He has the phone number of Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), in his phone. He has worked for EU Commissioners Günther Verheugen and Peter Mandelson. Andreas Schwarz, Deputy Director-General at the EU anti-fraud agency OLAF since March 2023, is one of the really well-wired Germans in the EU Commission.Schwarz did […]
When booking summer vacations, there’s a good chance you’ve used Booking.com before. The online travel agency based in the Netherlands is the clear market leader in Germany, followed by Expedia from the USA. However, a name that is increasingly appearing is Trip.com.The company, led by the successful Chinese businesswoman Jane Sun and known as Ctrip […]
“It’s exciting that you come from a country that no longer exists”, another child said to Magdalena Kirchner when she was five years old. Kirchner’s family had just left the GDR. The application to leave had been approved for Nov. 11, 1989 of all days. And so, shortly after the fall of the Wall, she […]
China already calls her the “goddess of athletics.” Hurdler Wu Yanni 吴艳妮 is one of China’s biggest hopes for the Olympic Games in Paris. In early July, the 26-year-old won the women’s 100-meter hurdles at the National Athletics Championships in Rizhao, Shandong. Her gold-winning time of 12.74 seconds was the fastest run by an Asian […]
The fact that Wolfgang Bücherl is completely convinced of the European idea today has a lot to do with the fact that he grew up with this vision. His birthplace in the Bavarian Upper Palatinate is less than 15 kilometers from the Czech border. As a teenager in the former border zone, he first experienced […]
The new French prime minister could be a woman who knows all important people on the international climate scene – and with whom most of the key players have already had contact: Laurence Tubiana, head of the European Climate Foundation (ECF) and one of the architects of the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement. The Frenchwoman is […]
Ed Miliband will negotiate for the UK at the next climate conference (COP29) in Azerbaijan. The 54-year-old was appointed Minister for Energy Security and Carbon Emissions in the new Labour government on July 5 and will lead the British delegation. The decision will give the UK more weight at the climate conference. At recent COPs, […]
As the new British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer has significant leeway in shaping the relationship with China. A balanced and coherent China strategy will be at the top of the new government’s agenda. In recent years, London’s approach to the People’s Republic has been erratic: What began under Prime Minister David Cameron as business opportunism […]
Lieutenant General Wolfgang Wien will not be traveling to Washington for the major NATO summit to mark the 75th anniversary of the alliance. But the preparations and follow-up are also his responsibility. He has been Germany’s highest military representative to NATO and the EU in Brussels since October 2023.Together with the representatives of the 31 […]
Eleven saves made Hassan Sunny a soccer god in China. The goalkeeper of Singapore’s national team might not have been able to prevent his team from losing 3-1 in the World Cup qualifier against Thailand. However, it was only thanks to his outstanding reflexes that the Chinese were able to avoid a heavier defeat and […]