Argentine President Mauricio Macri says his first 16 months in office have been a success: "Argentina has once again opened up and is back on the world stage.”

“We need to bring different faiths together to live in peace.” For the theologian and pastor Margot Käßmann, Luther’s words are today more relevant than ever.

Anyone who sees no future at home will set off and try their luck elsewhere, says Till Wahnbaeck, head of the German NGO Welthungerhilfe. He talks to DW about famine and the indifference of those who have enough to eat.

Conservative parliamentary leader Volker Kauder says his party has been winning state elections since the Social Democrats crowned Martin Schulz as party leader and chancellor candidate. Kauder is Angela Merkel’s right hand in the Bundestag.

„We cannot yield to the people who want to turn back time,“ says Markus Beeko, general secretary of Amnesty International in Germany. Despite manifold challenges, he says he has not given up on securing human rights for all.

Cemile Giousouf, first Muslim CDU member of the Bundestag, is against prohibiting campaign appearances by Turkish politicians in Germany. Yet she also fears that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan aims to establish an “arbitrary regime” in Turkey.

"Anyone who uses war as a motif for art needs to be able to take plenty of stick and cope with criticism," says the Syrian-German artist, Manaf Halbouni. He talks to DW about war, art and identity.

In a world increasingly mired in crisis, cultural exchange becomes ever more important, says Johannes Ebert, Secretary-General of Germany’s Goethe Institute. The good thing about globalization, he adds, is that cultures meet. They can only do so on the basis of mutual respect and openness.

German actress Christiane Paul is also a fully-qualified medical doctor—she’s pursued both careers passionately. In the end she chose the silver screen. Now she’s the first German actress to win an Emmy.

Juan Manuel Santos, president of Colombia and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize believes there is no need for a second referendum: objections made by the peace deal's opponents were taken into account and congress approved a revised deal.