That means scandalous lies.
Elon Musk is taking legal action against ZDF – Now Elon Musk (54) is striking back! The tech billionaire (in German, trillion is Billion – don’t ask) and SpaceX CEO has announced on his platform X that he is taking legal action against ZDF. This comes in response to a serious allegation made by the public broadcaster: In a program, Musk was linked to the riots in Northern Ireland and accused of calling for a “hunt for migrants.”
That means pygmy hippopotamus.
Or bread roll. Take your pick.
A young pygmy hippopotamus at the Berlin Zoo is named Brötchen.
The newest addition to the Berlin pygmy hippopotamus family is named Brötchen. The Berlin Zoo announced this on Wednesday. “Naming animals after foods seems to be a popular internet trend right now,” explained zoo director Andreas Knieriem: “Strictly speaking, though, people in Berlin have known for decades that small, round snacks make excellent animal names: the female hippo Bulette was one of the absolute favorites at the Berlin Zoo until 2005.”
What will they think of next?
Where will this German militarization madness end?
‘We must be ready to fight’: Germany army chief warns of rising Russia threat – Christian Freuding tells POLITICO that NATO allies agree Russia could be capable of attacking a member country by 2029.
And practice.
Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) has already ruled out a “big bang” of reforms out of consideration for the SPD and a frightened public. However, the verbal de-escalation ahead of the coalition committee meeting should not obscure the extent of the need for action and, above all, who must take the initiative to help Germany emerge from the economic crisis: the SPD, led by Labor and Social Affairs Minister Bärbel Bas, as well as the labor unions. But it won’t work without the cooperation of CSU leader Markus Söder, who is at times very much a social democrat.
Well, to whatever nationality I feel like pledging it to on any give day.
Most new German citizens keep original nationality: survey – Germany’s previous government changed laws to allow dual citizenship. A new survey shows that, one year after that reform, more than 85% of new German citizens are opting to keep their original nationality.
The majority of people who were granted German citizenship last year retained their original nationality, according to a survey by the Mediendienst Integration research group.
It found that the number of newly naturalized citizens with more than one nationality in 2025 ranged from 85% to 98% in cities that collected data.
For the Chinese.
And for anybody else who wants them. Take advantage of this Going-Out-Of-Business sale while you still can!
China owns more than 11,000 German-developed patents, IW study shows – China has taken ownership of more than 11,300 patents developed in Germany over the past two decades, according to a study by the German Economic Institute (IW) commissioned by the Bertelsmann Foundation.
Nearly one in three inventions developed in Germany is owned by a foreign entity. Of those, almost a third are held by U.S. owners and about 11% by Swiss owners, the study showed on Tuesday.
That means poverty.
Germany’s poverty rate rises to record high, welfare group says – Germany’s poverty rate rose to a record high of 16.1% in 2025, leaving around 13.3 million people classified as poor, according to a report published on Tuesday by the Paritätische, an umbrella group for charitable organizations.
The figure was up from 15.5% a year earlier and marked the highest level since comparable records began, the association said, citing official data released earlier this year.
Not just “a leader.” We’re number one!
We’re number one in having the highest EU electricity prices! And in tanking economies, too. Do you think they could be related?
Germany is a leader in renewables, so why does it have one of the highest EU electricity prices?
Germany generated more electricity from solar and wind in 2025 than any other EU country – but its prices remain tied to volatile fossil fuels.
German households pay around a third more for electricity than the EU average, despite the country’s impressive efforts to ditch fossil fuels.
“But don’t even think of trying an itty-bitty reform with us!”
Healthcare staff protest plan for major cuts – Medical staff in Germany are protesting about cost-saving plans that ministers says are necessary to stop spiraling costs.
German service union Verdi is organizing protests against a round of cuts announced by the German government. The plan is aimed at reducing the burden on health insurance providers that could mean higher contributions.
No de-risk, no fun?
Germany’s China problem – and why de-risking hasn’t worked.
Dan Wang of Eurasia Group discusses the paradox of Europe’s current trade strategy, noting that Germany’s efforts to “de-risk” over the past years have actually deepened its reliance on China’s supply chain.
Observing Hermann 