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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• "Ich bin ein Bearliner" - Knut to stay at ... – A world of walls
• Action urgent on EU, says Sarkozy – Barman tried over fatal tequila
• Barrichello seals Williams drive – Blair to meet German chancellor
• BMI being taken over by Lufthansa – Censored
• Chilean colony sex abuser jailed – Das It Girl among latest words to enter Ge...
• Davydenko sweeps through in China – Drugs smuggler in pregnancy shock
• Dutch arrest Mafia murder suspect – EU rejects EADS golden shares
• EU row looms over Merkel UK visit – Federer survives five-set battle
• Fiat confirms Opel deal interest – Four held for match-fixing
• France and Germany exit recession – German anti-Nazi leader dies aged 98
• German archive building collapses – German coalition poised for power
• German composer Stockhausen dies – German football song sparks Muslim protest
• German football team in Calcutta – German mountain that symbolises freedom
• German MPs back Lebanon force – German ridicule for UK policies
• German rink builder admits faults – German troops 'to be based in France'
• German troops die in Afghanistan – Germany 'not silent' on stabbing
• Germany 'on brink of recession' – Germany in 'credit card recall'
• Germany in nuclear power rethink – Germany Scientology ban nearer
• Germany scrape past Turkey – Germany's 'last' WWI veteran dies
• Germany's airports hit by strike – Hitler plot survivor dies aged 90
• Hitler's bunker location marked – Italy acquits migrant rescue crew
• Italy arrest over German Mafia killing – Live text - Uefa Cup draw
• Live text - World Cup qualifiers – Merkel elected German chancellor
• Merkel faces state poll setbacks – Monorail disaster shakes Germany
• Montenegro finds WWII bodies – Oil discovered in Zambia
• Oil worker in Nigeria is released – Poland remembers World War start
• Polanski film to debut in Berlin – Rocket science
• Roof caves in on store in Germany – Semenya to keep World gold medal
• Seven die in Italian avalanches – Strike action hits German flights
• Strike ends at Brazil VW factory – Thousands guard nuclear shipment
• Thousands sought over child porn – US 'seeks justice' for hijacker
• US 'set to detain' Nazi suspect – Web murderer given life sentence
• Webber battles to maiden F1 win – You're under a vest! German policewomen ge...

Germany: news

"Ich bin ein Bearliner" - Knut to stay at Berlin Zoo

Wednesday, July 8th 2009, 12:33

In a 430,000-euro deal Berlin Zoo beats off a rival zoo's claim to the celebrity polar bear and money-spinner Knut.
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'Armed man' clears Berlin school

Tuesday, May 20th 2008, 9:25
related places: Berlin

Police evacuate a school in the German capital Berlin amid reports that an armed person has entered the building.
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'CIA victim' held after shop fire

Friday, May 18th 2007, 11:57
related countries: Lebanon

A Lebanese-born German who says he was tortured by the CIA is arrested for alleged arson in Germany.
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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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'Ex-Nazi' charged with 58 murders

Tuesday, November 17th 2009, 14:34

German prosecutors charge a 90-year-old alleged former Nazi with the killing of 58 Jewish forced labourers, officials say.
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'Exit poll leak' tweets alarm German election officials

Monday, August 31st 2009, 16:25

The apparent illegal leaking of exit polls for German regional elections on Twitter raises concerns weeks before the general election.
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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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'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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'Gay penguins' rear adopted chick after hatching egg

Wednesday, June 3rd 2009, 17:50
related places: Bremerhaven

A male penguin couple has hatched an egg at Bremerhaven zoo in Germany, the zoo says - and they are now rearing the chick together.
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'German Borat' rides high in election opinion polls

Friday, August 21st 2009, 16:20

A fictional candidate pledging to replace the German eagle with a national bunny emblem wins 18% support in a pre-election poll.
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'Germany's 9/11' plot trial opens

Wednesday, April 22nd 2009, 13:57

German prosecutors say four suspected Islamists were plotting to match 9/11, as their trial opens in Duesseldorf.
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'Greed isn't good'

Friday, October 24th 2008, 7:04

How German town is coping with global crisis
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'Holocaust denier' free from jail

Friday, November 21st 2008, 10:15
related countries: Aruba, United Kingdom

An Australian "Holocaust denier" is freed from jail after Germany abandons efforts to have him extradited from the UK.
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'Honour killing' brother jailed

Thursday, April 13th 2006, 9:08
related countries: Turkey

A German court jails a Turkish man aged 19 for shooting his sister in a so-called "honour killing".
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'Islamist funders' held in Europe

Friday, May 16th 2008, 16:13
related countries: Netherlands, Uzbekistan

Police in the Netherlands, France and Germany swoop on suspects believed to fund Islamists in Uzbekistan.
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'Justice served'

Wednesday, November 11th 2009, 21:11
related countries: Egypt

Egypt reacts to Germany's 'veil martyr' verdict
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'Nazi guard' Demjanjuk is charged

Monday, July 13th 2009, 10:27

German prosecutors charge alleged Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk with 27,900 counts of being an accessory to murder.
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'Nazi guard' deportation blocked

Wednesday, April 15th 2009, 1:12
related countries: United States

An 89-year-old US man suspected of Nazi war crimes is granted a last-minute stay of deportation after being detained.
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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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'Nazi guard' ordered to surrender

Friday, May 8th 2009, 21:09
related countries: United States

A man wanted in Germany for Nazi war crimes is ordered by US authorities to surrender to an immigration office for deportation.
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'Nazi' gnome causes consternation among Nuremberg authorities

Friday, July 17th 2009, 15:32

A garden gnome giving the Nazi salute lands a German artist in trouble with the authorities in Nuremberg.
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'Nazi' row sinks German TV star

Monday, September 10th 2007, 8:33

The German TV network NDR sacks a leading talk show host after she praised the Nazis' family model.
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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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'Overtaxed' postman hoards or disposes of at least 20,000 letters

Tuesday, September 9th 2008, 17:27

A Scotsman employed in Germany as a postal worker hoarded or disposed of at least 20,000 letters, police say.
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'Rockefeller' kidnapper is jailed

Friday, June 12th 2009, 20:26

A German who calls himself Clark Rockefeller is jailed for five years for kidnapping his seven-year-old daughter.
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'Rockefeller' kidnapper is jailed

Friday, June 12th 2009, 20:26

A German who calls himself Clark Rockefeller is jailed for five years for kidnapping his seven-year-old daughter.
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'Suicide bid' in abandoned children's case

Sunday, April 26th 2009, 7:13
related countries: Italy

A German man attempts to kill himself after he and his girlfriend abandoned three children at a restaurant in Italy, reports say.
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'Suicide' of World Cup official

Thursday, July 13th 2006, 15:27
related places: Berlin

Berlin's top World Cup official dies four days after shooting himself in the head.
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'Torture victim' seeks US justice

Friday, February 2nd 2007, 17:55
related countries: Lebanon, United States

A Lebanese-born German vows to get an apology from the US, alleging CIA agents abducted and tortured him.
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'Volkswagen law' is ruled illegal

Tuesday, October 23rd 2007, 14:42

A German law that prevents a foreign takeover of carmaker Volkswagen is ruled illegal by the top EU court.
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2010 World Cup qualifying draw

Sunday, November 25th 2007, 16:34
related countries: Croatia, Czech Republic, United Kingdom
related places: Holland

England face their Euro 2008 nemeses Croatia in 2010 World Cup qualifying, Scotland face Holland, Wales play Germany and N Ireland will take on the Czech Republic.
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A world of walls

Friday, November 6th 2009, 8:18

Barriers still divide, 20 years after fall of Berlin Wall
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"Ich bin ein Bearliner" - Knut to stay at ... – A world of wallsAction urgent on EU, says Sarkozy – Barman tried over fatal tequilaBarrichello seals Williams drive – Blair to meet German chancellorBMI being taken over by Lufthansa – CensoredChilean colony sex abuser jailed – Das It Girl among latest words to enter Ge...Davydenko sweeps through in China – Drugs smuggler in pregnancy shockDutch arrest Mafia murder suspect – EU rejects EADS golden sharesEU row looms over Merkel UK visit – Federer survives five-set battleFiat confirms Opel deal interest – Four held for match-fixingFrance and Germany exit recession – German anti-Nazi leader dies aged 98German archive building collapses – German coalition poised for powerGerman composer Stockhausen dies – German football song sparks Muslim protestGerman football team in Calcutta – German mountain that symbolises freedomGerman MPs back Lebanon force – German ridicule for UK policiesGerman rink builder admits faults – German troops 'to be based in France'German troops die in Afghanistan – Germany 'not silent' on stabbingGermany 'on brink of recession' – Germany in 'credit card recall'Germany in nuclear power rethink – Germany Scientology ban nearerGermany scrape past Turkey – Germany's 'last' WWI veteran diesGermany's airports hit by strike – Hitler plot survivor dies aged 90Hitler's bunker location marked – Italy acquits migrant rescue crewItaly arrest over German Mafia killing – Live text - Uefa Cup drawLive text - World Cup qualifiers – Merkel elected German chancellorMerkel faces state poll setbacks – Monorail disaster shakes GermanyMontenegro finds WWII bodies – Oil discovered in ZambiaOil worker in Nigeria is released – Poland remembers World War startPolanski film to debut in Berlin – Rocket scienceRoof caves in on store in Germany – Semenya to keep World gold medalSeven die in Italian avalanches – Strike action hits German flightsStrike ends at Brazil VW factory – Thousands guard nuclear shipmentThousands sought over child porn – US 'seeks justice' for hijackerUS 'set to detain' Nazi suspect – Web murderer given life sentenceWebber battles to maiden F1 win – You're under a vest! German policewomen ge...