Justice minister moots tougher telemarketing law
Telemarketing firms are flouting a law against making unwanted sales calls, prompting Justice Minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger to announce Monday she was considering toughening the rules.
XXX-ray calendar titillates German radiologists
A German advertising agency is pushing the âbeauty is skin deepâ adage to the limit with a promotional calendar for radiologists featuring 12 âbone bunniesâ â X-ray images of skeletal pin-up girls.
Cemetery gardeners launch new image campaign
Golf, art, punk and Francophile-themed gravesites were introduced on Tuesday in Essen as part of a new image campaign called âLong Live the Graveyard!â by the German association of cemetery gardeners (BdF).
Web-savvy ad campaign backfires with bloggers
An ad campaign meant to reach out to web-savvy Germans by mobile phone company Vodafone has been met with heavy scepticism and criticism from the blogosphere, resulting in the retreat of one of its paid bloggers.
Merkel in her underpants stops traffic
A giant image of Chancellor Angela Merkel wearing just bra and pants has been attracting intense attention on Berlinâs premier shopping drag, the âKu'damm.â
High court rules against PETA Holocaust ad campaign
Germany's high court on Thursday banned an advertising campaign by animal rights group PETA comparing animals in a slaughter house to Jews in Nazi concentration camps.
Esso and Tchibo stop ad campaign with Nazi slogan
Petrol station chain Esso and coffee company Tchibo have stopped an advertising campaign after finding out the slogan also hung above the entrance to a Nazi concentration camp, daily <i>Frankfurter Rundschau</i> reported on Wednesday.