B**D für Ausländer
am 26.04.2006 von http://www.jurabilis.deFor German politicians, its a necessary evil. For German journalists, its mandatory daily reading. For the German desperate, its a daily dose of high-resolution soft porn. And for millions of Germans, its the primary source of news.Wollen wir alle inständig hoffen, …
Surviving in Germany/Überlebenstipps Deutschland
Transblawg / Spiegel Online is preparing a Germany Survival Bible. If you’re an expat or someone who has spent time in Germany, we want your help. Why do pedestrians wait for the light to change at 3:00 a.m.? Why are the shops closed on Sunday? Is German b…
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German view of US tort law/Deutsche Ansichten über Recht der USA
Transblawg / The German-American Law Journal blog links to an old findlaw article by Anthony J. Sebok on How Germany Views U.S. Tort Law. From conversations with German friends and from reading the German press, I had always suspected Germany’s view of...…
Wikipedia on German law
Transblawg / The English Wikipedia deals with German law among other topics, and how it’s put into English might be of interest. In mid-December, the daily article featured was on Paragraph/Section 175 of the German Criminal Code, which made homosexual acts…
Politicians and the Internet / Politiker, von Kindern befragt
Transblawg / Ausschnitt aus ARD Morgenmagazin: Kinder fragen Politiker zu ihren Computern. Mit erstaunlich schwachen Antworten. Markus Trapp introduces a video clip (in German) from a German breakfast TV show, in which children interview German politicians on th…
German bureaucracy / Deutsche Bürokratie
Transblawg / Following the last entry, I must state that there is a lot of bureaucracy in Germany, and in a few other places too. Spiegel Online, in another article in its inimitable English, helps us to get to the bottom of this: The average age of students in…
This non-American life / Weblog aus der Schweiz / München
Transblawg / Julie Galante is self-described in her weblog This non-American life as A travel-addicted American expatriate who has lived in Italy, Germany, and now Switzerland. - now apparently moving to Munich: Have I mentioned how very, very excited I am…
Monolingual German police dogs / Britische Polizei muss Deutsch sprechen
Transblawg / It is widely reported today (and yesterday) that British police have been importing German shepherd dogs and are confronted with the need to say Sitz instead of sit or retrain the dogs to understand English commands. The stories are all appare…
» Sex, Smut and Shock: Bild Zeitung Rules Germany - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News
Germany's wildly successful Bild newspaper flies just under the nonsense threshold of American and British tabloids. But the publication's mix of sex and scandal makes it a bestseller.
