German elections: The good, the bad, and the ugly
In a way, it's a "good news" and "bad news" angle.
Austerity goes down to defeat in Europe
Voters rejected political parties that have pushed for austerity, and voted in lawmakers who campaigned for policies of economic stimulus and growth.
In Germany, the Pirates making waves
Germany'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.
Who gets the big pay raises, Germany’s workers or CEOs?
The 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.
All hail the (German) chief
It'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.
Woman who slapped chancellor nominated for German presidency
The "Nazi Hunter" Klarsfeld will be the only candidate opposing "Stasi Hunter" Joachim Gauck.
Was Islamophobia to blame for the resignation of Germany's president?
President Christian Wulff resigns! This has been in the making since December, so it was no surprise but rather a drawn out misery.
Left or right - where’s the threat?
The "crime" of those on the left, aside from occasional rocks or bottles thrown at Nazis, was a failure to support the "basic libertarian democratic order."
Dresden citizens say, “Don’t privatize our hospitals!”
In what is seen as a major blow to corporate interests, over 84 percent of voters rejected privatization by voting "Ja" to retain public democratic control.
Who's afraid of the big bad Wulff?
BERLIN - Americans wonder who will be president next January; Germans are still uncertain who will live in Berlin's presidential mansion this February.
