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Lufthansa knew that co-pilot Andreas Lubitz had suffered severe depression

Lufthansa now says that co-pilot Andreas Lubitz, who crashed a plane in the French Alps last week – killing 150 people – told its flight training

31/03/2015

Germany

Germanwings crash likely to lead to a near-300-million-euro insurance claim

The Germanwings crash is going to cost the insurance companies a pretty penny. Parent company Lufthansa is already liable to pay the families of each

31/03/2015

Germany

Unconfirmed reports and speculation mount over Germanwings crash

As authorities attempt to find the most likely explanation for the Germanwings plane crash in the French Alps, the media continues to hunt for clues

30/03/2015

Germany

Forensic scientists find 78 different DNA strands so far at Germanwings crash site

Six days after a Germanwings plane crashed in the French Alps killing all 150 people on board and the search for human remains is making slow

30/03/2015

Germany

Germany: Scuffles between left- and right-wing protesters in Dortmund

In Dortmund, scuffles broke out between police and left-wing counter-demonstrators during a right-wing march through the German town. Anticipating

29/03/2015

Germany

Data recorder is key to ending Flight 9525 speculation

Speculation continues to surround Andreas Lubitz, the co-pilot believed to have deliberately crashed Germanwings flight 9525, particularly about his

29/03/2015

Germany

'One day the world will know my name', Germanwings co-pilot Lubitz 'declared'

An ex-girlfriend of Andreas Lubitz claims he had 'wanted to change the system' as the investigation continues into the Germanwings crash.

28/03/2015

Germany

Doctor had excused co-pilot from work on day of tragic flight 9525

28/03/2015

Germany

Andreas Lubitz: Torn-up sick note and 'mystery illness' raise more questions about co-pilot

27/03/2015

Germany

German President attends memorial service for students killed in Alpine plane crash

Teenagers and parents from the grief-stricken town of Haltern am See have been joined by Germany’s president at a memorial service for the 16 pupils

27/03/2015

Germany

Merkel calls 'non-accidental' Germanwings crash 'a terrible burden'

German Chancellor Angela Merkel responded to France’s official findings taken from the voice recorder of Germanwings flight 4U9525 with a brief

26/03/2015

Germany

Amazement in the hometown of Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz

In Montabaur, between Frankfurt and Bonne, people reacted at the flight club that Andreas Lubitz belonged to.

26/03/2015

Germany

Lufthansa expresses shock but calls Germanwings tragedy an "isolated incident"

Lufthansa, the parent company of Germanwings, says it is shocked by the news the co-pilot seems to have crashed the plane deliberately. It says it

26/03/2015

Germany

Cockpit lockout proves horrifying factor in Germanwings deaths

Since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the US, using hijacked planes, reinforced security has crucially included the cockpit — with

26/03/2015

Germany

Haltern observes minute's silence for school victims of Germanwings crash

The German town of Haltern am See has paid tribute to the victims of Germanwings Flight 4U9525. At the Joseph-Koenig High School which lost 16 of its

26/03/2015

Germany

Investigators probe Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz's background

The 28-year-old German co-pilot Andreas Lubitz lived with his parents at Montabaur, between Frankfurt and Bonn, according to the town’s mayor. Police

26/03/2015

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Tears as staff pay tribute to victims of Germanwings plane crash

26/03/2015

Germany

German school and town mourns students and teachers who died in air crash

The Joseph König secondary school is in Haltern am See, north of Dusseldorf. Returning from a week-long exchange trip, 16 Joseph König teenagers and

25/03/2015

Culture news

ZERO art retrospective brings light to Berlin

An exhibition has begun in Berlin in honour of ZERO, the German avant-garde art movement. ZERO focused on light and dynamism and sought to give art

25/03/2015

Germany

German town grieves for lost pupils after French Alps plane crash

Haltern am See in northwest Germany is a town in mourning. Locals held a vigil on Tuesday evening, hours after news came through of the plane crash

25/03/2015

Economy

A different vision, but the same goal: Merkel and Tsipras agree to cooperate

Greece and Germany agree on the need for Athens to make major structural reforms as Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras makes his first official visit to Berlin .

23/03/2015

Economy

Greece and Germany 'kiss and make up'

A group of some 250 couples have told Greece and Germany to kiss and make up. Lovers from the two countries carried out an intimate protest in the

23/03/2015

Germany

Prospect of Greek default raises tensions as Merkel and Tsipras meet in Berlin

The prospect of Greece defaulting on its debt has been raised amid a meeting between Angela Merkel and Alexis Tsipras. The Greek and German leaders

23/03/2015

Germany

Raised tensions ahead of Tsipras' visit to Berlin

Alexis Tsipras heads to Berlin, but his first official visit to the capital comes amid growing tensions between Greece and Germany.

22/03/2015

Germany

Merkel, Nazis and the occupation of Greece: Der Spiegel sets Europe talking

How does Europe view Germany? Weekly magazine Der Spiegel delves into the Nazi occupation of Greece in its controversial response.

21/03/2015

Germany

Lufthansa flight disruptions may continue into Sunday

Almost half of all flights operated by Lufthansa were grounded on Saturday (March 21). Pilots at the German airline stated a fourth straight day of

21/03/2015