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May 22, 2012
Hertha Berlin are to appeal the German Football Association's (DFB) decision to uphold the result of the controversial match that left them relegated to the second division. READ »
After the embarrassing cancellation of the new Berlin airport opening and the shock of the new date being in nine months, the team is under extra pressure to make sure it works this time. READ (3 COMMENTS) »
The European women's Champions League final was decided Thursday but you wouldn't have noticed, as only two million people bothered to watch the live televised match. READ (7 COMMENTS) »
This Week's Highlights: Open-air cinema in Berlin, a museum festival in Cologne, and a festival of Irish culture in Hallbergmoos. READ »
A German politician not only had the embarrassment of being stopped trying to board a plane carrying an axe – he then had to admit it was for a live role-playing game, but insisted it was for a friend. READ »
Berlin’s new airport should open next March officials announced on Thursday - after firing the chief planner who signally failed to get it ready for the due date of June 3, forcing an embarrassing cancellation. READ (4 COMMENTS) »
As Bayern Munich gears up for Saturday’s Champions League final against Chelsea in Munich, other battles are also shaping up elsewhere in German football. READ (1 COMMENT) »
The great-great-grandson of the last German Kaiser sold one of the world’s biggest diamonds, the Beau Sancy for nearly $10 million, more than three times the expected auction price. READ »
Chancellor Angela Merkel fired her environment minister on Wednesday afternoon, kicking out Norbert Röttgen who led her conservative party to a historic loss in the country’s most populous state, North Rhine-Westphalia on Sunday. READ (12 COMMENTS) »
Find movies playing in English in Germany with The Local's cinema guide. READ »
Some parts of Germany will be better suited for cross country skis than swim suits over the Thursday bank holiday and long weekend, the German Weather Service (DWD) said on Wednesday. READ (1 COMMENT) »
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will soon have an extra €930 in her pocket each month, after the country's cabinet decided on Wednesday to award themselves their first pay rise for over a decade. READ (6 COMMENTS) »
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