Earthquake in Bavaria – 46 years of CSU majority destroyed

Earthquake in Bavaria – 46 years of CSU majority destroyed Earthquake, tsunami, landslide those where the most used words in the yesterday's coverage from the Election of the State Parliament of Bavaria. The CSU...

College Newspaper Editor Refuses to Quit Over F-Word 'Editorial'

Hmmm, never heard of a 4-word editorial format...that's news to me! " FORT COLLINS, Colo. —  The editor of the Colorado State University newspaper says he has no plans to resign amid criticism of the paper for using an obscenity in an editorial about President...

Germany: Ultra Right Wing Politician Demands Further Cuts in Welfare

Ultra right wing politician Markus Söder - secretary general of CSU, the ruling party in the German state of Bavaria - demands further cuts in social welfare for long term unemplyed. According to a report by German newsweekly 'Der Spiegel' based upon press agency reports,...

Germany: Unemployed Man Dies From Starvation as Welfare Cutback-Reform in Ger...

Today, Sueddeutsche Zeitung and others reported in their online editions that a 20 year old man in the German city of Speyer was found dead from starvation in his flat.Apparently, the man's 48 year old mother was sitting by and was unable to help her son, as she was admitted...

An Ambitious Politician, Hyppocrits, Bad PR and Good Laughs

Some weeks ago, I reported on a scandal within the ultra-conservative CSU, eternally governing party in the German state of Bavaria and probably the most hypocritical organization in Germany.At the time, Gabriele Pauli, a forty-something career politician who had gotten...

The German Krankheit: Political party elites out of tune

While polls show that only a below-50-per cent margin of German voters still believe in the current political system, the political party elites are happily out of tune, unable to face the music. The story bubbled...

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