DIE WELT (Germany) Worldcrunch BERLIN – A 25-year-old track layer was fired by Berlin’s public transportation company BVG for smoking hash on the weekend, Die Welt reports. A court decision in the Denny W. case could set a precedent in German law with regard to whether an employee in a sector where public safety is […]
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German authorities, like their counterparts elsewhere, have proven unable to protect certain businesses and individuals from cyber crimes. Now, more and more are taking digital justice into their own hands.
A German reporter has the curiosity — and courage — to see how the traditional Oktoberfest celebration looks and tastes in the American state of Maryland. A decidedly mixed review.
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How Testosterone Drives History
A new book by a German researcher explores the role that the hormone, which is more present in males, plays not just in mindless aggression, but also the kinds of real-life revolutions that change history.
After piecing together history from nearly 400 years ago, Cologne’s city council has identified and “rehabilitated” 38 men, women and children who were tortured and executed in the hysteria of both Catholic and Protestant inquis
The eccentric offerings at Baumhaushotel Solling in Uslar, Germany, sleep six people each and come with a toilet and balcony. Others have flat-screen TVs and slate bathtubs. They also happen to be 10 meters off the ground. Check out these tree house hotel
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Baltic Amber, The Gold Of The North
Prized for its warm tone, the real value of the ancient gemstone is often what has been trapped inside millennia ago. Traveling to the regions around the North and Baltic Seas, you can find amber both in special gem shops, and if you’re lucky, al
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Evolution Gave Us The Romantic Kiss
Does it come from breastfeeding? Or ancient Greeks feeding each other mouth-to-mouth? Or, maybe, that a smooch is a biological aid to partner selection — a way of checking a potential partner’s immune system? In any case, kissing is by now locked into hu
Essay: With a recent ban on religious circumcisions, Germany finds itself caught up in a debate on parental freedom v. protecting children. Die Welt’s Alan Posener quips that Jews and Muslim show rare “commonality when it comes to hurtin
Is this the next David & Goliath battle against a pharmaceutical giant? A German man born with severe birth defects blames it on Duogynon, a drug that can still be bought in pharmacies. Thousands of other potential victims will be watching the Ber
An old man, a pregnant woman, a crowded bus. Why doesn’t anyone give up their seats anymore? There are as many theories as there are people, polite and otherwise.
Police say the main suspect paid someone to kill his girlfriend in order to cash in on an insurance policy to buy a stud farm.
SUDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG, DIE WELT (Germany) –Worldcrunch KARLSRUHE – Police say three people and a suspected gunman were dead Wednesday during a home eviction gone awry in Karlsruhe, southwest Germany, reports Sueddeutsche Zeitung. Earlier in the morning, it was reported that a gunman took three to four people hostage, including a bailiff, after authorities attempted to […]
The approval of European bailout measures has been widely criticized. But a German branch of the global activist group Attac went the next step, comparing the fiscal response to a 1933 law that paved the way for Hitler’s regime.
In the region of Bavaria, there is an often hidden parallel justice system, where imams and self-appointed judges circumvent the German legal system and Islamic law prevails.
Wolfgang Draeger has dubbed Woody Allen’s parts in German since the American actor-director’s first film appearance in 1965. Did vanity drive Allen to replace Draeger for the German version of “To Rome With Love?”
Well-known German Doctor Dietrich Gronemeyer is on a mission to rethink the approach for healthy eating. It’s about balance, rather than saying ‘No,’ or ‘You Must.’
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German Court Bans Religious Circumcision
Worldcrunch DER SPIEGEL, FT DEUTSCHLAND (Germany) COLOGNE – A court in Germany’s western city of Cologne has banned the circumcision of young people for religious reasons. The court has deemed that the religious practice, part of both Jewish and Muslim traditions, amounted to bodily harm. Judges did allow that boys who declared they wanted to […]
Worldcrunch THE VERGE (USA), GLOBAL SECURITY MAG (France), PC WELT, ZDNET (Germany) A new generation of bank heist has arrived — no balaclava or bags of banknotes necessary. Security firms McAfee and Guardian Analytics have released a 20-page analysis on a global financial fraud ring entitled “Operation High Roller,” a series of highly-organised cyber bank […]
One in three companies in Germany was founded by a non-German. Discriminated against in the job market, immigrants often find that creating their own company is the only way to make it.
Worldcrunch HEADLINES The German and Greek press have been “at war” for nearly a week. Following Greece’s qualifying win against Russia on Saturday, Athens-based Sports Day“s front page was a message to Germany. “Angela, get ready! Did you see how your debtors qualified?”….”Give us Merkel,” headlined Greek soccer outlet Goal News. And the very confident […]
While giving the rest of Europe lessons on austerity, Germany has quietly been accumulating debt, a situation that will worsen with the planned social reforms and tax cuts.
Two new studies delve into the question of gender diversity in the workplace. Among the findings: businesswomen are more “fairy godmother” than “queen bee.”
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The Berlin ‘Forest Boy” Mystery Is Solved
The Forest Boy was neither from the forest, nor a boy. With patience and police work, the inexplicable scam was destined to be revealed.
Margarete Mitscherlich, who died this week at 94, was the Grande Dame of German psychoanalysis, having helped unravel Germany’s post-War zeitgeist of denial.
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Hey Guys: Legs Matter
As summer approaches, some men might be inclined to show off half their calves with those “7/8ths” Capri pants. Don’t. Just Don’t. And If you want to wear shorts, please follow these simple rules.
France’s First Lady Valérie Trierweiler’s troublesome tweet this week has been a public soap opera and the first real blow in the new presidency of her companion, François Hollande. But how much should a successful woman care about her man’s prof
A new book by German neurobiologist Martin Korte dispels the most common stereotypes about aging. He calls for a “radical reassessment of old age.”
Brazil, China, India and Russia were once the flavor of the month for investors, but this may be coming to an end as high inflation rates and slowing growth weigh on the respective national economies — and the world’s too.
From the G8 summit later this month in Mexico to her own domestic political fortunes, German Chancellor Angela Merkel will have all the world asking if she can lead the charge to save the euro, and help reverse a sinking world economy.
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German Austerity v. Europe’s Luxury Lobby
Is the European economic paradox such that the luxury sector is the best hope for relaunching the moribund economy?
No one knows what goes on or even who are all the people taking part in this invitation-only, top-secret club for the world’s most powerful elites. So how did a loquacious Green Party member manage to get invited?
A wind of change is sweeping through Berlin, as Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble declares the need for stronger banking cooperation in Europe. Is this the big shift that can save the single currency?
Hibiscus flowers, palm trees- the loud colorful shirts sported by Magnum PI are making an unlikely comeback on catwalks and in Europe’s most fashionable stores.
A recent study compared the sleeping patterns of people living in western and eastern Germany, who all share the same time zone. When it comes to zzzz’ing: longitude matters!
STERN (Germany) BERLIN – Luka Rocco Magnotta , the Canadian porn actor wanted for the murder and dismemberment of his lover, is to appear in court in Berlin the day after being arrested in the German capital following an international manhunt. “The suspect will be presented today Tuesday to the judge who will confirm his […]
Scientists have been trying for centuries to understand why some people sleepwalk. Things like stress, alcohol and genetics seem to play a role. But what actually takes place in the body and brain of a sleepwalker remains an enigma.
Bernd Ruffing, 38, lives with a large group of people, but they’re all men, and they’re all old. His mother is appalled by the situation. But the soon-to-be monk is sure he’s doing the right thing in the right place.
In their search for extra-terrestrial life, scientists are zeroing in on so-called exoplanets. To narrow the field down even more, they use powerful telescopes to draw conclusions about the chemical makeup of those planets’ atmospheres.
RUE89 (France) Good news: beer does not give you beer belly! Although we’ve been led to believe there was a direct correlation between beer and abdominal obesity, a group of very serious scientists from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden discovered that beer is not responsible for our beer guts. The Swedish researchers went to […]