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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• December 4th 2009 – November 11th 2009
• November 10th 2009 – October 28th 2009
• October 26th 2009 – September 20th 2009
• September 17th 2009 – August 19th 2009
• August 18th 2009 – July 22nd 2009
• July 21st 2009 – June 12th 2009
• June 9th 2009 – May 12th 2009
• May 11th 2009 – April 9th 2009
• April 7th 2009 – March 2nd 2009
• February 28th 2009 – January 22nd 2009
• January 22nd 2009 – November 28th 2008
• November 26th 2008 – October 31st 2008
• October 30th 2008 – September 19th 2008
• September 18th 2008 – July 20th 2008
• July 19th 2008 – June 11th 2008
• June 9th 2008 – April 24th 2008
• April 22nd 2008 – February 1st 2008
• January 29th 2008 – November 11th 2007
• November 10th 2007 – September 12th 2007
• September 12th 2007 – August 12th 2007
• August 9th 2007 – June 6th 2007
• June 6th 2007 – March 17th 2007
• March 16th 2007 – February 2nd 2007
• January 31st 2007 – November 16th 2006
• November 16th 2006 – September 29th 2006
• September 27th 2006 – August 15th 2006
• August 15th 2006 – July 3rd 2006
• July 1st 2006 – May 24th 2006
• May 24th 2006 – April 7th 2006
• April 5th 2006 – February 14th 2006
• February 14th 2006 – December 31st 2005
• December 29th 2005 – November 22nd 2005
• November 20th 2005 – November 11th 2005

Germany: news

Two die in German court shooting

Tuesday, April 7th 2009, 11:52

A man opens fire in a court in southern Germany, killing a woman before apparently shooting himself.
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Pirates 'seize German cargo ship'

Sunday, April 5th 2009, 18:54
related countries: India, Indian Ocean, Somalia

Somali pirates have hijacked a 20,000-tonne German container ship in the Indian Ocean, a merchant mariners' group reports.
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'Nazi guard' deportation blocked

Saturday, April 4th 2009, 1:24
related countries: United States

A US judge blocks an order to deport an alleged Nazi concentration camp guard, ahead of his extradition to Germany.
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Nato struggles to name new head

Friday, April 3rd 2009, 22:42
related countries: Denmark

Nato leaders meeting in Germany fail to agree on Denmark's Anders Fogh Rasmussen as the alliance's new secretary general.
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Clothing verboten at Germany's first nudist-only hotel

Thursday, April 2nd 2009, 12:28

Nudists can look forward to the opening of a new hotel in Germany, where clothes are strictly forbidden.
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Germany bans 'Nazi youth group'

Tuesday, March 31st 2009, 10:29

Germany bans a far-right group for allegedly organising activities promoting racist and Nazi ideology among young children.
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German jobless rate rises

Tuesday, March 31st 2009, 8:49

Germany's unemployment rate hits 8.6% as the global downturn continues to tighten its grip on Europe's largest economy.
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'DNA bungle' haunts German police

Thursday, March 26th 2009, 19:08

German police admit a suspected serial killer hunted for 15 years may never have existed, after a possible DNA blunder.
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World uber-view as Germans build biggest model railway

Tuesday, March 24th 2009, 23:19

Uber-view German brothers build biggest model railway
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German far-right leader on trial

Tuesday, March 24th 2009, 13:06
related places: Berlin

The head of Germany's far-right National Democratic Party goes on trial in Berlin charged with racial incitement.
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Germany mourns shooting victims

Saturday, March 21st 2009, 15:12
related places: Winnenden

Tens of thousands of people gather in the German town of Winnenden for a memorial service for the 15 victims of a shooting.
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Live text - Uefa Cup draw

Friday, March 20th 2009, 10:29
related places: Hamburg

Manchester City are drawn to play German side Hamburg in the quarter-finals of the Uefa Cup.
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German teenager 'killed for fun'

Wednesday, March 18th 2009, 22:33

The teenager who attacked a German school and shot 15 people said he was doing it "for fun", a witness recounts.
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Short shrift

Wednesday, March 18th 2009, 18:29
related countries: France
related places: Eu

Germany and France to resist EU summit splurge
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Smuggler's car found crawling with trapdoor spiders

Monday, March 16th 2009, 16:45
related countries: Switzerland

German customs officials detain a Swiss man trying to smuggle more than 160 large trapdoor spiders into the country.
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Funeral for German school victim

Saturday, March 14th 2009, 21:13
related places: Winnenden

Hundreds of German mourners attend the first funeral of a victim of the Winnenden school massacre, a schoolgirl aged 16.
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Germany gunman 'had depression'

Friday, March 13th 2009, 16:39

The German teenage gunman who killed 15 people on Wednesday shot a man at a psychiatric clinic where he was to be treated.
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Dutch arrest Mafia murder suspect

Friday, March 13th 2009, 10:19
related countries: Italy, Netherlands
related places: Amsterdam, Duisburg

Amsterdam police arrest the main suspect in the gangland killing of six Italian men in the German city of Duisburg in August 2007.
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Doubt over German gunman warning

Thursday, March 12th 2009, 23:25

German police say a message apparently warning of a school shooting which left 16 people dead may have been faked.
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German industrial output plunges

Thursday, March 12th 2009, 13:35

Factory output in the world's largest exporter fell by a record 7.5% in January, its biggest drop since reunification in 1990.
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German probe into school shooting

Thursday, March 12th 2009, 9:38

Flags are flown at half-mast across Germany after a teenage gunman killed 15 people, including nine pupils at his former school.
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Germany stunned by shooting spree

Wednesday, March 11th 2009, 22:36

Germany is in shock after a teenager kills 15 people - including nine students - in a gun rampage before shooting himself.
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'Not aggressive'

Wednesday, March 11th 2009, 19:36

Coach of German 'killer' says he was a normal boy
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German school gunman 'kills 15'

Wednesday, March 11th 2009, 18:02

Officials say a teenage gunman has killed himself after going on a rampage and killing 15 people in south-west Germany.
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German charges for 'Nazi guard'

Wednesday, March 11th 2009, 13:14
related countries: United States

Prosecutors in Germany file charges against John Demjanjuk, an alleged Nazi death camp guard living in the US.
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Swiss 'gigolo' admits blackmail

Monday, March 9th 2009, 10:31
related countries: Switzerland

A Swiss man pleads guilty to blackmailing Germany's richest woman, BMW heiress Susanne Klatten, at a trial in Munich.
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Opel 'should consider insolvency'

Friday, March 6th 2009, 11:49

German carmaker Opel should consider insolvency instead of state aid, the country's interior minister has said.
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German police seize neo-Nazi CDs

Wednesday, March 4th 2009, 15:04

German police raid more than 200 premises in an investigation into the promotion of neo-Nazi music.
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German archive building collapses

Tuesday, March 3rd 2009, 22:55
related places: Cologne

Three people are feared missing after an archive building collapsed in the city of Cologne, German officials say.
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Incentives boost German car sales

Tuesday, March 3rd 2009, 16:18

Sales of new German cars reach their highest level in 10 years, thanks to a government incentive worth 2,500 euros.
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German charged over ski death

Monday, March 2nd 2009, 18:14
related countries: Austria

A German state governor is charged with manslaughter over a collision on an Austrian ski slope in which a woman died.
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Opel in talks over government aid

Monday, March 2nd 2009, 10:56

German carmaker Opel is in talks with the country's economy minister about a cash injection from the government.
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