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Was British business always planning for Brexit?
Money & Business

Was British business always planning for Brexit?

...German firms doubled their intra-European sales from about 10 to 20 per cent. For firms from other European countries, the growth of intra-European sales was not quite so dramatic, but even Spanish and Italian firms were above 15 per cent, proportionally selling twice as much in Europe than British firms. Rather than bringing British firms closer to continental Europe,...
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Language variety all but disappears from the Eurovision song contest
Languages

Language variety all but disappears from the Eurovision song contest

...German and French as well as English. Sign language users can rejoice, however, as the broadcast will be available in sign language offered by nine different interpreters. The contest this year sees Australia return after last year’s supposedly “one-off” appearance and their song has many chances to do well. Russia is the bookies’ favourite, although there is also...
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Privileged and Overconfident but Full Steam Ahead!
Health, Sports & Psychology

Privileged and Overconfident but Full Steam Ahead!

...German media reporting a UK government that appeared to have unfounded confidence in the outcome of Brexit and in the process of negotiation. While the report in German media has been denied by the UK government, it is unclear what counter-reasons there are to be confident about the negotiation process. From Ignorance to Self-Importance Another psychological effect...
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A quiet man, hounded: One person's experience of the UK's anti-homosexuality laws
History & The Arts

A quiet man, hounded: One person's experience of the UK's anti-homosexuality laws

...German expressionist art, which ultimately resulted in Leicester possessing the best collection in the UK – around 500 pieces. In 1944, he organised a renowned exhibition at the Leicester Gallery. He had helped Tekla Hess, who was persecuted in Nazi Germany and her son Hans, who became Thomas’s assistant, to settle in Leicester. The Hess art collection formed the core...
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Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Austria
Languages

Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Austria

...German In Österreich gibt es lokale und regionale Unteschiede beim Backen und Backen zu Hause ist sehr beliebt. Viele anderen Kulturen haben das Backen in Österreich beeinflusst: Böhmen (Golatschen), Ungarn (Strudel) oder Italien (Polentaschnitten). Verschiedene Wörter werden verwendet um zwischen Brot, Weißbrot und Brötchen (Weißgebäck, Semmeln) und Kuchen...
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How did the USSR react to the bombing of Hiroshima?
History & The Arts

How did the USSR react to the bombing of Hiroshima?

...Germans. For long, he said, no one had dared think it would be a success. It was only a few days before the President had told Stalin about it in Berlin that we had learned definitely that it would work successfully. The Generalissimus replied that Soviet scientists said that it was a very difficult problem to work out. The Ambassador said that if the Allies could keep it...
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US Election 2016: A last week reading list
Society, Politics & Law

US Election 2016: A last week reading list

...Germans hoping for as America chooses its next leader? Expectations are not high: Helmut Kopp, 46, is a senior partner in a business consultancy near Frankfurt and is married to a German-Persian woman. I follow the election closely enough to have watched the first debate live at 3 a.m. I was interested, but there was also an ironic aspect. How should I put this? I've come...
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Machine translation – using online tools to improve your language learning
Education & Development

Machine translation – using online tools to improve your language learning

...courses and qualifications. If you are trying to learn a language in the age of readily available free online translation tools such as Google Translate or DeepL then you probably know that many teachers’ and learners’ attitudes to these tools are – to say the least – ambivalent. They are often considered an all-too-easy shortcut, or worse, an invitation to cheat....
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