The creation of a European Monetary Fund, a brazen poker tournament robbery and pothole repair are on the minds of readers in this batch of reader mail.

A discussion on women’s rights just in time for International Women’s Day is included in Monday’s letters. In addition we hear more about the headscarf ban and Iceland’s economic troubles.

As Greek and German leaders meet to discuss the economic crisis in Greece, our mail box continues to fill up with readers’ views on the issue.

After hearing that Knut might be castrated to avoid having him mate with his cousin, readers flock to the rescue of Germany’s favorite polar bear. Also addressed are German identity and shopping at discount chains.

Readers share their opinions on the Danish paper’s apology for publishing Mohammed cartoons, the end of the Vancouver Olympics and a new South American trade bloc.

Disparate opinions on the state of Greek-German relations filled our mail box as a media feud heated up in the European Union.

It’s all about religious figures and their scandals this week as readers react to a bishop driving drunk and abusive Catholic clergy.

Readers have little sympathy for a young German author who admitted to plagiarizing parts of her novel and offer reactions to the ongoing Catholic priest abuse scandal.

Looming sanctions with Iran, another sex abuse scandal within the Catholic Church and views on Google Street View dominate this week’s reader opinions.

The ongoing controversy over the German government considering paying a data thief for Swiss bank information on tax evaders is to some of our readers a moral gray area. Read on to see where they come down on the issue.