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| Compiled on October 18, 2013, 07:43 PM CET |
| COLLECTIVE EXCESS Forty Years of Berlin Nightlife In four decades, Berlin's nightlife has grown from a small scene of West German misfits into a global party mecca. By cultivating its underground mythos, the German capital achieved one of its greatest and strangest success stories -- but not without paying a price. |
| COALITION FACE-OFF Tough Negotiations Lie Ahead Chancellor Merkel's conservatives and their rivals, the center-left Social Democrats, are likely to begin official government coalition talks next week. It's a positive development, but things could get hairy once they start arguing over their key issues. |
| BATTLE OF NATIONS Leipzig Preps for 'Unprecedented' Reenactment Six thousand historical reenactors clad in 19th-century military garb will descend on Leipzig this weekend to mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Nations, which proved a crucial turning point in the German fight against Napoleon. |
| THE EXCEPTION How Denmark Saved Its Jews from the Nazis Denmark was the only European country to save almost all of its Jewish residents from the Holocaust. After being tipped off about imminent roundups by prominent Nazis, resisters evacuated the country's 7,000 Jews to Sweden by boat. A new book examines this historical anomaly. |
| SCATHING REPORT Turkish Kids 'Put in State Care Illegally' Politicians in Ankara have accused several European countries -- including Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands -- of illegally taking children of Turkish origin from their families and putting them into foster care. The children are being alienated from Turkish culture, the report claims. |
| WASTED EU FUNDS Brussels Ignores Tip-Offs from Greek Official Anti-corruption officials in Brussels have failed to investigate reports of squandered EU funds at a training institute in Greece, a German paper reported Friday. Well-connected teachers were allegedly paid up to 610 per hour for up to 225 work hours per month. |
| DREAMWORKS CHIEF On Changes and Challenges in the Film Business Jeffrey Katzenberg has had a phenomenally successful career bringing animated films to the big screen. In a SPIEGEL interview, the CEO of DreamWorks Animation discusses why movies are more popular than ever, the rise of the Chinese market and how Germans prefer movies stars with four legs. |
| PICTURE THIS Saturn Returns |
