Author Archives: Andreas Moser

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About Andreas Moser

I am a lawyer in Germany, with a focus on international family law, migration and citizenship law, as well as constitutional law. My other interests include long walks, train rides, hitchhiking, history, and writing stories.

The age of sexual consent in Germany

Posted on 2017-03-18 by Andreas Moser

Sometimes, even I get a question that I haven’t had before and which I need to research. For example this week, when a young guy asked: Is it true that 14 years is the age of consent in Germany?Is it … Continue reading →

Posted in German Law, Germany, Law, Love | Tagged , | 40 Comments

Advice on litigating a child custody case in Germany

Posted on 2017-03-17 by Andreas Moser

I received this question about child custody in Germany and some related matters: Hello,I am an American living abroad in Germany. 5 months ago I married an Estonian man and gave birth to our daughter. Due to a series of unfortunate … Continue reading →

Posted in Family Law, German Law, Germany, Law | Tagged | 26 Comments

The Vienna Convention on Consular Relations

Posted on 2017-03-17 by Andreas Moser

This is something for my fellow international public law nerds. Q: When does the Vienna Convention of Consular Relations make front-page headlines? A: When there is a petty argument between Bolivia and Chile about the flag in front of the … Continue reading →

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Painting the Ship

Posted on 2017-03-17 by Andreas Moser

Yes, these cruise ships are really that huge. (Photographed in Messina, Sicily, Italy.)

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Stairway to Heaven

Posted on 2017-03-14 by Andreas Moser

Photographed at Capo Milazzo in Sicily.

Posted in Italy, Photography, Sicily, Travel | Tagged | 7 Comments

How rich is Estonia?

Posted on 2017-03-14 by Andreas Moser

You can tell that a country is abundantly rich and has a prospering economy when there are signs next to the toilet that tell you “Don’t throw money down the toilet”. (Seen and photographed at Tallinn Airport in Estonia.)

Posted in Economics, Estonia, Photography, Travel | Tagged , | 17 Comments

Three Generations of Transport

Posted on 2017-03-14 by Andreas Moser

(photographed in Messina, Sicily, Italy in October 2013)

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You can’t say you haven’t been warned.

Posted on 2017-03-13 by Andreas Moser

Russia put up this poster for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Everybody should have listened to that warning.

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What a Waste of Balloons!

Posted on 2017-03-13 by Andreas Moser

Hundreds of children could have been made happy with all these balloons. But no, people had to misappropriate them for a wedding. (Spotted at Capo Milazzo in Sicily on 28 December 2013.) Did you notice that the married couple are … Continue reading →

Posted in Italy, Love, Photography, Sicily | Tagged , | 10 Comments

You know you are in a hotel in Moldova, when …

Posted on 2017-03-11 by Andreas Moser

… you can study electrical engineering in the corridors, the bed looks like from your grandmother’s house in the 1950s (cozy, but a bit short), and the doors between corridors are kept open by 2-liter bottles of beer. But to be fair, … Continue reading →

Posted in Moldova, Photography, Travel | Tagged | 7 Comments