student

Merkel's party mates push to end minimum wage for interns

Members of Chancellor Angela Merkel's party are trying to combat the decline of internships since the introduction of the minimum wage.

Immigration

Zuckerberg 'hopes USA follows German example'

The United states should "follow the example of Germany" and take in more refugees fleeing conflicts around the world, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in Berlin on Friday.

rights

'If the internship is really bad, walk away'

As current coalition talks include a possible minimum wage for interns. The Local's intern Fred Searle looks at the rights which Germany’s so-called “internship generation” does and does not already have.

spying

Hackers crack German government spy software

Hackers from the Chaos Computer Club on Sunday said the German government’s controversial spy software contained dangerous security flaws while allowing potentially illegal activity.

facebook

Daimler chides workers who insulted CEO on Facebook

Daimler has complained against a Facebook group and contacted employees who said they ‘liked’ a comment on the page calling the car giant’s CEO a liar.

China

China blocks Berlin Wall anniversary Twitter site

China’s government has blocked its citizens from logging onto a German website celebrating the fall of the Berlin Wall because Chinese bloggers were using it to voice civil rights concerns in their own country, the site announced on Thursday.

media

Wikipedia prankster dupes German media

An article poking fun at the lengthy name of new Economy Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg turned out to be a joke on some of the biggest names in the German media after it was revealed they had been tricked by a Wikipedia prankster.