Roger Boyes
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Roger Boyes is a British
journalist and author. He is the Berlin
correspondent for British newspaper The Times
, covering Germany and northern Europe. He also has a column in German newspaper Der Tagesspiegel
entitled 'My Berlin'.
Boyes entered journalism as a Reuters correspondent in Moscow (1976–1977), joined the Financial Times as an East Europe specialist in 1978 and was Bonn correspondent of the FT 1979 – 81. He then switched to the Times and became East Europe correspondent based in Warsaw where he covered the solidarity revolution and the imposition of martial law. Since then he has been posted to Rome as a Southern Europe correspondent (1987–89), Bonn and Berlin correspondent 1993- 2010.
United Kingdom
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journalist and author. He is the Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
correspondent for British newspaper The Times
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
, covering Germany and northern Europe. He also has a column in German newspaper Der Tagesspiegel
Der Tagesspiegel
Der Tagesspiegel is a classical liberal German daily newspaper...
entitled 'My Berlin'.
Boyes entered journalism as a Reuters correspondent in Moscow (1976–1977), joined the Financial Times as an East Europe specialist in 1978 and was Bonn correspondent of the FT 1979 – 81. He then switched to the Times and became East Europe correspondent based in Warsaw where he covered the solidarity revolution and the imposition of martial law. Since then he has been posted to Rome as a Southern Europe correspondent (1987–89), Bonn and Berlin correspondent 1993- 2010.
Works
- Meltdown Iceland: How the Global Financial Crisis Bankrupted Iceland, the Happiest State in the World (2009)
- A Year in the Scheisse: Getting to Know the Germans (2008)
- How to be a Kraut (2007)
- My Dear Krauts (2006)
- The Naked President: Political Life of Lech Walesa (1994)
Works as co-author
- Seduced by Hitler (2007)
- Is it easier to be a Turk in Berlin or a Pakistani in Bradford? (2004)
- Sezon na Europe (2003)
- Surviving Hitler: Corruption and Compromise in the Third Reich (2000)
- The Priest and the Policeman: The Courageous Life and Cruel Murder of Father Jerzy Popieluszko (1987)