The Leipzig Bach Festival honors the composer with a hit parade. Over 7,000 fans from 20 countries cast their votes. But Bach is celebrated in many other countries around the world as well.
Following a retrial for a verdict that had been reached while the prominent Iranian director was abroad, the Revolutionary Court in Tehran has upheld a one-year jail sentence.
More peace and quiet, less stress — the Quiet Hour is an initiative for people with invisible disabilities. An increasing number of stores and institutions in Germany are launching similar campaigns.
“Remember” — every child in Israel knows the meaning of this Jewish commandment: Never forget the Holocaust. Now Yad Vashem wants to make sure people in Germany remember it too.
The Iranian-born author of the acclaimed graphic novel and film offered a deeply personal account of Iran’s Islamic Revolution.
Actress Nastassja Kinski spent years calling for the removal of a sexualized scene from his film “The Wrong Move,” in which she appeared topless at the age of 13.
A low-budget horror film directed by a 20-year-old YouTuber is beating the new Star Wars movie at the box office. Behind its success is an entire viral online maze.
They’re said to have cut off their breasts to better draw their bows, and killed their male offspring. What’s true behind the myths surrounding the Amazons?
Mozart’s music evokes lightness and beauty. In times of war and destruction, people often invoke the ideals of the classical era. But is this just an escape from reality? The Mozartfest Würzburg offers different answers.
The Nazis denounced jazz music as “degenerate art,” despite its widespread popularity in Germany. As the Nazis clamped down on expression, groups of jazz-loving teenagers formed the Swing Youth to rebel.