Drugs News Politics World Germany may be the next country to legalise weed by Chloe Maddren Germany’s new coalition is speeding up the process to legalise recreational cannabis. As a part of their political agenda in late 2021, Germany’s new coalition…
Arts News World A painting pillaged by Nazis was returned to Jewish owners 80 years later by Daniel Alex An expressionist painting that was looted by Nazis in 1942 has been triumphantly returned to its Jewish owners. The Royal Museum of Fine Arts in…
News Politics France and Germany say they’re better off without Facebook after Zuckerberg’s threat by Chloe Maddren European leaders are calling Meta’s bluff after the social media conglomerate warned that they would shut down Facebook and Instagram across the EU. Germany’s Economy…
News House and techno are music, German court declares by Brendan Neville German courts have ruled that techno is officially music, and venues that host it should have the same reduced tax rates as concert halls. If…
Lists Music Coumarin reveal the 10 songs that helped them through quarantine by Emily Elvish Lockdown has been an advent for songwriters, Coumarin know all too well. Fresh off the release of their latest single, we caught up with the…
News Want to go walkies? Germans must walk dogs twice a day under new law by Jayden Collins A new German law contains guidelines for dog owners in the hope of ensuring the nation’s 9.4 million dogs get enough exercise. A new law…
News Berlin transport operators are asking people to stop wearing deoderant by Samara Louise The BVG, a transport operator in Berlin is calling for its commuters to forgo deodorant in an effort to entice people to cover their noses…
News Germany to ban the sale of single-use plastic items by Manning Patston It’s always a pleasure to report on positive environmental progress. Today, we see Germany take a step towards a cleaner future. Germany has just agreed…
News Man breaks into Australian museum to take selfie with dinosaur skull by Kayla McNicoll So we get that social distancing and lockdown has driven us to do some strange things in order to combat boredom. You know, like TikTok-making…
Film and TV News Big Brother Germany to announce coronavirus to contestants on live tv by Max Gundy Germany has revealed that contestants on their Big Brother series still don’t know about coronavirus and the havoc it’s wreaking across their own country. Currently,…
News ‘Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da’ is the most perfect pop song ever, science proves by Patrick McKinnon According to a new study by researchers at the Max Planck Institute in Germany, Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da by The Beatles out-ranked other famous pop singles, recorded between…
News Remembering the time Kraftwerk made a calculator to promote their new single by Luke Saunders Everyone loves a good old blast from the past. And boy have we got some eighties nostalgia from the legendary Kraftwerk calculator. Kraftwerk began as…
News Artist replicates the Greek Parthenon with 100,000 banned books in an act of political defiance by Freya McGahey A 74 year old Argentinian artist called Marta Minujín has created a monumental replica of the Parthenon, using only a collection of around 100,000 banned…