The European Union will organize a conference to locate children kidnapped in Ukraine by Russia and bring them back to their country, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced Thursday after a summit in Brussels.“It's a horrific reminder of the darkest times in our history, the deportations of children that are happening there. It's a war crime,” the German official said after a summit in Brussels. “We know that 16,200 children were deported, only 300 have since returned,” she...
Comedian and actress Veronika von Quast became known with the show "Kanal fatal" and is still on stage today. About an exciting life, a crocodile with a ruff and a great love at 76.From Gerhard Fischer, MunichAnyone who wants to visit Veronika von Quast usually approaches via Lindwurmstraße. Then it goes into Ringseisstrasse - Ringseis, that's this poet, Quast said on the phone - and you see two yellow houses, one on the right, one on the left. Colourful, that's...
From Jörg HaentzschelTwo weeks after the SZ reports on dubious events at the Munich Carl Friedrich von Siemens Foundation, the pressure on the house is increasing. In February, the foundation fired its managing director, the literary scholar Marcel Lepper, without notice after only ten months in office because of "considerable misconduct in personnel management". The search for a successor will not be easy. source site
Johann von Bülow hasn't been to the Glockenspiel café for a long time. The place reminds him of the time when he roamed Munich as a young man and trained as an actor at the Otto Falckenberg School. Most recently, Bülow, born in 1972, often remembered. In his novel "Roxy" (published by Rowohlt), he dives into the 1980s, sometimes into a Munich glamor world. It is the story of Marc Berger, who drives home for the funeral of his best...
Energy supply in Europe Von der Leyen: Putin has "clearly lost the energy battle" Together with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, von der Leyen visited a Norwegian gas production platform. Troll A is the largest oil rig on earth. photo © Ole Berg-Rusten/NTB/dpa According to the EU Commission President, the blackmail of the Russian President had failed. The EU is now "stronger and more independent" than ever when it comes to energy supply. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen...
Selenskyj promises liberation of Mariupol +++ Russia wants to equip submarines with hypersonic missiles +++ The reports on the war in Ukraine in star-News blog.News of the 387th day of Russia's war against Ukraine in star-News blog:source site-3
From Gustav SeibtThe philosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte wrote the following admonition to the young August, Goethe's son, in the family book: "The nation has great demands on you, only son of the only one in our age. Count me among those who will observe most attentively whether you worthy of forming one day to fill the Father's place, since I am among those who understand His worth most deeply and love them without envy. May this sheet then admonish you,...
The Munich author Stefan von der Lahr has written his third thriller "Demons in the Vatican" - an explosive mixture of history and the present. It raises questions that conservative hardliners are unlikely to enjoy."Demons in the Vatican" has all the characteristics that make up a crime thriller: lots of corpses, an initially rather clueless commissioner who is kept in suspense by ambitious scientists, power-hungry clerics and unscrupulous mafiosi. Author Stefan von der Lahr has created an exciting game of...
Zuerst weigerte sich der Yoga-Guru Krishnamacharya, Indra Devi in seinen Unterricht aufzunehmen. Weil sie eine Frau war und aus dem Westen kam. Schließlich gab er nach. Indra Devi meisterte nicht nur sein hartes Programm, sondern trug das Yoga anschließend in die Welt und leistete einen entscheidenden Beitrag zur Verbreitung der Praxis. Indra Devi gilt als eine der schillerndsten Persönlichkeiten der Yoga-Geschichte. Als Pionierin trug sie maßgeblich zur weltweiten Verbreitung der indischen Praxis bei. In einer Zeit, in der Yoga noch von Männern dominiert war,...
world trade Subsidy dispute: Biden and von der Leyen seek talks Joe Biden with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in the Oval Office of the White House. photo © Andrew Harnik/AP US President Biden has signed a "Made in America" law. Competitive disadvantages are feared in the EU. Commission President von der Leyen has now traveled to Washington. US President Joe Biden and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen are seeking dialogue in the dispute over US...
