Pretty soon you’re talking real numbers.
Germany: Catholic Church loses half a million members – The flood of people leaving the German Catholic Church has accelerated, breaking another new record in 2022. Numerous sexual abuse scandals are believed to be in part to blame.
And Germany’s Evangelical (Lutheran) Church ain’t doing much better. They lost 380,000 last year.
First we take Sonneberg. Then we take Berlin.
When conservative parties no longer have the courage to be conservative parties (thanks again, Angela Merkel), where will many of their voters go?
German far-right party wins its first county leadership post, rising in polls – Victory of AfD’s candidate in rural Sonneberg area reflects rising popularity of anti-immigration party.
They sentenced me to 20 years of boredom
For trying to change the system from within
I’m coming now, I’m coming to reward them
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
The elephant in the pool. The name we do not speak.
Spate of mass brawls at German outdoor swimming pools.
Some of the comments, blaming “social hotspots” or so-called “clans”, appear tinged with racism: both are code words for immigrant groups…
But German society today is less hierarchical than ever. So, in Berlin, the “Bademeister” already relies on security guards to keep the peace.
Why should editors get off the hook?
German tabloid Bild to replace range of editorial jobs with AI – Hundreds of redundancies expected as Axel Springer tells staff certain roles will ‘no longer exist as they do today.’
Germany’s Bild tabloid, the biggest-selling newspaper in Europe, is to replace a range of editorial jobs with artificial intelligence as part of a €100m costcutting programme expected to lead to hundreds of redundancies.
The newspaper would “unfortunately be parting ways with colleagues who have tasks that in the digital world are performed by AI and/or automated processes”, its owner, Europe’s largest media publisher, Axel Springer SE, said in an email to staff.
And pet unicorns. But they ain’t getting that either.
Majority of Germans want four-day workweek – The debate over the four-day workweek is gaining momentum. A new study from the UK claims that workers are less stressed, happier and healthier.
In Germany, of all places.
The truth is sticking up its pointy little head again. No free lunch for you! No el cheapo train ticket either.
‘All prices will have to be increased’: Germany’s €49 ticket might not be so cheap for much longer – Germany’s popular €49 public transport ticket might soon become more expensive.
More than three million Germans have purchased the ‘Deutschlandticket’ since it was launched in April.
The pass – which offers unlimited travel on all local and regional public transport – was hailed by authorities as the “biggest public transport reform in German history.”
Well, then we have no other choice but to fire you!
What would they done to these guys if they had lost the title?
Bayern Munich fire Oliver Kahn and Hasan Salihamidzic – Oliver Kahn and Hasan Salihamidzic were both fired after the club secured the Bundesliga title on Saturday. Jan-Christian Dreesen will replace Kahn as CEO with a new sporting director yet to be announced.
The fact that this was Bayern’s least convincing Bundesliga title in 11 years wasn’t lost on the kingmakers in Munich, aware that they had won the title because of Dortmund’s failures rather than their own successes. Something had to be done about Kahn and Salihamidzic and they have been ruthlessly disposed of, not even waiting until the club’s advisory board meets on May 30 to deconstruct the season.
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German Of The Day: Schlusslicht. That means taillight. As in last place. Again.
This has now become a tradition, I guess. It’s very strange. Russia would have received more points. With Putin singing.
This can’t be true! We got the fewest points again! We brought up the rear at the Eurovision Song Contest once again. And that despite the quite striking performance of “Lord of the Lost”.
Observing Hermann 