Tense election in Ukraine | Martin Schulz - Europe’s next president? | Aggressive drivers | Job scheme dream shattered
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What do Germans expect from their politicians? What are they proud of? Do they trust the judicial system and the constitutional democracy?
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The 50th Anniversary of the Turkish-German Guest Worker Treaty
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Secession Election | Snowden testifies | Cross-border Crime | Neo-Nazi Election Bid
Crisis in Ukraine - Negotiators Wanted | Targeted Social Media Campaigns | Is the Accelerated High School Degree Soon to be History? | The European Dream
German President Joachim Gauck is putting pressure on the Turkish leader to uphold freedom of the press; young Germans face up to their grandparents' legacy; why the TTIP remains controversial; the southern German town saying no to genetic engineering; and how Google Glass could turn the public into criminals.
Ukraine: A Powder Keg | Death on Demand? - The Debate on Assisted Suicide | Reservists - Stopgaps for the German Armed Forces? | Stories from Communist East Germany - The Dream of Freedom
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Born in Hong Kong, Christopher spent much of his childhood abroad. After studying languages and journalism in Cambridge, London and Paris, he married a Berlin teacher (two sons).
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