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

Eurozone 'needs tougher treaty'

Monday, December 5th 2011, 22:34
related countries: France

France and Germany call for a tougher EU treaty to cope with the eurozone crisis, as 15 countries are warned their credit rating could be downgraded.
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VIDEO: Leaders discuss eurozone changes

Monday, December 5th 2011, 13:36
related countries: France
related places: Paris

The leaders of France and Germany are meeting in Paris to work on a plan for tighter financial integration that will be debated at Friday's European Union summit.
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Sarkozy and Merkel meet on euro

Monday, December 5th 2011, 12:44
related countries: France

France's Nicolas Sarkozy and Germany's Angela Merkel are to unveil proposals on the eurozone debt crisis, at the start of a critical week for the EU.
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State 'may take over Commerzbank'

Monday, December 5th 2011, 9:52

Shares in Commerzbank drop after a report suggests that Germany is prepared to nationalise the bank if needed.
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VIDEO: Afghan talks hit by Pakistan snub

Monday, December 5th 2011, 8:23
related countries: Afghanistan, Pakistan
related places: Nato

Germany hosts an international conference to plan Afghanistan's future as Nato troops prepare to leave, but key player Pakistan is boycotting the talks.
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VIDEO: Sarkozy and Merkel meet on euro

Monday, December 5th 2011, 6:12
related countries: France

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are to meet to agree on joint proposals aimed at resolving the eurozone debt crisis.
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Germans defuse huge wartime bomb

Sunday, December 4th 2011, 16:39
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Koblenz

Bomb disposal experts in Germany successfully defuse a 1.8 tonne British bomb from World War II found in the Rhine near the city of Koblenz.
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German steelmaker posts huge loss

Friday, December 2nd 2011, 15:07

German steel-maker Thyssen Krupp reports huge losses for the year to the end of November, caused by write-downs in two of its divisions.
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Jail for 'stupidest bank robber'

Friday, December 2nd 2011, 14:33

A man who tried to hold up a bank in northwest Germany that had been shut for years and robbed a passer-by is jailed.
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Merkel pushes euro fiscal union

Friday, December 2nd 2011, 13:51
related countries: France

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Europe is working towards setting up a "fiscal union", in an effort to resolve the eurozone's debt crisis.
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VIDEO: Sarkozy backs closer Germany ties

Thursday, December 1st 2011, 22:41
related countries: France

The French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, says France and Germany must pull together to ensure stability at the heart of Europe.
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Sarkozy backs closer German ties

Thursday, December 1st 2011, 20:25
related countries: France

The French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, says France and Germany must pull together to ensure stability at the heart of Europe.
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German help plea in neo-Nazi hunt

Thursday, December 1st 2011, 19:03

German authorities ask for help from the public as they investigate a neo-Nazi cell thought to have murdered 10 people.
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Author Christa Wolf dies aged 82

Thursday, December 1st 2011, 15:32
related places: Berlin

Christa Wolf, one of the best known authors from the former East Germany, dies in Berlin at the age of 82 after a long illness.
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Toyota and BMW in green agreement

Thursday, December 1st 2011, 8:04
related countries: Japan
related places: Toyota

Japanese carmaker Toyota and Germany's BMW are to work together on environmental-friendly motoring technology.
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VIDEO: Skopje Holocaust museum inaugurated

Thursday, December 1st 2011, 5:52
related countries: Macedonia
related places: Berlin, Skopje

The Macedonian capital, Skopje, has recently inaugurated a new Holocaust Memorial museum - only the fourth in the world after Washington, Jerusalem and Berlin.
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No right to pray at German school

Wednesday, November 30th 2011, 17:20

A German court rules that a Muslim student does not have the right to pray at school if that act might cause conflict.
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German files on ex-Nazis shredded

Wednesday, November 30th 2011, 15:12

The German Intelligence Service (BND) destroyed files of 250 staff who were once in the Nazi police, historians discover.
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Arrest in Germany neo-Nazi hunt

Tuesday, November 29th 2011, 12:10
related places: Jena

German police investigating a neo-Nazi cell accused of killing 10 people arrest a suspected accomplice in the eastern city of Jena.
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Poland in plea to Germany on euro

Tuesday, November 29th 2011, 10:54
related countries: Poland

Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski calls on Germany to do more to resolve the eurozone debt crisis, saying a collapse of the euro is the biggest threat to Poland.
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Daimler to axe luxury cars marque

Monday, November 28th 2011, 10:44
related places: Maybach

German industrial group Daimler is reportedly preparing to disband its ultra-luxurious Maybach car marque.
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VIDEO: Germany clears nuclear protesters

Monday, November 28th 2011, 2:51

Police in Germany say they have cleared thousands of protesters who were trying to block a trainload of nuclear waste.
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Germany clears nuclear protesters

Sunday, November 27th 2011, 14:34

German police clear thousands of protesters who were trying to block the route of a train carrying nuclear waste to a storage site.
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United States claim World Cup win

Sunday, November 27th 2011, 8:15
related countries: United Kingdom, United States

Matt Kuchar and Gary Woodland combine for six birdies as the United States win the World Cup by two shots from England and Germany.
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German protests at nuclear train

Friday, November 25th 2011, 14:04
related countries: France

Anti-nuclear activists protest in Germany as a train carrying reprocessed waste from France crosses the border.
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Drugs giant challenges Facebook

Friday, November 25th 2011, 13:24
related countries: United States

The social network is embroiled in a legal row after a German drugmaker claimed its page on the social network was given to a US rival.
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VIDEO: Sarkozy and Merkel back Italian PM

Friday, November 25th 2011, 2:41
related countries: France, Italy
related places: Eu

The leaders of France and Germany are proposing changes to EU treaties, to tighten control over the eurozone.
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Germany nuclear protest clashes

Thursday, November 24th 2011, 22:35
related countries: France

Police in northern Germany use water cannons after scuffles break out with protesters trying to stop a shipment of nuclear waste from France.
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VIDEO: Merkel and Sarkozy meet with Monti

Thursday, November 24th 2011, 20:01

European shares have fallen for the sixth consecutive session after German Chancellor Angela Merkel renewed her position against changing the role of the European Central Bank to ease the eurozone debt crisis.
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Reform proposed for EU treaties

Thursday, November 24th 2011, 17:21
related countries: France, Italy

Germany's Angela Merkel and France's Nicolas Sarkozy are to propose modifications to EU treaties to improve governance of the eurozone.
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Fresh arrest in neo-Nazi inquiry

Thursday, November 24th 2011, 11:29

Police in Germany make a third arrest in their inquiry into a neo-Nazi cell believed to have killed 10 people, most of them Turks, over a decade.
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German business confidence rises

Thursday, November 24th 2011, 10:44

German business sentiment unexpectedly rose in November for the first time since June, according to a closely-watched survey by research group Ifo.
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Suzuki files VW arbitration case

Thursday, November 24th 2011, 7:32

Suzuki initiates arbitration proceedings against Volkswagen in a bid to buy back its shares from the German carmaker.
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Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 Chelsea

Wednesday, November 23rd 2011, 21:40

Chelsea's hopes of qualifying for the last 16 of the Champions League are in the balance after a late winner gives Bayer Leverkusen a 2-1 win in Germany.
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Clashes over French nuclear train

Wednesday, November 23rd 2011, 18:06
related countries: France

Riot police in north-western France battle protesters trying to stop a final trainload of treated nuclear waste leaving for Germany.
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EU unveils eurobond consultation

Wednesday, November 23rd 2011, 16:34

European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso unveils consultation plans for eurobonds as financial powerhouse Germany fails to attract enough buyers to a bond auction.
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Opera performer Sena Jurinac dies

Wednesday, November 23rd 2011, 13:22

Opera singer Sena Jurinac, one of the most celebrated sopranos of the post-war period, has died in Germany at the age of 90.
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Merkel urges changes to EU treaty

Wednesday, November 23rd 2011, 8:17

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says that EU treaty changes rather than eurobonds will help solve the eurozone debt crisis.
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UN vote condemns Syria crackdown

Wednesday, November 23rd 2011, 0:05
related countries: Syria, United Kingdom

The United Nations human rights committee condemns Syria's crackdown on opposition protests, calling on it to implement an Arab League plan to end the violence.
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Commerzbank shares close down 15%

Tuesday, November 22nd 2011, 17:20

Shares in Germany's second largest bank, Commerzbank, close down 15% on reports that it may need more capital.
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German MPs unite against murders

Tuesday, November 22nd 2011, 16:51

Germany's parliament unites to express its shame at the failure of security services to stop a neo-Nazi cell accused of 10 murders.
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Rocky musical to open in Germany

Monday, November 21st 2011, 13:55

A musical version of boxing movie Rocky, backed by the film's star Sylvester Stallone, will debut in Germany in November next year.
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Pay-out over 'neo-Nazi' killings

Sunday, November 20th 2011, 19:25

Germany is to compensate families of victims of an alleged neo-Nazi cell accused of killing 10 people over a decade in a case which shocked the country.
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Shock as referee attempts suicide

Saturday, November 19th 2011, 20:34

A German top-flight football match is postponed after the referee tried to kill himself before the game, according to police and league bosses.
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Cameron and Merkel stress unity

Friday, November 18th 2011, 20:17
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Berlin

UK PM David Cameron and Germany's Angela Merkel acknowledge differences over the eurozone crisis but stress their determination to work together to boost growth.
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VIDEO: Cameron and Merkel stress unity

Friday, November 18th 2011, 19:40
related places: Berlin

Cameron and Merkel have failed to agree on new measures to tackle the European debt crisis but stressed their strong friendship after a meeting in Berlin.
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Germany reviews neo-Nazi threat

Friday, November 18th 2011, 18:54

German ministers meet in Berlin, in response to allegations that a neo-Nazi cell went undetected for a decade and killed 10 people.
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VIDEO: IAEA: Iran has to answer nuclear case

Friday, November 18th 2011, 2:10
related countries: Iran

The five permanent members of the UN Security Council, and Germany, have expressed their "increasing concern" over Iran's nuclear programme.
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VIDEO: Syria protest becoming armed uprising

Thursday, November 17th 2011, 23:18
related countries: Syria, United Kingdom

Germany, France and Britain have tabled a United Nations resolution calling for an end to human rights violations in Syria.
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New call for UN action on Syria

Thursday, November 17th 2011, 22:31
related countries: Syria, United Kingdom

Germany, France and the UK table a UN resolution calling for an end to human rights violations in Syria, and receive the backing of four Arab states.
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