A Swiss investigation into FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s pursuit of power through expansion Arguably, the most powerful man on the pitch in this year’s World Cup is Gianni Infantino, president...
An investigation by one of Switzerland’s leading newspapers raises as many questions as it answers The daughter of a former candidate for the Iranian presidency, and student at one of...
East Germany’s little-known musical history and the ongoing fight for recognition Breakdancing, rapping, DJing and graffiti may not be the first things that come to mind when one thinks of...
A journalist catches up with the “nicest people” in the far-right, anti-immigrant German AfD party – people with an immigrant background themselves. Orfeo Laudi shakes his head. “The overwhelming majority...
The director of the European Space Agency explains how Europe is both behind, and ahead, in space A few months ago, the German foreign minister gave a talk in Berlin....
For a moment the global quinoa boom enriched Bolivian farmers before collapsing into overproduction, environmental damage, and economic hardship For thousands of years, wind has carried salt from the Bolivian...
AI-driven colourisation is transforming historical film footage, but could digitally adding colour risk distorting how we see the past and what we take to be authentic? When asked in an...
Serbia’s largest student movement in decades is challenging President Vučić’s grip on power, demanding accountability and new elections amid violent crackdowns and waning EU criticism It’s the middle of summer,...
On the road with the German director of UNRWA for the West Bank Initially established as a temporary organisation after the mass displacement of Palestinians and the 1948 war –...
The city contends with the end of local industrial production of the chocolate delight. Two hundred and thirty-three years after the death of Austria’s most famous composer and his burial...
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