CDU obstructs Germany’s whistleblower protection law
- 16th May 2021,
Ahead of the national elections, Germany’s ruling parties are at loggerheads on whistleblower protections. A December..
Berlin’s revolutionary rent cap — success or flop?
- 23rd February 2021,
Berlin’s controversial five-year rent freeze — worldwide a unique experimental measure — is now a year
Berlin gentrification debate flares over Norwegian billionaire’s investment
- 24th September 2020,
Berlin residents are worried that billionaire property developer Ivar Tollefsen is buying up thousands of apartments...
Leftist violence undermines Leipzig’s gentrification debate
- 11th September 2020,
Germany’s eastern city of Leipzig has long had a hardcore alternative left-wing scene, which staged street..
Berlin’s new rent freeze: How it compares globally
- 23rd October 2019,
Berlin’s brand-new rent freeze (and cap) is hardly unique among cities with pressured housing markets. But..
Assault rifles for civilians – the Heckler & Koch AGM
- 15th September 2019,
Here’s my account of the Annual General Meeting of Heckler & Koch, in Rottweil in 2019.
Renters in Berlin are appealing to the local council to stop the sale of their homes...
Heckler & Koch’s illegal arms deal with Mexico
- 20th February 2019,
Five H&K employees who conspired in a sale of G36 assault rifles to Mexico await their..
Angela Merkel’s rival Friedrich Merz and the vast, shadowy power of BlackRock
- 29th November 2018,
The sheer scale of BlackRock’s finances makes its influence on the world unlike that of any..
MPs from Angela Merkel’s CDU have been accused of taking bribes from the German gunmaker Heckler..