I woke up on the other side of the Atlantic at 2 am. My phone was going haywire. Friends, former students, and colleagues all over Ukraine were sending me the same message. The bombs had started to drop. The port was on fire. An airport was on fire. The futures of Ukrainian women and men,
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Former Wrocław University student Ingo returns to his old stomping grounds and reminisces and contrasts his experiences between now and then.
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In Leipzig, Die Linke won in percentage of votes for city council, and Die Grünen for the European Parliament. Still, the far-right AfD had the most impressive gains, now having more city council seats than the SPD, besides a lawmaker in Brussels.
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Leipziger Constanze Krehl (SPD) has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 1994 and is running for re-election. She took the time to answer the interview questions we sent her, and we publish the answers here in the lead-up to the elections this weekend. Auf Deutsch und Englisch.
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Originally from the Leipzig area, Hermann Winkler (CDU) is a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and is running for re-election. Dieses Interview mit ihm ist Teil unserer Reihe über die Stadtrats- und Europawahlen am 26. Mai 2019. In English and German.
More"I was spoken to more during my first moments in Copenhagen than in my first week in Leipzig. Be helpful to a stranger, period. Be kind to the person sitting across from you in public transit, period. It’s not a difficult behavior to participate in, I promise."
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