Plot to the SPD central office of Hamburg-Eimsbüttel

Saturday night, the window of the SPD-Eimsbüttel has been smashed by a bottle of sparkling wine. Moreover about 20 stickers of the right wring extremist NPD (German National Socialist Party) have been put next to the entrance. The investigations are running. The speaker of the police said, that professionals use to act differently. So it might not be exclused that it was a boyish trick which could have to do with the trouble around Danial Ilkanipour, head of the young social democrats.

(Photo: Patrick Hesse, www.flickr.com/photos/patrickhesse)

Thousands across the city celebrated the end of 2008 and the beginning of 2009 in freezing. But amongst the binge-drinking and amateur firework displays, not everyone enjoyed the start of the 2009.

(Photo: http://www.hamburgleuchtfeuer.de/)

Goodwill is something many people associate with the Christmas period. But there are those out there, like the employees and volunteers at Hamburg Leuchtfeuer, who believe goodwill, and compassion, is something that should be an important part of everyday life.

The trial against Morsal Obeidi's killer started in Hamburg on Monday (photo: www.frauenrechte.de)

It was a Tragedy of Greek proportions that took place in Hamburg in May 2008. Morsal Obeidi, a 16-year old Afghan girl, was brutally killed by her brother. Her crime: She had wanted to live a Western life and disobeyed the strict rules of her conservative Afghan family. On Monday, the trial against Morsal's killer, 24-year old Ahmad-Sobair-Obeidi, started at the district court Hamburg.