News: Germany

We have started to collect the most important news related to Germany in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Germany – overview

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• November 9th 2009 – October 24th 2009
• October 21st 2009 – September 17th 2009
• September 17th 2009 – August 19th 2009
• August 18th 2009 – July 22nd 2009
• July 22nd 2009 – June 23rd 2009
• June 12th 2009 – May 12th 2009
• May 12th 2009 – April 15th 2009
• April 14th 2009 – March 6th 2009
• March 4th 2009 – February 3rd 2009
• January 30th 2009 – December 10th 2008
• December 9th 2008 – November 10th 2008
• November 10th 2008 – September 30th 2008
• September 28th 2008 – August 4th 2008
• August 2nd 2008 – June 24th 2008
• June 24th 2008 – May 16th 2008
• May 11th 2008 – March 3rd 2008
• February 29th 2008 – December 18th 2007
• December 17th 2007 – October 8th 2007
• October 7th 2007 – August 24th 2007
• August 23rd 2007 – July 14th 2007
• July 11th 2007 – May 9th 2007
• May 7th 2007 – March 1st 2007
• February 28th 2007 – January 12th 2007
• January 11th 2007 – October 27th 2006
• October 27th 2006 – September 18th 2006
• September 16th 2006 – August 4th 2006
• July 31st 2006 – June 24th 2006
• June 24th 2006 – May 13th 2006
• May 13th 2006 – March 27th 2006
• March 24th 2006 – February 10th 2006
• February 9th 2006 – December 25th 2005
• December 21st 2005 – November 17th 2005
• November 15th 2005 – November 11th 2005

Germany: news

Leaders' call to action in Berlin

Monday, November 9th 2009, 23:56
related places: Berlin

World leaders marking the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's fall say the fight against injustice around the world must continue.
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Berlin celebrates fall of the Wall

Monday, November 9th 2009, 20:23

World leaders past and present join tens of thousands of Berliners marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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Activists break West Bank barrier to mark fall of Berlin Wall

Monday, November 9th 2009, 16:27
related countries: West Bank

Palestinian activists have marked the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall by knocking through a segment of the West Bank barrier.
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Chipping away - Sarkozy posts Facebook photo of Berlin Wall

Monday, November 9th 2009, 13:08
related countries: France

French President Nicolas Sarkozy posts a Facebook picture of himself at the Berlin Wall, saying he chipped away at it with a pickaxe.
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Where were you when the Wall fell?

Monday, November 9th 2009, 9:14
related places: Wall

World leaders will join thousands of people to mark 20 years since the Berlin Wall's fall. What did it mean to you?
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Unforgettable day

Monday, November 9th 2009, 0:16

Reporter recalls the evening the Berlin Wall came down
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Free market flawed, says survey

Monday, November 9th 2009, 0:00

A BBC World Service poll on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall finds global dissatisfaction with capitalism.
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Tasting freedom

Sunday, November 8th 2009, 13:10
related places: Berlin

Gavin Hewitt on the night in Berlin when history was made
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Berlin blunder

Sunday, November 8th 2009, 5:53
related places: Wall

How a live news conference led to the fall of the Wall
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Pieces of history

Friday, November 6th 2009, 11:57

Where to find fragments of the Berlin Wall
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Babies 'cry in mother's tongue'

Friday, November 6th 2009, 10:38

German researchers say babies begin to pick up the nuances of their parents' accents while still in the womb.
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U2's Berlin wall gig to be held... behind a wall

Friday, November 6th 2009, 8:41
related places: Berlin

A U2 concert marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall runs into controversy - after they build a wall around the venue.
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A world of walls

Friday, November 6th 2009, 8:18

Barriers still divide, 20 years after fall of Berlin Wall
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Stalled engine

Friday, November 6th 2009, 2:33

Has GM dealt German carmaker Opel a fatal blow?
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Scientists seek clues to bare bears mystery

Thursday, November 5th 2009, 18:24

Bears in an eastern German zoo have lost their fur, but international experts cannot work out why.
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Opel U-turn sparks German strikes

Thursday, November 5th 2009, 15:01

Opel workers in Germany are on strike in protest at parent firm GM's decision not to sell its European operations.
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GM plans to cut 10,000 Opel jobs

Thursday, November 5th 2009, 6:38

General Motors confirms that it plans to cut 10,000 jobs across European car unit Opel, prompting German unions to call a strike.
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German fury over GM Opel U-turn

Wednesday, November 4th 2009, 15:07
related countries: United Kingdom

General Motors' decision to hang on to Opel and Vauxhall is welcomed in the UK but met with anger in Germany.
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Oldest Tyrannosaurus rex relative identified

Wednesday, November 4th 2009, 2:07
related countries: United Kingdom

Scientists identify the most ancient fossil relative of the predatory dinosaur Tyrannosaurus rex.
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Merkel makes historic US address

Tuesday, November 3rd 2009, 17:49
related countries: United States

Angela Merkel receives standing ovations as she becomes only the second German chancellor to address US Congress in decades.
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Swine flu scuppers Haas Basle bid

Tuesday, November 3rd 2009, 10:39
related countries: Switzerland

Germany's Tommy Haas pulls out of the Davidoff Swiss Indoors tennis tournament in Basle after contracting swine flu.
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Barrichello seals Williams drive

Monday, November 2nd 2009, 11:32
related countries: Botswana

Brazilian Rubens Barrichello and German rookie Nico Hulkenberg are announced as Williams's new pairing for the 2010 season.
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Leaders recall Berlin Wall's fall

Saturday, October 31st 2009, 18:38

Three Cold War-era leaders instrumental in the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago are reunited in Germany's capital.
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Answering back

Saturday, October 31st 2009, 11:49

East German values gain new respect with the West
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Rosberg announces Williams exit

Thursday, October 29th 2009, 12:44

Nico Rosberg says he will leave Williams at the end of the season, with the German driver expected to race for Brawn GP in 2010.
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Former Stasi victim locked up again - in the name of art

Thursday, October 29th 2009, 7:40
related places: Berlin

A former victim of East Germany's secret police, the Stasi, is to return to the Berlin prison he was once locked up in - for an art project.
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Ex-Nazi goes on trial in Germany

Wednesday, October 28th 2009, 16:52
related countries: Netherlands

A former member of the Nazi SS goes on trial in Germany charged with the murder of three Dutch civilians in 1944.
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Germany's Merkel begins new term

Wednesday, October 28th 2009, 15:48

Germany's new coalition government is sworn in as Chancellor Angela Merkel is formally re-elected by MPs.
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German party cool on Blair for EU

Wednesday, October 28th 2009, 11:05

A senior politician in Germany casts doubt on the suitability of Tony Blair to be president of the European Council.
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German on trial for Muslim murder

Monday, October 26th 2009, 19:30
related countries: Egypt
related places: Dresden

The husband of a pregnant Egyptian woman killed in a German court tells how she was stabbed in front of him.
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German coalition agrees tax cut

Saturday, October 24th 2009, 11:54

Germany's coalition allies agree on 24bn euros of tax cuts as part of an accord to form Germany's next government.
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