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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• December 23rd 2009 – November 16th 2009
• November 15th 2009 – November 3rd 2009
• November 3rd 2009 – September 27th 2009
• September 27th 2009 – August 27th 2009
• August 26th 2009 – August 3rd 2009
• July 31st 2009 – July 3rd 2009
• July 2nd 2009 – May 15th 2009
• May 15th 2009 – April 20th 2009
• April 19th 2009 – March 11th 2009
• March 11th 2009 – February 4th 2009
• February 4th 2009 – December 15th 2008
• December 11th 2008 – November 10th 2008
• November 10th 2008 – September 30th 2008
• September 28th 2008 – August 2nd 2008
• August 1st 2008 – June 23rd 2008
• June 19th 2008 – May 7th 2008
• May 5th 2008 – February 27th 2008
• February 27th 2008 – December 7th 2007
• December 6th 2007 – September 26th 2007
• September 25th 2007 – August 19th 2007
• August 18th 2007 – June 18th 2007
• June 17th 2007 – March 30th 2007
• March 29th 2007 – February 10th 2007
• February 8th 2007 – December 6th 2006
• December 6th 2006 – October 12th 2006
• October 11th 2006 – August 23rd 2006
• August 21st 2006 – July 13th 2006
• July 11th 2006 – June 1st 2006
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Germany: news

German school gunman 'kills 15'

Wednesday, March 11th 2009, 18:02

Officials say a teenage gunman has killed himself after going on a rampage and killing 15 people in south-west Germany.
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German charges for 'Nazi guard'

Wednesday, March 11th 2009, 13:14
related countries: United States

Prosecutors in Germany file charges against John Demjanjuk, an alleged Nazi death camp guard living in the US.
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Swiss 'gigolo' admits blackmail

Monday, March 9th 2009, 10:31
related countries: Switzerland

A Swiss man pleads guilty to blackmailing Germany's richest woman, BMW heiress Susanne Klatten, at a trial in Munich.
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Opel 'should consider insolvency'

Friday, March 6th 2009, 11:49

German carmaker Opel should consider insolvency instead of state aid, the country's interior minister has said.
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German police seize neo-Nazi CDs

Wednesday, March 4th 2009, 15:04

German police raid more than 200 premises in an investigation into the promotion of neo-Nazi music.
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German archive building collapses

Tuesday, March 3rd 2009, 22:55
related places: Cologne

Three people are feared missing after an archive building collapsed in the city of Cologne, German officials say.
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Incentives boost German car sales

Tuesday, March 3rd 2009, 16:18

Sales of new German cars reach their highest level in 10 years, thanks to a government incentive worth 2,500 euros.
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German charged over ski death

Monday, March 2nd 2009, 18:14
related countries: Austria

A German state governor is charged with manslaughter over a collision on an Austrian ski slope in which a woman died.
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Opel in talks over government aid

Monday, March 2nd 2009, 10:56

German carmaker Opel is in talks with the country's economy minister about a cash injection from the government.
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Peru furore over museum donation

Saturday, February 28th 2009, 2:46
related countries: Peru

Peru is criticised for rejecting a $2m donation from Germany to build a museum for victims of civil conflict.
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Pilfered euro sparks German row

Friday, February 27th 2009, 17:26

The sacking of a worker suspected of pilfering provokes wrangling in Germany about public morality and big business.
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EU heads back financial clampdown

Sunday, February 22nd 2009, 22:58
related places: Berlin

Leaders of Europe's biggest economies agree on the need to regulate all financial markets, including hedge funds.
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Soldier held after Germany crash

Friday, February 20th 2009, 20:42
related countries: United Kingdom

A UK soldier is held after allegedly taking two armoured vehicles from a British Army base in Germany and crashing one.
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Germany approves stimulus package

Friday, February 20th 2009, 15:39

Germany approves a 50bn euro ($63bn) stimulus plan aimed at spurring a recovery in Europe's largest economy.
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German passports for war children

Friday, February 20th 2009, 12:11
related countries: France

Germany says it will ease the granting of citizenship to "war children" fathered by German soldiers in France during WWII.
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WWI French battleship found

Thursday, February 19th 2009, 10:33
related countries: France

A French battleship sunk by Germany in 1917 is discovered in remarkable condition on the Mediterranean Sea bed.
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Germany drafts bank takeover law

Wednesday, February 18th 2009, 11:36

The German cabinet agrees on a draft law that will allow it to temporarily nationalise troubled banks.
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German FM begins first Iraq visit

Tuesday, February 17th 2009, 11:38
related countries: Iraq, United States
related places: Baghdad, Berlin

Germany's foreign minister arrives in Baghdad, the first such visit since Berlin opposed the US-led invasion in 2003.
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Peru film wins Berlin Golden Bear

Saturday, February 14th 2009, 21:46

Peruvian film The Milk of Sorrow wins the Berlin Film Festival's coveted Golden Bear award for best picture.
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Europe hit by economic slowdown

Friday, February 13th 2009, 15:01

European economies contracted in the fourth quarter of 2008, with some countries registering the worst figures in decades.
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Cultural keystone

Thursday, February 12th 2009, 15:20

How Berlin's artist squatters hope to turn landlords
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Barman tried over fatal tequila

Wednesday, February 11th 2009, 14:35
related places: Berlin

A Berlin barman goes on trial accused of having served a 16-year-old boy 45 tequila shots, which killed him.
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Documents show how German trickery won Queen Nefertiti

Wednesday, February 11th 2009, 12:28

Documents suggest a German archaeologist used trickery to smuggle home a famous sculpture of Queen Nefertiti.
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Documents show how German trickery won Queen Nefertiti

Wednesday, February 11th 2009, 12:28

Documents suggest a German archaeologist used trickery to smuggle home a famous sculpture of Queen Nefertiti.
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Gaza activist is freed by Egypt

Wednesday, February 11th 2009, 10:10
related countries: Egypt

A German-Egyptian blogger is released by Egypt, after earlier being detained during a rally in support of Palestinians in Gaza.
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German judges study Lisbon Treaty

Tuesday, February 10th 2009, 16:20
related countries: Portugal

German ministers defend the EU's Lisbon Treaty during a hearing at the country's constitutional court.
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German economy minister resigns

Monday, February 9th 2009, 11:42

The German government moves to replace Economy Minister Michael Glos, following his surprise resignation.
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Gaza activist detained in Egypt

Monday, February 9th 2009, 0:18
related countries: Egypt
related places: Cairo

A German-Egyptian activist has been detained north of Cairo during a rally in support of Palestinians in Gaza.
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Germany warns Iran over sanctions

Saturday, February 7th 2009, 15:39
related countries: Iran

Germany warns Iran it would back tougher sanctions if efforts to stop Tehran acquiring nuclear weapons break down.
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Censored

Saturday, February 7th 2009, 1:09

Reprints of Nazi-era press stir German controversy
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Deutsche sees first annual loss

Thursday, February 5th 2009, 9:53

Germany's biggest bank, Deutsche Bank, says it made its first annual loss last year after being hit by the financial crisis.
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Nazi camp doctor 'died in 1992'

Wednesday, February 4th 2009, 20:38

Top Nazi fugitive Aribert Heim, known as "Doctor Death", has been dead since 1992, German television reports.
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