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Behemoth wine barrel to be tapped after 400 years

Society: 29 Jul 10
The world’s oldest giant wine barrel, held in a Saxony-Anhalt hunting mansion, has been refilled for the first time in its 400-year history and will be filling glasses at a festival beginning on Friday. READ »

Corpse in crashed car boot was married to policeman driver

Society: 5 Jul 10
Saxony-Anhalt police investigating a deadly head-on car crash have discovered that the additional dead body of a woman found in the boot of one car was likely the wife of its deceased driver, who was a policeman, they said on Monday. READ »

Bundeswehr protects soldiers from harassment with anonymity

National: 29 Jun 10
Bundeswehr soldiers who serve on foreign deployments and their families experience so much harassment in Germany that the military has taken to blurring their faces in press photos, a media report said on Tuesday. READ »

Brewer banishes Bud to crown Hasseröder official World Cup beer

Society: 23 Jun 10
German football fans nearly rioted during the last World Cup after FIFA and its beverage sponsors tried to force Budweiser on them. Ben Knight reports on how the popular East German brew Hasseröder became this year’s official beer. READ »

Support grows for Gauck presidency

Politics: 5 Jun 10
Resistance is growing to Chancellor Angela Merkel’s choice for Germany's president, Christian Wulff, as increasing numbers of politicians from the governing coalition state their preference for his opponent Joachim Gauck. READ »

New monument to honour Russia's Catherine the Great

Society: 3 May 10
The eastern German town of Zerbst is set to gain the country's first monument honouring Russian Empress Catherine the Great after a tenacious two-decade campaign. READ »

Lynxes clawing back a bit of German wilderness

Society: 26 Apr 10
Go for a walk in the wooded Harz region and you could end up face-to-face with a wild lynx. Hannah Cleaver reports on the efforts to reintroduce the tuft-eared cats to German forests. READ »

FDP gears up for fresh tax cut battle

Politics: 23 Apr 10
The pro-business Free Democrats are planning to use their party conference Saturday to trumpet their new tax plan, even as senior members of their conservative coalition partners, the Christian Democrats, attack the proposals. READ »

Hamburg tops table of highest income-earners

Society: 14 Apr 10
Hamburg is Germany’s highest-earning city with an average net income of €23,366 a year, a survey published Wednesday found. READ »

Massive cave-in stokes familiar fears in Saxony-Anhalt

National: 2 Apr 10
Geologists are urgently investigating the subterranean ground outside Bernburg in Saxony Anhalt after a massive section of earth abruptly collapsed, leaving a 40 metre-deep crater. READ »

Gloomy Easter weather to creep in from the west

Society: 1 Apr 10
Much of Germany will spend Easter under cloudy and rainy skies with only the eastern part of country likely to see much sun, the German Weather Service (DWD) forecast on Thursday. READ »

Workers' blues on the rise

Jobs: 23 Mar 10
Stress about work is playing ever greater havoc with the mental health of Germans, with sick days due to depression and angst almost doubling in less than 20 years, according to a study released on Tuesday. READ »

Study finds German women better drivers than men

Society: 8 Mar 10
Though men like to deride women’s allegedly poor driving skills, a new study published by Germany’s ACE automobile club on Monday showed the country's female divers are significantly less dangerous on the roads. READ »

Crane accident traps six near Halle

National: 3 Mar 10
A crane and 1,000-tonnes of scaffolding collapsed at a construction site south of Halle on Wednesday morning, temporarily trapping several workers and injuring 11 people, police said. READ »

Violent storm 'Xynthia' cuts deadly path

National: 1 Mar 10
The vicious Atlantic storm “Xynthia” ravaged Germany overnight, killing at least six and injuring dozens. National railway Deutsche Bahn said Monday morning that commuter traffic was “relatively stable” after wind downed countless trees. READ »

Hunters urge calm as wolves return to Bavaria

Society: 26 Feb 10
The ÖJV ecological hunters’ association urged Bavarians on Friday to remain calm following confirmation that a lone wolf has been spotted near the southern community of Brannenburg. READ »

Naked sled race draws 14,000

Society: 22 Feb 10
A naked sledging event in Germany’s Harz region created a logistical nightmare over the weekend after 14,000 people showed up to watch 30 men and women strip before sliding down the mountain. READ »

Metalworkers' union reaches wage deal

Business & Money: 18 Feb 10
Metalworkers’ union IG Metall reached a provisional agreement with employers on Thursday after lengthy negotiations for some 700,000 workers in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. READ »

Three dead in Danish tour bus crash

National: 13 Feb 10
Three people were killed and an unknown number seriously injured overnight when a Danish tourist bus crashed in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, police said Saturday. READ »

Public workers begin third day of strikes

Society: 5 Feb 10
Public workers continued their third day of limited strikes on Friday, as employees in Frankfurt and Saarbrücken walked off their jobs in an ongoing labour dispute. READ »

‘Miriam’ wreaks winter havoc

National: 3 Feb 10
The winter storm “Miriam” created chaotic traffic conditions across Germany on Wednesday, as the military used helicopters to bring food and supplies to the Baltic Sea island of Hiddensee. READ »

'Mile of Democracy' opposes neo-Nazi march in Magdeburg

Society: 17 Jan 10
More than 5,000 people gathered in Magdeburg on Saturday to form a "Mile of Democracy" to commemorate the bombing of the town 65 years ago – and to try to stop neo-Nazis from exploiting the anniversary for their purposes. READ »

Government moots delaying tax cuts

Business & Money: 9 Jan 10
The German government is considering putting back its tax reform plans for a year to compensate for lost revenue from the weak economy, according to Der Spiegel magazine. READ »

Another tiger attack as woman mauled at zoo

Society: 19 Dec 09
A woman zoo keeper was left seriously injured on Saturday after being mauled by a tiger in a Saxony-Anhalt animal park. READ »

Mecklenburg wolves allowed to devour €150,000 in livestock

Society: 9 Dec 09
The five wild wolves in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania can gorge themselves on up to €150,000 worth of sheep and other livestock, Agricultural Minister Till Backhaus said on Wednesday. READ »

Economies of eastern German states show more spark

Business & Money: 4 Dec 09
The economies of Germany’s formerly communist states have proven more dynamic than their western counterparts over the past three years, according to a study released on Friday. READ »

Heavy wind storms rage through Germany

National: 24 Nov 09
Low-pressure system “Ludwig” tore through much of southern and central Germany overnight, tearing up trees by their roots and causing property damage, the German Weather Service (DWD) reported on Tuesday. READ »

Swine flu vaccine delays irk health officials

National: 11 Nov 09
Criticism of delayed delivery of swine flu vaccinations continued to grown on Wednesday ahead of a so-called “vaccination summit” in Berlin. READ »

US holiday Halloween casts a spell over German youth

Society: 29 Oct 09
Halloween celebrations are becoming increasing popular in Germany, particularly among young people, according to a new survey released on Thursday. READ »

Train work uncovers Bronze Age bounty

Science & Technology: 20 Oct 09
A massive dig along 22 kilometres of a new high-speed train route in Saxony-Anhalt has revealed a spectacular discovery of 55,000 artefacts – among them skeletons that date back to the Bronze Age. READ »

Butt-flashing boozer dragged 200 metres while stuck to train

Society: 12 Oct 09
A drunk young man was dragged 200 metres after pressing his bare buttocks to a departing train window to insult a ticket inspector who had just thrown him off, police reported on Monday. READ »

German housing prices fall for the first time in five years

Business & Money: 26 Sep 09
The average price of a German home fell in 2008 for the first time in five years, a housing industry study has found. READ »

Ikea shutting down 'Billy' factory in Saxony-Anhalt

Business & Money: 24 Sep 09
Workers in Gardelegen, Saxony-Anhalt have assembled Ikea’s famed “Billy” bookcases since 1982. But the factory is now closing its doors as the Swedish company pursues cheaper Slovakian labour, SuperIllu reported on Thursday. READ »

Harz region to open first German hiking trail for nudists

National: 23 Sep 09
Germans are widely known for the ease with which they shed clothing, so it comes as little surprise the country’s first route for hiking naked could soon open in the hilly Harz region. READ »

One tonne of fish dead after dairy farmer protest

National: 21 Sep 09
Dairy farmers who dumped truckloads of milk in protest of EU policies last week in Saxony-Anhalt are now under investigation after more than a tonne of fish died in a nearby pond over the weekend, police told The Local on Monday. READ »

Raising a glass at Germany's autumn wine festivals

Society: 11 Sep 09
This weekend marks the beginning of Weinfest season, when cities across Germany celebrate one of the country’s oldest industries, wine making. The Local highlights the best of the Bacchanalian bashes. READ »

CDU’s Kees de Vries: ‘Integration is not only a problem for immigrants’

Politics: 10 Sep 09
Continuing a series of interviews with parliamentary candidates from non-German backgrounds, The Local speaks with Christian Democrat Kees de Vries, a former Dutch dairy farmer running for a Bundestag district in Saxony-Anhalt. READ »

Clues emerge on cause of Nachterstedt landslide

National: 8 Aug 09
The first clues have emerged as to what caused the catastrophic landslide in Nachterstedt, which killed three people after the ground under their house collapsed into a nearby lake. READ »

Expert advises longer school holidays to fight swine flu

National: 5 Aug 09
A leading virologist has suggested that school holidays be extended to prevent the spread of swine flu, which has recently taken hold across Germany. READ »

Dead couple's cat emerges two weeks after landslide tragedy

Society: 31 Jul 09
Two weeks after tragedy struck, a spark of good news has emerged from the Nachterstedt landslide: a cat belonging to the couple killed in the accident has survived, Bild newspaper reported on Friday. READ »

Squabbling neo-Nazis set for election drubbing

Politics: 31 Jul 09
Neo-Nazi political parties are likely to go backwards in Germany’s upcoming elections as internal strife and growing tribalism in the far-right scene leaves their support in tatters, the domestic intelligence agency said on Friday. READ »

Economy drives East Germans to join army

Society: 27 Jul 09
Is economic adversity forcing eastern Germans to become “cannon fodder” for the military? David Wroe reports on the growing trend to join the Bundeswehr. READ »

Clues to unstable ground near landslide were ignored

National: 23 Jul 09
There were clues that the ground in Nachterstedt was unstable years before a landslide pulled homes into a lake killing three people earlier this week, daily Frankfurter Rundschau reported on Thursday. READ »

States clean up amidst more severe weather warnings

Society: 22 Jul 09
Stormy weather walloped Germany Tuesday night causing heavy damage, including disruption to train services, fires and the death of 120 pigs. READ »

Former mines to be inspected after landslide kills three

National: 22 Jul 09
Four days after a landslide pulled homes into a lake killing three in Saxony-Anhalt, the state’s premier said on Wednesday that all lakes filling former open-pit mines will be inspected. READ »

Officials warn of more landslides around lake

National: 20 Jul 09
Two days after a landslide dropped one-and-a-half houses into a lake bed and likely left three people dead, authorities in Saxony-Anhalt are warning of further landslides around the former open-pit mine. READ »

Landslide tips house into lake

National: 18 Jul 09
A violent landslide tipped a house in Nachterstedt in Saxony-Anhalt into a lake early on Saturday morning. Three people are missing and feared dead. READ »

Municipal posts rife with 17,000 former Stasi workers

National: 9 Jul 09
Some 17,000 former East German secret police workers are likely working in local government authorities in eastern states despite background checks, daily Financial Times Deutschland reported on Thursday. READ »

Parade in SS uniforms sparks outrage

Society: 19 Jun 09
Police are investigating whether a recent parade in Saxony-Anhalt broke the law by wearing Nazi-era SS and Wehrmacht uniforms. The incident has sparked outrage beyond the borders of the eastern German state. READ »

Amount of naturalised citizens plunges dramatically

Society: 12 Jun 09
The number of immigrants who took the plunge and became naturalised German citizens in 2008 fell dramatically, according to government statistics released Friday. READ »

Archaeologists unearth 800-year-old shoe

Science & Technology: 10 Jun 09
Archaeologists have unearthed a well-preserved leather shoe from 13th century at a dig in Magdeburg that could provide insights into mediaeval life. READ »

Hunter faces charges for shooting wolf

National: 8 Jun 09
A German hunter faces prosecution after shooting one of two wolves known to live in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, officials said on Monday. Its mate and cubs are now in danger. READ »

Day care strikes continue with no new offer from employers

National: 4 Jun 09
Public day care workers continued their strike across the country on Thursday in an ongoing wage and health care dispute with state employers. READ »

Redesigning the Fatherland

Lifestyle: 3 Jun 09
Ingo Niermann, the man out save Germany by completely overhauling it, talks to Daniel Miller. READ »

Swine flu infections spike over weekend

National: 1 Jun 09
The number of swine flu cases in Germany rose to 31 over the holiday weekend, all of them related to travel in the US, the Berlin-based Robert Koch Institute reported on Monday. READ »

Severe storms close schools and flood roads

National: 26 May 09
Severe storms ravaged parts of Germany with gale force winds, hail, lightning and heavy rains, causing flooding and school closures on Tuesday. READ »

Day care strike spreads to eastern states ahead of negotiations

Business & Money: 26 May 09
An ongoing strike by day care workers expanded to states in eastern Germany for the first time on Tuesday in an attempt to increase pressure on public employers to provide better working conditions and wages. READ »

One-fifth of Easterners threatened by poverty

Business & Money: 18 May 09
Nearly 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Germans from the country’s formerly communist eastern half remain at greater risk of falling into poverty. READ »

Germany confirms tenth swine flu case

National: 7 May 09
A tenth case of the swine flu virus has been diagnosed in Germany in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, authorities said on Thursday. READ »

US asks Germany to take in Uighur inmates from Gitmo

National: 6 May 09
Washington has asked Germany to take in some of the 17 Uighurs held at Guantanamo Bay for years and cleared for release, while France will accept an Algerian inmate, US officials said Tuesday. READ »

Ninth swine flu case confirmed in Germany

National: 5 May 09
A ninth case of swine flu has been diagnosed in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, authorities said on Tuesday. READ »

Tax-cut debate engulfs Merkel's conservatives

Politics: 4 May 09
A heated debate about tax cuts has engulfed Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives only five months before Germany’s general election. READ »

Squatters and leftists protest against Berlin gentrification

Society: 15 Mar 09
Several thousand squatters and people who live in alternative housing such as trucks, and their supporters demonstrated for the preservation of free spaces and housing projects in Berlin on Saturday. READ »

Reward offered for hunter who killed wolf

Society: 10 Mar 09
The hunter has become the hunted in Saxony, with a reward of €10,000 being offered for information leading to the prosecution of whoever shot and killed a rare wolf. READ »

Lingering winter to bring Germany snow

Society: 10 Mar 09
Winter will keep its icy grip on much of Germany this week, with snow and sleet expected across large swaths of the country. READ »

Huge police force breaks up illegal neo-Nazi concert

National: 1 Feb 09
Police broke up a large right-wing concert attended by several hundred extremists near the small town of Brandenburg an der Havel early on Sunday morning. READ »

Icy road conditions create chaos and kill 7

National: 19 Jan 09
Extremely icy streets caused hundreds traffic accidents, several severe injuries and even seven deaths across Germany during rush hour traffic, police reported on Monday. READ »

Snow and ice cause traffic mayhem

National: 5 Jan 09
Snow and black ice caused numerous accidents across Germany overnight and early Monday morning, and the Düsseldorf airport was closed, but sunshine is expected to break through the clouds by afternoon. READ »

Germany faces deep freeze and snow

National: 2 Jan 09
Winter is set to hit Germany with a vengeance this weekend. A cold front is forecast to bring sustained snowfall and frosty temperatures of minus 20 Celsius to the country's north and east. READ »

State premier Böhmer warns against East German nostalgia

Society: 29 Dec 08
In light of the upcoming 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall next year, the premier of Saxony-Anhalt, Wolfgang Böhmer, warned on Monday against adopting a rose-tinted view of communist East Germany. READ »

German population aging rapidly

Society: 8 Dec 08
Germany is aging rapidly: By 2025 the number of Germans older than 80 will surge some 70 percent, a study released by the Bertelsmann Foundation on Monday said. READ »

Dead infant found in Großkugel washing machine

National: 20 Oct 08
A dead baby has been found in a washing machine in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, police reported on Monday. READ »

Thousands of WWII bombs uncovered in Köthen

National: 15 Oct 08
More than 2,100 bombs from World War II have been found on the outskirts of Köthen during a routine building site review, police in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt reported on Wednesday. READ »

German police bust human trafficking ring

Society: 29 Sep 08
Two Indians have been arrested in the state of Saxony-Anhalt after they were caught trafficking several hundred people into Germany, the state police in Magdeburg reported on Monday. READ »

Police union demands football summit on hooligan violence

Sport: 23 Sep 08
Germany's GdP police union on Tuesday demanded a “football summit” in light of escalating violence by hooligans, meanwhile Hoffenheim's owner has decided to press charges for death threats by a Dortmund fan. READ »

Eastern Germany called economic 'crisis region'

Society: 22 Aug 08
Germany's formerly communist east is one Europe's most troubled regions when it comes to demographic and economic issues, according to a study released this week by the Berlin Institute for Population and Development. READ »

Former East German parliament steel headed to Dubai

National: 5 Aug 08
The Palace of the Republic in Berlin was once the most prestigious building in East Germany, but now steel from the dismantled parliament building is slated to be used for the world's highest skyscraper in Dubai. READ »

Archaeologists unlocking 'German Stonehenge' secrets

Science & Technology: 29 Jul 08
Archaeologists have begun to unlock the mystery of a Bronze Age site in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt being compared to England's Stonehenge - except it's made of wood instead of rock. READ »

Nazi chimney sweep allowed back to work

Society: 28 Jul 08
A neo-Nazi chimney sweep in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt who was dismissed for his behaviour and is suing to get his job back will be allowed to return to work, court officials said on Monday. READ »

German man arrested for gas explosion murder attempt

Society: 15 Jul 08
German police have arrested a man for allegedly causing an intentional gas explosion meant to kill his wife and father. READ »

Five dead in Autobahn 2 collision

Society: 14 Jul 08
Five people are dead and three injured on Monday morning after a rear-end collision on the Autobahn 2 in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. READ »

Germany's 639-year concert to celebrate 6th chord change

Society: 3 Jul 08
The slowest, longest concert in the world will crawl to its sixth tone change on July 5 in the German town of Halberstadt. READ »

CDU wants to redouble efforts in eastern Germany

Politics: 29 Jun 08
Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) wants to step up its efforts to overhaul the former communist half of the country. READ »

German panty burglar caught trying on lingerie

Society: 27 Jun 08
A 21-year-old German man broke into his female neighbour's home and put on a one-man lingerie fashion show for himself. He was caught, panties in hand. READ »

German hiker finds dead baby near Zeitz

Society: 5 Jun 08
A hiker has found a dead baby boy in woods near Zeitz, in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, police reported Thursday. READ »

Why are there more abortions in Berlin?

Lifestyle: 5 Jun 08
Women in Berlin are more likely to end an unwanted pregnancy than in any other state in Germany. Close behind are the former East German states. Exberliner’s Ben Knight looks at what’s going on. READ »

Police find WWII flak cannon in garage

Society: 30 May 08
German police have discovered a well-preserved WWII anti-aircraft cannon in a German man's garage in part of a series of raids that uncovered more than €100,000 in illegal weapons. READ »

German zoo investigated for killing tiger cubs

Society: 23 May 08
Prosecutors are investigating whether the Magdeburg Zoo's decision to kill three tiger cubs because they were not pure-blooded violated animal welfare laws. READ »

Schumacher qualifies at the Superbike championships

Sport: 17 May 08
German Formula One world record holder, Michael Schumacher, qualified in 23rd place at the International German Superbike Championships on Saturday. READ »

A third of German children born out of wedlock

Society: 13 May 08
An increasing number of German children are being born out of wedlock, according to official government figures released on Tuesday. READ »

Nazi chimney sweep gets the brush-off

National: 30 Apr 08
A neo-Nazi chimney sweep in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt dismissed for his behaviour is suing to get his job back, court officials said on Wednesday. READ »

German soda tips off police to suspected child molester

National: 21 Apr 08
A raspberry soda popular in the former East Germany helped tip off police to the location of a man suspected of molesting his young son for five years, prosecutors said on Monday. READ »

Road signs to mark Iron Curtain path in Germany

National: 17 Apr 08
Road signs will remind drivers in Germany they are driving over a piece of history when they cross the once armed border between the capitalist West and Communist East starting this autumn. READ »

Rescuers search for German boy after boat accident

National: 14 Apr 08
Rescue workers are searching for a 12-year-old German boy on the Elster canal in Leipzig after a tragic boat accident that seriously injured another boy, a police spokesperson said on Monday. READ »

German church seeks return of €1 million in stolen art

Society: 9 Apr 08
German church officials are demanding the return of two pieces of Reformation-era altar art worth an estimated €1 million and stolen out of a village church almost 30 years ago. READ »

Dessau's gigantic burial pyramid

Society: 8 Apr 08
Whimsical plans to make depressed eastern Germany economically viable abound, writes AFP's Emsie Ferreira. After fake tropical paradise near Berlin, a gigantic pyramid in Dessau could be next. READ »

Saxony-Anhalt bans neo-Nazi football hooligans

Society: 1 Apr 08
The interior ministry for the German state of Saxony-Anhalt has banned a violent right-wing extremist fan group for the first time. READ »

Storm to bring wintry Easter weekend

National: 20 Mar 08
Just in time for Easter, the German weather service has announced a storm warning for the biggest winter storm of the season. Meet "Melli." READ »

CDU's Böhmer sorry for offending East German women

Society: 28 Feb 08
Politician Wolfgang Böhmer has apologized for offending East German women with his comments about recent baby killings - but his opinion remains the same. READ »

CDU's Böhmer blames baby killings on East German legacy

National: 24 Feb 08
Saxony-Anhalt's state premier Wolfgang Böhmer unleashed a wave of outrage on Sunday by blaming a spate of baby killings by their mothers on the brutal legacy of communist East Germany. READ »

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