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

US accused over environment

Saturday, March 17th 2007, 20:15
related countries: United States

Germany says the United States has blocked progress on two key issues to protect the global environment.
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Climate summit for G8 ministers

Friday, March 16th 2007, 1:07

Ministers from G8 nations meet in Germany to discuss a global response to climate change.
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Complaints over EU birthday draft

Wednesday, March 14th 2007, 19:35
related places: Berlin

Lawmakers complain that the Declaration of Berlin, to mark the EU's 50th birthday, is being written in secret.
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Berlin to host EU birthday party

Wednesday, March 14th 2007, 17:02

Berliners are being invited to a free party thrown by the EU in its own honour, reportedly costing 1.7m euros (£1m).
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Frontrunner flies back to Nigeria

Saturday, March 10th 2007, 20:23
related countries: Nigeria

The Nigerian ruling party's presidential candidate returns home after medical tests in Germany.
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Iraq group 'holding two Germans'

Saturday, March 10th 2007, 14:55
related countries: Afghanistan, Iraq
related places: Berlin

A militant Islamist group in Iraq threatens to kill two German hostages if Berlin does not pull out of Afghanistan.
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German MPs raise retirement age

Friday, March 9th 2007, 15:24

German MPs vote to raise the retirement age to 67 from 65, to reduce the cost of an ageing population.
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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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Norway sued by children of Nazis

Thursday, March 8th 2007, 9:25

Norwegians fathered by German soldiers in World War II go to court in Strasbourg demanding compensation.
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Merkel urges EU lead on climate

Wednesday, March 7th 2007, 10:53

German Chancellor Angela Merkel urges Europe to lead the fight on global warming, ahead of an EU summit.
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Resisting the Nazis from a shed

Saturday, March 3rd 2007, 12:40

Chris Bowlby explains how, for his wife's grandfather, his garden was a place of peace and defiance amid the turmoil of German history.
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German push for US missile talks

Friday, March 2nd 2007, 16:46
related countries: United States

Germany wants the US to include its Nato allies in talks on a missile defence shield in Europe.
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Germany seeks joint history book

Friday, March 2nd 2007, 10:17

The German education minister suggests that a common European history book could be used in schools.
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More stoppages at Airbus plants

Thursday, March 1st 2007, 11:28
related countries: France

French and German Airbus staff stop work in a second day of protests after the firm announced 10,000 job cuts.
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Airbus confirms 10,000 job cuts

Wednesday, February 28th 2007, 17:11
related countries: France

Planemaker Airbus announces 10,000 job losses across Europe, affecting Germany, France, Britain and Spain.
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German trial over Anne Frank book

Monday, February 26th 2007, 17:53

Seven suspected neo-Nazis go on trial in eastern Germany over the burning of a copy of Anne Frank's diary.
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Merkel urges Israel recognition

Friday, February 23rd 2007, 13:47
related countries: Israel

Palestinian leader Abbas meets the German chancellor to press for support for a unity government.
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Palestinian leader lobbies Merkel

Friday, February 23rd 2007, 9:45

Palestinian leader Abbas meets the German chancellor to press for support for a unity government.
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China film wins top Berlin award

Sunday, February 18th 2007, 14:05

Tuya's Marriage, a Chinese drama about a herdswoman from Inner Mongolia, wins top prize at Berlin's film festival.
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Paraglider survives 32,000ft fall

Friday, February 16th 2007, 19:48

A German paragliding champion survives being sucked into a thunderstorm that pulled her higher than Mount Everest.
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Jail for German Holocaust denier

Thursday, February 15th 2007, 13:06

A German citizen is convicted of Holocaust denial and jailed for five years by a German court.
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Top EU court finds against VW law

Tuesday, February 13th 2007, 10:37

A German law that protects Volkswagen from takeover breaks European Union rules, a top court official finds.
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Meinhof gang killer to be freed

Monday, February 12th 2007, 10:54

A former member of the Baader-Meinhof gang is to be freed on probation after serving 24 years in jail.
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Putin attacks 'very dangerous' US

Saturday, February 10th 2007, 19:36
related countries: Iran

Russia's president says America's "almost uncontained" use of force is fuelling a nuclear arms race.
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G7 ministers set for German talks

Thursday, February 8th 2007, 19:27

The G7 finance ministers are due to meet in Germany, with the low value of the yen likely to be a key issue of debate.
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Pair held over German shootings

Wednesday, February 7th 2007, 15:53
related countries: China, Vietnam

Two Vietnamese men are arrested over a shooting spree at a Chinese restaurant that left seven people dead.
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Witness to German killings dies

Tuesday, February 6th 2007, 9:53

A man who initially survived a shooting that left six dead at a German restaurant dies in hospital.
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Bodies found in German restaurant

Monday, February 5th 2007, 17:07
related countries: China
related places: Sittensen

Six people are found shot dead in a Chinese restaurant in Sittensen, northern Germany.
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EU raps Germany over CO2

Monday, February 5th 2007, 17:03

European commissioners criticise Germany for resisting a cap on industrial CO2 emissions in 2008-12.
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German 1970s 'radicals' surrender

Sunday, February 4th 2007, 19:47

Two suspected members of a 1970s German left-wing militant group surrender to police, officials say.
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German fans single out 'racist'

Sunday, February 4th 2007, 17:34

A German football fan faces a life ban after fellow spectators complain of racist abuse.
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'Torture victim' seeks US justice

Friday, February 2nd 2007, 17:55
related countries: Lebanon, United States

A Lebanese-born German vows to get an apology from the US, alleging CIA agents abducted and tortured him.
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