http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/germany/ en-us Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:14:35 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2416350/posts Angela Merkel Speaks Out In Support of Iranian Freedom Protesters… Obama Relaxes at Beach Monday, December 28, 2009 Jim Hoft German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke out against the repression of protestors in Iran and the violent attacks on democracy activists. DW World reported: In a strong statement to the press on Monday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel called the actions of Iran’s state security services “unacceptable.” She called on them to “avoid any further escalation of the violence and to pursue political dialogue to peacefully settle internally disputed matters,” and also to respect their commitment to the International Pact on Civil... GatewayPundit.FirstThings http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2416350/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:14:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2416084/posts In adapted buses from the 1960s, injured soldiers - sometimes as many as 30 or 40 - are after "wheels down" at a nearby US airbase. They were airlifted out of Afghanistan overnight - in some cases, just hours after they were injured. The first person to meet them is always one of the hospital Chaplains. After initial stabilisation on the ground in Afghanistan, Landstuhl will provide the next critical stage of their treatment. "In the case of battle injured we'll get some very, very recent casualties who've been stabilised enough to move the five or six-hour flight down range... Sky News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2416084/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:06:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415087/posts German fighters patrolling the territory of Estonia are prosecuted by the Russian Su-27. Assistance to NATO by Finns. This is not a scenario of military maneuvers or war movie, but the real incident, which took place September 15. Informed about the military industry magazine "Loyal". According to him, two German machine Eurofighter approached the Baltic Sea west of Tallinn to czterosilnikowego jet aircraft Beriew A-50, trying unsuccessfully to establish radio communication with him. One of the German pilots photographed intruder. Then suddenly toward the German planes flew at a speed of two supersonic Su-27 fighters, but no one opened fire.... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415087/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 22:09:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2414190/posts My wife and I, and our two teenagers are off on a well-earned vacation to Mittersfeld (Black Forest/Bavaria) and Salsberg on Christmas Day thru New Years. I'd appreciate any feedback from my second family as to what to see (or don't bother to see), as well as some out of the way places to visit. shameless vanity request http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2414190/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:53:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2412311/posts The "Arbeit macht frei" sign stolen from Auschwitz in southern Poland has been found in the north and five men are being questioned by police. The five suspects, aged in their 20s and 30s, were not members of a neo-Nazi group, Krakow police said. The metal sign from the main gate, which symbolises for many the atrocities of Nazi Germany, had been cut into three pieces, they added. A major search was launched after the sign was stolen before dawn on Friday. Andrzej Rokita, the local police chief in Krakow - where the men were being questioned - said the... bbc http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2412311/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:21:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2412003/posts The "Arbeit macht frei" sign stolen from Auschwitz in southern Poland has been found in the north and five men have been arrested, police say. They said the metal sign from the main gate, which symbolises for many the atrocities of Nazi Germany, had been cut into three pieces. A major search was launched after the sign was stolen before dawn on Friday. Its theft, the motive for which was not being reported, caused outrage in Israel and among Polish politicians. Five men in their 20s or 30s were detained and were being taken to Krakow for questioning, a police... bbc http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2412003/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:31:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410004/posts German Finance Minister Says "No Alternative But To Borrow" Economics / Global Debt Crisis Dec 17, 2009 - 03:02 PM By: Mike_Shedlock Germany, the last of the stalwarts fighting to heed the European Union’s limit of 3 percent budget deficits, is about to throw in the towel. Please consider German Budget Plan Foresees Record Borrowing. The new center-right German government agreed Wednesday on a budget that would drastically ramp up borrowing — and the deficit — next year as the country emerged from its worst economic crisis in decades. The 2010 budget for Germany, the largest European economy, is 7.3... The Market Oracle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410004/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:46:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397522/posts The stolen body and coffin of a German billionaire, Friedrich Karl Flick, have been found in Hungary. The coffin and remains were handed over to Austrian authorities at the weekend, Austrian police say. Thieves stole the coffin in November 2008, after moving a slab of granite at the mausoleum in southern Austria where the industrialist was buried. Flick inherited German factories that employed slave labour during World War II. He died in 2006 at the age of 79. In December 2008 his widow Ingrid offered a 100,000-euro (£91,000) reward in an effort to recover the body. No ransom demand was... bbc http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397522/posts#comment Tue, 1 Dec 2009 13:19:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408781/posts Could you imagine being jailed simply because you decided to opt your children out of sex education? Well, this is exactly what is happening to a number of fathers in Germany. And, if certain forces in the United States have their way, such a policy could one day find its way to our shores as well. This story is unfolding in the German state of Salzkotten, where the government has decided that all children must be indoctrinated with a state-designed curriculum — including explicit sex education that most parents would agree is inappropriate for children. Bob Unruh reports on the... New American http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408781/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:30:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407123/posts 12/13/2009 German-made submarines in latest US arms package The United States is preparing to sell German-made submarines to Taiwan as part of its latest arms package. That's according to the US-based Foreign Policy magazine, which was quoted on the website of Hong-Kong newspaper Singtao on Sunday. Foreign Policy reported that the United States may make an announcement on its latest arms deal to Taiwan before next Friday, when President Barack Obama will attend the UN Climate Change summit in Copenhagen. The package is not expected to include F-16C/D fighter jets but should include 60 Black Hawk helicopters. News agency Reuters... Radio Taiwan International http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407123/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:11:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407711/posts Eurofighter will last 30 to 40 years: German envoy K.V. Prasad NEW DELHI: Eurofighter, one of the six contenders for the multibillion-dollar tender for 126 medium multirole combat aircraft (MMRCA), offers a cutting-edge technology without the End User Monitoring clause, German ambassador Thomas Matussek has said. “It is really a next generation plane and it will be in service for the next 30 to 40 years,” he told The Hindu. “It also comes without any End User Verification, complete transfer of technology and production.” End User Monitoring, which created a political controversy earlier this year, is a requirement the United... The Hindu http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407711/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:54:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1463383/posts THE land of Goethe and Schiller has become the nation of "yeah but, no but" as purists complain that the Germans have forgotten how to speak their own language correctly. Already irked by the influx of English words into their vernacular, defenders of the EU's most widely spoken first language are finding themselves driven to despair by the inability of their fellow citizens to master even basic German grammar. The world of Vorsprung durch Technik is already in turmoil over a controversial spelling reform which has been boycotted by many publishers and two German regions. To add insult to injury,... Scotland on Sunday http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1463383/posts#comment Mon, 15 Aug 2005 00:37:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406473/posts Der Spiegel: Siemens supports Iran’s nuke efforts German magazine reports customs officials seize goods meant for Iran’s nuclear program Sarah Stricker Published: 12.12.09, 22:37 / Israel News Is Siemens helping Iran? German customs officials intercepted a Siemens shipment of compressors on its way to Iran, Der Spiegel reported Saturday. According to the German magazine, the compressors sent by Siemens are worth an estimated 16 million Euros and were apparently meant to be used as part of Iran's nuclear program. The German government is now weighing its next moves vis-à-vis Siemens, which has apparently violated international commerce regulations. However, a Treasury... YNET NEWS.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406473/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 06:17:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2406258/posts "Unlike American officials, German officials do not recognize the right of parents to opt their children out of offensive classes such as sex education which overrides the parent's beliefs or desires for their own children," "One of the reasons for this is that German officials view the children as belonging to the state, particularly during the time they are in school." World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2406258/posts#comment Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:51:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405796/posts WESTPHALIA, Germany, December 11, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - At least eight Russo-German families in Salzkotten, Germany, have suffered heavy fines and now their fathers have been sentenced to prison, because they have refused to send their elementary school-age children to mandatory sexual education classes. The International Human Rights Group, a Christian legal defense organization that defends religious liberty and the right to homeschool in Europe, reports that in addition to refusing to allow their children to attend sex-ed classes, the families also resisted having their children enlisted in a theatre production of "Mein Körper gehört mir" or "My Body Belongs to... Life Site News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405796/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:52:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2405240/posts SNIPPET: "The NEFA Foundation has obtained a video recording released by the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) paying tribute to a German national "Abu Safiyya" (a.k.a. Javaid Siddiqi) who was "martyred" in late October during fighting alongside mujahideen forces in Afghanistan. The video shows Siddiqi on the frontline along the Afghan-Pakistani border accompanied by other German recruits--and at a terrorist training camp that was organized last May." COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2405240/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:01:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2401792/posts Quote: 06 December 2009 "TO OUR BROTHERS STATIONED IN GERMANY..." Click to view archive of thread... Posted on 06 December 2009 @ 13:18 INTERNET HAGANAH.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2401792/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 02:25:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2401474/posts The LowdownCelebrating Nikolaus in Germany Published: 4 Dec 09 10:13 CETOnline: http://www.thelocal.de/lifestyle/20091204-15915.html Each December 6, German children celebrate Nikolaus. Why does the Santa look-alike come so early and why do all the children place their shoes outside their front doors on the evening before? The Local has the lowdown. Is Nikolaus the same as Santa Claus? Though they have similar outfits, Nikolaus is not to be confused with Santa Claus, who Germans call the Weihnachtsmann, or Father Christmas. They are two different people. In fact, many religious families try to focus more on Nikolaus earlier in December to insure that... The Local.de http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2401474/posts#comment Sun, 6 Dec 2009 14:17:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400725/posts Bill reported earlier about a Global Warming/Hitler video which was released (10/3/2009) before the climategate scandal broke out: More Global Warming Fraud HumorA new improved video has been released to incorporate the climategate scandal. Version 2, is much better, imho.Hitler was behind global warming-climategateAlso, FoxNews reports:Comedy Central Scoops Network News on Climate-Gate Scandal Comedy Central Scoops Network News on Climate-Gate ScandalABC didn’t cover it. CBS didn’t either. And NBC apparently wouldn’t go near it.The network news broadcasts have ignored a growing scandal over evidence of a potential climate cover-up — and now they’ve even been scooped by the fake news... Uncommon Descent http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400725/posts#comment Sat, 5 Dec 2009 03:00:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2400490/posts At a settlement in what is now southern Germany, the menu turned gruesome 7,000 years ago. Over a period of perhaps a few decades, hundreds of people were butchered and eaten before parts of their bodies were thrown into oval pits, a new study suggests. Cannibalism at the village, now called Herxheim, may have occurred during ceremonies in which people from near and far brought slaves, war prisoners or other dependents for ritual sacrifice, propose anthropologist Bruno Boulestin of the University of Bordeaux... A social and political crisis in central Europe at that time triggered various forms of violence, the... Discovery News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2400490/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 21:19:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2400250/posts German intelligence reports that Iranian scientists have successfully simulated the detonation of a nuclear warhead in laboratory conditions, in an effort to sidestep an underground nuclear test like the one that brought the world down on North Korea's head earlier this year. DEBKAfile Special Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2400250/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 16:16:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2399494/posts SINDELFINGEN, Germany — Thousands of workers at carmaker Daimler AG's Sinelfingen plant in southern Germany protested for a second day Tuesday against possible plans to move some production of the Mercedes C-Class line of cars to a plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. A decision on the matter, which threatens about 3,000 jobs in Germany, could come later in the day. "We will not let our jobs vanish to Nirvana without a fight," Erich Klemm, the workers' council president told about 12,000 protesters. Daimler, based in Stuttgart, is considering the move to take advantage of lower production costs in the U.S. and... Google (Canadian Press) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2399494/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 18:12:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2398458/posts Never before has a speech by President Barack Obama felt as false as his Tuesday address announcing America's new strategy for Afghanistan. It seemed like a campaign speech combined with Bush rhetoric -- and left both dreamers and realists feeling distraught. One can hardly blame the West Point leadership. The academy commanders did their best to ensure that Commander-in-Chief Barack Obama's speech would be well-received. Just minutes before the president took the stage inside Eisenhower Hall, the gathered cadets were asked to respond "enthusiastically" to the speech. But it didn't help: The soldiers' reception was cool. One didn't have to... Der Spiegel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2398458/posts#comment Wed, 2 Dec 2009 15:44:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398305/posts FRANKFURT -- German car maker Daimler AG said Wednesday it will shift production of its best-selling Mercedes-Benz C-Class model from its core plant in Sindelfingen, Germany, to its Bremen and U.S. facilities, as part of a wider move to bring production closer to main sales regions and reduce exposure to currency fluctuation. "This step is essential for strategic and operational reasons, so that Mercedes-Benz remains competitive and can fully utilize future growth opportunities," said Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche. The move underscores a trend among auto makers to ramp up local production to reduce exposure to currency fluctuations and benefit from... WSJ.com / The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398305/posts#comment Wed, 2 Dec 2009 11:14:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397209/posts U.S. ARMY GARRISON WIESBADEN, Germany, Nov. 30, 2009 – For 102nd Signal Battalion telephone technician Alexander Weber-Fetscher, June 22, 2007, will be remembered as the day he welcomed a new life into the world and helped to save another. Maike Siemer meets Alexander Weber-Fetscher during a surprise visit by the stem cell donor. His donation helped her to recover from leukemia. U.S. Army photo  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. That's the day his son was born and also the day he learned he was an ideal match as a stem cell blood donor for a young leukemia patient. "The... Face of Defence http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397209/posts#comment Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:34:35 GMT