Japanese Fireworks in Düsseldorf, Germany

Every year, the Japanese community of Düsseldorf generously donates a grand firework to the people of Düsseldorf. Bloggi comments. The picture is courtesy of banger1977 under the CC...

German Transport Authority Cuts Links With Deutsche Bahn in the Wake of IPO

Verkehrsverbund Rhein Ruhr (VRR), a transport authority of numerous cities in the West German state of Northrhine Westphalia, has cut its contractual ties to German national railway carrier over fraud allegations -...

The EU: New Labor Legislation Ushers in Sweatshop Age of Labor Market Policies

he European Union slides further down the slippery slope to become a belated paradise of neocon economic ideology, as labor ministers agree upon "voluntary" 65 hours working week, while employees are weakened by...

Neonazis Gain Ground in Germany. The Story Behind the Story

The neo-Nazis are gaining ground in German politics. Why? Oficially, no one will be able to tell you, Berlin is surprised. Inofficially? Germany is a decaying society at the brink of unrest. Markus tries to shed some...

Audio comment: 40 Years on. Remembering the Assasination on Bobby Kennedy

40 years ago today, Bobby Kennedy was assasinated at the Ambassador hotel in Los Angeles. Markus tries to make sense of it, asks whether Obama will be able to fulfil the legacy 40 years on, and reflects about America's approach to its own history. An Audio comment....

European Court Ruling Could Help End Absurd German Net Laws

Germany has some stiff legislation about obligatory contact information on websites. Actually, so complicated, that an army of lawyers is making a living of serving costly legal notes to website owners who do not...

A Pleasant Departure - Shopping for Food in Belgium

Yesterday I went shopping at the Cora supermarket near Liege, Belgium. Quite a pleasant departure from German dog food at premium prices when you look at it in terms of value for money. A picture and an audio comment.

Germany: New Debate Over Car Taxation

Tax hikes at the expense of the German middle class continue. This time, the car drivers are hit... again. An audio comment.

German Low Wage Sector Threatens to Ruin Other European Economies' Labor Markets

The trend towards a labor market of working poors in Germany spells out trouble for the rest of Europe's economies. An audio comment. A copy of the referenced report can be retrieved here (in German).

German Hacker Club Publishes Interior Minister's Fingerprint

This is probably as relevant as political debate, hands-on protest, and civil disobedience get in the digital age: "A hacker club has published what it says is the fingerprint of Wolfgang Schauble, Germany's...

Germany, Left Alone

Germany is squandering its political credibility to the former communists, while social democrats spearhead movement towards rapid decay of credibility for political class. On January, 27 the German state of...

Opinion: German Conservatives - Evil Panic

This year, the German conservatives of chancellor Angela Merkel did not take too much of the new year's time to unleash a fireworks of politicking upon the German elector. With decisions looming, amongst others, in the German key state of Hesse, Merkel's party looks set...

Mass complaint filed against German anti-terror law

KARLSRUHE, Germany - Some 30,000 people lodged a complaint in Germany Monday against the creation of a vast telecommunications database as part of anti-terror measures. The 150-page complaint filed here with Germany’s top tribunal, the Federal Constitutional Court, is...

Transportation Toll: German Government To Further Drive Inflation

Germany's ecochampion government is set to take inflation one step further as plans emerge to heighten toll collection for trucks by up to 120 per cent, beginning 2008. In practise, this could mean that prices move up to some 30 Euro cent per kilometer of road usage,...

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