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| Compiled on May 15, 2013, 07:17 PM CET |
| COMING TO GERMANY Spanish Workers Look for a Future in Bavaria Youth unemployment in Spain is enormously high, yet some companies in Germany can't find the skilled labor they need. Now, a program in Bavaria is trying to kill two birds with one stone. It has been overwhelmed with applications and the first Spanish newcomers have begun arriving. |
| IRAQ EFFECT Germany Fears US Intervention in Syria The German government is starting to worry about parallels between the Iraq war 10 years ago and the Syrian conflict. The Foreign Ministry believes that mounting concern over the possible use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime could prompt the US government to launch a military intervention. |
| LAOS LAND GRABS Deutsche Bank Backs Ruthless 'Rubber Lords' Vietnamese companies have been ruthlessly taking advantage of Laotian locals and their environment to create vast rubber plantations. The "rubber lords" are also getting support for the land grabs from Germany's Deutsche Bank, which is violating its ethics and sustainability policies, critics say. |
| BATTLING THE CRISIS Disunity Plagues EU Banking Union Talks European leaders had hoped to quickly finalize plans for an EU banking union to regulate bank bailouts and provide a roadmap for unwinding insolvent financial institutions. But with the German election looming, Berlin is wary of moving forward. The result could be a lengthy delay. |
| WORLD FROM BERLIN A 'Clear Defeat' for Google A German high court has ruled that Google must remove automatically suggested search terms if they violate a person's privacy. Editorialists at the country's national newspapers see a defeat for the Internet giant and a victory for privacy law. |
| NEW FLURRY OF MOTIONS NSU Trial Marred by Angry Courtroom Exchanges Bitter laughter, heckling and loud murmers from the public gallery: the trial of Beate Zschäpe descended into angry, heated exchanges among the lawyers and the judge on its third day on Wednesday. One lawyer even asked the judge to forbid laughter. Nerves are fraying in Germany's biggest neo-Nazi trial. |
| CRISIS OR STRATEGY SHIFT? Cuts Planned at German Tabloid Bild Axel Springer, Europe's largest newspaper publisher, appears to be losing faith in its core businesses. The company is planning to cut millions and hundreds of job at the tabloid Bild, a cash cow that still generates a sensational return despite fast-shrinking circulation. |
| 'SUPERFICIAL NIGHTMARE' Feminists Take Aim at Barbie Dreamhouse Criticism is mounting against the life-size "Barbie Dreamhouse Experience" opening this week in Berlin, with feminist activists calling for protests. Bringing the doll's fantasy life into the real world goes too far in spreading damaging stereotypes, they say. |
| FELINE FATE Brigitta the Wheelchair Cat Adopts Lost Kittens Brigitta the cat became the victim of animal cruelty when someone shot at her for fun, paralyzing her hind legs. A German animal lover took her in, building a cat wheelchair and paying for an operation. Now Brigitta is repaying her kindness -- by adopting two abandoned kittens. |
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