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The German Bundesverfassungsgericht (constitutional court) will decide today if the Treaty of Lisbon is compatible with the German constitution. An article from Deutsche Welle: Link: http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4440138,00.html Any thoughts?

Glad my melodramatic thread title lured you in here :D . Mercer consulting has just published its "Quality of Living Survey". I thought it might be of interest to you. Vienna is the overall winner! Here is the Top50-list: And here is the corresponding article: Both taken from...

Deutsche Welle reports that a small hamlet in Germany is for sale on eBay. http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4123659,00.html I started up Google Earth to find it and took some screenshots of it so you can get a general idea where it is and what it looks like. This is where it is located...

Now this is something new. Europe is hindering the US in environmental issues? from Spiegel. Emphases added by me. http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,595644,00.html So - are the Europeans getting cold feet? Is the EU blocking the US´ path towards a green future? Or would that...

I wonder if that was a staged incident - and what´s next. Source: http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,575548,00.html And now for something completely different: Photo Gallery: Putin Just Can't Keep His Shirt On What would YOUR head of state do to a siberian tiger?

Germany vs Poland reloaded! Source I (from BILD, Germany): Source II (BizPoland, Poland): [SPOILER] What do you think? Are the Germans swines? Are the Polish too prude? Is it all because of catholic/protestant lies? Is it an Atheist conspiracy? What if naked sunbathers...

As the events in the Caucasus have again revealed, Europe and the EU suffer from severe shortcomings and disabilities. So the questions I thought we could discuss: -How can the EU react more efficiently to such events in the future? -Should Europe react to such Russian adventures and in what...

I wondered when something like this would happen. The figure is/was brand new and it was the first day it was on public display.

From the NYTimes What do you think of this? Was shooting the soldier justified? Should US authorities (military police or something) in the area have been notified to take care of the issue? Will this result in diplomatic troubles or is everything "fine"?

While randomly browsing the web yesterday, I stumbled scross this video, showing the "Millenium Simulation" from the Max Planck-Institute - a large-scale model of the universe. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFlzyxSQhTc&feature=related I just thought I´d share it with you because I was so...

While I am someone that people tend to label an eco-terrorist or tree-hugger sometimes when I´m holding my typical climate change dialogues, or more precisely, monologues, this article from Spiegel-Online has caught my attention. What is your position on this issue? Source...

Quote from the allmighty Wiki: Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean_Union It seems that Germany/Merkel is not very fond of this proposal: Link: http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,521743,00.html What is your opinion on this? While I think that it...

I only have a German source for this, sorry, but I will try to translate and summarize. German interior ministers are discussing banning Scientology on a conference today. Erhart Körting ( SPD party,Berlin ) says that "Scientology is no religion, it is a business that conditions people and...

Rumors are spreading that the German government is considering increasing the number of it´s troops in Afghanistan. This is an interesting development, as there were a lot of voices heard in the last months that proposed a complete withdrawal. Perhaps this change of mood is because of the recent...

I thought we could make a thread with everything which could come in handy when visiting foreign countries. Not the advice mentioned in the standard books, just little tips for certain situations and as funny and weird as possible, because something is a little different than elsewhere. For...