Germany
Germany’s Left party becomes the official opposition
December 18, 2013Left-wing Die Linke party MP Gregor Gysi took over as leader of the opposition when Germany's two largest parties united in a "grand" coalition.
Read moreLow wage workers on the move in Germany too
December 9, 2013This is Burger King - it could be in Augusta, Maine, or Anaheim, California, and the fatty Whoppers taste the same. But it's not; most customers here speak German.
Read moreToday in labor history: Germans ponder “All Quiet on the Western Front”
December 5, 2013On December 5, 2010, hundreds left a movie theater in Berlin, mostly silent and deeply moved, though the film they had seen was first released in 1930.
Read moreVisitors to Snowden and visitors to Berlin
November 5, 2013Three men flew from Berlin to Moscow, were taken in a car with tinted glass windows to a secret location - where they met Edward Snowden. The meeting was very interesting. So were the three visitors.
Read moreMerkel victory in Germany: Was it really so big?
September 25, 2013What rejoicing! What a triumph for Angela Merkel, the East German girl who has really made it to the top. But was it really such a big win?
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