The most striking discovery was the German military motorbike recovered from the middle of the Danube (Photo-German War Graves Commission) The Danube River has dropped to unusually low levels in Budap...
German biologist and recreational fisherman Roland Lorkowsky released thousands of juvenile Wels catfish into Spain’s Ebro River in 1974. His goal was simple and positive: to create a world-clas...
German proverb of the day (AI-generated image) Some proverbs make their point in a single line. Others need a moment of thought before the meaning actually lands. This old German saying belongs firmly...
Arthur Schopenhauer (Image source: Wikipedia) Modern life rewards constant connection, endless notifications, endless networking, endless visibility. Arthur Schopenhauer, the German philosopher, point...
German doctor given life in prison for 15 murders, suspected on 76 more A German palliative care doctor has been sentenced to life imprisonment for killing 15 of his patients, with prosecutors investi...
“The stupidest farmers have the biggest potatoes” There is a bluntness to German folk sayings that feels almost uncomfortable in its honesty. One of the most striking is: “Die dümmsten Bauern ha...
‘Crooked logs also make straight fires’ Crooked logs also make straight fires Not every piece of wood is perfectly straight. Yet when placed in a fire, even a twisted log burns just as wel...
Millionaire German heiress shot dead at luxury South African safari lodge. Caroline von Rantzau, 26, the heiress to a million-dollar German shipping firm, DAL, was mysteriously found dead at her famil...
A trace on the German model missing for 11 years came up for the first time when her name was apparently mentioned in the Epstein files. The woman, only identified as “Michele”, left her f...
A coffin carrying the remains of a woman whose name nobody knew was lowered into the ground in western Germany in 2022. Around it stood students, teachers and local residents paying their respects. Fo...