France and Germany tumbling towards recession, economists warn as crisis in eurozone deepens

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2222581/Now-Germany-gets-sucked-deeper-eurozone-crisis-new-business-results-worst-figures-years.html Economic region’s two biggest economies running into trouble Research shows business activity in eurozone is declining By Sam Webb PUBLISHED: 12:24 EST, 24 October 2012 | UPDATED: 17:35 EST, 24 October 2012 Slump: Economists have warned that Germany is heading towards recession Germany and France are being sucked into the abyss as the crisis […]

German Catholics will be denied Holy Communion or a religious burial if they refuse to pay church tax

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2208520/German-Catholics-denied-Holy-Communion-religious-burial-refuse-pay-church-tax.html Worshippers must pay extra 8% on income tax bill to still be considered Catholics By Allan Hall PUBLISHED: 15:00 EST, 25 September 2012 | UPDATED: 15:00 EST, 25 September 2012 Germany’s Catholic Church will deny worshippers the right to Holy Communion and religious burials if people do not pay a special church tax. A […]

IKEA ‘used East German political prisoners arrested by Stasi to make its furniture in the 1970s and 80s’

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2137930/IKEA-used-East-German-political-prisoners-arrested-Stasi-make-furniture-1970s-80s.html By Allan Hall PUBLISHED: 10:31 EST, 1 May 2012 | UPDATED: 19:18 EST, 1 May 2012 Furniture giant IKEA used political prisoners arrested by the dreaded Stasi secret police of former East Germany to make its products in the 1970s and 80s, it has been alleged. The claims will be aired tomorrow on Swedish […]

EDITORIAL: Germany proposes a Drudge Tax – Washington Times

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/mar/12/germany-proposes-a-drudge-tax/ EDITORIAL: Germany proposes a Drudge Tax – Washington Times. Government seeks to impose fees on news aggregators By THE WASHINGTON TIMES -The Washington Times Monday, March 12, 2012 European politicians are on the hunt for new sources of revenue as the continent’s fiscal situation worsens. The level of desperation is clear in the latest […]

German health experts left baffled by village where almost every household has resident suffering cancer

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2100282/German-health-experts-left-baffled-village-household-resident-suffering-cancer.html By Allan Hall Last updated at 12:09 AM on 13th February 2012 Health experts in Germany are baffled by a small village where cancer has hit almost every household. Wewelsfleth, which has a population of 1,500, has been labelled the ‘village of the damned’ as new cancer cases are 50 per cent above average. […]

How top Nazi used ‘ratline’ escape route to flee to South America after the war, by daughter of woman he seduced

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2099282/How-Nazi-used-ratline-escape-route-flee-South-America-war-daughter-woman-seduced.html Author Gisela Heidenreich chronicles the life of Horst Wagner, responsible for the deaths of 350,000 Jews, in new book Her mother fell in love with mass killer during World War Two and kept in touch during his exile in Argentina Her father was commander of SS officer school By Allan Hall Last updated at […]

Revealed: The priest who changed the course of history … by rescuing a drowning four-year-old Hitler from death in an icy river

Future Fuhrer was plucked from certain death by boy who grew up to join the church German newspaper from 1894 reveals incident http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2082640/How-year-old-Adolf-Hitler-saved-certain-death–drowning-icy-river-rescued.html By Allan Hall Last updated at 12:16 AM on 6th January 2012 t may be the most devastating act of mercy in history.A newspaper report chronicling how a boy of four was […]

Military slashes number of troops in Europe as Obama orders $470bn cuts at Pentagon

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2082310/Military-slashes-number-troops-Europe-Obama-orders-massive-cost-cutting.html Most likely to return home to the U.S. from bases in Germany By David Gardner Last updated at 9:02 PM on 4th January 2012 The United States is planning to drastically reduce the number of soldiers that it keeps based in Europe. The move, to be announced tomorrow by Defence Secretary Leon Panetta, is […]

Collapse of the eurozone ‘will start this year’ as countries pull out of the single currency, leading think tank warns

Eurozone is ’99% likely’ to break up in next ten years, suggests CEBR 2012 will be ‘full of danger and risk’ warn Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel in their New Year messages http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2081088/2012-danger-risk-warn-Sarkozy-Merkel-New-Year-messages.html By Ruth Sunderland Last updated at 2:57 PM on 2nd January 2012 The stricken eurozone will start disintegrating this year and will […]