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

German far-right leader charged

Tuesday, March 25th 2008, 18:20

Udo Voigt, leader of Germany's far-right NPD, is charged with defamation and inciting racial hatred.
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Merkel tells Knesset of 'shame'

Tuesday, March 18th 2008, 17:02
related countries: Israel

Angela Merkel tells Israeli MPs of Germany's "shame" over the Holocaust, as she visits Israel to beef up ties.
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Israel upgrades Germany ties

Monday, March 17th 2008, 12:39
related countries: Israel

Israel and Germany strengthen bilateral ties, as German leaders visit to mark Israel's 60th anniversary.
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German court upholds incest law

Thursday, March 13th 2008, 13:04

Germany's top court upholds the incest law, rejecting an appeal from a man who has four children with his sister.
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German train strike is called off

Sunday, March 9th 2008, 16:59

Germany's train drivers' union says it will not strike on Monday after reaching a deal with the railway operator.
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German union talks break down

Friday, March 7th 2008, 16:53

Talks between the German government and public sector union Verdi break down, raising the threat of strikes.
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EU rejects EADS golden shares

Friday, March 7th 2008, 13:34
related countries: France

The EU Commission rejects the idea of the French and German governments having golden shares in EADS.
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Spain criticised for energy deal

Thursday, March 6th 2008, 14:17
related countries: Spain

Europe's top court criticises Spain for trying to obstruct a German takeover of a Spanish energy firm.
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Germany's airports hit by strike

Wednesday, March 5th 2008, 10:40

Flights from German airports are severely disrupted after members of the Verdi union go on strike.
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German airports face strike threat

Wednesday, March 5th 2008, 0:15

Germany faces widespread strikes at airports, as unionised workers seek higher wages.
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Germany seeks tax haven curbs

Tuesday, March 4th 2008, 12:33

The German finance minister calls on his EU colleagues to speed up a tightening of the rules on tax havens.
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Germany wants tax haven talks

Monday, March 3rd 2008, 12:34
related countries: Liechtenstein

Germany calls for an EU debate on tax havens as Liechtenstein becomes embroiled in a tax evasion scandal.
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Berlin gallery in Islam art row

Friday, February 29th 2008, 17:55
related places: Berlin

A Berlin art gallery closes an exhibition where one poster made fun of Islam's holiest shrine.
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German rescue from honour killing

Thursday, February 28th 2008, 16:15

Alexa Dvorson hears how the machismo attitudes leave some Muslim women fearing they will be killed for "honour".
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EU probes German bank help

Thursday, February 28th 2008, 12:19
related countries: Belgium
related places: Brussels

Brussels investigates whether a German bail-out of two banks hit by the credit crunch constituted illegal state aid.
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Liechtenstein in data theft probe

Wednesday, February 27th 2008, 15:15
related countries: Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein opens an inquiry over the alleged theft of client data now being used in a German tax probe.
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German court limits cyber spying

Wednesday, February 27th 2008, 10:57

Germany's highest court restricts the right of the security services to spy on suspects' computers.
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'FBI fugitive' is innocent German

Wednesday, February 27th 2008, 0:17

A couple filmed in Sicily are identified as German tourists and not a most-wanted FBI fugitive and his girlfriend.
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Germany cleared over Parmesan

Tuesday, February 26th 2008, 12:38
related countries: Italy

The European Court of Justice clears Germany of failing to protect the authenticity of Italian Parmesan cheese.
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US drops Africa military HQ plan

Monday, February 18th 2008, 22:09
related countries: United States
related places: Africa

The US decides to keep the base for its new Africa Command in Germany, after a lack of interest from nations.
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Brazil film wins top Berlin prize

Sunday, February 17th 2008, 11:51
related countries: Brazil
related places: Berlin

The Elite Squad, a Brazilian film about police violence wins the Golden Bear - the top prize at the Berlin film festival.
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German fire victims remembered

Sunday, February 10th 2008, 14:53

Hundreds of people, mostly Turks, gather at a service for nine people who died in a fire in southern Germany.
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Facebook translated into Spanish

Friday, February 8th 2008, 12:07
related countries: France, Spain

Facebook introduces a Spanish version of its social networking site, and promises German and French versions.
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Germany rejects US troops appeal

Friday, February 1st 2008, 17:44
related countries: Afghanistan, United States

Germany turns down a US appeal to send more troops to Afghanistan, amid signs of strain in the Nato mission.
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US seeks troops for Afghanistan

Friday, February 1st 2008, 9:59
related countries: Afghanistan, United States

The US urges Germany to send more troops to southern Afghanistan, amid signs of strain in the Nato mission.
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EU leaders call for transparency

Tuesday, January 29th 2008, 21:23
related countries: France, Italy
related places: Eu

The leaders of Europe's biggest economies call on financial institutions to be more open.
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German rink builder admits faults

Monday, January 28th 2008, 20:32

A retired German engineer admits some blame for faults that led to the collapse of an ice rink roof in 2006, killing 15 people.
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Election blow for German leader

Monday, January 28th 2008, 9:19

Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats suffer a dramatic setback in regional elections in the German state of Hesse.
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Germany's 'last' WWI veteran dies

Saturday, January 26th 2008, 2:33

The man believed to have been Germany's last World War I veteran dies at the age of 107.
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UN powers agree new Iran draft

Tuesday, January 22nd 2008, 18:53
related countries: Iran
related places: Berlin

Leading UN powers agree on a draft resolution that would expand sanctions against Iran, Germany says.
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Kite to pull ship across Atlantic

Tuesday, January 22nd 2008, 10:55
related countries: Venezuela

The world's first cargo ship partially powered by a giant kite is setting sail from Germany to Venezuela.
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Tennis: Roddick goes out after thriller

Friday, January 18th 2008, 13:23
related countries: United States

American Andy Roddick loses to German Philipp Kohlschreiber in a five-set thriller.
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German bank hit by sub-prime woes

Tuesday, January 15th 2008, 18:40
related countries: United States

Hypo Real Estate sees its shares slump by a third after writedowns due to US sub-prime exposure.
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UN 'to mull new Iran sanctions'

Tuesday, January 15th 2008, 17:58
related countries: Iran
related places: Berlin

Foreign ministers from the UN Security Council will meet in Berlin next week to discuss Iran, say diplomats.
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Iran expels German diplomat

Sunday, January 6th 2008, 12:15
related countries: Iran
related places: Tehran

A German diplomat is told to leave Iran over what Tehran describes as "non-diplomatic activities".
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Germans tighten car exhaust rules

Tuesday, January 1st 2008, 13:49

Three German cities now make drivers display stickers to show their cars meet emission standards.
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Paris and Berlin ban cafe smoking

Tuesday, January 1st 2008, 10:10
related countries: France
related places: Berlin

Smoking bans and fines come into effect in bars and restaurants in much of Germany and all of France.
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Merkel in child protection plea

Monday, December 31st 2007, 15:52

Germany's Chancellor Merkel urges vigilance to prevent child abuse, in a New Year address.
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Thousands sought over child porn

Monday, December 24th 2007, 14:25

Germany pursues 12,000 suspects in what is said to be its biggest case of internet images of child abuse.
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EU wants CO2 fine on carmakers

Wednesday, December 19th 2007, 16:02

Germany's Angela Merkel denounces EU plans to fine carmakers that do not meet carbon dioxide emission caps.
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EADS sells six Airbus factories

Wednesday, December 19th 2007, 14:17
related countries: France, United Kingdom

Airbus parent EADS says it is selling off six plants to French, British and German companies.
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Germany train bomb trial begins

Tuesday, December 18th 2007, 15:00
related countries: Lebanon

A Lebanese student is on trial in Germany accused of taking part in a failed attempt to bomb two trains last year.
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Europe arrests over mafia killing

Tuesday, December 18th 2007, 10:17
related countries: Italy
related places: Duisburg

Police in Germany and Italy arrest four people over a mafia shooting in the German city of Duisburg in August.
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German 'kidnapped' in Afghanistan

Monday, December 17th 2007, 15:25
related countries: Afghanistan

A German man missing in north-west Afghanistan has been kidnapped, Afghan police say.
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Polish PM on first German visit

Tuesday, December 11th 2007, 10:12
related countries: Poland

Poland's new PM Donald Tusk visits Germany, hoping to improve ties that have soured in the past year.
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EU increases pressure on Zimbabwe

Saturday, December 8th 2007, 20:30
related countries: Zimbabwe

The German chancellor condemns oppression in Zimbabwe, as Robert Mugabe attends an EU-African summit.
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Germany Scientology ban nearer

Saturday, December 8th 2007, 1:39

Germany's interior ministers call the Church of Scientology unconstitutional, clearing the way for a possible ban.
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German composer Stockhausen dies

Friday, December 7th 2007, 18:39
related places: Stockhausen

Influential German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen has died at the age of 79, his foundation announces.
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Iran a threat, say Europe allies

Thursday, December 6th 2007, 20:56
related countries: France, Iran, United States
related places: Tehran

The German and French leaders say Iran continues to pose a threat as the US urges further pressure on Tehran.
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German police probe child deaths

Thursday, December 6th 2007, 16:22

Two mothers are held in Germany on suspicion of killing five boys and three baby girls in separate cases.
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Satellite tie-up for fast Galileo

Wednesday, November 28th 2007, 10:57
related countries: United Kingdom

The UK firm that built the test satellite for the Galileo sat-nav system joins forces with a German company to bid together to build more spacecraft.
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