It is no longer a secret: full employment as was possible during the days of the ‚economic miracle‘ is an illusion in our time. More and more people are affected by unemployment - in many cases despite good or excellent…
In October 2013 China's President Xi Jinping presented the new Vision ‘One belt, one road’: an unprecedented and far-reaching project for the coming decades, which will change more than only the Chinese world. It is an advancement of initiatives of Deng Xiaoping,…
Friday, May 20th 2016, 5pm, atViktor Adler market in the 10th district of Vienna. It's the final rally of presidential candidate Norbert Hofer. Interesting choice of location: relatively small for such an event, only two corners away from the localities of…
The Panama Papers: 11.5 million documents that shed light on a parallel society almost forgotten about, in times of the refugee crisis. Looking at 214000 shell companies and thousands of names, including many celebrities from sports, business and politics, one…
Discussion evening of „Väter ohne Rechte“ (fathers without rights) in Vienna Men and gender politics - that clicks! The Munich-based gender researcher John Meiners puts research results up for discussion. The relations betwen the sexes have changed a lot in Western…
Today I was assigned a night shift - from midnight to 08:00 am - together with a doctor from England whos country of origin is Pakistan. [caption id="attachment_846" align="alignnone" width="805"] Night Shift Team[/caption] When we arrived at the hospital, we were…
[caption id="attachment_851" align="alignnone" width="805"] Bicycle and straw hat in Hanoi[/caption] Hanoi has plenty to offer - nice pools, great temples and pagodas, and above all lively streets and alleys. [gallery link="file" columns="2" size="smr-thumb" ids="850,849"] But what really makes up Hanoi…
In an open letter, 72 civil society organizations from 31 countries, including the AKVorrat, are addressing the European telecom regulators today, calling for strong protection of the principle of net neutrality in the ongoing negotiations on the implementation of the…
In the introduction Claus Reitan (freelance journalist) refers to the annual statistics of ‘Reporter ohne Grenzen’ (Reporters Without Borders), published on World Press Freedom Day: 57 journalists were killed worldwide, more than 500 arrested, 51 abducted. A key change in…
During one of the many nights I spent on the beach, looking out for boats, I made the acquaintance of Manuela Felderl (journalist) and Matthew Weißenbacher (camera operator). As we all sat around the campfire, we got into a conversation.…
