He held the ceremonial post of German president after a finance-focused career. Shortly into his second term, he became the ...

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German politicians are holding a debate and vote on the controversial 'Influx Limitation Law', which aims to tighten ...

Germany’s parliament has narrowly approved a call by Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s main challenger to turn back many more migrants ...

The intervention of wealthy businessmen in politics has become a familiar phenomenon, but the support of American billionaire ...

The country is focused on exports, but China is slowing imports and U.S. tariff threats are growing. Politicians are offering ...

Following the collapse of several monarchies in Europe post-WWI and WWII, the process of transferring power, which was hereditary in nature, was replaced with leadership emerging from the literate ...

The history of Aspen is not complete without an understanding of how the Goethe Bicentennial of 1949 transformed this ...

Albert Schweitzer From his keynote address, Goethe Bicentennial, Aspen, 1949 The high ideals of Dr. Albert Schweitzer ...

When Schweitzer set foot in Aspen in 1949 ... s chancellor, that the world needed an infusion of Goethe’s spirit in order to repair the shattered, post-industrial World War II cultural landscape and ...