German Tribune

According to Google's translation of a Friday press release by the Dutch Public Prosecutor Service, a 35-year-old Dutch man - who has only been identified by his initials `SK;' and is suspected of playing a role in a series of powerful cyber attacks last month - was arrested by Spanish police officials in Barcelona on Thursday.

It was at the request of the Dutch police that the Spanish police arrested the man at his Barcelona home; and confiscated his computers as well as mobile handsets. It is being reported that the man has probably been sent to The Netherlands.

It has been affirmed recently by German ambassador that their nation was against death penalty in principle to any convict, may he be Devinderpal Singh Bhullar, former Khalistan Liberation Force terrorist.

India Michael Steiner heard from him that the intension of the diplomat's nation had been communicated already to the Indian government. He believed that death penalty did not serve the cause of the justice.

Chancellor Angela Merkel has raise worries over the cut the interest rate by the European Central Bank (ECB) and has argued that the move can harm the economy of the country. It was learnt that the cuts in interest rate can erode the values of savings in the country.

At a banking conference in Dresden she said that the ECB was in difficult position. The bank needs to raise the rates for Germany according to the present circumstances, she added, affirming that it needs to do even more to make the more liquidity available for the other countries.

German team's success at the UEFA Champions League appears no surprise since their way of building teams and strategy are changing and the change has been positive.

Team building in Germany is going right since 10 years as they are employing more number of youngsters into the game. In addition, they have also been adopting some values that other leagues don't hold and at the same time they appreciate team efforts.

In its latest Transparency Report released on April 25, Google said that the second half of 2012 witnessed a sharp increase in government requests for removal of content - mostly political content - across Google products.

On Thursday, Twitter worked out an out-of-court settlement of its long-standing legal scuffle with PeopleBrowsr; in a deal under which PeopleBrowsr will get direct, unfettered access to the constantly-flowing Twitter data.

PeopleBrowsr - the parent company of social influence startup Kred - had filed a lawsuit against Twitter in November last year, after the microblogging service tried to terminate a six-year-long partnership between both the companies.

As per the revelations of a new report, Germany is now prepared to face human rights review. It is to defend its human rights record facing the UN in Geneva.

It has been found that activists have piled condemnation on Berlin's treatment of asylum seekers and immigrants. Representatives from some 100 states have been setting up so they could question Germany in Geneva on Thursday, April 25.

It is being said that Germany has to report every four years about its own human rights situation to the Human Rights Council at the United Nations just akin to other UN member states.

Germany's push for austerity during the Euro crisis has urged resurgence in an anti-German sentiment. It is even reaching hatred in parts of European Union.

The anger and frustration grew to an extent that posters bearing the image of the German Chancellor Angela Merkel were often defiled with a Hitler moustache and swastikas in places like Cyprus and Greece.

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who is facing the charge of tax fraud and sex with a minor, made and electoral comeback partly by attacking Berlin.

In its first ever report, released via CNET, PC management services firm Soluto has revealed that, on the basis of the results of an "in the field" testing, it has found that an Apple-branded laptop - the 13-inch MacBook Pro - is the best-performing Windows device as of April 2013.

The disclosure by Soluto - that Apple's 13-inch MacBook Pro is the best Windows laptop available as of now - is noteworthy, especially given the fact that the mentioned Apple laptop has not been optimized for Microsoft's Windows operating system.

With Apple's 2013 Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) coming up in San Francisco in June, the company has - while disclosing the details of the forthcoming event - revealed in an announcement that it will unveil a new build of iOS and OSX to the conference attendees.

According to the announcement made by Apple, the tickets for the much-awaited WWDC event - a five-day conference to be held from June 10 to June 14 at its regular venue at San Francisco's Moscone West conference centre - will go on sale at 10AM PDT on Thursday, April 25.