In September 1989, thousands of refugees from East Germany occupied the West Germany Embassy in Prague. After some tough negotiations in NewYork, then foreign minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher, standing on the embassy balcony, spoke the words that would resolve the crisis and make history: "We have co
56 years ago, Germany and France signed the Elysée Treaty. It drew on the lessons of their bloody pasts to create a new departure that would go down in history. A supposed rivalry going back hundreds of years became Franco-German friendship. The goal of the Treaty of Aachen is to renew this friendsh
Climate change, crises and conflicts: The challenges we face in our world today are big – too big for just one country to meet. That’s why we need the United Nations. It’s the sole forum in which all states take part as equals to find solutions together and make them binding for all. Germany is com
Prejudices against foreigners have already been handed down from ancient times. The ancient Greeks called foreigners "barbarians". At first, this only referred to everyone who did not speak Greek. Author: 3sat/nano/SPIEGEL TV GmbH /Denise Dismer, John A. Kantara/Jakob Kastner/Ezra Tsegaye/Jochen Sc
When we move to another country, we are often exposed to a culture that is different from ours. We have to go through four phases of transition: honeymoon, frustration, adaptation and integration. Some people are enthusiastic about the foreign culture for months, while others are frustrated on the f
Iran regularly holds parliamentary elections. But what influence does the parliament have on Iranian politics? Iran's political system intertwines republican and theocratic institutions. Ideologies face each other; domestic and foreign policy crises are the order of the day. How politics works in th
The term xenophobia comes from Greek. Xenos - means "stranger" but also "guest" - and phobos translates as "fear". Thus, it means fear of the foreign. A dismissive attitude towards the unknown. Author: 3sat/nano/Eva Münstermann,Nicola Burfeindt/Uli Weinlein,Dirk Janßen/tricky Translation and dubbi
The first forms of democracy emerged in Athens in antiquity. "Rule of the people" - was the key formula. But the opinion of children, women, slaves and foreigners was not asked. Author: ZDF/Terra X/Gruppe 5/ Susanne Utzt, Cristina Trebbi/ Jens Boeck, Dieter Stürmer / Fabian Wienke / Sebastian Mart
Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/CalvinRans Time for another research highlight out of the ASM department at TUDelft: Continuous ultrasonic welding is a novel joining method for high speed assembly of thermoplastic composite structures. Two parts are fused together by locally heat
If a foreign body penetrates the skin, phagocytes in the damaged tissue are the first to react. So-called M1-type macrophages release pro-inflammatory messenger substances. These include prostaglandins. These hormones trigger a pain stimulus. Author: 3sat/nano/DOCUVISTA Filmproduktion/Marilena Schu
Blood consists of red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets and plasma. White blood cells are our warriors; the army inside our body that protects us from infectious disease and foreign invaders. They make up less than 1% of our blood. VISIT us at www.fuseschool.org, where all of our videos ar
In the 1980s, the government of Singapore decided to stop importing foreign textbooks and instead rebuild the world's best math curriculum from scratch. Since then, Singaporeans have been studying fewer concepts in greater detail, following Bruner's guideline. A special thank you goes to our suppor
