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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• December 18th 2009 – November 14th 2009
• November 12th 2009 – November 2nd 2009
• October 31st 2009 – September 26th 2009
• September 24th 2009 – August 22nd 2009
• August 21st 2009 – July 29th 2009
• July 27th 2009 – June 30th 2009
• June 30th 2009 – May 13th 2009
• May 13th 2009 – April 16th 2009
• April 16th 2009 – March 11th 2009
• March 9th 2009 – February 3rd 2009
• February 3rd 2009 – December 10th 2008
• December 9th 2008 – November 10th 2008
• November 5th 2008 – September 26th 2008
• September 26th 2008 – July 30th 2008
• July 27th 2008 – June 19th 2008
• June 18th 2008 – May 5th 2008
• May 2nd 2008 – February 27th 2008
• February 26th 2008 – December 6th 2007
• November 28th 2007 – September 23rd 2007
• September 23rd 2007 – August 17th 2007
• August 17th 2007 – June 16th 2007
• June 14th 2007 – March 28th 2007
• March 27th 2007 – February 7th 2007
• February 6th 2007 – December 5th 2006
• December 4th 2006 – October 10th 2006
• October 10th 2006 – August 20th 2006
• August 19th 2006 – July 11th 2006
• July 10th 2006 – May 31st 2006
• May 29th 2006 – April 18th 2006
• April 18th 2006 – February 21st 2006
• February 21st 2006 – January 7th 2006
• January 5th 2006 – November 30th 2005
• November 29th 2005 – November 11th 2005

Germany: news

Merkel joins Papal Holocaust row

Tuesday, February 3rd 2009, 16:03

The German chancellor says the Vatican must clear up its position over the readmission of a Holocaust-denying bishop.
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Porsche scales back worker hours

Friday, January 30th 2009, 16:11

Germany's Porsche becomes the latest car company to cut back its worker hours amid falling global demand.
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Somali pirates seize German ship

Thursday, January 29th 2009, 13:51
related countries: Somalia

A German ship with 13 crew on board is hijacked by Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden, a maritime group says.
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VW lays off 800 workers in Mexico

Thursday, January 29th 2009, 10:18
related countries: Mexico
related places: Puebla

German carmaker Volkswagen is to cut 800 jobs at its Mexican plant in Puebla, the site that produces the new Beetle model.
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Untouched flat gives glimpse into pre-reunification East Germany

Wednesday, January 28th 2009, 22:43
related places: Leipzig

A flat apparently untouched since before the fall of the Berlin Wall is discovered in the German city of Leipzig, German media report.
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Cutting calories by a third may improve memory, researchers say

Tuesday, January 27th 2009, 7:42

Reducing what you eat by nearly a third may improve memory, according to German researchers.
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German ex-high-flyer in tax trial

Thursday, January 22nd 2009, 16:46

The former head of German postal giant Deutsche Post, Klaus Zumwinkel, is on trial for tax evasion.
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Ghetto learning

Thursday, January 22nd 2009, 14:15

German teachers condemn state of their schools
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Porsche's secret

Thursday, January 22nd 2009, 7:46

How the luxury German carmaker made billions
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Man City complete De Jong switch

Wednesday, January 21st 2009, 18:01
related places: Hamburg

Manchester City complete the signing of Nigel de Jong on a four-and-a-half year contract from German club Hamburg.
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Trial for Swiss BMW 'blackmailer'

Wednesday, January 21st 2009, 16:34
related countries: Switzerland
related places: March

A Swiss man accused of blackmailing Germany's richest woman will stand trial in March, a court says.
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German economy faces gloomy 2009

Wednesday, January 21st 2009, 13:32

Germany's economy will shrink by 2.25% this year, its worst performance since World War II, its economy minister says.
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Germany's orderly 'social market'

Monday, January 19th 2009, 13:19
related countries: United Kingdom

Steve Rosenberg reflects on how the UK and Germany have very different ideas about how their economies should be run.
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Yemen tribesmen 'kidnap German'

Monday, January 19th 2009, 10:24
related countries: Yemen

A gas firm in Yemen says armed tribesmen have kidnapped a German engineer and two Yemeni colleagues.
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Five die in Kabul suicide attack

Saturday, January 17th 2009, 15:13
related countries: Afghanistan
related places: Kabul

A suicide car bomber strikes in the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing four civilians and an American soldier.
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Gas solution closer, says Putin

Friday, January 16th 2009, 18:28
related countries: Russia

Russian PM Vladimir Putin says a deal to end the European gas crisis may be nearer after talks in Germany.
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Schroeder to join board of TNK-BP

Thursday, January 15th 2009, 16:08
related countries: United Kingdom

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder is to join the board of troubled Russo-British oil giant TNK-BP.
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China's economy leapfrogs Germany

Wednesday, January 14th 2009, 20:31
related countries: China

The Chinese economy grew more than first thought in 2007, overtaking Germany's to become the world's third largest economy.
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Germany agrees 50bn euro stimulus

Tuesday, January 13th 2009, 13:04

German Chancellor Angela Merkel unveils a stimulus package worth about 50bn euros including infrastructure investment.
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Germany sees higher jobless total

Wednesday, January 7th 2009, 12:12

German unemployment levels rose for the first time in nearly three years in December, according to government figures.
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German billionaire kills himself

Tuesday, January 6th 2009, 18:14

German billionaire Adolf Merckle commits suicide after his business empire runs into trouble in the global economic slowdown.
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German child sweethearts try to elope for sunny African wedding

Monday, January 5th 2009, 13:38

Two German children aged six and five are stopped by police on their way to Africa for a secret "wedding" in the sun.
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Hi-tech heaven

Monday, December 29th 2008, 12:01

German hotel room offers space-age creature comforts
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German navy foils Somali pirates

Thursday, December 25th 2008, 18:49
related countries: Egypt, Somalia

The German navy foils an attempt by pirates off Somalia to hijack an Egyptian vessel but immediately releases them.
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Germany 'mulling Guantanamo move'

Monday, December 22nd 2008, 16:48
related countries: United States

Germany says it is considering accepting prisoners released from the US detention camp at Guantanamo Bay.
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Berlin memorial to Roma WWII dead

Friday, December 19th 2008, 17:51

Work begins in Germany on a memorial to the hundreds of thousands of Roma, or Gypsies, killed by the Nazis during World War II.
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Yemen tribe frees German hostages

Friday, December 19th 2008, 12:22
related countries: Yemen

Three German citizens kidnapped by Yemeni tribesmen have been freed, reports say.
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Red Army Faction leader 'is free'

Friday, December 19th 2008, 10:32

The former leader of the extreme leftist Red Army Faction is released from jail in Germany, his lawyer says.
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Siemens in $1.3bn legal settlement

Monday, December 15th 2008, 18:12
related countries: United States
related places: Siemens

German industrial giant Siemens reaches a $1.3bn (£850m) settlement in Germany and the United States.
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Germans held over police stabbing

Monday, December 15th 2008, 10:10

German police arrest two people suspected of stabbing a city police chief in an apparent neo-Nazi attack.
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UK ministers shrug off German attack

Thursday, December 11th 2008, 11:17
related countries: United Kingdom

The UK rejects criticism from Germany's finance minister over Britain's handling of the economic downturn.
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German ridicule for UK policies

Wednesday, December 10th 2008, 20:03
related countries: United Kingdom

The German finance minister attacks the UK government's plans to help pull Britain out of the economic downturn.
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