Tag Archives: Kimberly Ochs

German service is keeper of the keys

December 13, 2011 – 3:17 pm

by Kimberly Ochs WHAT’S HAPPENING In an era when few people know their neighbours, Schluesselpate solves a problem: the company will securely store a spare house key and can deliver it within 30-60 minutes when you need it most (Hamburger Wirtschaft, November 2011). The company was started by a Hamburg-based entrepreneur after he locked himself […]

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Germany: Got milk and style?

December 6, 2011 – 2:10 pm

by Kimberly Ochs WHAT’S HAPPENING Mademoiselle Chi Chi is a new clothing line made from powdered milk. Developed by a Hanover microbiologist and fashion designer in partnership with the Bremen Fibre Institute, the cloth, called Qmilch, is reported to have positive effects on the skin. The milk powder is mixed together with other ingredients in […]

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Germans involve tourists in local protests

July 5, 2011 – 12:47 pm

by Kimberly Ochs WHAT’S HAPPENING As Germans continue to protest rising housing and electricity costs across the country, a group of Berliners are involving tourists in protests by creating techno parties in squatted buildings (Local.de, 31 May 2011). As Berlin is known across Europe as a key techno music capital, activists are integrating tourists into both […]

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Revolutionising Eurozone bank transfers

June 7, 2011 – 1:04 pm

by Kimberly Ochs WHAT’S HAPPENING TransferWise, founded by early employees of Skype, is a new service offering better currency exchange rates by connecting consumers. With its aim to become the Skype of currency exchange, the service makes it possible for European consumers to make pound-euro exchanges without paying the service fee to banks, usually around […]

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Leader of German auto belt says “make fewer cars”

May 24, 2011 – 2:20 pm

by Kimberly Ochs WHAT’S HAPPENING Winfried Kretschmann, Green Party governor of the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany’s “cradle of the automobile”, has called for the car industry to reduce production. In an interview with the newspaper Bild am Sonntag, the Green Party politician said, “Fewer cars are of course better than more. We must sell mobility […]

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