Norbert - Instablogs
Sep 23 2009
Across the country, in loud, sweaty beer tents and on scrappy, weed-tangled urban parkland, German politicians are scrambling for the Absent Voter. With four days to go before the general election, about 26 per cent of Germans are unsure how to cast...
Aug 8 2009
As the U.S. jumps on board the cash-for-clunkers bandwagon, the Obama Administration would do well to pay attention to what is happening in Hamburg’s sprawling harbor. The seaport city is one of the busiest ports in the world: nearly every car -...
Oct 17 2008
A strip cartoon telling the story of the Holocaust has been tested on hundreds of German schoolchildren, provoking
Oct 11 2008
Germany moved Friday against an outbreak of bird flu close to the Polish border, slaughtering 1,400 ducks and geese on a farm at Markersdorf near the city of Goerlitz.
Apr 17 2008
It was an incredible tale of a German schoolboy spotting a miscalculation by the US space agency, proving the chances of an asteroid hitting the Earth were higher than initially believed.
Apr 12 2008
Sex sells. Advertising and sex have been tied together since advertising became a big business. The use of sexually suggestive images to sell just about everything really emphasizes the point that sex is a merchandiser’s best friend.
Apr 3 2008
Leading German car manufacturers Mercedes-Benz and BMW issued a statement here Thursday slamming the alleged recent lurid behaviour of FIA president Max Mosley as “disgraceful.” Both companies, with teams in Formula One set to take part in...