Die 11 radikalsten “Germany’s Next Topmodel”-Umstylings aller Zeiten

Diese Woche steht bei Germany’s Next Topmodel endlich wieder die beste aller Folgen an: die mit dem Umstyling! Ob Heidi ihre Määädchen auch 2019 mit kecken Kurzhaarschnitten und literweise Wasserstoffperoxid schocken wird, während sie den Kopf in den Nacken wirft und hämisch lacht? Diese Radikalveränderungen haben uns in den letzten 13 Staffeln den Atem geraubt: […]

Game of deception: How a fraudster who faked his stories for years got to be Germany’s top reporter

Germany has been rocked by a scandal involving one of the top reporters writing for the reputable Der Spiegel magazine, who turned out to be a fraudster. What made a fabulst into a star? Let’s look at some of his stories. Claas Relotius, the ‘brilliant reporter’-turned-fabricator, carved his way to pages of some of the […]

Germany’s ‘Achilles heel’? Report claims Middle East consulates sell forged visas to migrants

Corrupt officials at German consulates in some Middle Eastern states have been collaborating with people smugglers and literally selling forged visas to migrants seeking to come to Germany as refugees, according to reports. The corrupt schemes “have been run smoothly [by employees] in the visa centers of many German diplomatic missions abroad,” and the Middle […]

THQ Nordic buys Germany’s mobile game maker HandyGames

THQ Nordic said it has acquired German developer and publisher HandyGames for an undisclosed price. The Vienna, Austria-based publisher THQ Nordic, which in February acquired Koch Media and its Deep Silver division, will gain control of HandyGames and its game properties. But the Giebelstadt, Germany-based company will retain its existing managemen…Read More

New Loew for Merkel: Strange parallels in politics & football after Germany’s World Cup disaster

Side-by-side Joachim Loew and Angela Merkel have overseen an era of German political stability and sporting success. Inscrutable heads of institutions that have dominated Europe and beyond. And both could soon be out of a job. An early World Cup exit for Die Mannschaft, and the spectre of political defeat for Merkel in Berlin, Bavaria […]

Germany’s migration chief is sacked amid an asylum agency fraud scandal – but is the problem solved?

The ousted head of Germany’s refugee agency was central to an unfolding asylum application fraud scandal, but firing her won’t fix core “structural problems” in the country’s migration system, a geopolitical analyst has told RT. After serving just 18 months as head of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF), Jutta Cordt was fired […]

Germany’s data-driven FlixBus launches in the U.S. to make bus travel cool again

Almost five years after launching in Germany, FlixBus is about to make its biggest leap, strategically and geographically, by launching its data-driven bus service in the United States. The company announced today that it has begun serving a series of routes in the southwestern part of the country, operating out of Los Angeles for now. […]

Germany’s Tornado warplanes ‘unsuitable for NATO missions’ – report

A classified German Defense Ministry report says the country’s fleet of Tornado fighter jets may be unsuitable for conducting NATO missions, several media outlets said. The report, first cited by the German magazine Spiegel, says the Panavia Tornado, which first entered service in the 1970s, has several equipment flaws that make it vulnerable and no […]