Germany

“Like” Your Friend’s FB Update Carefully

The state of Schleswig-Hostein, Germany, has marked the Facebook’s ‘like’ button “illegal” due to strict privacy issues and hailed the government to remove the button. Further, they insisted to close down all the fan pages and citing it violates the privacy laws of German and European data.

The Independent Centre of Privacy Protection explained that when any individual “like” something on their news feed, Facebook collects information through a server in United States and create a profile of that person in turn, and claimed that this is strictly against the privacy laws in Germany.

Hannover Goalkeeper Enters German Football Team

According to reports, for the first time, giving a pleasant surprise to all the spectators, Germany’s football team officials recently claimed that for the first time in the team’s history, Ron-Robert Zieler – a well known Hannover goalkeeper—would be joining the team players for the forthcoming matches against Austria and Poland.

Audi’s Urban Concept to Be Unveiled in Frankfurt Auto Show

In its Urban Concept, Audi has created a ‘rakish spyder’ which would be presented at the Frankfurt motor show next month to know public view on such a radically different mean of transport.

Built around carbonfibre monocoque, this two- seat electric car has an extra edge of wind-in-the-hair motoring. And the driver seat is little ahead of the passenger.

Germany Seeking Local Investors for EADS

To maintain its power at the European aerospace group, Germany has revealed that it is in look out for domestic private investors so that they could buy 7.5% stake of Daimler's (DAIGn. DE) in Airbus maker EADS (EAD. PA).

Sources close to the matter told that the government would need one or two domestic investors and that could be in a private or public sector. EADS is a major employer in Germany and it is very important for the government to retain its share in the company.

Berlin Car Fire String Mystery Continues

According to reports, a chain of car fires, which were reported in Berlin on Tuesday night, took a new twist when 17 vehicles were mysteriously spoiled and while commenting about the incident, the area Police officials again made a doubtful statement and claimed that the incident was a deliberate arson attack.

However, this was not the first time that the unidentified criminals damaged the luxurious cars as earlier also several similar cases were reported in the area police stations.

Chief German Business Groups to Support Eurozone Bonds

According to reports, two of the chief German business groups recently claimed that they would support the joint euro zone’s agreements which stated that if Angela Merkel, the Chancellor, before meeting French president, fails to consider the bolder crisis steps then both the groups would raise serious pressures on him.

In the mean time, the reports further proclaimed that the head of Germany's leading export organization was the first prominent figure which encouragingly supported the euro area bonds.

Movies that Made Waves in Germany in the Weimar Years

According to reports, Silent cinema made waves in Germany in the Weimar years and Berlin was immortalized in two specific brilliant impressionist tributes: ‘Walter Ruttmann's Berlin: Symphony of a Great City, and People on Sunday’, which focused on creating a ‘patchwork’ of the lives of ordinary Berliners.

East Germany: Millions Filed Under ‘Workers and Farmers’ State

Due to the members of the East German police and of the communist party militia commencing sealing off the border between East and West Berlin with barbed wire, as blocks were nearby to build the Berlin Wall, millions of East Germans have realized they are locked in the ‘workers' and farmers' state’.

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