Day: September 22, 2008

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CRIME

Two Australians face jail for running up €148,000 hotel tab

How I learned to stop worrying and love my Sparbuch

ECONOMY

How I learned to stop worrying and love my Sparbuch

In the latest dispatch of Portnoy’s Stammtisch, The Local’s column about life in Germany, Portnoy muses on how the current global financial crisis has brought Germany’s leftist populist Oskar Lafontaine and America’s cowboy capitalist George W. Bush together.

Five German tourists kidnapped in Egypt

CRIME

Five German tourists kidnapped in Egypt

Cost of living crisis: What is driving it and how does it impact internationals?

PARTNER CONTENT

Cost of living crisis: What is driving it and how does it impact internationals?

ANGELA MERKEL

Berlin rejects joining US bank bailout package

Berlin rejects joining US bank bailout package

ACCIDENT

Alcoholic dies trying to rappel from fifth-floor forced detox

Alcoholic dies trying to rappel from fifth-floor forced detox

CRIME

Berlin boat nearly hits mystery cable strung across canal

Berlin boat nearly hits mystery cable strung across canal

PARTNER CONTENT

US Voters: These midterms matter – here’s how to request your ballot

US Voters: These midterms matter – here’s how to request your ballot

Germany caps financial aid to China

CHINA

Germany caps financial aid to China

Heidi Klum misses out at Emmy Awards

US

Heidi Klum misses out at Emmy Awards

KfW transfer to Lehman reportedly no mistake

ECONOMY

KfW transfer to Lehman reportedly no mistake

CRIME

German and Somali hostages released

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