Reporting, analysis, vision & strategy bearing on or emanating from Germany, EU member state.
On 26 September, 2025 one of Berlinās longest sagas came to an end. After 15 years, 4 years over schedule, the renovation…
Two British nationals are among five activists who have been forcibly brought into a Stuttgart courtroom by police after statements they wished…
The history of Abdullah Ćcalanās search for a solution to the Kurdish question dates back at least 30 years. During this period,…
Much of Germanyās labor relations system is governed by the idea of a social partnership between capital and labor ā camouflaging the…
One of the rituals repeated annually is the criticism of Germanyās government by workers and trade unions during the Labour Day rallies…
In 2023, mechanical engineers ā members of the Swedish Industrifacket Metall (IFM) union ā dared to walk out of a Tesla repair…
In spring 2026, elections to German works councils took place in which workers voted as workers and not as trade union members…
Legend has it that tanks ā the Germans call them Panzer ā were introduced during World War I as Britainās armoured vehicles,…
The following note appeared in the thread of my āXā account at 7:47 Saturday morning. It was posted by HĆ¼seyin Dogru, a…
In the recent state election (8 March 2026), Germanyās environmentalist āthe Greensā and the exact opposite ā the neo-fascist AfD ā won…
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