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- German Constitutional Court rejects smoking ban - State laws must be revised (266 replies)
- German police seize world's fastest office chair - The work of two inventive 17 year olds (0 replies)
- Light plane snagged in power lines in Bavaria - Two occupants dangled for two hours, but survived (16 replies)
- File sharing no longer to be punished in Germany - Crime not enforced against small-scale users (6 replies)
- Germany's crop circle season 2008 - Eleven in Lower Saxony, one in Bavaria (15 replies)
- Next-generation Mini to debut in September 2006 - Car developments out of BMW Munich (20 replies)
- Neo-Nazi youth camp raided outside Rostock - It had claimed to be a "youth adventure camp" (3 replies)
- Anti-violence campaign extends country-wide - "Du kannst entscheiden" - pretty powerful stuff (45 replies)
- German "match-fixing" referee resigns - Did he fix the Hamburg-Paderborn cup tie? (9 replies)
- High levels of uranium in German drinking water - Health ministry want to set maximum levels now (9 replies)
- New bullet-friendly bras for German policewomen - Like sports bras, they contain no wire or plastic (7 replies)
- Woman dies in sadomasochistic game near Potsdam - Sex games gone too far (23 replies)
- British children banned from a German playground - At a holiday resort in Crete (43 replies)
- Germany wakes up to the obesity problem - €30 million health initiative launched (96 replies)
- 23 Tage - a movie about the Euro 2008 football - Fan diary compiled in collaboration with YouTube (0 replies)
- German town of Delmenhorst says no to Nazi hotel - Right-wing investor successfully fended off (6 replies)
- Fantasy Film Festival 2008 (Filmfest) - In several cities, 12.Aug-10.Sep.2008 (0 replies)
- Partial solar eclipse (Friday 1.Aug.2008) - Info on where and how to see it in Germany (7 replies)
- Hertie goes bust - Nationwide chain of department stores (3 replies)
- Lufthansa strike beginning July 28, 2008 - Possibly continuing in August (28 replies)
- Trademark for DDR and its symbols revoked - Commercial use a slap in the victims' face (15 replies)
- The Meiwes and Brandes cannibalism case - Rotenburg man eats someone he met online (99 replies)
- Passenger tries to open airplane door mid-flight - Two drunk British women arrested in Frankfurt (7 replies)
- German cars are the least "green" in Europe - So says a recent report into CO2 emissions (11 replies)
- Cannonball Run Europe 2008 - Illegal automobile race, cars confiscated (23 replies)
- Strike affecting Lufthansa flights - Information regarding threatened action (6 replies)
- Free refills on softdrinks at Pizza Hut - American genius finally comes to Germany (69 replies)
- Major League Baseball roadshow during July 2008 - 15 cities including Hamburg, Berlin, and Munich (6 replies)
- Bavarian police want to place trojans on PCs - But the law hasn't been passed, and likely won't (8 replies)
- 4th of July 2008 celebrations in Germany - List of U.S. Independence Day parties (25 replies)
- High-speed long distance rail services suspended - All Deutsche Bahn ICE 3s out of service for checks (12 replies)
- Volkswagen unveils prediction of cars in 2028 - Communication with other cars and traffic lights (3 replies)
- Volkswagen to start production of "1-litre" car - Super efficient, just 1 litre of fuel per 100 km (6 replies)
- Grand Theft Auto IV released on 29.Apr.2008 - Anyone getting this game? For Xbox 360 and PS3. (81 replies)
- German marriage get laws watered down - Church marriage without state confirmation (47 replies)
- The Sorbs - a German minority - Recognised at Federal level and getting cash (5 replies)
- Original cut of Fritz Lang's "Metropolis" found - Movie lost since first showing in 1927, Berlin (0 replies)
- Courts favour multiculturalism over women's rights - Worrying legal verdicts in Germany (18 replies)
- Unflattering Spiegel article about the UK - "A nation of Basil Fawltys that mock Germans" (195 replies)
- Hacker group publishes politician's fingerprint - Wolfgang Schäuble, Secretary of the Interior (7 replies)
- Rules force man to urinate in bottle during exam - Germans prefer rules to common sense (17 replies)
- Euro 2008 Final in Vienna: Germany vs. Spain (0-1) - Soccer match, 8.45pm Sunday 29.Jun.2008 (105 replies)
- Forced smiling can be bad for your health - German psychologist warns service industry workers (19 replies)
- Bride dumps drunken groom by side of the road - On the A6 Autobahn in south-western Germany (6 replies)
- Spanish week at Aldi supermarkets - From Thursday 3.Jul.2008 (9 replies)
- Why so are many Germans flying their flag lately? - Answer: It's due to the Euro football tournament (9 replies)
- Three Bentleys stolen from a Düsseldorf dealership - Very expensive cars, alert police if you spot one (11 replies)
- Privatization of the Buchenwald concentration camp - A symptom of "Holocaust amnesia"? (9 replies)
- Euro 2008 semi-final: Germany vs. Turkey - Football match, 8.45pm Wednesday 25.Jun.2008 (258 replies)
- German sports reporter issues airline bomb hoax - He delayed the flight so he could catch it in time (7 replies)