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German author Günter Grass, the Nobel Prize-winning writer of The Tin Drum, has died

Controversial German author Günter Grass has died at the age of 87. His publisher said he passed away at a clinic in Leubeck in northern Germany on

13/04/2015

Germany

German novelist Guenter Grass dies

German novelist and Nobel Prize winner Guenter Grass has died, aged 87. He was best known for works such as “The Tin Drum.” Grass was born in the

13/04/2015

Germany

Lufthansa doctors 'recommended continued treatment for Lubitz'

The German newspaper Bild says Lufthansa doctors had recommended that pilot Andreas Lubitz should be given psychological treatment, despite

12/04/2015

Germany

Buchenwald: 70th anniversary of Nazi concentration camp's liberation

Survivors and veterans have been gathering at what was Buchenwald Concentration Camp to mark the 70th anniversary of its liberation on April 11

11/04/2015

Germany

Germanwings to sue woman who claimed to be a grieving relative

Germanwings parent company Lufthansa is considering taking legal action against a woman it says took several free flights from Germany to southern

09/04/2015

Sport

First Michael now Mick as Schumacher's son begins Formula 4 career

As his farther’s slow rehabilitation from a near fatal skiing accident continues his son Mick Schumacher is following in his dad’s illustrious

08/04/2015

Germany

Germany dismisses Greece's demand for billions in war reparations

Bavaria's state finance minister has called Greece's World War Two reparation claims "inappropriate" and "not very clever"

08/04/2015

Germany

Anti-Islam group PEGIDA invites far-right figure Geert Wilders to rally

It is attracting fewer demonstrators than in the past, but the German anti-Islam group PEGIDA is making new attempts to revive itself. Several

06/04/2015

Germany

More questions about medical oversight of pilots after Alps crash

Further questions are being asked about the quality of checks on pilots in the wake of the French Alps plane crash. Germany’s Federal Aviation Office

06/04/2015

Germany

Protests in German town after suspected arson at asylum shelter

Residents of an eastern German town held a protest on Saturday, in solidarity with refugees following a suspected arson attack on a building intended

04/04/2015

Germany

Germany: Arson suspected after fire at asylum seekers' residence

Police are probing a suspected arson attack on a building intended for asylum seekers in eastern Germany. Two Germans – currently the only people

04/04/2015

Germany

Germanwings co-pilot lied to doctors, Bild reports

02/04/2015

Germany

Lufthansa's claim of 100% pilot fitness jars credibility

Germany’s airline Lufthansa, parent company for several other airlines as well, is trying to recover and stabilise its credibility in the aftermath

01/04/2015

Germany

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