With just weeks to go before Austria and Switzerland host the Euro 2008 soccer tournament, American artist Spencer Tunick organizes a crowd of nearly 2,000 models to pose nude in the Austrian capital Vienna for his latest artwork.
The German government has shrugged off a verbal attack on Chancellor Angela Merkel by Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez who called her a political descendant of Adolf Hitler and stopped just short of telling her to go to hell. The two leaders might meet at an upcoming summit in Peru.
Regardless whether Obama, Clinton or McCain enters the White House, the next US government will demand greater support from Germany on the international stage, especially in Iraq. But the government in Berlin is poorly prepared for this inevitability -- and that's a serious failure.
Uprooted trees, destroyed houses, disease. Burma is in chaos more than a week after Cyclone Nargis, and the real disaster is happening now. Drugs and aid aren't reaching the people who desperately need it. But the Burmese are helping each other, and anger at the junta is mounting.
Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, leader of the Tibetan people, discusses the uprising in his native Tibet, why he doesn't support protests against the Olympic torch relay and his proposals for a compromise with Beijing.
Despite predictions to the contrary, the pro-European party of President Boris Tadic won the parliamentary election in Serbia, according to preliminary estimates. However, Tadic still lacks a clear majority to form a government. His opponent, Tomislav Nikolic, wants nationalist parties to join forces ...
The worst natural disaster since the 2004 tsunami has hit Burma, home to a despotic military regime. Despite a storm that locals claimed was "like the apocalypse," the junta sought to complicate the arrival of any foreign aid out of mistrust of the West.
For the first time since the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union, Moscow has put on an arms parade to celebrate the defeat of Nazi Germany. Russians are impressed with the military show of strength, but in Eastern Europe the parade has reawakened old fears.
Brazilian President Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva wants to get his country into OPEC -- a move that could lower the price of oil worldwide. With a booming biofuel business alongside new oil reserves, Brazil is poised to become a global energy leader.
Bees in the German state of Baden-Wrttemburg are dying by the hundreds of thousands. In some places more than half of hives have perished. Government officials say the causes are unclear -- but beekeepers are blaming new pesticides.
This week Israelis are celebrating the 60th anniversary of their state's foundation. But, as German media commentators point out, the country still faces huge challenges.
Germany's national soccer squad is worried about catching measles at June's Euro 2008 soccer tournament, due to an epidemic currently raging in the co-hosts Austria and Switzerland. German authorities also want mobile vaccination stations to protect fans from the disease.
Are tensions easing between China and Tibet? In a SPIEGEL interview, the Dalai Lama has spoken positively about recent talks with Beijing. He says the tone of discussions has been "respectful." Still, the Tibetan spiritual leader is calling for Germany and the West to continue applying pressure on China. ...
Summer's almost here and this week's real news quiz takes you on a tour of Europe: From where to get a cheap sun holiday, to how to find the Berlin Wall, to who rules the roost in London and why some fast food has just gotten a wee bit too pricey. Grab a cold beer and jump aboard the SPIEGEL Pub Quiz ...
Die internationale, von der DFG geförderte Fachkonferenz widmet sich den neueren Perspektiven der Spätmittelalterforschung auf dem Feld der Philologien. Im Zentrum stehen dabei weniger Einzelfallstudien, als vielmehr Forschungsfelder insgesamt wie Literaturgeschichtsschreibung oder Gattungsfragen. ...
Auf den nationalen und internationalen Kongressen der Sportinformatik kreisen die Diskussionen häufig um das Verhältnis zwischen der Basiswissenschaft Informatik und der Sportwissenschaft, die eher das Anwendungsfeld beisteuert. Zehn Jahre nach der Gründung der Sektion Sportinformatik in der dvs verdient ...
Euroacademia Multidisciplinaria Neurotraumatologica Abteilung "Neurotraumatologie und Intensivmedizin" der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Neurochirurgie Neurochirurgische Universitätsklinik Heidelberg
Einführung und Moderation:Christoph Markschies, Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinDie schon der antiken Geographie geläufige Dreiteilung der Erde in die Kontinente Europa, Asien und Afrika hatte im christlichen Mittelalter mit der biblischen Überlieferung mühelos in Übereinstimmung gebracht werden ...
1983 inaugurierte die Weltgesundheitsorganisation (WHO) das Kollaborationszentrum "Prävention oraler Erkrankungen" (WHOCC) an der Sektion Stomatologie der Medizinischen Akademie Erfurt. Seit 1994 ist das WHOCC im Zentrum für Zahn-, Mund- und Kieferheilkunde der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena ...
Am Freitag, dem 23. Mai öffnet die HHL ab 9 Uhr wieder ihre Türen zum Infotag. Die ganztägige Informationsveranstaltung bietet Interessierten einen umfassenden Einblick in die unterschiedlichen Studienprogramme sowie die anspruchsvollen Lehrinhalte der HHL.
