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Germany: The Fight against the Tesla Gigafactory (crimethinc.com)

Berlin museum pokes fun at German bureaucracy – DW – 05/11/2024 (www.dw.com)

The festival is an international event held in Berlin that was set up to encourage change from within the government. It showcases good practice examples....

German court upholds AfD 'suspected' extremist status – DW – 05/13/2024 (www.dw.com)

A higher regional court in western Germany rejected on Monday an appeal by the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party against its classification as a “suspected” far-right extremist organization....

Hallo! What American novelties would Germans enjoy?

Ich besuche meine Familie nächste Woche, und ich will kleine Geschenke mitbringen....

Germany prevents Palestinian-British surgeon from entering Europe to give his speech at the French Senate about his experience in Gaza with an Einreisverbot (lemmy.world)

Palestinian employee of German development agency ‘abused’ in Israeli jail (www.aljazeera.com)

Baraa Odeh, 34, works for the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), and was detained by Israeli border guards on March 5 while returning to her home in Ramallah from a work trip to Germany....

PSA - Public Holiday ahead

Tomorrow is Labour Day and next week on Thursday is Ascension Day. Most shops will be closed. But restaurants, petrol stations and shops that offer ‘Reisebedarf’/travel necessities will be open....

‘Teslastoppen’ Elon Musk’s Water War in the Heart of Europe (unicornriot.ninja)

British-Palestinian Dr Ghassan Abu Sittah Barred From Entering Germany | Israel Gaza [5:05 | Apr 13 2024 | DawnNews English] (youtu.be)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/14275159...

Germany detains Gaza surgeon Ghassan Abu Sittah and 'refuses him entry' (www.middleeasteye.net)

Prominent British-Palestinian surgeon Ghassan Abu Sittah said authorities in Germany have detained him and are refusing him entry into the country....

German university rescinds Jewish American’s job offer over pro-Palestinian letter (www.theguardian.com)

A leading Jewish American philosopher has been disinvited from taking up a prestigious professorship at the University of Cologne after signing a letter expressing solidarity with Palestinians and condemning the killings in Gaza carried out by Israeli forces....

German gallery fires employee for hanging own art in exhibition - BBC News (www.bbc.co.uk)

Bavaria mulls cannabis-free Oktoberfest beer party - BBC News (www.bbc.co.uk)

Boooooooo!!!

A German state is ditching Windows and Microsoft Office for Linux and LibreOffice on the 30,000 PCs it uses for local government functions - Lemmy.World (lemmy.world)

Why is the air quality so bad now? (lemmy.world)

It seems that with unusually warm temperature came unusually bad air. Any ideas why?...

PSA: Shops in Germany will be closed on Friday and Monday - don't forget to Stock up your groceries

Germany: Bahn, train drivers agree to 35-hour week in deal – DW – 03/26/2024 (www.dw.com)

Good news for people who need to use the Deutsche Bahn. It won’t help much concerning the general problems of reliability/punctuality unfortunately.

Cannabis: German growers celebrate as hemp is legalized – DW – 03/22/2024 (www.dw.com)

Casual Chatter

Hi all,...

What are some of the weird/hilarious/stupid things that are legal in Germany but illegal in other countries (and vice versa)?

My buddy and I were discussing the allowed blood alcohol content for driving (purely hypothetically) and how it varies across countries and then we stumbled upon the question in the title. Would be curious to hear if you guys know any good examples.

(Timestamped link to start at section about Germany) Is the New York Times losing its credibility on Israel-Palestine? | The Listening Post [24:51 | Mar 02 2024 | Al Jazeera English] (youtu.be)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/12696584...

German credit agency earns millions through unlawful customer manipulation (noyb.eu)

Today, noyb has filed a complaint and report against the German credit agency SCHUFA with the Hessian data protection authority. The company appears to be making millions of euros by selling people in Germany their own data. With the help of manipulative designs, people are prevented from obtaining a free copy of their data in...

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