“Germany” on The Daily Caller

The thought of urinating into a pair of red lips is just too much for the delicate sensibilities of the small German town of Luechow. (more)

All European Union states except Britain moved toward setting up a new treaty Friday, giving up crucial powers over their own budgets in an attempt to overcome a crippling debt crisis. (more)

The dollar climbed against most major peers, extending this week’s gains, as investors sought the safest assets on concern economies in the euro area will worsen as leaders struggle to halt the region’s debt crisis. (more)

German and French officials have discussed plans for a radical overhaul of the European Union that would involve establishing a more integrated and potentially smaller euro zone, EU sources say. (more)

Kirsten Dunst has returned to her roots. As the daughter of a German father, Dunst has acquired German citizenship while maintaining her American one. (more)

Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government is preparing plans to shore up German banks in the event that Greece fails to meet the terms of its aid package and defaults, three coalition officials said. (more)

BERLIN (AP) — The Berlin Wall’s construction 50 years ago must be a constant reminder to citizens today to stand up for freedom and democracy, the city’s mayor said Saturday as a united Germany commemorated the bitter anniversary. (more)

It was a funny moment in May when Mark Zuckerberg bumped into German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the G8 meeting in France. Merkel told the 27-year-old billionaire about how much she enjoyed The Social Network; Zuckerberg hadn’t liked it much at all. A telling moment: over the years, Germany and Facebook have often been at odds with each other. Not surprisingly, most of their disagreements have to do with privacy. (more)

BERLIN (AP) — Europe’s economic powerhouse, Germany, announced plans Monday to abandon nuclear energy over the next 11 years, outlining an ambitious strategy in the wake of Japan’s Fukushima disaster to replace atomic power with renewable energy sources. (more)

Deep divisions between allied forces currently bombing Libya worsened today as the German military announced it was pulling forces out of NATO over continued disagreement on who will lead the campaign. (more)

On Wednesday, two U.S. soldiers were shot  at the Frankfurt airport in Germany. The suspect, 21-year-old Kosovar Arif Uka, was detained and German authorities have suggested the shooting was motivated by Islamic extremism. (more)

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The attack on a busload of U.S. Air Force troops at Frankfurt airport that killed two is being investigated as a possible act of Islamic terrorism, German federal prosecutors said Thursday. (more)

Two years before the Berlin Wall opened, paving the way for the end of the Cold War, President Ronald Reagan famously called on then-Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1987 to “tear down this wall,” in a speech he delivered at the Brandenburg Gate, which was then part of the East-West border. (more)

Russia will not support future sanctions against Iran, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in London on Tuesday. (more)

Everyone agrees that there’s a lot of waste in Washington. Unfortunately, no one seems able to agree on what that waste is. One man’s pork project is another man’s lifeblood. When it comes to government spending, we have the equivalent of NIMBY, or Not In My Back Yard, except it’s Not In My District — no waste here. That’s why the self-imposed earmark moratorium is a minor miracle. But earmarks are only a snowflake hovering over the tip of the spending iceberg. (more)

MADRID (AP) — The leaders of France, Germany, Britain, Italy and Spain ratcheted up the pressure Thursday on Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, saying that Egypt’s political transition “must start now.” (more)

“Let the Jews have Jerusalem. It is they who made it famous.” (more)

In tonight’s State of the Union speech, President Obama called for massive new “investments” in renewable energy. By that he means that he wants to transfer billions of dollars to the renewable energy industry via subsidies, while also accomplishing his previously expressed goal of making “electricity prices necessarily skyrocket.” (more)

BERLIN — Facebook, facing potential fines for violating strict privacy laws in Germany, agreed on Monday to let users in the country better shield their e-mail contacts from unwanted advertisements and solicitations it sends. (more)

Isn’t one ethanol disaster enough? (more)