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How World War II shaped modern Germany

05/05/2015

Germany

German train drivers start week-long strike

Railway stations across Germany were silent and all but empty as the country faced its longest strike. The walkout by drivers threatens chaos and

05/05/2015

Germany

"Night Wolves" bikers court controversy at Dachau

Members of a Russian ultra nationalist motor bike club have visited the former concentration camp at Dachau as part of a trip to mark the 70th

05/05/2015

Germany

Merkel defends BND amid NSA spy scandal

The German Chancellor Angela Merkel has made her first public comments on a spying scandal that has gripped the nation for weeks. The country’s

04/05/2015

Germany

Trains paralysed in Germany by week-long GDL strike

Germany’s GDL Train drivers union has begun its biggest strike yet as it continues a dispute with Deutsche Bahn over pay and negotiating rights. The

04/05/2015

Germany

Transport misery in Germany as rail union calls week-long strike

Rail passengers in Germany face a week of disruption following a call by GDL train drivers for a a seven-day strike. The union is in dispute with

04/05/2015

Germany

Germans will never forget 'unfathomable horrors' at death camps, says Merkel

Germans will never forget the “unfathomable horrors” the Nazis inflicted at death camps. The words of Chancellor Angela Merkel, as she addressed a

03/05/2015

Germany

Berlin still detonating live WWII bombs buried deep underground

Unexploded World War II bombs haunt Germany, 70 years after the war ended. Every year, more than 2,000 tonnes of live bombs are found and stockpiled

02/05/2015

Germany

Right-wing extremists attack May Day rally in Germany

Fifteen people were injured when right-wing extremists attacked a May Day gathering in the German city of Weimar on Friday, according to police

02/05/2015

Germany

Snowden, Assange and Manning statues unveiled in Berlin

Taking a stand in Berlin’s Alexanderplatz are whistleblowers Chelsea Manning, Julian Assange and Edward Snowden. The life-size bronze statues were

01/05/2015

Germany

Frankfurt May Day cycle race cancelled after 'terror threat'

German police have cancelled a traditional May Day cycle race in Frankfurt as a precaution a day after a local government official said a planned

01/05/2015

Germany

German police prevent terror attack, according to media reports

German police have prevented an imminent terror attack after raiding the home of a suspected extremist, according to media reports. They detained a

30/04/2015

Culture news

Berlin exhibition investigates post-WWII Europe

How did Europe deal with post-war life? That’s the question a new exhibition in Berlin tries to answer. Coinciding with the 70th anniversary of the

30/04/2015

Germany

Replica of Nazi camp gate installed at Dachau

A recreation of the gate bearing the Nazi slogan “Arbeit macht frei” – “Work sets you free”- has been installed at the site of the former Dachau

29/04/2015

Sport

Robben ruled out of Bayern's Champions League semi against Barca

Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich have suffered a blow ahead of their Champions League semi-final against Barcelona. Dutch international Arjen

29/04/2015

Germany

Turning a blind eye? Germany alleged to have helped NSA spy on Europe

German tabloid Bild claims Berlin not only knew about, but assisted with US spying within Europe dating back to 2008.

29/04/2015

Sport

Bayern claim 25th Bundesliga title

Bayern Munich clinched their third consecutive Bundesliga title following a hard-fought 1-0 win over Hertha Berlin at the Allianz Arena. German

26/04/2015

Sport

Following in his father's footsteps: Mick Schumacher shines in debut F4 race

Mick Schumacher is following in his father’s footsteps. The 16 year old was named champion of the rookies after his first German Formula Four race in

25/04/2015

Germany

German rail strike causes major disruption nationwide

German rail union GDL has extended a 66-hour strike to passenger routes, causing hundreds of commuter and long-distance trains to be cancelled. Some

23/04/2015

Germany

Auschwitz accountant 'morally guilty' for his work at Nazi death camp

A 93-year-old former bookkeeper at Auschwitz has told a German court that he felt morally guilty for his work at the Nazi death camp. Oskar Groening

21/04/2015

Germany

'Accountant of Auschwitz' Holocaust trial begins in Germany

A former Auschwitz concentration camp guard has admitted to being “morally guilty” but says he committed no crime. Oskar Groening, 93, is before a

21/04/2015

Culture news

Street art takes pride of place in Germany's Urban Art Biennale show

The World Cultural Heritage site at the Völkingen Ironworks in Germany is hosting the third Urban Art Biennale. Some 10,000 square metres of

20/04/2015

Germany

'Game of Drones': heart of US strike operations 'in Ramstein, Germany'

New evidence purporting to detail how the large U.S. military base at Ramstein provides crucial relay information for drone operators in America's Southwest could embarrass the German government.

17/04/2015

Sport

Bayern Munich tensions

Bayern Munich’s long-time team doctor Hans Mueller-Wohlfahrt has surprisingly resigned following the club’s Champions League loss to Porto. According

17/04/2015

Germany

Families of Germanwings crash victims attend memorial in Cologne

Almost a month on: family members gather in Cologne to remember the 150 who died in the Germanwings crash.

17/04/2015

Sport

Klopp to leave Borussia Dortmund

Borussia Dortmund manager Jurgen Klopp will leave the Bundesliga club in the summer after both parties agreed to terminate his contract. The

15/04/2015