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March 19, 2010
What's on in Germany: March 18 - 24
This Week's Highlights: Joan Baez arrives in Düsseldorf, Romeo and Juliet take a turn through Munich, and there's lots of music in Berlin. READ »
The Local's English-language movie listings for Germany
Find the latest movies in English playing in Germany with The Local's cinema guide. READ »
Dutch populist Wilders 'unwelcome' in Eifel town
The Dutch anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders has been told he is “not welcome” in the western German town of Monschau after he spent the weekend in the Eifel region. READ »
Spring is (hopefully) on the way
Spring is finally on its way to Germany after a particularly long and brutal winter. Warm winds could raise temperatures to a balmy 20 degrees Celsius by the end of the week, according to the German Weather Service (DWD). READ (5 COMMENTS) »
Week off to a slippery start as icy roads cause multiple accidents
Wintery road conditions caused one death, traffic jams and several accidents across Germany, as commuters began their work week on Monday. READ »
Deutsche Telekom introduces quota for women executives
Europe's biggest telecommunications group, Deutsche Telekom, said Monday it would introduce a 30-percent quota for women in senior positions by the end of 2015. READ (4 COMMENTS) »
Neo-Nazis resort to subtler tactics
Neo-Nazis in Germany are changing their recruitment strategy to include subtler tactics that target young people, a domestic intelligence expert said on Monday. READ (34 COMMENTS) »
Hertha fans riot at loss, Bayern regains Liga lead
A dramatic game day in the Bundesliga was marred by violence on Saturday at Berlin’s Olympic Stadium when more than 100 Hertha fans rampaged across the pitch to their own side’s bench in fury at their side’s defeat to Nuremberg. READ (7 COMMENTS) »
Heavy fog and snow cause huge autobahn pile-up in Bavaria
Police in Bavaria reported that up to 170 vehicles were involved in a massive accident on the A8 motorway on Friday morning, as a spring snowstorm and thick fog created dangerous road conditions throughout the southern state. READ (7 COMMENTS) »
Crumbling A1 motorway casts shadow on construction firm
Crumbling parts of Germany's newly paved A1 motorway is creating headaches for construction company Bilfinger Berger, which is already under investigation for its alleged role in shoddy work on a collapsed Cologne metro tunnel. READ (5 COMMENTS) »
What's on in Germany: March 11 - 17
This week's highlights: Trojan warriors dance across a Berlin stage, Cologne hosts a spring festival, and continental Europe's largest St. Patrick's Day parade marches through Munich. READ »
Up to 30 centimetres of snow expected as winter wears on
Don’t put your skis in the garage just yet – up to 30 centimetres of snow is expected in many parts of the country over the weekend, the German Weather Service (DWD) reported on Thursday. READ »
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- 08/03 Study finds German women better drivers than men (28 comments) »
- 06/03 New snowfall causes series of road accidents »
- 04/03 Sauerland cell Islamists jailed for anti-US plot (6 comments) »
- 04/03 Ikea launches line of prefabricated homes in Hesse (5 comments) »
- 04/03 What's on in Germany: March 4 - 10 »
- 03/03 Anger burns a year after Cologne archive collapse (2 comments) »
- 03/03 Winter returns for an encore (4 comments) »
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