Every Germany edition still online, newest first. Editions older than 30 days are retired from the site and kept in the local archive.

1. Edition 003Thursday, 15 October 2026Pattern break

   Germany’s deepest letter discount, 50%, begins at 250 letters, not 25,001.

   Deutsche Post’s own published Teilleistungen table pays 34% on pre-sorted Standardbriefe handed in for national delivery, rising through five volume tiers to 47% only from 25,001 items. Hand the same letters in at the Briefzentrum that will deliver them, and the rate is a flat 50% from 250 items…

2. Edition 002Wednesday, 7 October 2026Pattern break

   Nordrhein-Westfalen’s discounted group rate pays 2.4 times its full one-to-one rate.

   Nordrhein-Westfalen's AnFöVO § 7 Abs. 4 caps recognised everyday-support work at €25 an hour one-to-one but €20 per person when three are served at once — €60 an hour — in the week the federal cabinet routed the Entlastungsbetrag's replacement to recognised individual helpers.

3. Edition 001Wednesday, 30 September 2026Pattern break

   Germany just made €50,000 of federal money awardable with no tender and no notice.

   The federal *Direktauftrag* ceiling rose to €50,000 on 1 July 2026 and crossed § 30 UVgO's €25,000 publication trigger — opening a band of federal contracts that are neither competed nor published, reachable on a €26.00 Gewerbeanmeldung.