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Beijing People’s Congress: China increases military budget

China is also investing a lot of money in its military this year. The high spending is worrying some observers. China plans to spend 7.2 percent more on its military this year than last year. The increase in the defense budget to 1.67 trillion yuan, the equivalent of around 214 billion euros, emerged from the […]

Moscow denounces Malta’s negotiations on Ukraine

Malta is hosting this weekend a meeting of representatives of international diplomacy who support the peace formula proposed by Kiev to end the war started by Russia against Ukraine. It is, say correspondents of the international press who are in Malta these days, an opportunity for Kiev to exchange views with its partners and to […]

German reunification is illegal – Putin’s propaganda

Russia is rewriting its history – in school textbooks. There are absurd depictions of German reunification that are already being used for propaganda. The “Day of German Unity” throws Russian students into a tailspin when they turn to a new history book for explanation: There is a wild mix of depictions of the reunification of […]

Reunification illegal? Putin’s new story

Russia is rewriting its history – in school textbooks. There are absurd depictions of German reunification that are already being used for propaganda. The “Day of German Unity” throws Russian students into a tailspin when they turn to a new history book for explanation: There is a wild mix of depictions of the reunification of […]

East-West inequality – will it never end?

It has been 33 years since reunification, and yet there is still a lot of inequality between East and West Germany. We discuss what can be done about it in the podcast. On average, East Germans inherit just under half of what West Germans inherit. There are still differences between East and West when it […]

Germany is not yet that united

Good morning, dear reader, many East Germans feel like second-class citizens. There’s actually no formal reason for this – or is there? Why did people in the East receive less pension for decades, why do they still receive lower wages on average, have poorer career prospects and inherit fewer? There are certainly reasons for this, […]

33 years after reunification: Germany is still so unequal

Good morning, dear reader, many East Germans feel like second-class citizens. There’s actually no formal reason for this – or is there? Why did people in the East receive less pension for decades, why do they still receive lower wages on average, have poorer career prospects and inherit fewer? There are certainly reasons for this, […]

33 years after reunification: Germany is still so unfair

Good morning, dear reader, many East Germans feel like second-class citizens. There’s actually no formal reason for this – or is there? Why did people in the East receive less pension for decades, why do they still receive lower wages on average, have poorer career prospects and inherit fewer? There are certainly reasons for this, […]