Germany's second longest-serving chancellor reflects on her 16 years in office—a widely praised tenure that has also been criticised for being soft on Russia and migrants
Ursula von der Leyen succeeded Jean-Claude Juncker as President of the European Commission in December 2019, making her the first woman to hold the position.
"It's like coming home for me," she…
Olaf Scholz- nicknamed "Scholzomat" for his robotic public appearances- has put his old robot-like, technocratic image behind him and secured an agreement to govern with the Greens and the business…
Europe remained at the negotiating table for neighboring Ukraine and perhaps this situation is correct for those who play the role of mediator. In connection with the Normandy initiative, the…
On December 8, Olaf Scholz was sworn in as new Chancellor of Germany after his predecessor and political mentor Angela Merkel had governed the country for the past 16 years. In the wake of power…
In the 2021 Federal Parliament (Bundestag) elections, 7.4 million Germans withimmigrant backgrounds are entitled to vote for their new representatives. But what is the expectedturnout of voters with…
InJuly 2017, Austria’s then vice chancellor and leader of the right-wing populistFreedom Party(FPÖ),Heinz-Christian Strache, spent a vodka-and–Red Bull–fueled night on the Spanish island of Ibiza…
Almost 2,000 journalists descended onHamburglast week to witness a spectacle not seen since 1971: an open competition for the leadership of Germany’s most successful political party. The 1,001…
As the head of the country’s biggest political party for eighteen years, and its chancellor for twelve,Angela Merkelhas done more to shape contemporaryGermanythan any post-war leader other than…
Post-Truth GermanyAnd if it never happened? Then, of course, nobody is to blame. There is no responsibility, and there are no consequences. The end of a common understanding of what happened is in…
In a world where events unfold at lightning speed and political and social landscapes shift rapidly, Al Majalla has remained a steadfast beacon of reliable and credible journalism. For over four…
JOMANA RASHED AL-RASHID, Chief Executive Officer at SRMG
From titanium and lithium to natural gas, Ukraine has an abundance of supplies needed by a range of industries, which Russia wants to control, while the US sees an opportunity
In the final of a three-part series, Syria's late former Vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam reveals that Bashar al-Assad's brother Maher misled Rafic Hariri before his assassination.
Smell has always been the poor cousin of the senses, overawed and diminished by the others. Hearing loss or blindness get all our attention, anosmia less so. What do the philosophers think?