Of all the Valentine’s Day specials I’ve been, this is the best one (from the Guardian): Germany rail company Deutsche Bahn is running speed-dating at high speed this Valentine’s Day. The Flirtexpresse is running from 15 cities across the country, with passengers being encouraged to change seats every five minutes. And the best part is [...]
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[Valentine's Day] Speed-dating on Germany's high speed train
Posted: 10 February 2008 in Current events, TravelTags: germany, valentine
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[EU News] German cities ban polluting cars
Posted: 2 January 2008 in Current eventsTags: environment, germany, pollution
Berlin, Hannover and Cologne have banned environmental-unfriendly cars from their city centers. All cars entering inner city zones have to display a sticker (green, yellow or red) depending upon the amount of pollutants emitted by the vehicle. In the most restrictive zones, only green-stickered cars will be allowed to enter. For more details on which [...]
[EU News] France, Germany ban smoking; Malta, Cyprus adopt the euro; Germans protest data retention
Posted: 2 January 2008 in Current eventsTags: data retention, euro, france, germany, smoking
Goodbye to smokey cafes and bars in France and Germany: dry cleaning businesses face grim future Malta and Cyprus adopt the euro: now watch the prices rise 30,000 Germans fight against new data retention law: the law requires companies to keep for 6 months records of e-mail sender and recipient addresses, time spent on the [...]
