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Migration Crisis: The EU's Shipwrecked Refugee Plan

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When 800 refugees drowned on their way to Europe this April, leaders promised to act. Just over two months later, the EU's attempts at real reform have all but failed -- and thrown up some dark moral questions. By Ullrich Fichtner, Maximilian Popp, Christoph Schult and Alexander Smoltczyk more... [ Comment ]

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Lifting the VeilHow Working Women Are Remaking Saudi Arabia

A growing number of women in Saudi Arabia are joining the workforce and chipping away at discriminations enshrined in its laws. But they face conservative opposition and -- even now -- a ban on driving. By Juliane von Mittelstaedt and Samiha Shafy more... [ Comment ]

The New Kingdom: Saudi Arabia's Contradictory Transformation

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EU Commission President Juncker'I Don't Understand Tsipras'

EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker remains committed to preventing a Grexit. But he tells SPIEGEL that his patience is wearing thin: "I don't believe the Greek government's response has been sufficient." Interview conducted by Peter Müller, Michael Sauga and Christoph Schult more... [ Comment ]

Yesterday at 02:40 AM from fifthcolumnist: Looking at some of Mr Junckers comments: "Either everyone wins, or everyone loses"; I...more...

Cold War ResurgentUS Nukes Could Soon Return to Europe

Washington is once again talking about stationing nuclear warheads in Europe. Russia, too, is turning up the rhetoric. Europeans are concerned about becoming caught in the middle of a new Cold War. By SPIEGEL Staff more... [ Comment ]

Photo Gallery: A New Arms Race

06/21/2015 from baa1948: NATO in Europe without USA is nothing for Putin. Just one strike for one day and all Baltic... more...

The New KingdomSaudi Arabia's Contradictory Transformation

During his reign, King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has created a new leadership role for Saudi Arabia. But his changes are filled with contradictions -- and may only make the region more unstable. By Bernhard Zand more... [ Comment ]

Interview with Saudi Prince Turki Bin Faisal Al Saud: 'We Try To Learn from Our Mistakes'

06/20/2015 from guajiro9478: Why is Europe, and particularly Germany a "friend" of this mid-evil country, where they... more...

New ESA Head Wörner'We Could Build All Kinds of Things with Moon Concrete'

On July 1, Johann-Dietrich Wörner will become the new general director of the European Space Agency. SPIEGEL speaks with him about his dream of building a colony on the moon and the difficulties of traveling to Mars. Interview Conducted by Olaf Stampf more... [ Comment ]

06/22/2015 from Stelvio: "No bucks, no Buck Rogers". To have a space program you need money, lots of money. How... more...

Interview with Thomas Bach'We Can Only Provide Inspiration'

Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committe, talks to SPIEGEL about anti-gay laws, Hamburg's 2024 bid and the association's limited responsibility for human rights. Interview conducted by Lukas Eberle and Maik Großekathöfer more... [ Comment ]

06/22/2015 from fritzeckl: The same crook, the same arsehole, the same fucking stupid answers as the football bastard!! more...

Legal HighsWelcome to the Cannabis Revolution

A new consensus is emerging that bans on cannabis are counterproductive. Across the world, countries are legalizing its use for pleasure and medical treatment -- but Germany still lags behind. By Marco Evers and Laura Höflinger more... [ Comment ]

06/22/2015 from robbiec: You state "its third most popular addictive substance, after alcohol and tobacco." Since... more...

Brewing Conflict over GreeceGermany's Finance Minister Mulls Taking on Merkel

Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble appears to have given up hope of a satisfactory outcome to the Greek crisis. Unlike the chancellor, he is willing to cut the rope on Athens. But will he dare to dig in his heels and defy Merkel? By Peter Müller, René Pfister and Christian Reiermannmore... [ Comment ]

06/20/2015 from m.alachouzos: Ever since Europe's quantitative easing which conveniently excluded Greece out of the process (the... more...

Hope for DemocracyA Personal View of the Turkish Elections

Growing up, I was never particularly interested in Turkish politics. But Gezi Park changed my view of the country of my forefathers. Last Sunday's election made me proud. By Özlem Gezer more... [ Comment ]

06/13/2015 from restlessboomers: We closely followed Gezi Park on RT which we feel did a very respectable job of covering this... more...

Interview with Jeb Bush'I Admire the Fact that Germany Is On the Right Path'

Presumed Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush spoke briefly with SPIEGEL about Greece, Germany's finances and the need to supply weapons to Ukraine. Interview Conducted by Holger Stark more...[ Comment ]

06/22/2015 from alberto_alarcon: its so sad to see that the united states treats the european community countries like banana republics.more...

The Worm TurnsVirus Hunter Kaspersky Becomes the Hunted

The Russian IT security firm Kaspersky Lab has discovered a new, powerful cyber weapon, apparently a successor to the notorious Duqu software. But this time the virus hunter itself is a target. Now experts are scrambling to identify who's behind it. By Matthias Gebauer and Marcel Rosenbach more... [ Comment ]

06/14/2015 from almis_peter_salcius: two random statements gave me pause from the beginnings of networking technology: 1.) Carlos Slim... more...

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