Der starke Mann und die schlechte Luft
NZZ, Nina Belz 14.3.2015, 07:00 Uhr China unter Xi Jinping (…) Xi, der Seiltänzer Xi Jinping hat Reformen und mehr Rechtsstaatlichkeit versprochen sowie auch der Umweltverschmutzung den Kampf angesagt. Gleichzeitig hat er in den ersten zwei Jahren deutlich gemacht, dass er nicht im Sinn hat, die grundlegenden Pfeiler des Machtapparats anzutasten – im Gegenteil. Mit […]
“European Household Community”
A healthy self-confidence of all citizens is a prerequisites for a valuating interaction of all European cultures. Europe and the European Union are to point our way for this and promote the independent co-operation of all citizens. This is the first statement of WORLD SALON Relaunch Europe. What do think? Does a healthy self-confidence help […]
Common History of East and West
The award-winning writer Navid Kermani is familiar with the Arabian and as well as the European culture. He emphasizes, that the central roots of the three abrahamitic religions are the Greek antiquity and the Bible. With that the western and eastern worlds imply more connecting than separating aspects. Our consciousness of this is most important […]
Prevention of Violent Extremism
Deutsch Regarding to the actual incidents in Paris and Belgium I conferred with Dr. Robert Muggah, the salient expert for prevention of violence and Research Director of Igarapé Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. I asked him: How can we detect and prevent young people from planning such ideologically based violence? I share with you with […]
Democratize Europe
Protest movements in Germany, acts of violence in Paris, elections in Greece, Ukraine crisis: Europe must prove itself in many aspects in 2015. It is so important to get the people in the boat and to provide perspectives and confidence. An increasing discrepancy is perceived between the globalized economy and the politics which is still […]
House of Religions – Dialogue of Cultures at Bern
A wonderful project becomes true: Since 2001 eight religious communities work on creating a common roof. On the 14t December 2014 the House of the Religions was opened. More than 10,000 guests celebrated this wonderful moment and experienced the holy rooms of the eight religions. The house is used by religious communities which had at […]
Reconciliation of the World Religions
Please find below valuable reflexions (in German) about the reconciliation of world religions in everyday life from Dr. Martin Gillo, Saxon Commissioner for Foreign Nationals. With pleasure I recommend these helpful suggestions for the public discussion in our society (published in Freie Presse, Dresden, 25. November 2014): Bei aller Vielfalt: Wir gehören zusammen! Martin Gillo […]
Conference „Sport in Foreign Policy“
I would like to recommend this fascinating conference of Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen on 10 December 2014 in Brussels: Sport in Foreign Policy Culture of Fairness Opportunities and Challenges Global sport is bound up in an interplay between the policies and practices of nation states, the strategies and activities of transnational corporations and non-governmental organisations, and […]
The Social Meaning of Football Grows
How surprising was the Fifa Football World Cup in 2014, how making happy, how dramatic! How brilliantly football was played! How hard and thus worthily won the German national team the championship title in a gripping final against Argentina on eye-level. How clear it got that increased national success expectations can sportingly paralyze the otherwise […]
Great Prospects for FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup in 2014 in Brazil offers which superlatives: highest assignment rights, highest takings for organizers and sponsors, most online fan sites, greatest public screenings. What a celebration of the sports, what a great, worldwide encounter! But the sparkling economic success and the social protests earn the FIFA also versatile criticism in Brazil. What […]
