Development Minister Dirk Niebel in Congo. Photo: DPA

Development minister stokes foreign aid debate

Development Minister Dirk Niebel once demanded his ministry be abolished. But the former paratrooper is earning applause for plans to streamline Berlin's foreign aid apparatus - and condemnation for how much he wants to spend on the poor. READ (3 COMMENTS) »

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Politicians call on government to save German shipbuilding

Politicians from Germany’s coastal states on Thursday called on the government to help save the country's shipbuilding industry. READ (3 COMMENTS) »

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Second poker heist bandit arrested

After a man turned himself in earlier this week a second suspect has been arrested for a heist on a high-stakes German poker tournament that netted the thieves nearly a quarter of a million euros, authorities said late on Wednesday. READ (9 COMMENTS) »

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Official report: Dresden bombing killed 25,000

Up to 25,000 people were killed in the controversial Allied bombing of the German city of Dresden during World War II, fewer than often estimated, an official commission concluded Wednesday. READ (34 COMMENTS) »

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Guttenberg kick-starts shorter conscription periods

Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg is to bring forward the government’s scheduled reduction of compulsory military service from 2011 to this autumn despite criticism from the ranks, a media report said Wednesday. READ (12 COMMENTS) »

Merkel: paedophilia not just a Church problem

Merkel: paedophilia not just a Church problem

Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday said that sexual abuse of children was not solely a problem facing the Catholic Church in Germany, amid a snowballing scandal over paedophile priests. READ (10 COMMENTS) »

Soaring ATM fees targeted by parliament

Soaring ATM fees targeted by parliament

German banking customers being stung by cash machine withdrawal fees of up to €10 may get some relief after parliament's consumer affairs official declared Wednesday he planned to investigate the soaring costs. READ (9 COMMENTS) »

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Röttgen could strip authority of nuclear waste storage duties

German Environment Minister Norbert Röttgen is reportedly considering stripping the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) of its nuclear waste duties to expedite storage at the controversial Gorleben site. READ »

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Doctor shortage alarms military commissioner

Reinhold Robbe, Germany’s outgoing parliamentary commissioner for the Bundeswehr, on Tuesday raised alarm over a shortage of military doctors and lacking equipment for the country's soldiers. READ (5 COMMENTS) »

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Church suspends priest whom Benedict helped

The Catholic priest at the centre of a paedophilia scandal that has embroiled Pope Benedict XVI was suspended from duty late Monday amid revelations he was still working with children 25 years after he was convicted of sexual abuse. READ (5 COMMENTS) »

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