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Billing on the newsletter is paused
Hi there, Just a quite email to say that I paused payments on the newsletter at the weekend. I am currently juggling child care and other work…
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Jörg Luyken
Why the cranes are standing still
Dear Reader, There are few better examples of the gridlock inside the German government than in housing policy. In its coalition pact, the ‘traffic…
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Scholz in Africa
Dear Reader, Olaf Scholz spent three days last week in East Africa, his second visit to the continent since taking up office 18 months ago. On the trip…
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Jörg Luyken
Warning: contains (not) banned word
Dear Reader, Something has happened over the past eight years that I am tempted to put down to the increased level of immigration to Germany. But it…
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What you are not being told about jailed 'activist' Jamshid Sharmahd
Dear Reader, I’m sure you know the feeling. Sometimes you burrow down a rabbit hole and when you come back up you’re not sure whether it’s you or the…
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Psycho-drama + Berlin logjam + Russia plot
Dear Reader, The psycho-drama engulfing Germany's most powerful media empire has just gone to the next level. Axel Springer is suing one of its former…
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Dancing pensioners + catholic 'cover up'
Dear Reader, In my line of work you often meet people who either really want to talk to you or have no interest in talking at all. Both can be irksome…
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