Germany

We are the weird Europeans. For many decades, we have tortured ourselves with those manual transmissions we keep on using. Fortunately, this nonsense will end soon. To hell with the stick shift!

In Berlin, certain kinds of venues and other establishments will soon be allowed to choose whether they will accept vaccinated and cured persons only, or if…

In 2020, Corona won the Berlin Marathon. This is not supposed to happen again. Tens of thousands of runners, including some living legends, are getting ready…

In Germany, Annalena Baerbock, Armin Laschet and Olaf Scholz, the candidates for Chancellor of the left-wing Greens, the the center-right CDU/CSU and the center-left SPD, respectively, encountered each other for a TV truel on Sunday evening. The two candidates who are trailing behind in the polls tried to make some headway.

Super Sunday is coming closer and closer. Berliners will have the opportunity to vote until they have cramps in their fingers. Has there been more voting in one…

In Berlin, hundreds of nurses are supposed to be on strike again on Monday. Their union Verdi says the latest offer that had been put on the table by the…

In Berlin, people can get vaccinated against Corona at several spots in the city most of which are usually not connected to medical services at all. They include one of the city's zoos, a home improvement market and a fast food place.

On September 11th, 2001, I did some sunrise photography in Washington D.C.. Then, the day unfolded its horror rather quickly, when the attacks commenced.…

Manfred Mann, the living legend, and his Earth Band will be performing in Germany soon. The 80-year-old South African and his band are obviously unstoppable.…

In Germany, sixty Jewish organizations have called on citizens not to vote for the extremist far-right AfD. This party was "a danger to our country", a joint statement says.