| SPIEGEL ONLINE | INTERNATIONAL NEWSLETTER |
| Compiled on January 11, 2013, 07:14 PM CET |
| WESTERWELLE WARNING German Foreign Minister Urges Britain to Stay in EU European politicians are nervously awaiting a speech by British Prime Minister David Cameron that they hope will clarify his stance on the country's position in the European Union. Germany's foreign minister is already warning against efforts by the euroskeptic wing of his party to make an exit. |
| ACTIVISTS KILLED IN PARIS Murders Jeopardize Turkish-Kurdish Peace Talks In recent weeks, a solution to Turkey's long-running conflict with Kurdish separatists seemed near. But after three Kurdish activists were found murdered in Paris on Thursday, peace talks could now be in jeopardy. |
| HUNGARY'S RACISM PROBLEM Orbán Friend Says Roma 'Shouldn't Be Allowed to Exist' Zsolt Bayer, a prominent conservative commentator, has sparked outrage in Hungary and abroad for comparing Roma to animals and saying they "shouldn't be allowed to exist." Criticism of the remarks is growing, but Prime Minister Orbán will likely keep silent. |
| CRISIS IN MALI West Scrambles to Counter Islamist Offensive France led the West on Friday in offering to help Mali's interim government push back a surprise offensive launched Thursday by Islamist forces from the north. Elite French troops are reportedly already on the ground. |
| MONSTROUS TALENT A Film Idol's Fall The sexual abuse claims levelled against Klaus Kinski by his daughter Pola make it clear that cinema fans have deified a monster. The evil that he oozed on the silver screen has now been retroactively authenticated by his alleged depravity. |
| THOUGHTS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD Vivid Cinematic Essay Examines Hannah Arendt Her theory of the "banality of evil" made Hannah Arendt both famous and controversial. Now German filmmaker Margarethe von Trotta has given the philosopher an outstanding cinematic portrait. |
| BETTER THAN BUYING Barter Economy Matures from Niche to Trend Once derided as an eccentricity of the environmental movement, the recent economic crisis has helped transform the sharing economy from a niche trend to a full-scale phenomenon. In the coming years, sharing cars, bikes and even clothing may become as viable as buying. |
| FOR MILLIONAIRES, BY MILLIONAIRES Transforming a Baltic Sea Village into Paradise A newly rich German developer is investing his fortune to transform a run-down Baltic Sea village into a playground for the ultra-rich. But will a luxurious hotel complex be enough to draw them to an otherwise unglamorous setting? |
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