The coverage of the media in Germany is still strange to me. As an example I will take the current news regarding Iran. Some time ago the US declared Iran as one of the “bad” countries in the world. I remember well the storm of protest in the newspapers against this statement. Now France is [...]
Archive for October 17th, 2007
Unbiased media
Posted in media, tagged Germany, media on Wednesday, October 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Noble prize for global warming
Posted in environment, tagged environment, global warming, noble prize on Wednesday, October 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
As I haven’t been to the US during the past years, I can’t really argue if what Al Gore did was really worth a Noble prize or if this was just a nice public relations gag from Oslo. But it shows how serious some people see the problem of global warming.
To me this discussion is [...]
Your kid’s first job: playing spy kid!?
Posted in politics, tagged Germany, politics on Wednesday, October 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Does your child want to become policeman or secret agent? Then you should think of relocating to Germany. He may start earning money while spying for the government after school.
Sometimes I ask myself what politicians are really paid for. Now it’s official: entertaining the population with ridiculous ideas. Germany’s federal minister for family affairs [...]
Germany plans veto on foreign takeovers
Posted in business, tagged business, Germany, politics on Wednesday, October 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
If you thought Germany is a free country for entrepreneurs, then think twice. According to a news article I read a few days ago the German government is planning to prohibit unwanted investors from buying German companies. But how is unwanted defined? And who will define it? Chinese state funds will probably be on the [...]
A new blog is born
Posted in Uncategorized on Wednesday, October 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
What can you expect from this blog? Well, the main purpose is to tell you my thoughts on interesting topics. I’m sure that you might have a different view on some of the issues I’ll discuss, that’s why I invite you to leave your comments. I hope that the topics I’ll choose will be interesting [...]