Source: Spiegel International In an interview with SPIEGEL, Nike Wagner talks about her ancestors Franz Liszt and Richard Wagner, her family’s friendship with Adolf Hitler, and Chancellor Angela Merkel’s one-sided taste in opera. SPIEGEL: Ms. Wagner, you are descended from two important composers. Are you closer to your great-great-grandfather, Franz […]
Andrea Nahles, general secretary of the Social Democratic Party, and new mother, has called on German politicians to take “one day off politics” every week. Source: TheLocal Nahles told the Hamburger Abendblatt newspaper, “The parties should agree on a set day – ideally Sunday – when everything that has anything […]
Cologne’s central mosque suffered many critics before its construction began in 2009. It’s now almost finished and is being hailed as a new artistic and social vision for the predominantly Christian city. Cologne’s new central mosque has already endured years of criticism – and it’s not even finished […]
Development Minister Dirk Niebel has waded into the controversy surrounding a deal to sell tanks to Saudi Arabia, saying German weapons exports can be compatible with human rights by stabilizing an entire region. In an interview with the weekly Die Zeit newspaper, Niebel said he could not comment on specifically […]
A broad swath of southeastern Germany has been warned to brace for potentially torrential rains and flooding for the rest of the week. According to the German Weather Service (DWD), parts of Bavaria, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia and Brandenburg could see storms through Friday dropping 50 to 60 litres of rain […]
Source/Credit. Spiegel Magazine Germany. SPIEGEL Interview with Economics Minister Rösler. German Economics Minister Philipp Rösler, who was adopted into a German family from Vietnam at a young age, insists that he never had problems because of his background. He spoke with SPIEGEL about integration, discrimination and what it means to be German. More:
Source: Daily Times Pakistan BERLIN: Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev is in hospital in Germany, but it is unclear what he is being treated for, the Bild daily reported on Tuesday. The 71-year-old “secretly” checked himself into the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf in northern Germany, and is being guarded by a […]
Germany is in a better situation to cope with the next decade than any other major industrial nation, but the gap between rich and poor is increasing, according to studies published this week. More here…
Source: Spiegel magazine Germany Thilo Sarrazin, pictured here in April, is outraged. Angry Muslims reportedly drove controversial author Thilo Sarrazin from a Turkish restaurant in Berlin. Though his bestselling book claims Muslims are dumbing down German society, their accusations of racism have left the former central bank board member shocked and […]
LONDON PRESS DESK AHMADIYYA MUSLIM COMMUNITY, 17 July 2011 GERMANY TOUR 2011 (The following is a brief report of some of the meetings held by Hazur-Aqdas during his recent tour of Germany) On the 28th June 2011, Hazur-Aqdas met with the Lord Mayor of Berlin, Mr Klaus Wowereit. The meeting […]
Source: TheLocal German auto giant Volkswagen said on Friday that it made record sales of more than four million vehicles in the first half of the year, helped by booming sales to China – and it expected to do better than the market overall in the second half. More Here… […]
The Local’s series Made in Germany presents the best the country has to offer, including high-end lighting designer Ingo Maurer. Source: TheLocal.de From luxury cars to precision machinery, “Made in Germany” still means quality craftsmanship around the world. But the Teutonic attention to detail goes far beyond engineering. This series features a […]
Arms deals with Saudi Arabia and Angola have sparked widespread outrage in Germany and highlighted the country’s emergence as the world’s third-largest weapons exporter. But is Berlin guilty of hypocrisy or just poor political judgement? Read More…
Merkel is 1st German chancellor to visit Angola LUANDA, Angola — German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday that her country is willing to help train Angolan soldiers for peacekeeping, a German news agency reported. Merkel made the offer during a visit to Angola’s capital. She was the first German chancellor […]
A German doctor who killed an English patient with an accidental morphine overdose has been fined €7,000, but frustrated medical authorities say they do not have the power to strip him of his licence to practice. Read more Here…
Muslim leaders have slammed the lack of an Islamic spiritual counsellor in the German armed forces in spite of the fact that an estimated 1,200 Muslims serve in the Bundeswehr. More Here….
During her 2007 trip to Liberia, Angela Merkel received a white chicken as a traditional welcoming gift. In Germany, most people think of wars, poverty and hunger when they think of Africa. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s stopover on the continent, where she will travel to three countries in just three days, is unlikely to […]
A secretive plan to sell tanks to Saudia Arabia has caused a furor within Germany’s governing coalition, members of which are demanding an explanation. The deal, which violates a tradition of avoiding weapons sales in conflict areas, signals a fundamental shift in German arms trade. Is Chancellor Angela Merkel’s foreign […]
Germany is a place where gender stereotypes remain engrained in the mind, and in key institutions across society. Only about 14 percent of German mothers with one child resume full-time work, and only 6 percent of those with two. Europe’s economic powerhouse, does not lack pluck: it rebounded from two […]
The Catholic Church in Germany plans to open up a decade of personnel files to criminologist researchers, according to a magazine report, in a bid to facilitate an independent investigation into sexual abuse at Church-run institutions. News magazine Der Spiegel said bishops have decided to allow the Criminological Research Institute […]