Foreign correspondent for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), based in Rome since 2021, covering mostly business and economics in Italy and Greece and broader European questions. Before was based for FAZ 17 years in Paris, 8 years in London, 4 years in Frankfurt. Was born in Ingolstadt on the Danube in 1964. After graduating from high school and completing his military service, he moved to Cologne, where he completed his journalism training at the Cologne School of Journalism. He received his academic education with a master degree in economics from the Faculty of Economics at the University of Cologne. During his studies and after freelance work in Germany and in Southeast Asia. In 1993, he joined FAZ. Book publications: “Great Britain: Island between worlds. The British – Europe's eternal outsiders” (2003). “The new French dream. How our neighbour wants to stop its decline” (2017). 2025: part time lecturer in Kyiv at the Kyiv National Economic University (KNEU). Foreign correspondent for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), based in Rome since 2021, covering mostly business and economics in Italy and Greece and broader European questions. Before was based for FAZ 17 years in Paris, 8 years in London, 4 years in Frankfurt. Was born in Ingolstadt on the Danube in 1964. After graduating from high school and completing his military service, he moved to Cologne, where he completed his journalism training at the Cologne School of Journalism. He received his academic education with a master degree in economics from the Faculty of Economics at the University of Cologne. During his studies and after freelance work in Germany and in Southeast Asia. In 1993, he joined FAZ. Book publications: “Great Britain: Island between worlds. The British – Europe's eternal outsiders” (2003). “The new French dream. How our neighbour wants to stop its decline” (2017). In 2025: part time lecturer in Kyiv at the Kyiv National Economic University (KNEU).