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

Fifa denies World Cup safety risk

Tuesday, February 14th 2006, 21:52

A senior Fifa official insists German football stadiums to be used for the World Cup this summer are safe.
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Germany's economy treading water

Tuesday, February 14th 2006, 8:30

The German economy stagnates in the final quarter of 2005 after three periods of positive growth.
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Public sector strikes hit Germany

Monday, February 13th 2006, 16:30

German public sector workers widen strike action across the country to fight against plans to extend working hours.
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Altman premiere cheered in Berlin

Monday, February 13th 2006, 11:03
related places: Berlin

Director Robert Altman film about radio star Garrison Keiller is cheered at the Berlin Film Festival.
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Olympics: Germans get first golds

Saturday, February 11th 2006, 21:58

Germany get off to a flying start in Turin, winning gold medals in the opening two events.
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Volkswagen to cut 20,000 jobs

Friday, February 10th 2006, 15:55

German carmaker Volkswagen will cut up to 20,000 jobs as part of restructuring plans that are set to run until 2009.
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Three dead in Germany bus crash

Thursday, February 9th 2006, 12:08

Three people, including a child, die when a school bus collides with a truck in northern Germany.
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Germany releases terror suspect

Tuesday, February 7th 2006, 20:03
related countries: Morocco

A German court frees a Moroccan convicted over links to the 9/11 suicide hijackers because appeals are pending.
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German nurse admits killings

Tuesday, February 7th 2006, 16:17

A male nurse on trial in Germany over the deaths of 29 patients admits killing some of them.
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Roof caves in on store in Germany

Tuesday, February 7th 2006, 12:01

The roof of a supermarket collapses in the German town of Toeging am Inn, though no-one is injured.
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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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Olympics: Stasi row hits Germans

Thursday, February 2nd 2006, 13:10

German figure skating trainer Ingo Steuer is accused of links to the East German secret police, the Stasi.
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Iraqi group sets hostage deadline

Tuesday, January 31st 2006, 23:20
related countries: Iraq

The Iraqi group holding two Germans hostage says they will die in 72 hours, unless Germany closes its embassy.
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Tennis: Federer crushes Kiefer

Friday, January 27th 2006, 14:04

Roger Federer beats Germany's Nicolas Kiefer 6-3 5-7 6-0 6-2 to reach the Australian Open final.
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Germany's ex-president Rau dies

Friday, January 27th 2006, 13:23
related places: Berlin

Former German President Johannes Rau dies at his home in Berlin after a long illness, aged 75.
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Germany contacts Iraq kidnappers

Friday, January 27th 2006, 13:02
related countries: Iraq

The German government contacts the group holding two German engineers in Iraq, who appeared on a video.
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German engineers seized in Iraq

Tuesday, January 24th 2006, 12:01
related countries: Iraq

Two German engineers are kidnapped from their house at an industrial plant in northern Iraq, police say.
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German spies' Iraq role defended

Friday, January 20th 2006, 15:45
related countries: Iraq

Germany's foreign minister defends the role of German agents in Iraq amid claims that they helped US bombers.
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Dead whale left outside embassy

Thursday, January 19th 2006, 10:38
related countries: Japan
related places: Berlin

A huge beached whale is dumped outside the Japanese embassy in Berlin in a Greenpeace anti-whaling protest.
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Germany starts Cup safety inquiry

Wednesday, January 18th 2006, 18:52
related places: Berlin

A parliamentary inquiry begins in Berlin on into claims that four of Germany's World Cup venues are unsafe.
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German cannibal 'not a murderer'

Monday, January 16th 2006, 19:44

Self-confessed German cannibal Armin Meiwes tells his retrial he never intended to kill his victim.
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Merkel develops ties with Russia

Monday, January 16th 2006, 14:23
related countries: Russia
related places: Moscow

The German chancellor holds talks with Russia's President Putin in Moscow, with Iran high on the agenda.
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Bush rebuffs Merkel on Guantanamo

Friday, January 13th 2006, 18:31
related countries: United States
related places: Merkel

US President George Bush rejects criticisms by German Chancellor Angela Merkel over the US prison camp.
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World Cup opening gala cancelled

Friday, January 13th 2006, 13:50

The opening gala for the 2006 World Cup finals in Germany is cancelled.
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Germany's Merkel criticises Iran

Friday, January 13th 2006, 9:35
related countries: Iran, United States
related places: Merkel

German Chancellor Angela Merkel starts her first official visit to the US by criticising Iran's nuclear programme.
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Merkel criticises Guantanamo Bay

Saturday, January 7th 2006, 18:08
related countries: United States

German Chancellor Angela Merkel condemns the US camp at Guantanamo, days before meeting President Bush.
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'Final body' found at German rink

Thursday, January 5th 2006, 2:42

A 15th body is retrieved from the site of a collapsed German ice rink, thought to be the final victim.
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Race against time at German rink

Tuesday, January 3rd 2006, 23:02

Workers rush to shift debris at a collapsed German ice rink, where 11 people died, before rescue efforts can resume.
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German rescuers halt rink search

Tuesday, January 3rd 2006, 17:18

Rescue workers call off a search for survivors at a collapsed ice rink in Germany where 11 people have died.
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Surprise fall in German jobless

Tuesday, January 3rd 2006, 12:17

Germany's jobless rate falls faster than forecast as the government prepares measures to boost growth.
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Battle to rescue German skaters

Tuesday, January 3rd 2006, 8:01

Rescuers struggle to save people trapped inside a collapsed German skating rink where at least 10 people died.
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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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