Clichés aside - German directness is a pandemic lifesaver
Being able to speak directly and honestly to each other, even about uncomfortable topics, is more important than ever - and not just because of corona. Elizabeth Rushton, 19.2.2021 - 19:01 Uhr
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Photo: Imago/Tim Karmele Wear a mask, shut up, get the vaccine, die slowly - why not just tell it how it is?
Berlin - In his epic novel Anna Karenina, Tolstoy wrote: “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Lately, I’ve come to realise that the same can be said about coronavirus: those who are now free from virus restrictions share a unique post-pandemic joy (looking at you, New Zealand), but lockdown somehow manages to find ways to make life uniquely rubbish for everyone still having to live at the behest of Covid-19.
German order is dead? Long live German order!
Is German order just a myth? An academic from the UK wants to respond to an essay in the Berliner Zeitung. For her, Germany is better than its reputation. Yvonne Zivkovic, 22.1.2021 - 16:00 Uhr
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In the Saturday edition of 16 January 2021, Maurice Frank, editor of the English-language online edition of the Berliner Zeitung, published an essay on the myth of German order and the inefficiency of German administrative structures. Many readers concurred with his diagnosis, some disagreed. Today, we re publishing a rebuttal by Yvonne Zivkovic, who grew up in Stuttgart as a child of Croatian guest workers and has lived in English-speaking countries for 12 years. She is a lecturer in German literature at University College in London.
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The Covid marathon isn t over. Yet.
It s been a turbulent week that s seen news from the big stories of 2020 - including Trump and Brexit - but corona news may finally be getting more positive. Andrew Bulkeley, 8.1.2021 - 14:57 Uhr
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Photo: imago imagesJust keep running.
Berlin - There are sayings that journalists love to trot out and that I avoid because journalists are supposed to avoid cliches, but I’ve been expecting one to resurface all week and it hasn’t: Covid-19 is a marathon, not a sprint. And for once I think the saying is apt and important.
Here s what we re looking forward to in post-corona Berlin
Gigs, beer and flying in to BER – here s what the Berliner Zeitung English Edition team and readers can t wait to do in the post-Covid world. Elizabeth Rushton, 30.12.2020 - 14:00 Uhr
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Photo: Paul Zinken/dpaDiner en Blanc, August 2019: Will 2021 finally bring us a return to scenes like this?
Berlin - It won t come straight away, but with tens of thousands set to be vaccinated against coronavirus in Germany by the end of this year, the light at the end of the tunnel after a year dominated by sickness and lockdown misery is very much in sight.