Germany
In Germany, the Pirates making waves
May 2, 2012Germany's energetic young party, the Pirates, held its party congress last weekend in the northern town of Neumünster. The media overflowed with reports, almost uniformly friendly.
Read moreWho gets the big pay raises, Germany’s workers or CEOs?
April 3, 2012The squeeze on incomes for the 99% comes as the flow of euro-millions to Germany's 1% has been getting considerably more generous over the same period.
Read moreAll hail the (German) chief
March 19, 2012It's hard to decide: which article on Germany's new president, East Germany's (the former German Democratic Republic's) pastor Joachim Gauck, was more misleading.
Read moreWoman who slapped chancellor nominated for German presidency
February 27, 2012The "Nazi Hunter" Klarsfeld will be the only candidate opposing "Stasi Hunter" Joachim Gauck.
Read moreWas Islamophobia to blame for the resignation of Germany’s president?
February 21, 2012President Christian Wulff resigns! This has been in the making since December, so it was no surprise but rather a drawn out misery.
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