Doesn’t mean she still isn’t retired.
She just, well, as Norman Bates once said: “She isn’t quite herself today.”
German Woman Hid Mother’s Dead Body For Years To Claim Pension: Cops – Police suspected the daughter of hiding the body for years so she could continue collecting the woman’s pension, worth around 1,500 euros ($1,780) per month.
Says the leader of Germany, a country that is not powerful enough to “go it” with the help of partners and allies.
Meaning, I suppose: “But we’ll help you if you ask nicely.”
US ‘not powerful enough to go it alone’, Merz tells Munich conference – German chancellor rebuts idea of American unilateralism and says ‘democracies have partners and allies.’
The US acting alone has reached the limits of its power and may already have lost its role as global leader, Friedrich Merz, the German chancellor, warned Donald Trump at the opening of the Munich Security Conference.
Merz also disclosed he had held initial talks with the French president, Emmanuel Macron, over the possibility of joining France’s nuclear umbrella, underlining his call for Europe to develop a stronger self-standing security strategy.
Originally titled “Men No Good,” it’s a film about no good men who are just no good.
So you can bet everybody who’s anybody will want to see it at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival, which is also no good, but at least run by women.
Berlin Film Festival 2026: Opening Gala, ‘No Good Men’ Premiere & Red Carpet Gallery – The 76th Berlin International Film Festival rolled out the red carpet today for the opening film and the world premiere of No Good Men by award-winning Afghan director Sharbanoo Sadat, starring Shahrbanoo Sadat, Anwar Hashimi, Liam Hussaini, Yasin Negah, and Torkan Omari at the Berlinale Palast.
The Berlinale launched with a festive opening ceremony led by Festival Director Tricia Tuttle and Jury President Wim Wenders. The evening featured the introduction of the International Jury and the presentation of the Honorary Golden Bear to Michele Yeoh, with Sean Baker delivering the tribute.
That means to shoot yourself in the foot, only in German it’s the knee.
With the highest energy prices in Europe (in the world?), what choice does German industry have but move? Go Greens.
German auto industry in ‘crisis’ as investments, jobs move abroad, lobby says – Germany’s standing as an automotive industrial hub risks being hollowed out as investments and jobs drift abroad, an industry association warned on Tuesday, calling on Berlin and Brussels to focus on measures that spur growth.
“Germany is experiencing a huge crisis as a business location,” VDA President Hildegard Mueller said.
A VDA survey of small- and medium-sized German enterprises across the auto supply chain, presented by Mueller on Tuesday, showed that 72% of companies plan to dial back their investments in Germany, either by moving them abroad (28%), postponing them (25%) or cancelling them completely (19%).
Sorry, but I think Germany has been misreading Russia for a whole lot longer than that.
How Germany misread Russia for three decades – Berlin’s 30-year rapprochement with Russia is a cautionary tale of a country that became blind to the possibility of war – and is now paying the price.
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 brought a remarkable period in German-Russian relations to a close. Commerce, foreign investment, cultural ties and personal connections between the two countries had all grown rapidly in the three decades since the Cold War. Trade with the Russian Federation was up by 600 per cent vis-à-vis 1991, and Germany received more than half its gas imports from Russia.
As trade and cultural exchange were expanding, however, the two countries’ visions of international order remained diametrically opposed: Russia vied to have the final word in Ukraine and the South Caucasus, while Germany sought to integrate these states into the European community. This tension is at the heart of two recent books on German-Russian relations, both fiercely critical of the German government’s failure to confront Russia and the corresponding neglect of securing Europe’s Eastern borders.
Get it? Guilty spelled differently?
Because her, his, its name is Maja T.? I guess you had to be there.
Court in Hungary declares German anti-fascist Maja T. guilty – Maja T., a nonbinary anti-fascist activist from Germany, has been sentenced to eight years in prison in Budapest. The trial has been controversial and has political implications.
On Wednesday, a court in Hungary ruled that Maja T.*, an anti-fascist activist from the city of Jena in the eastern German state of Thuringia, was guilty of seriously injuring several suspected right-wing extremists in Budapest in February 2023. The attacks had apparently been directed at individuals thought to have participated in the annual “Day of Honor” rally of neo-Nazis from all over Europe, held in the Hungarian capital.
According to the indictment, the 25-year-old German was found guilty of attempted grievous bodily harm and participation in a criminal organization. The verdict is not yet final — it can still be appealed through Hungary’s judicial process.
I can’t stand it, I know you planned it…
Two arrested over attempted sabotage of German naval vessels – Two suspects have been arrested over the attempted sabotage of German naval vessels docked at the Port of Hamburg last year.
The pair are suspected of deactivating electronic safety switches, removing fuel tank caps, puncturing water supply lines, and dumping more than 20kg (44.1lb) of abrasive gravel into a ship’s engine.
“If gone undetected, the acts would have caused major damage to the ships and delayed their departure, endangering the operations of the German Navy,” the EU’s Eurojust crime agency said in a statement.
It’s no fun. Believe me. Don’t do it.
Germans do it with sub-zero temperatures outside. People with any sense don’t do it at all.
‘House burping’ is a cold reality in Germany. Americans are warming to it.
The often mandated German practice of airing out homes no matter the season has strained and even ended relationships, but it’s gotten a boost on U.S. social media.
After moving to Berlin from Honolulu, Wyatt Gordon was surprised when his new German roommate marched into his bedroom at 8 a.m. and threw open the windows.
It turned out that his cohabitant, Laura, maintained a strict ventilation regime. Three times a day, at precise times, all the windows in the apartment needed to be opened. It didn’t matter whether it was the dead of winter or a weekend morning, or if Gordon had company. Rules were rules.
Now that Germany is accrediting radical Islamist Taliban terrorists as new staff members.
Germany: Afghanistan’s consulates pose threat to refugees – Afghanistan’s consulates in Germany are being taken over by Taliban officials, putting Afghani people at the mercy of the regime they fled.
The Taliban are sending more officials to staff its consulates in Germany, leaving many Afghans who fled the Taliban regime with a dilemma when trying to get passports and other documents. This is according to a statement released by the Association of Afghan Organizations in Germany (VAFO) in January.
“Without valid passports, they cannot secure their residence, extend their employment contracts, and in some cases cannot even complete basic administrative procedures,” the statement read. “The de facto expectation that passport matters will be handled through Taliban structures fails to recognize the reality of those affected.”
Could it be our ridiculously high energy costs? Nah.
Germany’s industrial engine sputters as Bosch axes 20,000 jobs – Rising unemployment rate piles pressure on Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s government.
German industrial giant Bosch on Friday confirmed plans to cut 20,000 jobs after profits nearly halved last year, underlining the mounting strain on Germany’s once-dominant manufacturing sector and increasing the pressure on politicians in Berlin to find a solution.
Official data released Friday also showed Germany’s unemployment rate, unadjusted for seasonal factors, rising to 6.6 percent — the highest level in twelve years. The number of unemployed people surpassed three million in January.
Observing Hermann 