficial to donors and recipients in the age of globalization. ]]> http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,778941,00.html#ref=rss Politicians in Berlin are searching for a suitable way to commemorate the construction of the Berlin Wall. But the most prominent scenes around the former partition are increasingly being exploited by creative entrepreneurs. Mon, 08 Aug 2011 18:18:00 +0200 http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,778941,00.html http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,778138,00.html#ref=rss The Internet has always been a refuge of anonymity. Anyone could hide behind the cloak of namelessness and express the most offensive views. Now politicians and companies -- including Google and Facebook -- want to change that. Fri, 05 Aug 2011 16:55:29 +0200 http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,778138,00.html The Internet has always been a refuge of anonymity. Anyone could hide behind the cloak of namelessness and express the most offensive views. Now politicians and companies -- including Google and Facebook -- want to change that.]]> http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,778193,00.html#ref=rss In a SPIEGEL interview, William Dutton of the Oxford Internet Institute discusses how fundamentally the World Wide Web has changed our lives since its creation 20 years ago, offering his views on how it helps communities organize and its emergence as a 'Fifth Estate,' helping hold both governments and media around the globe accountable. Fri, 05 Aug 2011 16:55:00 +0200 http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,778193,00.html http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,777944,00.html#ref=rss In a SPIEGEL interview, ThyssenKrup CEO Heinrich Hiesinger discusses his plans to radically restructure the steelmaking firm. He says the traditional German company is deeply concerned about the European debt and currency crisis as well as Chancellor Angela Merkel's expensive plans for an energy revolution. Wed, 03 Aug 2011 17:48:00 +0200 http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,777944,00.html In a SPIEGEL interview, ThyssenKrup CEO Heinrich Hiesinger discusses his plans to radically restructure the steelmaking firm. He says the traditional German company is deeply concerned about the European debt and currency crisis as well as Chancellor Angela Merkel's expensive plans for an energy revolution.]]> http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,777671,00.html#ref=rss The euro zone looks set to evolve into a transfer union as it struggles to overcome the debt crisis. There are a number of options for the institutionalized shift of resources from richer to poorer member states -- and Germany would end up as the biggest net contributor in every scenario. Mon, 01 Aug 2011 18:20:00 +0200 http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,777671,00.html http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,760465,00.html#ref=rss Europe is undergoing a revolution in energy production that requires massive new infrastructure to support the shift to renewables. But do new power lines always have to result in blight? Some utility companies are hoping that designer power masts can help overcome local opposition. Wed, 11 May 2011 12:04:00 +0200 http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,760465,00.html http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,760469,00.html#ref=rss As the trial of John Demjanjuk in Munich draws to a close, any doubts that the defendant was an accessory to the murders of 27,900 Jews seem to have been set aside. But most of the joint plaintiffs are not interested in revenge -- they only want to keep the memory of the Sobibór extermination camp alive. Thu, 05 May 2011 15:49:00 +0200 http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,760469,00.html As the trial of John Demjanjuk in Munich draws to a close, any doubts that the defendant was an accessory to the murders of 27,900 Jews seem to have been set aside. But most of the joint plaintiffs are not interested in revenge -- they only want to keep the memory of the Sobibór extermination camp alive.]]> http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,756599,00.html#ref=rss Westerners might get a bit queasy when they think about eating locusts, spiders or ants, but they make up delicacies and key sources of protein in much of the world. A new movement is trying to bring them onto Western plates in an effort to save the environment. Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:07:00 +0200 http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,756599,00.html Westerners might get a bit queasy when they think about eating locusts, spiders or ants, but they make up delicacies and key sources of protein in much of the world. A new movement is trying to bring them onto Western plates in an effort to save the environment.]]>