Germany

WATCH: Can You Name Three Germans?

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 23.05.2013 | UK Comedy

Well, can you? Of course you can. You're an educated person of the world. You're a Huffington Post UK reader. But the people in this video survey c...

Bieber Loses His Monkey

PA | Posted 21.05.2013 | UK Entertainment

Justin Bieber's pet monkey is set to become the property of Germany. Mally the Monkey was seized by German customs on March 28 when the pop star fa...

That Mr Men Speech and Why Mr Gove Is Not Mr Right

Hilary Robinson | Posted 15.05.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Hilary Robinson

Having gone to a comprehensive school in an area of considerable social depravation I can speak for talented teachers who were specially selected for their ability to maintain control and to enthuse their students with imaginative and inspired ideas.

A New Online Vegan Store Opens in Germany: Is Germany set to overtake the UK in numbers of vegans?

India Leigh | Posted 14.05.2013 | UK Lifestyle
India Leigh

The concept hatched at the beginning of 2012, after Miriam was living in France for a while and not finding them particularly vegan friendly. Germany, in contrast has a wide vegan interest. It is where Miriams family hails so there she returned to build her dream.

World Fairtrade Day

Harriet Lamb | Posted 14.05.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Harriet Lamb

The head office of Fairtrade International is in the leafy, genteel city of Bonn, former capital of Germany. So when I got my dream job leading Fairtrade's international work, I moved here swapping London's electric mayhem for the peace of the cycle route along the Rhine.

Jessica Elgot

Fanning The Flames Of Hatred

HuffingtonPost.com | Jessica Elgot | Posted 10.05.2013 | UK

"Where they burn books, eventually they will burn people." Today marks 80 years since the mass burnings of books written by Jewish, communist and ...

Angry Protests As 'Neo-Nazi' Beate Zschäpe On Trial In Germany

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 06.05.2013 | UK

A leading female member of an alleged neo-Nazi cell, accused of complicity in a series of brutal murders of immigrants in Germany, has begun her trial...

Felicity A Morse

Farage: Smoking Ban 'Silly And Illiberal'

HuffingtonPost.com | Felicity A Morse | Posted 30.04.2013 | UK Politics

Nigel Farage has insisted he would scrap the smoking ban and has pointed to Germany for support, claiming the country had realised how "silly and illi...

Bayern, Barcelona and the End of an Era in the Champions League?

James Hunt | Posted 25.04.2013 | UK Universities & Education
James Hunt

While this may have heralded the rise of Bayern - although it's worth remembering they reached the final in 2010 and 2012, so it's not exactly as though they've suddenly came from nowhere to usurp Barca's throne - it was not necessarily the 'end' of Barcelona.

10 Of The Best Hiking Routes Across Europe

Posted 09.05.2013 | UK Lifestyle

Maybe you enjoy the thrill of great heights, perhaps it’s the spectacular views, or even the challenge of an arduous hike? Whatever the reason for ...

Online Poker Choking in the Grey Fog of Legislative Uncertainty in Europe

Preetam Kaushik | Posted 22.04.2013 | UK Tech
Preetam Kaushik

A lack of a unified and sensible legislative framework is actively strangling the growth of online poker industry in many EU member countries.

If Macroeconomic Trends Persist, the Rest of the Eurozone Will Find It Difficult to Share a Currency With Germany

Neil Prothero | Posted 21.04.2013 | UK
Neil Prothero

The euro zone needs German inflation to rise, so as to address the imbalances in competitiveness between member states without condemning much of the currency union to semi-permanent slump and unsustainable indebtedness.

The Brandhorst Museum in Munich

Stuart Forster | Posted 12.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Stuart Forster

The Brandhorst Museum is a relatively recent addition to the Kunstareal (meaning 'art area'), which is home to a concentration of galleries and museum...

Greece: Germany Owes Us €162 Billion For The Second World War

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 10.04.2013 | UK

Greece is considering slapping a €162 billion invoice on Germany as compensation for the Second World War. Athens has compiled a top-secret repor...

Femen Stage Topless Protest Against Putin in Germany

Patrick Reevell | Posted 08.04.2013 | UK Politics
Patrick Reevell

Femen, the Ukrainian feminist group, have staged another topless attack on Vladimir Putin, as he toured a factory in Hannover this morning.

Property Developer Tears Down Treasured Part Of Berlin Wall

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 27.03.2013 | UK

In a pre-dawn operations on Wednesday, property developers removed sections of the Berlin Wall to allow access to a building site, despite furious pro...

The World's Poorest Children Are Paying a High Price for Scholarships

Pauline Rose | Posted 27.03.2013 | UK Politics
Pauline Rose

For many donor countries, a large proportion of 'aid' never leaves their country. Spending this money on education in the world's poorest countries could go a long way to giving the 132 million out-of-school children and adolescents the chance for a better future

The European Destruction Of Cyprus Has Begun

Daniel Furr | Posted 25.05.2013 | UK Politics
Daniel Furr

Brussels have decided the unravelling of the Euro and the wider European Project is unthinkable; in order to save the post-World War II consensus, principles and agreements are now void. The euro must be saved at all costs. Merkel has resigned to accepting the end will justify the means; a banking and political union must occur, regardless of the path of misery that awaits the periphery.

The Geopolitics of the Cyprus Crisis

Andrew Gawthorpe | Posted 23.05.2013 | UK Politics
Andrew Gawthorpe

By threatening to sour Russian-EU relations and even propel an EU member state into the arms of Moscow, the currency union is reviving tensions between old antagonists.

The Eurozone, What to Expect in the Year Ahead

John Bowler | Posted 19.05.2013 | UK Politics
John Bowler

Broadly, the economic pattern of 2012 will continue. Economies on Europe's periphery will remain weak, whereas core economies should show some resilience.

Felicity A Morse

Is Britain Siding With 'Dubious' German Minister In EU Immigration Battle?

HuffingtonPost.com | Felicity A Morse | Posted 07.03.2013 | UK Politics

The British government has been accused of "hiding" behind Germany and a minister with a "dubious and suspicious record" in a bid to bolster support f...

Germany 'To Veto Relaxing Immigration Controls For Romania And Bulgaria'

Huffington Post UK | Posted 04.03.2013 | UK

Germany's interior minister has said the country will veto the relaxation of immigration restrictions for Romanians and Bulgarians to travel across th...

Guns or Roses: When Comes Real Shift In Global Arms Trade?

Ilco van der Linde | Posted 27.04.2013 | UK Politics
Ilco van der Linde

If weapons would actually bring safety for people in general the USA, the country with the most weapons per capita, would be the safest country of the world.

Emerging Icons in Europe: Germany's Abby Talk About Their Universal Success ahead of a trip to London...

Kat Jackman | Posted 27.04.2013 | UK Entertainment
Kat Jackman

Berlin's ABBY are Emerging Icons on the brink of something massive... and they're travelling there at break-neck speed.

Dear People Of England, Don't Leave Us!

The Huffington Post UK | Ned Simons | Posted 22.02.2013 | UK Politics

The German president has made a direct appeal to the British public not to vote in favour of the UK leaving the European Union. In a televised addr...