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Own party now turns on Duisburg mayor

National: 30 Jul 10
Embattled Duisburg Mayor Adolf Sauerland faced demands to resign from his own conservative party on Friday over the Love Parade tragedy that left 21 people dead. READ »

Elderly woman robbed by fake relative after weekend reunion

Society: 29 Jul 10
Police are searching for a woman who robbed a retiree after she claimed to be a relative and spent the weekend at her home along with a child and dog, police said on Thursday. READ »

Pressure grows for Duisburg mayor to resign

National: 29 Jul 10
Pressure on Duisburg's mayor to resign intensified on Thursday, with the North Rhine-Westphalia state premier insisting that he and the city must take responsibility for the deaths of 21 Love Parade participants over the weekend. READ »

Officials blame parade organiser for stampede

National: 28 Jul 10
The Love Parade organiser bears responsibility for the mass panic that left 21 people dead at Saturday's event in Duisburg, the interior minister for the state of North Rhine-Westphalia said Wednesday. READ »

Woman's death takes Love Parade toll to 21

National: 28 Jul 10
The death toll from Saturday’s Love Parade crush has risen again with a 25-year-old German woman succumbing to injuries overnight, bringing the number of dead to 21, prosecutors announced Wednesday. READ »

First Love Parade report to be released today

National: 28 Jul 10
The organisers of the Love Parade at which 20 people were crushed to death in a stampede will face intense pressure Wednesday with the release of an interim government assessment that reportedly blames them squarely for the deaths. READ »

Political pressure steamrolled safety fears

Society: 27 Jul 10
As the death toll from Saturday’s Love Parade stampede rose to 20, there were growing signs Tuesday that massive political pressure had pushed through plans for the festival against the concerns of police. READ »

Duisburg police relieved of Love Parade investigation

Society: 26 Jul 10
The Duisburg police have been stripped of the job of investigating the Love Parade tragedy in which 19 people were killed amid concerns they are conflicted because of their role in patrolling the disastrous event, authorities announced Monday. READ »

Remembering the Love Parade victims

National: 26 Jul 10
They came from all over Germany and from as far as Australia, Bosnia and China, each pursuing their own adventure. Fourteen young Germans and seven foreigners died in the hellish crush at the Love Parade in Duisburg on July 24. READ »

No more Love Parades, organiser says

National: 25 Jul 10
The Love Parade will never be held again, organiser Rainer Schaller said on Sunday at a highly-emotional press conference. READ »

Love parade founder Dr Motte blames new organisers for disaster

National: 25 Jul 10
Love Parade founder DJ Dr Motte has accused organisers of being only concerned with making money, and not taking responsibility for the people attending the techno party in Duisburg where 19 people died on Saturday. READ »

Dead boy found in Spain confirmed missing German five-year-old

Society: 24 Jul 10
The dead child found near a lake in a mountainous area of Spain has been identified as a missing five-year-old German boy, a government official confirmed in Berlin on Saturday. READ »

Exiled Iranian dissidents find refuge in Germany after revolt

Society: 24 Jul 10
The first of 50 exiled Iranian dissidents have arrived to live in Germany after applying for asylum following the failure of the ‘green revolt’ and the accompanying crackdown last year. READ »

Body found at Spanish lake likely missing German boy

Society: 23 Jul 10
Mystery surrounds the fate of a five-year-old German boy whose body is believed to have been found at a Spanish lake on Friday. READ »

Left party boss probed over travel expenses

Politics: 22 Jul 10
The Berlin state prosecutor has added to the socialist Left party’s woes with the announcement late Wednesday that it is investigating party chairman Klaus Ernst for fraudulently using his travel allowance. READ »

Court allows surveillance of leftist politicians

Politics: 21 Jul 10
A German federal court on Wednesday ruled the country's domestic intelligence services can keep tabs on members the socialist Left party using publicly available information. READ »

Merkel's coalition hits all-time low in poll

Politics: 21 Jul 10
Support for Chancellor Angela Merkel’s centre-right coalition government has reached catastrophic levels, dipping on Wednesday to the lowest level ever measured for a poll that has been conducted for more than 20 years. READ »

Doctor who killed UK patient could lose licence

Society: 15 Jul 10
A doctor who killed an English patient with a massive morphine overdose is to face a “fit for practice” hearing that could mean he is finally stripped of his German licence, medical authorities confirmed Thursday. READ »

Deadly storms batter western Germany

National: 15 Jul 10
One man was killed by a falling tree and Frankfurt airport had to be temporarily closed as fierce storms battered much of Germany on Wednesday night. READ »

Kraft takes power in North Rhine-Westphalia

Politics: 14 Jul 10
Social Democrat Hannelore Kraft has been elected premier of North Rhine-Westphalia, sealing her minority centre-left government rule in Germany’s most populous state. READ »

Credit Suisse raided in tax fraud probe

Business & Money: 14 Jul 10
German prosecutors on Wednesday raided 13 branches of the Swiss bank Credit Suisse in connection with an investigation into widespread tax evasion. READ »

Policeman wins a week's holiday for time spent donning uniform

Society: 14 Jul 10
A policeman has earned himself seven extra days’ holiday by persuading a court this week that putting on and taking off his uniform should be included in his work shift. READ »

Merkel blasts new Rhineland coalition

Politics: 14 Jul 10
As the new minority government in North Rhine-Westphalia prepares to take power on Wednesday, conservative leaders including Chancellor Angela Merkel have launched scathing attacks on the centre-left coalition. READ »

Toll mounts in 'black wall' storms

National: 13 Jul 10
At least three people are now confirmed dead, and dozens injured, by the howling storms that hit northwestern Germany late Monday. READ »

Storm leaves two dead and several injured

National: 12 Jul 10
A storm front hitting western Germany on Monday afternoon left two people dead and several injured as winds and thunderstorms followed a brutal heat wave. READ »

Police probe Deutsche Bahn over horror heat

National: 12 Jul 10
Federal police are investigating rail operator Deutsche Bahn for a weekend incident in which the failure of air-conditioning sent temperatures on a train soaring to 50 degrees Celsius and left nine people in the hospital. READ »

SPD and Greens approve coalition pact in NRW

Politics: 11 Jul 10
North Rhine-Westphalia’s centre-left Social Democrats and Greens cleared the last hurdle toward forming a minority government in the western German state on Saturday after both parties voted to approve a joint coalition deal. READ »

Ruhr crocodile sightings put Bochum police on alert

Society: 6 Jul 10
It seem every summer their are reports on crocodile sightings in Germany, but this year police in the Ruhr Valley city of Bochum are taking them a bit more seriously. READ »

Cold front bringing brief break from summer heat

Society: 5 Jul 10
A cold front is bringing a brief chance to recover from the weekend’s scorching heat, with milder temperatures predicted for early this week, the German Weather Service (DWD) reported on Monday. READ »

Rüttgers announces 2011 retirement from politics

Politics: 25 Jun 10
Some six weeks after his party’s defeat in North Rhine-Westphalia's election, conservative state premier Jürgen Rüttgers announced late on Thursday that he will leave politics in early 2011. READ »

Drunk football fan beats police officer with vuvuzela

Society: 24 Jun 10
A drunken German football fan severely beat a police officer with a vuvuzela horn after the national team’s victory over Ghana on Wednesday night, the authorities in North Rhine-Westphalia said on Thursday. READ »

Terrified lover calls police from wardrobe

Society: 24 Jun 10
Police have rescued an Aachen man from a wardrobe after he fled there to escape his girlfriend’s angry ex-partner and then used his mobile phone to call for help, the authorities announced Thursday. READ »

Parties prepare for NRW minority red-green rule

Politics: 19 Jun 10
The Social Democrats and Greens in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) are preparing to form a red-green minority government, after conservative premier Jürgen Rüttgers said he would not contest a challenge for his position. READ »

SPD to form minority government in Rhineland

National: 17 Jun 10
Hannelore Kraft, the leader of the centre-left Social Democrats in North Rhine-Westphalia, announced on Thursday she would form a minority government with the Greens in Germany’s most populous state. READ »

Woman caught driving while nursing baby

Society: 15 Jun 10
A mother in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia has been issued several fines after a police officer was stunned to discover her driving while nursing her baby, authorities reported late on Monday. READ »

Embattled coalition faces calls for fresh elections

Politics: 14 Jun 10
Is Chancellor Angela Merkel’s embattled centre-right coalition on the ropes? German opposition politicians on Monday demanded early elections, but the government is hoping to stay the course. READ »

'Traffic light' coalition talks fail in Rhineland

Politics: 11 Jun 10
Talks to form a “traffic light coalition” of Social Democrats, Greens and Free Democrats in North Rhine-Westphalia broke down early on Friday, leaving the future of the country’s most populous state uncertain a month after an election. READ »

Supermarket cashier wrongly fired for taking deposit slips

National: 10 Jun 10
A federal labour court in Erfurt ruled on Thursday that a former cashier for the Kaiser’s supermarket chain was unjustly fired for allegedly taking €1.30 in bottle deposits after 31 years on the job. READ »

Ten percent of schoolchildren think the sun rises in the North

Society: 10 Jun 10
Every tenth German schoolchild expects the sun to rise in the North, according to a study published on Thursday revealing widespread ignorance about nature among the country’s youth. READ »

Rhineland inches towards traffic light coalition

Politics: 9 Jun 10
Germany’s most-populous state, North Rhine-Westphalia, is finally moving towards a “traffic light coalition” of Social Democrats, Greens and Free Democrats, with leaders announcing that alliance talks were progressing well Wednesday. READ »

Trial over Aachen jailbreak begins

National: 8 Jun 10
Court began proceedings started on Tuesday against two inmates who staged a dramatic jailbreak from a maximum-security prison in the Aachen area last year, keeping Germany on edge for five days as fugitives. READ »

Banned GM corn growing in seven states

National: 7 Jun 10
Genetically modified corn has been grown in seven German states in breach of a national ban after contaminated seeds were sold to farmers, the environmental group Greenpeace revealed Monday. READ »

'Grand coalition' talks break down in Rhineland

Politics: 3 Jun 10
Talks between the Social Democrats and the Christian Democrats to form a “grand coalition” in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia ended without an agreement on Wednesday, leaving the future of the state government unclear. READ »

German among wounded in Israeli sea attack

National: 2 Jun 10
A German man is among the dozens injured earlier this week when Israeli commandos raided a Free Gaza movement flotilla in international waters, officials announced Wednesday. READ »

Four dead after small plane crash in North Rhine-Westphalia

National: 31 May 10
Four people are dead after a small airplane crashed into a forest near Bielefeld in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, police there reported on Monday. READ »

FDP open to Rhineland 'traffic light' coalition

Politics: 31 May 10
The pro-business Free Democrats have expressed a new willingness to form a so-called “traffic light coalition” with the centre-left Social Democrats and the environmentalist Greens in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. READ »

Poles, Romanians and Americans lead immigration to Germany

Society: 26 May 10
Poland, Romania and the United States were the largest sources of immigration to Germany last year, which surged by six percent according to official figures. READ »

Bus driver fired for tying boy to seat

Society: 25 May 10
A public bus driver was fired from his job on Tuesday and is under investigation by police in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia after he tied a rambunctious nine-year-old boy to a bus seat last week. READ »

States reportedly set to grant Opel aid

Business & Money: 25 May 10
Three German states home to Opel factories are reportedly set to grant requested financial guarantees, but the carmaker's parent group GM is still waiting for word on similar aid from the federal government. READ »

Westerwelle attacked from within FDP for poor polls and low profile

Politics: 24 May 10
Disastrous polling figures have led to serious public squabbling within the Free Democrats, with former leader Wolfgang Gerhardt leading the charge against party leader Guido Westerwelle. READ »

Left-wing coalition talks fail in the Rhineland

Politics: 21 May 10
The Social Democrats and Greens have abandoned talks with The Left party on forming a coalition in North Rhine-Westphalia, making a grand coalition or new elections in Germany’s largest state likely. READ »

Centre-right coalition partners reach 10-year voter approval low

Politics: 19 May 10
After bitter defeat in the key North Rhine-Westphalia state poll this month, a new poll showed on Wednesday that Germany's centre-right coalition parties have reached a 10-year low in public approval. READ »

Municipal doctors strike across country

National: 17 May 10
Hospital patients faced long delays on Monday, when doctors went on an indefinite strike at municipal clinics in 14 states across Germany. READ »

Lafontaine steps aside for new Left party leaders

Politics: 15 May 10
Oskar Lafontaine, co-leader of Germany’s far-left party Die Linke, quits the political stage this weekend because of illness: But he leaves the party he founded in rude health. READ »

Day care guarantee not in danger, minister says

National: 12 May 10
Families will still be guaranteed a day care spot for their young children by 2013 despite Germany's worsening budgetary situation, Family Minister Kristina Schröder assured on Wednesday. READ »

Free Democrats plumb new poll depths

Politics: 11 May 10
The pro-business Free Democrats, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s junior coalition partners, on Tuesday hit a new approval rating low following a bitter defeat in a key state poll in North Rhine-Westphalia. READ »

Merkel rules out tax cuts

Politics: 10 May 10
Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday ruled out tax cuts in Europe's biggest economy "in the foreseeable future" following a "bitter defeat" in a key state poll in North Rhine-Westphalia. READ »

Bidding the Iron Lady Chancellor auf Wiedersehen

Analysis & Opinion: 10 May 10
The state election debacle in North Rhine-Westphalia for the Christian Democrats has finally robbed Chancellor Angela Merkel’s centre-right coalition of its reformist illusions, writes The Local’s Marc Young. READ »

SPD faces difficult path to power in NRW

Politics: 10 May 10
With a Social Democratic-Greens alliance coming up just one seat short of a majority in the North Rhine-Westphalia election, the SPD on Monday faced some uncomfortable options for forming a coalition in the state. READ »

CDU defeat a 'double debacle,' press says

Politics: 10 May 10
German voters, angry over a colossal bail-out for Greece, handed Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition a blistering defeat in a state poll on Sunday, which also cost it its majority in the upper house. READ »

Schäuble 'conscious' after allergic reaction

Politics: 9 May 10
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble was "conscious" in a Brussels hospital on Sunday after suffering an allergic reaction during crisis talks to protect the eurozone, his spokesman said. READ »

CDU suffers defeat in North Rhine-Westphalia

Politics: 9 May 10
The Christian Democrats on Sunday suffered a bruising election defeat in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, robbing Chancellor Angela Merkel’s centre-right coalition of its majority in the upper house of parliament. READ »

End-of-season football riots break out

Sport: 9 May 10
Police reported several serious riots on the final day of the German football season, as fans of relegated clubs released their frustrations. READ »

Polls open in crucial state election

Politics: 9 May 10
Polls in Germany's most populous state opened for a key election Sunday, with surveys showing voters angry at the bailout for Greece could hand Chancellor Angela Merkel's party a bitter defeat. READ »

Merkel braces for blow in vital state election

Politics: 8 May 10
Candidates in Germany's most populous state were wrapping up campaigning Saturday as angry voters appeared ready to punish Chancellor Angela Merkel's party over a colossal aid package for Greece. READ »

Spring snow to give way to (slightly) warmer weekend

Society: 7 May 10
Seven weeks after the official start to spring, snow fell on parts of Germany overnight as the country shivered under an uncompromising return of wintry conditions. READ »

Parliament backs unpopular Greek bailout

Politics: 7 May 10
Both houses of the German parliament on Friday approved emergency aid to Greece despite strong popular opposition two days before a state election that could seriously weaken Chancellor Angela Merkel's governing coalition. READ »

Millions of swine flu shots wasted

National: 7 May 10
Germany is stuck with €250 million worth of swine flu vaccine ordered during the height of the flu panic last winter but never used because the mass immunisation campaign was a failure, according to a Friday media report. READ »

Court rules against extra welfare payment for disabled kids

Society: 6 May 10
Seriously disabled children of Hartz IV welfare benefits recipients have no right to additional benefits, Germany's Federal Social Court ruled Thursday. READ »

SPD refuses support for Greece package

Politics: 6 May 10
The opposition Social Democrats appeared set to deny the government support for the rescue package for Greece Thursday, blowing a hole in government hopes of bipartisanship on the controversial issue. READ »

Police scramble after toy gun spotted at Merkel rally

Politics: 6 May 10
Three people were arrested after a woman holding what appears to have been a cap gun in an apartment window sparked a police operation during a North Rhine-Westphalia campaign speech by Angela Merkel on Wednesday night. READ »

Voters blasé ahead of crucial state vote in the Rhineland

Politics: 5 May 10
Voter turnout for the crucial May 9 election in North Rhine-Westphalia will likely be low, polling experts said on Wednesday. Meanwhile support for the governing conservative Christian Democrats in the state continues to slide. READ »

Merkel backs Greece but demands change

Politics: 3 May 10
German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Monday for sweeping changes to the way the deficits of euro area countries are managed as her cabinet approved an unpopular multi-billion-euro aid package for Greece. READ »

New scandal hits CDU ahead of state election

Politics: 3 May 10
Just a week ahead of crucial state elections in North Rhine-Westphalia the conservative Christian Democrats are under investigation following fresh accusations of illegal party donations, a party member confirmed on Monday. READ »

Bus ploughs into school group, injuring 13

Society: 29 Apr 10
Two children remain in serious condition in hospital after a horrific accident in which a minibus ran off the road into a group of students in North Rhine-Westphalia. READ »

Merkel: Greek bailout must be 'accelerated'

National: 28 Apr 10
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday that talks between Greece, the International Monetary Fund and the European Union on a bailout package for Athens must be sped up. READ »

Teen sentenced to 8 1/2 years in custody for Kassandra attack

National: 28 Apr 10
A Wuppertal court on Tuesday sentenced a 15-year-old boy to eight-and-a-half years in a juvenile detention centre for attempted murder after beating a nine-year-old girl known as Kassandra and leaving her to die in a drainage pipe. READ »

A Muslim Christian Democrat's crucifixion

Analysis & Opinion: 27 Apr 10
The Christian Democrats hoped making a Muslim woman a state minister would show how tolerant their party has become. But as ZEIT ONLINE's Christian Bangel writes, a debate over crucifixes in schools shows how much it hasn't. READ »

Candidates tame in key state election debate

Politics: 27 Apr 10
The May 9 state election in North Rhine-Westphalia could alter Germany's political landscape, but the two candidates hoping to govern the country's most populous state failed to score a convincing victory in a bland television debate. READ »