29th March 2017 - The UK is going to trigger Article 50 to begin negotiations to leave the European Union. 2017 - Germany is switching off its current terrestrial TV signals to allow the broadcast of HD signals. 

30th January 1948 - Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi was murdered by an extremist. 1933 - Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany.

In a survey that examines the good each country does for humanity as well as what it takes away, Britain has ranked 4th. (The Good Country Index placed Sweden first, Denmark second, and the Netherlands third, but the UK came above France and Germany because Britain does more “good” and less harm than more than […]

Hamburg, Germany has banned coffee pods from all state-run buildings as part of an environmental drive to reduce waste. (In fact, the inventor of the American version of the coffee capsule, John Sylvan, has admitted he regrets ever inventing them due to their environmental impact:  Some pods contain 6 grams of coffee, but have 3 […]

In Germany, drawing rabbits on the blackboard can land you in court. A schoolteacher has made nationwide headlines by filing a lawsuit against a 16-year-old pupil who allegedly did just that. The girl is also accused of claiming that the teacher had a rabbit phobia. The case continues. As school pranks go, drawing rabbits on […]

It's that time of year again: filing an income tax return. All of a sudden the meaning of the word "taxing" becomes clear as crystal. Taxing means, burdensome: not easily borne; wearing. I have to say that the German tax system is very taxing.