November 21, 2009
Economists slam Merkel's tax relief plans
A panel of top economists believes Chancellor Angela Merkel's new centre-right government should take back its "gift baskets" of tax relief in light of Germany's huge public debt. READ (1 COMMENT) »
German referee bribe suspicion emerges in match-fixing scandal
A referee from the German Football Association (DFB) was allegedly bribed during the enormous football match-fixing scandal uncovered last week, according to Der Spiegel magazine. READ (1 COMMENT) »
Gitmo prisoner Slahi tells brother he wants to return to Germany
A Guantanamo Bay prisoner who admitted - under torture - to having organised trips to Afghan training camps for aspiring Jihadists including three of those involved in the 9/11 attacks, says he wants to return to Germany. READ (2 COMMENTS) »
Cash-strapped NPD uses 0900 phone lines to raise funds
The neo-Nazi NPD party is resorting to prime-rate phone lines to raise money, using the same 0900-code system employed by sex phone services and quiz hotlines. READ (1 COMMENT) »
German-born criminal to be deported to Turkey
A German-born Turkish man with a string of criminal convictions can be deported to Turkey, even though he has never lived there and only speaks broken Turkish, a court has ruled. READ (8 COMMENTS) »
Sacked sandwich thief will keep job
The woman who was sacked by a nursing home for eating a sandwich intended for residents will not lose her job, the Christian organisation running the institution has announced. READ (3 COMMENTS) »
British troops to leave Germany under Tories
Britain's opposition Conservatives, tipped to win power in a general election next year, said on Saturday they would pull the country's 25,000 troops out of Germany as part of a reorganisation of NATO forces. READ (6 COMMENTS) »
Editorial feud erects artistic six-metre penis
In a massive escalation of a long-standing editorial feud, the newspaper Die Tageszeitung has unveiled an artwork depicting the naked editor-in-chief of its right-wing rival Bild sporting a six-metre penis up the façade of its headquarters. READ (8 COMMENTS) »
Deutsche Bahn to seal huge rail deal with Qatar
German rail operator Deutsche Bahn is set to sign a contract worth "billions of euros" to build railways in Qatar and Bahrain, a spokesman for Deutsche Bahn told AFP on Friday. READ »
New climate change goals to cost Germany €310 billion
Germany's ambitious plans to fight climate change will cost Europe's largest economy €310 billion, Manager Magazin reported on Friday. READ (29 COMMENTS) »
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- 18/11 Utilities hiking power prices (10 comments) »
- 18/11 Fraud scam sparks growing recall of German credit cards (1 comment) »
Germany's citizens in uniform
Roger Boyes, Berlin correspondent for British daily The Times, believes German society’s fascination with authority belongs confined to where it once was lacking: the country’s military. READ (8 COMMENTS) »
Opel is not the world
International solidarity among autoworkers? Malte Lehming from Berlin daily Der Tagesspiegel believes German outrage over GM’s decision not to sell Opel needs to be put in transatlantic perspective. READ »
Trading magic for the beauty of being ordinary
Forget the magic of history and Helmut Kohl’s illusory “blossoming landscapes” – 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall eastern Germany has become a beautifully ordinary place, writes The Local’s Marc Young. READ (1 COMMENT) »
What's on in Germany: November 19 - 25
This Week's Highlights: Vikings in Frankfurt, Grimm's fairy tales in Cologne, and innovative theatre troupes take the stage in Munich. READ »
The Local's English-language movie listings for Germany
Find movies playing in English in Germany with The Local's cinema guide. READ »
Berlin stokes foreign investor land rush
Berlin is a roomy place, but private investors from Britain and the United States have come to see the German capital as fertile ground for a cheap property deal. Ben Knight finds out how much of the city is left for Exberliner magazine. READ (1 COMMENT) »
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- 20/11 Von der Leyen moots expanded child subsidy for poor families (2 comments) »
- 20/11 Defence minister expects Karzai to take action (4 comments) »
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- 20/11 Chestnut tree kills pedestrian (7 comments) »
- 19/11 Football match-fixing ring uncovered (1 comment) »
- 19/11 Germans likely to play Grinch this Christmas »
- 19/11 Turks: Germany must do more for integration (60 comments) »
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