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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• "Ich bin ein Bearliner" - Knut to stay at ... – A world of walls
• Action urgent on EU, says Sarkozy – Barman tried over fatal tequila
• Barrichello seals Williams drive – Blair to meet German chancellor
• BMI being taken over by Lufthansa – Censored
• Chilean colony sex abuser jailed – Das It Girl among latest words to enter Ge...
• Davydenko sweeps through in China – Drugs smuggler in pregnancy shock
• Dutch arrest Mafia murder suspect – EU rejects EADS golden shares
• EU row looms over Merkel UK visit – Federer survives five-set battle
• Fiat confirms Opel deal interest – Four held for match-fixing
• France and Germany exit recession – German anti-Nazi leader dies aged 98
• German archive building collapses – German coalition poised for power
• German composer Stockhausen dies – German football song sparks Muslim protest
• German football team in Calcutta – German mountain that symbolises freedom
• German MPs back Lebanon force – German ridicule for UK policies
• German rink builder admits faults – German troops 'to be based in France'
• German troops die in Afghanistan – Germany 'not silent' on stabbing
• Germany 'on brink of recession' – Germany in 'credit card recall'
• Germany in nuclear power rethink – Germany reverses Tom Cruise ban
• Germany Scientology ban nearer – Germany warns Iran over sanctions
• Germany's 'last' WWI veteran dies – Hitler link alarms German resort
• Hitler plot survivor dies aged 90 – Italian police find German couple
• Italy acquits migrant rescue crew – Live text - International friendlies
• Live text - Uefa Cup draw – Merkel develops ties with Russia
• Merkel elected German chancellor – Mixed memories
• Monorail disaster shakes Germany – Oil discovered in Zambia
• Oil discovered in Zambia – Poland may block EU treaty deal
• Poland remembers World War start – Riots break out at German rally
• Rocket science – Security tight at Italy funerals
• Semenya to keep World gold medal – Street clashes erupt in Germany
• Strike action hits German flights – Thousands attend Enke's memorial
• Thousands guard nuclear shipment – US 'opposes' G8 climate proposals
• US 'seeks justice' for hijacker – Waxwork Hitler beheaded in Berlin
• Web murderer given life sentence – You're under a vest! German policewomen ge...

Germany: news

German football team in Calcutta

Tuesday, May 27th 2008, 4:48
related countries: India
related places: Calcutta

The football team Bayern Munich becomes one of the first major European clubs to play in India.
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German freezer baby mother guilty

Monday, December 1st 2008, 16:03

A German woman is jailed for more than four years for killing two of her babies and keeping them in a freezer.
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German freighter freed for ransom

Saturday, July 18th 2009, 13:10
related countries: Somalia

Somali pirates release a German-owned vessel and its crew of 11 Romanians for hefty ransom payment.
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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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German government in Hypo offer

Thursday, April 9th 2009, 8:39

The German government launches a takeover offer for troubled lender Hypo Real Estate but some investors are not keen to sell.
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German group develops new Trabant

Friday, August 14th 2009, 11:29

An updated version of communist East Germany's famously unreliable mass-produced car is to be unveiled.
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German growth accelerates

Monday, August 14th 2006, 9:10

The German economy grew at its fastest rate for five years between April and June, official figures show.
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German growth boosted by exports

Tuesday, November 15th 2005, 12:30

Strong export growth lifts German GDP over the past three months but consumer spending continues to fall.
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German growth hits six-year high

Thursday, January 11th 2007, 11:24

The German economy, Europe's largest, grew at its fastest pace in six years during 2006, figures show.
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German heiress in pre-nuptial victory

Thursday, July 2nd 2009, 11:09
related countries: United Kingdom

A court ruling over a pre-nuptial agreement could pave the way for them to become legally binding in England and Wales.
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German held over 'Chile torture'

Tuesday, December 27th 2005, 18:23
related countries: Chile

A German doctor is in custody after allegedly admitting she tortured at a secretive religious colony in Chile.
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German hostage appeals for help

Thursday, August 23rd 2007, 16:05

A German engineer held hostage by the Taleban appeals for help in a video, reports say.
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German hostage released in Iraq

Sunday, December 18th 2005, 18:40
related countries: Iraq

German hostage Susanne Osthoff is freed in Baghdad, three weeks after being captured.
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German hostages 'rescued'

Friday, August 15th 2008, 10:31
related countries: Nigeria

A militant group in Nigeria's oil-rich Delta hands over two German hostages it says it rescued from another gang.
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German hostages freed in Turkey

Sunday, July 20th 2008, 11:40
related countries: Turkey

Three German climbers taken hostage by Kurdish armed rebel group the PKK have been freed, officials say.
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German ice cream murders probed

Wednesday, August 13th 2008, 9:13

German police launch a huge manhunt after three people are shot dead at an Italian ice cream parlour in a town near Frankfurt.
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German ice rink collapse kills 11

Tuesday, January 3rd 2006, 1:25

The roof of a southern German ice rink caves in, killing at least 11 people, including two children.
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German industrial output plunges

Thursday, March 12th 2009, 13:35

Factory output in the world's largest exporter fell by a record 7.5% in January, its biggest drop since reunification in 1990.
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German insurer to cut 7,500 jobs

Thursday, June 22nd 2006, 6:37

Allianz, the German insurer, is to cut nearly 7,500 jobs at two of its businesses as it tries to reduce costs.
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German investor confidence falls

Tuesday, July 14th 2009, 10:28

Confidence among German analysts and investors falls for the first time since October 2008, a survey suggests.
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German jailed for stabbing rabbi

Tuesday, May 20th 2008, 11:03
related countries: Afghanistan

A German court jails a Muslim of Afghan origin for three and a half years for stabbing a Jewish rabbi in the street.
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German jobless rate rises

Tuesday, March 31st 2009, 8:49

Germany's unemployment rate hits 8.6% as the global downturn continues to tighten its grip on Europe's largest economy.
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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 kidnapped in W Bank freed

Thursday, February 2nd 2006, 22:46
related countries: West Bank

A German is seized and freed in the West Bank, after kidnap threats in the row over cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.
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German killed in Afghan shooting

Thursday, March 8th 2007, 17:26
related countries: Afghanistan

Unidentified gunmen shoot dead a German aid worker in the northern Afghan province of Sar-e-Pol.
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German legal test for Rumsfeld

Tuesday, November 14th 2006, 12:39
related countries: United States

A lawyers' group asks Germany to sue former US defence chief Donald Rumsfeld over alleged prisoner abuse.
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German minister resigns over raid

Friday, November 27th 2009, 13:25
related countries: Afghanistan

Germany's Labour Minister Jung resigns amid allegations of a cover-up relating to a deadly Nato air strike in Afghanistan.
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German minister's car is stolen in Spain - but why was it there?

Monday, July 27th 2009, 1:46
related countries: Spain

Germany's health minister is criticised after her official limousine is stolen in Spain where she was on holiday.
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German mother 'planned bombing'

Wednesday, May 31st 2006, 15:54
related places: Berlin

Berlin police say they have foiled a German woman's plans to travel abroad to become a suicide bomber.
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German mother 'released in Iraq'

Wednesday, July 11th 2007, 9:13
related countries: Iraq

A German woman held hostage with her son in Iraq has been freed, the German foreign minister says.
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German motorway bus fire kills 20

Tuesday, November 4th 2008, 21:34

About 20 people have died in a fire on a bus on a motorway near the Germany city of Hanover, police say.
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German mountain that symbolises freedom

Thursday, November 2nd 2006, 13:47

Seventeen years ago the Berlin Wall came down. But an iconic German mountain, while not as symbolic the wall, holds almost as much significance.
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"Ich bin ein Bearliner" - Knut to stay at ... – A world of wallsAction urgent on EU, says Sarkozy – Barman tried over fatal tequilaBarrichello seals Williams drive – Blair to meet German chancellorBMI being taken over by Lufthansa – CensoredChilean colony sex abuser jailed – Das It Girl among latest words to enter Ge...Davydenko sweeps through in China – Drugs smuggler in pregnancy shockDutch arrest Mafia murder suspect – EU rejects EADS golden sharesEU row looms over Merkel UK visit – Federer survives five-set battleFiat confirms Opel deal interest – Four held for match-fixingFrance and Germany exit recession – German anti-Nazi leader dies aged 98German archive building collapses – German coalition poised for powerGerman composer Stockhausen dies – German football song sparks Muslim protestGerman football team in Calcutta – German mountain that symbolises freedomGerman MPs back Lebanon force – German ridicule for UK policiesGerman rink builder admits faults – German troops 'to be based in France'German troops die in Afghanistan – Germany 'not silent' on stabbingGermany 'on brink of recession' – Germany in 'credit card recall'Germany in nuclear power rethink – Germany reverses Tom Cruise banGermany Scientology ban nearer – Germany warns Iran over sanctionsGermany's 'last' WWI veteran dies – Hitler link alarms German resortHitler plot survivor dies aged 90 – Italian police find German coupleItaly acquits migrant rescue crew – Live text - International friendliesLive text - Uefa Cup draw – Merkel develops ties with RussiaMerkel elected German chancellor – Mixed memoriesMonorail disaster shakes Germany – Oil discovered in ZambiaOil discovered in Zambia – Poland may block EU treaty dealPoland remembers World War start – Riots break out at German rallyRocket science – Security tight at Italy funeralsSemenya to keep World gold medal – Street clashes erupt in GermanyStrike action hits German flights – Thousands attend Enke's memorialThousands guard nuclear shipment – US 'opposes' G8 climate proposalsUS 'seeks justice' for hijacker – Waxwork Hitler beheaded in BerlinWeb murderer given life sentence – You're under a vest! German policewomen ge...