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Jens Söring: US returns double murderer to Germany after 33 years

Tuesday, December 17th 2019, 16:32
related countries: United States United States

Jens Söring was 18 when he was detained in 1986 over the brutal killing of his girlfriend's parents.
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Grave of top Nazi leader Reinhard Heydrich opened in Berlin

Monday, December 16th 2019, 10:07
related places: Berlin

It is not clear who opened the SS officer's unmarked grave - police say no remains were taken.
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Berlin murder: Russia expels German diplomats amid dispute

Thursday, December 12th 2019, 11:40
related countries: Russia Russia
related places: Berlin, Chechen

The tit-for-tat move follows Germany's expulsion of Russians over the death of a Chechen in Berlin.
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Why the Herero people's special dress is worn with pride in Namibia

Wednesday, December 11th 2019, 11:03
related countries: Namibia Namibia

Herero people commemorate their battle with their German colonial rulers with a ceremonial dress.
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Restoring the theme park abandoned for 20 years

Monday, December 9th 2019, 0:01
related places: Berlin

When it is re-opened, Berlin's Spreepark will have a focus on art, culture and nature.
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Auschwitz visit: Angela Merkel says Germany must remember Nazi crimes

Friday, December 6th 2019, 15:28

The chancellor expresses Germany's "deep shame" on her first trip to the Auschwitz death camp.
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Germany-Russia murder row raises tensions for Merkel

Friday, December 6th 2019, 0:03
related countries: Russia Russia, Ukraine Ukraine
related places: Berlin

Germany wants progress with Russia on Ukraine and energy, but a Berlin murder has soured ties.
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Iran developing nuclear-capable missiles, European powers warn UN

Thursday, December 5th 2019, 13:31
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom

The UK, France and Germany say such activity is "inconsistent" with a UN Security Council resolution.
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German WWI wreck Scharnhorst discovered off Falklands

Thursday, December 5th 2019, 12:02
related countries: Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), United Kingdom United Kingdom
related places: Scharnhorst

Armoured cruiser SMS Scharnhorst was sunk by the British in the 1914 Battle of the Falkland Islands.
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German art group ZPS apologises for Berlin 'Holocaust ashes'

Thursday, December 5th 2019, 11:45

Activists say they are now sorry they unearthed Jewish ashes from Nazi death camp sites.
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Berlin murder: Germany expels two Russian diplomats

Wednesday, December 4th 2019, 15:30
related countries: Georgia Georgia, Russia Russia

The pair are told to leave months after a Georgian national was shot dead in a park.
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Tuesday, December 3rd 2019, 21:08
related places: Berlin

The killing of a Chechen exile will now be investigated as a possible intelligence job, reports say.
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Thieves take medals and gold from Stasi Museum in Berlin

Monday, December 2nd 2019, 11:29
related places: Berlin

The old communist secret police HQ in Berlin is burgled, but the haul is worth just a few thousand euros.
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Angela Merkel ally's loss casts doubt on German coalition

Saturday, November 30th 2019, 21:25

Olaf Scholz, Angela Merkel's deputy chancellor, is soundly beaten in the SPD leadership race.
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Mercedes-Benz owner Daimler to cut 10,000 jobs worldwide

Friday, November 29th 2019, 12:10

The German carmaker said the move was necessary to invest in the changeover to electric cars.
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Thousands of angry farmers park tractors in EU cities

Wednesday, November 27th 2019, 22:58
related countries: France France, Ireland Ireland
related places: Berlin, Dublin, Eu, Paris

Farmers in Paris, Dublin, and Berlin are angry over policy changes they say threaten their livelihood.
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German murderer wins 'right to be forgotten'

Wednesday, November 27th 2019, 17:58

The man was convicted of murder but has won the right to have his name removed from search results.
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Huawei affair: German 'insult' on spying angers US

Tuesday, November 26th 2019, 10:59
related countries: China China, United States United States
related places: Huawei

A German minister drew parallels between the US and China when commenting on tech giant Huawei.
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Dresden Green Vault: 'Priceless' diamond heist captured on CCTV

Tuesday, November 26th 2019, 9:18

The moments thieves break into a German museum and steal diamonds worth up to a billion euro.
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Dresden Green Vault robbery: Priceless diamonds stolen

Monday, November 25th 2019, 16:51

Security video shows thieves smashing their way into Dresden's world-famous Green Vault collection.
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Lucette Destouches: Last witness to France's collaborationist regime

Sunday, November 24th 2019, 0:33
related countries: France France

The story of a French dancer who wound up with pro-Nazi collaborators in a German castle.
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Sunday, November 24th 2019, 0:03
related countries: United States United States
related places: America

Flip Schulke photographed America's civil rights movement, and the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall.
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Claudia Ruf: German police start DNA testing hundreds over murder

Saturday, November 23rd 2019, 15:58

Investigators hoping to solve the cold case of Claudia Ruf, 11, start DNA tests on hundreds of men.
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Merkel successor Kramp-Karrenbauer threatens to quit and wins ovation

Friday, November 22nd 2019, 17:24

Under pressure leader Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer comes out fighting at the CDU congress in Germany.
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Son of former German President Richard von Weizsäcker stabbed to death

Wednesday, November 20th 2019, 10:51

His father, the late Richard von Weizsäcker, was president during the reunification of Germany.
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German children fish WW2 ammunition from pond with magnet

Monday, November 18th 2019, 10:00

The children, in eastern Germany, got more than they bargained for from their fishing expedition.
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The fight to get citizenship for descendants of German Jews

Monday, November 18th 2019, 0:51
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom

A UK lawyer says Germany is violating its constitution by denying citizenship to some descendants of Nazi victims.
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'Berlin rocks' says Elon Musk as he chooses European factory

Wednesday, November 13th 2019, 13:52
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom

Elon Musk tells AutoExpress Brexit made the UK "too risky" for his first major European factory.
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Robert Enke: Remembering former Germany and Hannover goalkeeper, 10 years on

Tuesday, November 12th 2019, 0:04
related places: Hannover

Robert Enke was Germany's goalkeeper, set to play in the next summer's World Cup. On 10 November 2009, he took his own life.
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Fireworks mark fall of Berlin Wall 30 years ago

Saturday, November 9th 2019, 20:09

The display marks the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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Berlin Wall anniversary: Merkel warns democracy is not 'self-evident'

Saturday, November 9th 2019, 16:13

She also warns democracy is not "self-evident", on the 30th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's fall.
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Berlin Wall VR: ‘I was looking into my grandma’s eyes’

Saturday, November 9th 2019, 2:04

Thirty years after fall of the Berlin Wall, a new experience recreates what life was like.
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Pompeo attacks Russia and China in Berlin speech

Friday, November 8th 2019, 17:27
related countries: China China, Russia Russia, United States United States
related places: Berlin, Western

The US secretary of state says Nato risks becoming obsolete if it fails to defend Western values.
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German students say fines for stealing supermarket waste 'absurd'

Friday, November 8th 2019, 12:24

Two German students who took food from a bin appeal against their €225 fines for theft.
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Fall of Berlin Wall: How 1989 reshaped the modern world

Tuesday, November 5th 2019, 0:52

The wave of revolutions in Central and Eastern Europe helped shape the continent for decades to come.
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Dirk Schlegel and Falko Götz: The East Berlin footballers who fled from the Stasi

Tuesday, November 5th 2019, 0:02

In November 1983, two Dynamo Berlin footballers risked their lives as they fled to the West and left their whole lives behind in East Germany. This is their story.
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Checkpoint Charlie: Berlin bans 'US soldiers' from Cold War crossing

Monday, November 4th 2019, 17:13
related countries: United States United States

Authorities say local performers exploit tourists seeking photos at the iconic Cold War crossing.
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'Gay conversion therapy' ban drafted in law in Germany

Monday, November 4th 2019, 10:47

A draft law aims to ban the controversial practice in most cases nationwide, German media report.
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Dresden: The German city that declared a 'Nazi emergency'

Saturday, November 2nd 2019, 14:40

The politician behind the resolution says he wanted Dresden to take a stand against the far-right.
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'Hash cake' accidentally served at German funeral

Tuesday, October 29th 2019, 18:13

Thirteen funeral-goers experienced nausea and dizziness after being served the wrong cake.
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Lovesick teen scales German prison wall to see ex-girlfriend

Friday, October 25th 2019, 10:19

The eighteen-year-old would not take his jailed ex's no for an answer - and broke into the prison.
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Painting stolen by Nazis found in New York museum by FBI

Thursday, October 24th 2019, 13:10

The artwork, seized in Germany in 1933, will be returned to the original Jewish owners by the FBI.
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Holocaust trial: Former Stutthof guard on trial in Germany

Thursday, October 17th 2019, 14:53

Bruno Dey, 93, on trial for complicity in mass murder at a Nazi death camp, says he felt sorry.
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German mystery deaths shut parcel depot in Haldensleben

Wednesday, October 16th 2019, 10:16
related places: Haldensleben

Two men died and a man was taken ill within hours of each other, prompting an inquiry by firefighters.
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East Germany 1989 - the march that KO'd communism

Sunday, October 13th 2019, 23:36
related places: Leipzig

A giant anti-communist protest in Leipzig in October 1989 doomed the East German state.
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German Halle gunman admits far-right synagogue attack

Friday, October 11th 2019, 16:58

Stephan Balliet confesses to the killing of two people, during a hearing with an investigating judge.
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German synagogue shooting was far-right terror, justice minister says

Thursday, October 10th 2019, 14:55
related places: Halle

Authorities say the suspect was planning a massacre at the synagogue in Halle.
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Germany shooting: Angela Merkel attends vigil for synagogue attack victims

Thursday, October 10th 2019, 0:52

The German chancellor expressed "solidarity for all Jews on the holy day of Yom Kippur".
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Berlin Wall anniversary: The 'worst night of my life'

Wednesday, October 9th 2019, 23:01
related countries: Russia Russia

East Germany's last communist leader talks about the fall of communism and his love of Russia.
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Egon Krenz: Fall of Berlin Wall 'was worst night of my life'

Wednesday, October 9th 2019, 23:01

East Germany's last communist leader, Egon Krenz, says the fall of the Berlin Wall was the "worst night of his life".
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Germany shooting: Gunman kills two after attacking synagogue

Wednesday, October 9th 2019, 21:07
related places: Halle

Video streaming platform Twitch confirms the heavily armed gunman live-streamed his attack online.
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German lorry attack in Limburg seen as 'act of terrorism'

Tuesday, October 8th 2019, 15:33
related places: Limburg

A man is held after hijacking a lorry that ploughed into vehicles in Limburg, injuring eight people.
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Zebra shot dead after causing accident on German autobahn

Wednesday, October 2nd 2019, 22:57

The zebra, one of two to run away from a circus, was killed by police after it caused an accident.
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Doha: German women sprinters win limits on intimate close-ups

Monday, September 30th 2019, 17:52
related countries: Qatar Qatar

A complaint by two female German sprinters limits close-ups at the World Athletics Championships.
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Huge Volkswagen lawsuit begins in Germany

Monday, September 30th 2019, 15:53

Germany's first mass legal action begins as 450,000 owners of diesel cars take on the company.
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Cross-Channel people smugglers arrested in Belgium, Germany and UK

Friday, September 27th 2019, 12:39
related countries: Belgium Belgium, United Kingdom United Kingdom

Fifteen people were arrested in Belgium, England and Germany for smuggling Albanians into the UK.
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Stasi files: German plan to transfer files sparks concern

Friday, September 27th 2019, 0:17

Critics warn files on citizens of former East Germany could be less accessible if they are archived.
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Thomas Cook collapse: German airline Condor seeks financial help

Tuesday, September 24th 2019, 15:03

Germany's government considers offering Condor financial aid so it can keep running.
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German court rules hangovers are an 'illness'

Monday, September 23rd 2019, 17:05
related places: Frankfurt

Judges in Frankfurt said a company selling anti-hangover drinks was making illegal health claims.
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Brazil dam disaster firms to face criminal charges

Friday, September 20th 2019, 15:25

Police say mining giant Vale and German auditor Tüv Süd used falsified documents to certify the dam.
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Climate change: Arctic expedition to drift in sea-ice for a year

Friday, September 20th 2019, 0:24

Germany will embed its Polarstern research ship in sea-ice for a year-long study of the climate.
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Climate change: Germany's conservatives mull doubling air travel tax

Monday, September 16th 2019, 14:49

Only domestic flights will be affected, say the Christian Democrats, who govern in a coalition.
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German parties outraged as neo-Nazi elected small town mayor

Monday, September 9th 2019, 10:43

Councillors appointed a neo-Nazi mayor in a central German town because no rival stood against him.
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'Hong' and 'Kong' top Berlin panda name poll

Friday, September 6th 2019, 6:46
related countries: Hong Kong Hong Kong
related places: Berlin

Newborn pandas at a zoo in Berlin have become an unlikely symbol of Hong Kong's political unrest.
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Mystery surrounds lost German sea data station

Thursday, September 5th 2019, 9:48

A massive environmental monitoring unit on the seabed vanishes, baffling German experts.
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Peter Lindbergh: Fashion photographer dies at 74

Wednesday, September 4th 2019, 15:10

The German photographer will be remembered for his dramatic black and white portraits.
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World War Two: Sirens sound to commemorate start of war

Sunday, September 1st 2019, 14:57
related countries: Poland Poland

Politicians from around the world have attended events in Poland to remember the German invasion 80 years ago.
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World War Two: German president asks Poland to forgive Nazi 'tyranny'

Sunday, September 1st 2019, 14:03
related countries: Poland Poland
related places: Frank

Frank-Walter Steinmeier is attending ceremonies in Poland to mark the outbreak of World War Two.
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Germany eases citizen rules for WW2 refugee descendants

Friday, August 30th 2019, 13:02

New decrees will help descendants of refugees from the Nazis who failed to obtain German citizenship.
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German teenagers 'held like slaves' in Romania

Wednesday, August 28th 2019, 16:54
related countries: Romania Romania

A programme for troubled youths oversaw humiliating and degrading conditions, say prosecutors.
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Berlin Chechen shooting: Russian assassination suspected

Tuesday, August 27th 2019, 13:41
related countries: Russia Russia
related places: Berlin, Chechen

A Chechen dissident shot by a cyclist in a Berlin park had led rebels fighting against Russia.
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Majorca air collision kills German family and three others

Monday, August 26th 2019, 8:46
related countries: Spain Spain

A family of four are among seven killed when a helicopter hits a small plane over the Spanish island.
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