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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• January 5th 2010 – November 18th 2009
• November 17th 2009 – November 5th 2009
• November 5th 2009 – October 2nd 2009
• September 30th 2009 – August 31st 2009
• August 31st 2009 – August 5th 2009
• August 4th 2009 – July 8th 2009
• July 8th 2009 – May 26th 2009
• May 26th 2009 – April 24th 2009
• April 23rd 2009 – March 13th 2009
• March 12th 2009 – February 9th 2009
• February 9th 2009 – December 22nd 2008
• December 19th 2008 – November 13th 2008
• November 13th 2008 – October 6th 2008
• October 5th 2008 – August 13th 2008
• August 11th 2008 – June 25th 2008
• June 25th 2008 – May 20th 2008
• May 19th 2008 – March 4th 2008
• March 3rd 2008 – December 18th 2007
• December 17th 2007 – October 7th 2007
• October 3rd 2007 – August 22nd 2007
• August 22nd 2007 – July 4th 2007
• July 4th 2007 – April 16th 2007
• April 15th 2007 – February 18th 2007
• February 16th 2007 – December 25th 2006
• December 18th 2006 – October 21st 2006
• October 20th 2006 – September 3rd 2006
• August 31st 2006 – July 23rd 2006
• July 23rd 2006 – June 9th 2006
• June 8th 2006 – May 5th 2006
• April 27th 2006 – March 1st 2006
• March 1st 2006 – January 19th 2006
• January 18th 2006 – December 8th 2005
• December 6th 2005 – November 11th 2005

Germany: news

Opel U-turn sparks German strikes

Thursday, November 5th 2009, 15:01

Opel workers in Germany are on strike in protest at parent firm GM's decision not to sell its European operations.
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GM plans to cut 10,000 Opel jobs

Thursday, November 5th 2009, 6:38

General Motors confirms that it plans to cut 10,000 jobs across European car unit Opel, prompting German unions to call a strike.
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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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Oldest Tyrannosaurus rex relative identified

Wednesday, November 4th 2009, 2:07
related countries: United Kingdom

Scientists identify the most ancient fossil relative of the predatory dinosaur Tyrannosaurus rex.
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Merkel makes historic US address

Tuesday, November 3rd 2009, 17:49
related countries: United States

Angela Merkel receives standing ovations as she becomes only the second German chancellor to address US Congress in decades.
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Swine flu scuppers Haas Basle bid

Tuesday, November 3rd 2009, 10:39
related countries: Switzerland

Germany's Tommy Haas pulls out of the Davidoff Swiss Indoors tennis tournament in Basle after contracting swine flu.
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Barrichello seals Williams drive

Monday, November 2nd 2009, 11:32
related countries: Botswana

Brazilian Rubens Barrichello and German rookie Nico Hulkenberg are announced as Williams's new pairing for the 2010 season.
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Leaders recall Berlin Wall's fall

Saturday, October 31st 2009, 18:38

Three Cold War-era leaders instrumental in the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago are reunited in Germany's capital.
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Answering back

Saturday, October 31st 2009, 11:49

East German values gain new respect with the West
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Rosberg announces Williams exit

Thursday, October 29th 2009, 12:44

Nico Rosberg says he will leave Williams at the end of the season, with the German driver expected to race for Brawn GP in 2010.
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Former Stasi victim locked up again - in the name of art

Thursday, October 29th 2009, 7:40
related places: Berlin

A former victim of East Germany's secret police, the Stasi, is to return to the Berlin prison he was once locked up in - for an art project.
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Ex-Nazi goes on trial in Germany

Wednesday, October 28th 2009, 16:52
related countries: Netherlands

A former member of the Nazi SS goes on trial in Germany charged with the murder of three Dutch civilians in 1944.
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Germany's Merkel begins new term

Wednesday, October 28th 2009, 15:48

Germany's new coalition government is sworn in as Chancellor Angela Merkel is formally re-elected by MPs.
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German party cool on Blair for EU

Wednesday, October 28th 2009, 11:05

A senior politician in Germany casts doubt on the suitability of Tony Blair to be president of the European Council.
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German on trial for Muslim murder

Monday, October 26th 2009, 19:30
related countries: Egypt
related places: Dresden

The husband of a pregnant Egyptian woman killed in a German court tells how she was stabbed in front of him.
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German coalition agrees tax cut

Saturday, October 24th 2009, 11:54

Germany's coalition allies agree on 24bn euros of tax cuts as part of an accord to form Germany's next government.
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Convicted German man 'kidnapped'

Wednesday, October 21st 2009, 16:35
related countries: France

A German doctor convicted of killing his step-daughter nearly 30 years ago has been found bound and gagged outside a French court house.
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White wines 'bad for the teeth'

Tuesday, October 20th 2009, 23:07

Enjoying a glass of white wine on a frequent basis can damage the teeth by eroding the enamel, German researchers warn.
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German doctor tried for 13 deaths

Tuesday, October 20th 2009, 15:52

A German doctor is on trial accused of killing 13 cancer patients by giving them overdoses of pain-killing drugs.
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Thai officials cover up a billboard depicting Adolf Hitler saluting

Sunday, October 18th 2009, 14:35
related countries: Israel, Thailand

Museum officials in Thailand cover up a billboard depicting Adolf Hitler saluting after complaints from Germany and Israel.
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Germany defends Opel sale to Magna

Saturday, October 17th 2009, 14:18

Germany says EU concerns about state aid in the sale of Opel to Canada's Magna do not put the deal at risk.
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Opel's German aid may break rules

Friday, October 16th 2009, 22:01

Brussels warns Germany's planned state aid for Opel may breach competition rules, raising the prospect of its sale being halted.
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German sweet shop turns in boy with 1,680 euros to spend

Wednesday, October 14th 2009, 16:02

An eight-year-old German boy who stole his parents' savings for a confectionary binge is turned over to police in a sweet shop.
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Italy seal World Cup finals berth

Saturday, October 10th 2009, 21:05
related countries: Italy, Russia, South Africa

World champions Italy, Germany, Denmark and Serbia all book their places at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
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Dodging the Stasi

Friday, October 9th 2009, 15:10

How BBC man got to key East German protest
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Mueller wins Nobel literary prize

Thursday, October 8th 2009, 16:45

German author Herta Mueller is announced as the winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize for Literature.
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Italy acquits migrant rescue crew

Wednesday, October 7th 2009, 18:00
related countries: Italy

An Italian court acquits three German aid workers of aiding illegal migration after they rescued a boatload of stranded African migrants.
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Davydenko sweeps through in China

Wednesday, October 7th 2009, 7:45
related countries: China

Fourth seed Nikolay Davydenko races into the quarter-finals of the China Open with a crushing 6-1 6-0 victory over Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber.
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Two antique books looted during World War II returned to Germany

Tuesday, October 6th 2009, 23:13
related countries: United States

Two 400-year-old books taken from a salt mine during World War II have been handed back to German officials by an 83-year-old US soldier.
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Demjanjuk trial set for November

Tuesday, October 6th 2009, 17:35

The German trial of alleged Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk on 27,900 counts of accessory to murder will start next month.
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Germany arrests al-Qaeda suspect

Friday, October 2nd 2009, 15:20

A man is arrested in Germany on suspicion of preparing explosive devices and posting al-Qaeda propaganda on the web.
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Dead babies found in Berlin flat

Friday, October 2nd 2009, 11:07
related places: Berlin

The remains of four babies are found in a Berlin flat, more than two months after their mother apparently jumped to her death.
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