Beyond Berlin
Valentina GiannellaStories —big and small— that start in Berlin and look eastward, where Europe´s heart beats and its future unfolds.
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When AI builds itself, Prague’s Golem awakens
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1. Are we wise enough to deserve to?
Th...
Alone together, without a voice: Europe in the spring of 2026
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There is something almost theatrical about Aachen. A city of roughly 260,000 residents, it sits at Germany’s western edge, so close to Belgium and the Netherlands that on clear days you sense three countries...
Görlitz and Gorizia: A tale of two cities
“Arriving at each new city, the traveler finds again a past of his that he did not know he had.” - Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities
Standing in the middle
There is a bridge in Görlitz that crosses 80 metres of river and a century of his...
God's wars
The White House, March 5, 2026. Donald Trump sits behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, surrounded by approximately twenty evangelical pastors and faith leaders. Their hands rest on his shoulders, on his arms. Eyes closed, lips movin...
The East German woman was more emancipated. Wasn't she?
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On February 24, in the plenary hall of the German Bundestag, the journalist Heribert Prantl stood at the podium to deliver a memorial address. The occ...
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