Paul Krantz

Jan 10, 2025 | thelocal.de | Paul Krantz

While mountains in neighbouring Austria and Switzerland tend to get all the international notoriety as world-class ski destinations, there are plenty of slopes in Germany to be found. So whether you live in Germany, or are just passing through, you don't necessarily have to travel far away or cross borders to get some runs in. But you should check the local snow conditions (as well as the weather forecast) before buying tickets or making the trip to your nearest mountain.

Jan 10, 2025 | thelocal.de | Paul Krantz

Readers who aren't from the US may not have heard of 'The Rent Is Too Damn High Party', a single issue political party founded in New York in 2005. But I’m willing to bet that if a similar party were to pop-up in Germany now – perhaps to be called 'die Miete ist verdammt hoch' – it would be met with enthusiasm. Every few months we hear a new, increasingly worrisome, update on how the average rent has hit a new record, or how more residents face an oversized rent burden.

Jan 10, 2025 | thelocal.de | Paul Krantz

Elon Musk doubled down on his exuberant support for the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) on Thursday night, promoting its leader Alice Weidel during a livestream conservation on X. In the wide-ranging chat, both Musk and Weidel heaped praise on Trump and voiced their shared disdain for "woke" politicians and traditional media, whom they blamed for what they called criminal immigrants and online censorship.

Jan 10, 2025 | thelocal.de | Paul Krantz

Former Finance Minister hit with fake cake at campaign event The former Finance Minister Christian Lindner, of the Free Democrat Party (FDP) was hit in the face with a fake cake at a campaign event on Thursday. He was speaking in the city of Greifswald when a young woman appeared on stage and threw a plate full of soap foam in his face. Der FDP-Vorsitzende Christian Lindner ist bei einem Wahlkampfauftritt in Greifswald von einer jungen Frau mit Schaum beworfen worden.

Jan 9, 2025 | thelocal.de | Paul Krantz

Dresden city authorities confirmed that approximately 10,000 affected people had been evacuated from a one-kilometre radius zone in the centre of the city between 7 to 9 am on Thursday morning. DPA reported warning sirens heard early in the morning as evacuations were announced. On Wednesday, an English aerial bomb from the Second World War was found during demolition work on Dresden's Carola Bridge. The authorities then initiated plans to clear the area and diffuse the bomb for public safety.