Germany can’t be beat.
Richest countries in 2026: New measure of wealth pushes France and Germany out of top ten – Europe dominates global wealth rankings, but what it actually means to be a “rich country” depends heavily on how prosperity is measured and who benefits from it.
You can use any new measure you want, Germany will always be number one.
Avoid children and dogs too, ladies.
Cats are OK, though.
Avoid men, German police association chief tells women – Police association chief Dirk Peglow has stirred debate with his advice to women to avoid relationships with men for safety’s sake. But his provocative tip is not without reason, as statistics show.
Especially when there are kirpans involved.
I remember when Germans used to be law abiding citizens. Vaguely.
Gun, Kirpans, Pepper Spray: 11 Injured In Violent Clashes Inside Germany Gurdwara – Witnesses reported that, apart from bladed weapons, pepper spray and even a firearm were used inside the religious premises.
At least 11 people were injured after a violent clash erupted at a gurdwara in the Duisburg locality in the German city of Moers. Videos, purportedly taken inside the religious premises, are circulating on social media, showing a physical altercation between two groups. Disturbing visuals show sharp objects, including knives and kirpans, were used in the fight.
I got your pounded schnitzel for you right here, pal.
Germany: Neighbor attacked for pounding schnitzel too loudly – Police in southern Germany were called in to settle a schnitzel dispute that had turned violent, with a man reportedly slapping his neighbor for pounding his schnitzel too loudly.
They’re just young.
German crime statistics: false blame on migrants? Is it true that the crime rate in Germany is higher among immigrants? Statistics suggest as much, but numbers by themselves can be misleading. An expert explains what’s behind them.
“Non-Germans are, on average, significantly younger than Germans,” says the expert, adding: “Young men are a demographic group that frequently stand out for their involvement in criminal activity, not only in Germany but worldwide.”
Friedrich.
Germany news: Far-right AfD ahead of Merz’s conservatives – The far-right Alternative for Germany has nudged ahead of its political rivals in a new poll, the most recent of several that it has topped.
The far-right AfD is the country’s second largest party in nationwide polling and Germany’s largest opposition party.
A poll shows that Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc would win 25% of the vote, down one percentage point. Support for the far-right Alternative for Germany is unchanged at 26%.
That means the continued payment of wages.
Germans are sick one day each month on average. It looks like the German government MIGHT actually do something about it. Finally.
Should employees on sick leave receive less pay? In its efforts to combat high rates of sick leave, the federal government could also restrict continued pay. Researcher Enzo Weber explains what this would mean for those who feign illness and those who are genuinely sick.
It would be much more efficient to develop a search tool to find the tiny handful of ancestors who weren’t in the party.
New online search tool in Germany reveals if ancestors were Nazi Party members – In partnership with American and German archives, the weekly ‘Die Zeit’ has launched a searchable tool granting access to more than 12 million documents, cataloging the bulk of Nazi Party (NSDAP) memberships from 1925 to 1945.
We couldn’t in the past either, of course…
But now we really can’t afford this anymore.
German health minister announces billions in cutbacks – The comprehensive reform package aims to plug a multi-billion-euro hole in Germany’s expensive healthcare system. The reforms include mandatory second opinions for costly surgeries and no more homeopathy.
The routine public knife attacks are particularly irksome.
Germany news: Most Germans see decline in public manners – Most Germans think people’s manners are getting worse, although most rate themselves as polite.
Observing Hermann 