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.

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Germany: news

Germany reports sluggish growth

Friday, May 24th 2013, 8:53

Germany's economy barely grew in the first quarter of the year, figures show, as private consumption helped offset shrinking exports and investment.
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How German football reinvented itself

Thursday, May 23rd 2013, 22:46

How German football reinvented itself
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Germany tops BBC country image poll

Thursday, May 23rd 2013, 15:58

A poll in 25 countries for the BBC World Service suggests Germany is the most favourably viewed country in the world.
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SAP in autism recruitment drive

Wednesday, May 22nd 2013, 8:00

German software company SAP says it hopes to recruit hundreds of people with autism, saying they have a unique talent for information technology.
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Doors co-founder Ray Manzarek dies

Tuesday, May 21st 2013, 9:28

Ray Manzarek, keyboard player and founder member of the 1960s rock band The Doors, dies aged 74 in Germany after a long battle with cancer.
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Bayern recover to claim dramatic win

Saturday, May 18th 2013, 17:38

German champions Bayern Munich recover from conceding three goals in the opening 10 minutes to beat Borussia Moenchengladbach 4-3.
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In pictures: Barbie house opens in Berlin

Thursday, May 16th 2013, 15:35
related places: Berlin

Images of a life-size Barbie house with interactive exhibits and hundreds of the doll's clothes which has opened in Berlin as feminists demonstrate outside.
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Dambusters 70th anniversary flypast

Thursday, May 16th 2013, 14:56

A Lancaster bomber has performed a flypast over Derwent reservoir, 70 years on from the historic World War II raid on German dams.
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Germany's love of life in the fast lane

Thursday, May 16th 2013, 1:10

Germany's love of life in the fast lane of the autobahn
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Ecclestone reportedly facing charges

Wednesday, May 15th 2013, 16:10

Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone says he is relaxed despite reports in Germany that he faces charges relating to a bribery case.
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Richter painting breaks record

Wednesday, May 15th 2013, 10:02

A 1968 oil painting by German artist Gerhard Richter sets a new record in New York for a living artist's work sold at auction.
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VIDEO: Why Texas German is a dying dialect

Wednesday, May 15th 2013, 0:02

The Lone Star state is saying auf wiedersehen to its German dialect
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Google told to tidy up auto-complete

Tuesday, May 14th 2013, 16:46

A German federal court tells Google to make sure the auto-complete results its search engine suggests are not offensive or defamatory.
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Hospital probes E German drug tests

Tuesday, May 14th 2013, 11:18
related places: Berlin

A top Berlin hospital plans to investigate drug trials in the former East Germany amid allegations that some patients were used as human guinea pigs.
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France and Germany: A tale of two countries

Tuesday, May 14th 2013, 0:44
related countries: France

France and Germany now see the world through different lenses
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VIDEO: German politician calls for speed limit

Monday, May 13th 2013, 20:58

The opposition centre-left Social Democratic Party have hit a bump in their campaign trail since its national chairman, Sigmar Gabriel, called for a national speed limit on autobahns, or motorways.
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The war claims dividing Greece and Germany

Monday, May 13th 2013, 0:26
related countries: Greece

The WWII claims dividing Greece and Germany
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'Footballing equivalent of the fall of the Berlin Wall'

Thursday, May 9th 2013, 5:54

'Footballing equivalent of the fall of the Berlin Wall'
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Degenkolb takes dramatic Giro win

Wednesday, May 8th 2013, 17:22

Germany's John Degenkolb grabs victory in stage five of the Giro d'Italia after a dramatic crash in the closing stages.
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German industrial output rises

Wednesday, May 8th 2013, 12:13
related places: March

German industrial output sees a surprise rise in March, reviving hopes about the strength of Europe's biggest economy.
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German immigration from Med surges

Wednesday, May 8th 2013, 10:10

Germany sees its biggest immigration rise in nearly 20 years, with many more arrivals from southern Europe.
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Dow tops 15,000 as world shares gain

Tuesday, May 7th 2013, 21:16
related countries: Japan

The Dow Jones index closes above 15,000 for the first time as strong German factory data pushes US and European share markets higher.
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VIDEO: Neo-Nazi trial opens in Germany

Monday, May 6th 2013, 18:03
related places: Munich

The judge hearing the trial of an alleged member of a German neo-Nazi cell has adjourned the hearing for a week, after protests from the defence team.
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German 'ex-Auschwitz guard' arrested

Monday, May 6th 2013, 17:04

A 93-year-old alleged ex-guard at the Auschwitz extermination camp, Hans Lipschis, is arrested in Germany on suspicion of complicity in murder.
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Neo-Nazi trial opens in Germany

Monday, May 6th 2013, 16:00

An alleged member of a German neo-Nazi cell, Beate Zschaepe, goes on trial over racially motivated murders - but the case is later adjourned for a week.
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VIDEO: Neo-Nazi trial opens in Germany

Monday, May 6th 2013, 10:17

An alleged member of a German neo-Nazi cell, Beate Zschaepe, goes on trial over a series of racially motivated murders, in a case that has gripped Germany.
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German neo-Nazi trial shrouded in intrigue

Monday, May 6th 2013, 0:58

Germans ask how neo-Nazi ring escaped attention
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German bomber Channel salvage starts

Saturday, May 4th 2013, 11:30

Work begins to raise the only surviving German World War II Dornier 17 bomber from its watery grave off the Kent coast.
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German TV drops show over SS actor

Thursday, May 2nd 2013, 14:56

German broadcaster ZDF drops repeats of the detective series, Derrick, after it emerges that its late star, Horst Tappert, hid his Waffen SS past.
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Europe weakness hits BMW profits

Thursday, May 2nd 2013, 10:06

BMW reports lower profits for the first quarter of 2013 after the German luxury car company suffers tougher trading in Europe.
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Barcelona 0-3 Bayern Munich (Agg: 0-7)

Wednesday, May 1st 2013, 21:50

Bayern Munich pull off a stunning 3-0 victory over Barcelona to book an all-German Champions League final against Borussia Dortmund.
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Bayer to buy Conceptus in $1bn deal

Monday, April 29th 2013, 9:59
related countries: United States

Germany's Bayer plans to buy US contraceptive maker Conceptus as it attempts to increase its range of female healthcare products.
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VIDEO: Annual beard competition in Germany

Sunday, April 28th 2013, 0:48
related places: Pforzheim

Around 100 competitors are in the German town of Pforzheim this weekend for their annual beard and moustache championships.
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Gathering century-old memories of wartime Belgium

Saturday, April 27th 2013, 0:21
related countries: Belgium

Memories of lives risked fleeing German occupation in WWI
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Gunman kills top official in Hamelin

Friday, April 26th 2013, 11:05

A gunman in the north German town of Hamelin shoots dead the top district executive before shooting himself, according to police.
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GB robbed of gold by drug cheats?

Wednesday, April 24th 2013, 14:29

East German athletes were 'chemical field tests' in 1983
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Ex-Auschwitz guard traced in Germany

Wednesday, April 24th 2013, 12:21
related places: Stuttgart

Prosecutors in Stuttgart investigate a former SS man for crimes at the Auschwitz death camp.
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Daimler and VW hit by sales falls

Wednesday, April 24th 2013, 11:33

German carmakers Daimler and Volkswagen Group suffer falls in profits as the slump in European car sales continues to bite.
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German football star's own goal on tax

Tuesday, April 23rd 2013, 23:01

German football legend trips up over tax
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Eurozone output 'continues to fall'

Tuesday, April 23rd 2013, 13:19

Activity in the eurozone's manufacturing and services sectors continued to fall in April, a survey indicates, with output in Germany declining.
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Dortmund lose Gotze to Bayern Munich

Tuesday, April 23rd 2013, 10:40

Mario Gotze is set to become the most expensive German player of all time after Bayern Munich announced he will join them this summer.
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Lufthansa flights hit by strike

Monday, April 22nd 2013, 7:36

German airline Lufthansa cancels the majority of its flights scheduled for Monday due to a strike.
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Death penalty for India blast man

Friday, April 19th 2013, 4:39
related countries: India
related places: Pune

A court in India sentences a man to death for plotting a bomb blast at a German bakery in the western city of Pune in 2010.
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The German Coronation Street

Friday, April 19th 2013, 0:12

How does the German clone compare with the original?
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Carmaker Opel to close German plant

Wednesday, April 17th 2013, 17:59

German carmaker Opel announces the planned closure of one of its factories by the end of 2014 after a deal with unions falls through.
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Poisoned 'gift' hits German workers

Wednesday, April 17th 2013, 15:24

Twenty-five people are in hospital in Germany after eating bread rolls laced with rat poison left at their firm as "a gift", police say.
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German neo-Nazi trial delayed

Monday, April 15th 2013, 12:35
related countries: Turkey

The trial of an alleged German neo-Nazi for the murders of 10 people has been delayed following a row over limits on access to Turkish journalists.
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New German anti-euro party meets

Sunday, April 14th 2013, 15:03

A new German political party opposed to the single European currency holds its first national conference.
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PM and Merkel 'to work together'

Saturday, April 13th 2013, 14:52
related places: Berlin

David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agree on the "urgent need" to make Europe more "competitive and flexible", Downing Street says.
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'Gold smuggler' arrested in Greece

Friday, April 12th 2013, 16:34
related countries: Greece

A German man has been arrested at Athens International Airport after allegedly trying to smuggle nearly half a ton of gold and silver out of Greece.
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Former German president charged

Friday, April 12th 2013, 13:23

Former German President Christian Wulff is charged with corruption over hotel bills paid for him at the Oktoberfest.
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