Debut in Bayreuth - Hans Neuenfels on Wagner’s "Green Hill": As the Wagner community gathers for its annual extravaganza, will it be business as usual at the first Wagner Festival since the death of former director Wolfgang Wagner? Disaster in Duisburg - The Love Parade Tragedy: Until last weekend, RUHR.2010 had seen plenty of positive press coverage. As one of this year's European Capitals of Culture, the Ruhr region made headlines with big events like a cultural festival on the Autobahn and a crowd sing-along in a local stadium. Cinema of Hope – The reopened Cinema Jenin: In his prizewinning documentary film ”The Heart of Jenin”, German filmmaker Marcus Vetter told an almost unbelievable story. The father of a Palestinian child who was killed ended up donating the child’s heart – to a hospital in Israel. Grand Tour Part 5 – Hip Hop culture in a gigantic industrial setting: 30-meter-high mining excavators provide the backdrop for one of Europe’s biggest Hip Hop festivals, the Splash! Festival at Ferropolis in Gräfenhainichen in eastern Germany.

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