| SPIEGEL ONLINE | INTERNATIONAL NEWSLETTER |
| Compiled on April 09, 2014, 06:28 PM CET |
| HOW WESTERN IS GERMANY? Russia Crisis Spurs Identity Conflict Many Germans feel a special bond to Russia. This makes the Ukraine crisis particularly dangerous for Berlin because it raises important questions about the very nature of German identity. Are we as deeply rooted in the West as most believe? |
| GERMAN MINISTER 'US Operating Without any Kind of Boundaries' In an interview, German Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière, 60, warns that American spying has become "boundless" and expresses sorrow that approval ratings for the United States have plummeted in Germany. |
