Source: Spiegel Jens Spahn is a conservative parliamentarian. He is also gay. In a SPIEGEL interview, the 32-year-old describes how this has informed his political career and assesses how far Germany has come on civil rights for gays and lesbians. More:
The Local The amazing defensive chemical make-up of Asian ladybirds which enables them to dominate European species could be used to fight malaria and TB in humans, a German scientist says. More:
Source: The Local: German children get too much homework, have to take too many tests, and are under pressure from parents, a new study into the stress suffered by children between seven and nine suggests. More:
Source: Spiegel: It’s supposed to be a week of decisions for Greece, but of course it will just be another week of muddling ahead. Fearing her voters in Germany, Merkel’s government will resist a debt haircut and the inevitable realization: We’re all going to have to pay for Greece. More:
Source: The Local: Ralph Boes, 54, has not eaten since November 1 and, he told the Stuttgarter Zeitung on Monday he would not stop his protest until his demands are heard. Until then the occasional cup of vegetable stock will have to do. Boes refuses to label his protest as […]
By Cordt Schnibben SPIEGEL.DE Be it the United States or the European Union, most Western countries are so highly indebted today that the markets have a greater say in their policies than the people. Why are democratic countries so pathetic when it comes to managing their money sustainably? In the […]
Source: The Local President Joachim Gauck says consumers risk becoming so obsessed with getting the latest fashionable product that they ignore the suffering of the people making them – and called for responsible capitalism. Read More:
Source: The Local: Hamburg has become the first German state to strike an historic agreement with Muslim community groups, but the deal has riled some members of the political establishment, who claim it undermines the separation of religion and state. Read More:
Source: Spiegel: The European Commission’s draft law for a gender quota across the EU won’t be easy to pass, given the heavy resistance from a number of member states. But German commentators on Thursday say that it is nevertheless an important step in the right direction. Full story:
Dr. Todenhoefer is requesting on his facebook page all of us to : PLEASE SHARE, PRINT, SIGN AND SEND THIS LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA! The President of the United States […]
Source: The Local Several Android users in Berlin have had their bank accounts emptied after text messages from their bank containing TAN numbers were “caught or diverted” by a computer virus. Read More:
The Local Gerhard Schröder has seven publicly funded, chauffeur-driven vehicles at his disposal, despite his highly-paid private work. Read More:
Source: Spiegel International Astronomers have long had a basic understanding of how stars are formed. But observing and proving the theory has proven elusive. Now, a German-American project, complete with […]
By Zubair Khan Remembrance Day is observed on 11 November to recall the end of hostilities of World War I on that date in 1918. Hostilities formally ended “at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month,” in accordance with the Armistice, signed by representatives of Germany […]
Source: Spiegel: German President Joachim Gauck views an art installation in Berlin on Friday of a simulation of what it might be like if the Nazi Gestapo were to ransack a bedroom today. The exhibition has been put together by the anti-xenophobia organization Gesicht Zeigen, or, “show your face.” The […]
Source: The Local German politicians have said they are preparing to allow Christian Syrian refugees to seek asylum in Germany, ahead of a worldwide day of prayer for oppressed Christians. Read More:
Source: Spiegel What a blessing it is, one must conclude, to live in Germany, a country where the highways are regularly repaired and the washing machines use so little water that one could water the entire Sahara with what is left over. In which citizens’ initiatives are formed against McDonald’s, […]
Source: The Local With grey skies and intermittent rain on the cards, there’s little here to raise the spirits. While the temperatures should remain relatively mild, the overall outlook is uninspiring. The west looks set to get off more lightly on Friday, with heavy rain-bearing clouds concentrated in the east. […]
Several primary and secondary schools in Berlin are segregating migrant children into classes with “vastly inferior education,” to attract “ethnic Germans,” an NGO has told a United Nations Human Rights […]
Source: Spiegel: L Eylem and Jörg Huber’s case was filed on behalf of Eylem’s teenage daughter, who was denied a visa to visit her mother in Germany. Germans can travel […]