Germany

In spring, 'Forbes' published its annual list of the richest people in the world. The American magazine came to the conclusion that there are 2,208 billionaires. The richest of them all is Jeff Bezos, the boss of Amazon, according to the publication. Not only did Bezos overtake Bill Gates, but he also accumulated the largest fortune ever, in…

What do we expect from buses? Do we want to be taken from A to B to C and back to A? Sure. Do we want the noise of its engine contribute to the noise level in…

The world is asking itself what is going on in Germany. Germany itself is asking itself the same thing. Photos of Nazis giving the Hitler salute appeared all…

Several people were injured during two protests in Chemnitz on Monday evening. Some 2000 residents took part in a demonstration organized by the radical right-wing movement 'Pro Chemnitz', about 1000 joined a counter-protest. As usual, the right wingers spread their xenophobic propaganda, while the counter-protesters pleaded for an open, Nazi-free…

A large-scale police operation against an Arab clan in Berlin has led to four arrests this morning. According to the police and local media, several houses…

The Foreign Minister of the Federal Republic of Germany, Heiko Maas, has laid out a new strategy in dealing with "America First", meaning the United States…

Last week, a protest against Chancellor Angela Merkel was staged in Dresden, the capital of Saxony. During that demonstration organized by the radical right-wing Pegida movement (Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West), a TV team for the prominent ZDF magazine 'Frontal 21' worked on site, by filming protesters walking by. ZDF,…

Snails take their houses along on all trips. We copied that intelligent concept. All we need is some pocket change, in order to be able to afford a nice…

Germany's Foreign Minister Heiko Maas visited the former death camp Auschwitrz-Birkenau in Poland today. On site, the German diplomat said this was the place…

The quality of education in almost all German provinces is worsening. Compared to last year, the so-called Education Monitor 2018, an extensive study, registered regresses all over the country. Especially the quality of schools themselves has been suffering, according to the 'Initiative Social Market Economy' (Initiative Neue Soziale…