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Neo-Nazi terrorism sparks calls for NPD ban

National: 14 Nov 11
As more details of an extreme-right terror cell continued to emerge on Monday, German politicians promised a full investigation into a series of murders and renewed calls to ban the neo-Nazi National Democratic Party (NPD). READ »

Germany looks back at 50 years of Turkish immigration

Society: 26 Oct 11
This week marks the 50th anniversary of the treaty bringing hundreds of thousands of Turkish "guest workers" to Germany, a move which dramatically altered the fabric of German society. READ »

Greens plan to raise taxes for top earners

Politics: 15 Oct 11
The Green party has joined the Social Democrats (SPD) in adopting a higher tax policy for top earners. If a Green-SPD centre-left coalition came to power in Germany, the top rate of income tax could rise from 42 to 49 percent. READ »

Özdemir says Greens must not rule out governing with conservatives

Politics: 1 Oct 11
While negotiations continue on forming a state government with the Social Democratic Party in Berlin the Greens have become embroiled in a public dispute about potential coalition partners. READ »

Germany fights growing support for eurobonds

Business & Money: 15 Aug 11
The German government is struggling to maintain its line against the issue of eurobonds to try to stem the European debt crisis, with opposition parties and heavyweight European figures lining up to push the idea. READ »

Friedrich warns of hidden far-right threat

National: 27 Jul 11
After Friday's massacre in Norway, German Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich has warned of a hidden far-right threat. A police union, meanwhile, is calling for an internet ''alarm button'' for web users to report extremism. READ »

Quadriga withdraws award for Putin

National: 16 Jul 11
Organizers of prominent German political prize Quadriga reversed a decision Saturday to bestow the annual role model award on Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin amid a public outcry. READ »

Group refuses to rescind Quadriga award to Putin

National: 12 Jul 11
The organization responsible for the German political award the Quadriga Prize is standing by its decision to honour Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, despite withering criticism and the resignation of a key board member. READ »

German prize for Putin stirs controversy

National: 10 Jul 11
A prominent German political prize will go to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, a spokesman said Sunday, in a move sharply criticised in the German press due to his rights record. READ »

Greens mull supporting Merkel on nuclear exit

Politics: 17 Jun 11
The Green party is set for a major internal battle next week when its leadership asks parliamentarians to support the German government's nuclear power exit strategy even if it's less ambitious than they would like. READ »

Greens open to coalition with Merkel's CDU

Politics: 11 Jun 11
Green Party boss Cem Özdemir has said that he could envisage a coalition with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) after the next federal elections in 2013. READ »

Public health insurance premiums seen spiking

Business & Money: 16 May 11
The 71 million people covered by Germany’s statutory health insurance system may soon be forced to pay up to €840 ($1,195) per year over normal premiums, according to the the head of the state insurance association. READ »

Künast seen as Greens' best hope for chancellor

Politics: 10 Apr 11
Green parliamentary co-leader Renate Künast, just confirmed as the party's choice to take on Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit in September elections, is the top pick for a Green chancellor candidate among respondents of a new poll released Sunday. READ »

Talk begins about a Guttenberg comeback

Politics: 2 Mar 11
Almost immediately after Defence Minster Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg resigned due to a plagiarism scandal, a number of conservative politicians began expressing their hopes for a comeback. They say Germany needs him. READ »

Politicians bicker over Tunisian refugees

Politics: 15 Feb 11
With a flood of Tunisian refugees descending on the Italian island Lampedusa, German politicians bickered on Tuesday over whether the country was prepared to accept some of them. READ »

Support grows for hosting Mubarak

National: 8 Feb 11
More German politicians are supporting allowing Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to come to Germany for medical treatment in the hopes it might calm the turmoil his country. But a human rights activist is preparing to press charges. READ »

Opposition calls for all-day schools

Society: 8 Dec 10
Opposition politicians called for all-day schools to become the standard in Germany on Wednesday as debate, raged about Germany’s latest mediocre performance in the international PISA tests. READ »

Hamburg vote set for February after coalition collapses

Politics: 29 Nov 10
Following the collapse of Germany’s first state-level conservative-Green coalition in Hamburg, city officials announced Monday that an election will be held on February 20, 2011. READ »

Stuttgarters to march despite mediated talks

National: 16 Oct 10
Tens of thousands of Stuttgart 21 protesters are expected to take to the streets of the city on Saturday despite talks between their representatives and those from the construction project. READ »

Bahn CEO hits back at Stuttgart 21 opposition

National: 3 Oct 10
Deutsche Bahn CEO Rüdiger Grube took aim at Stuttgart 21 opponents in a commentary published Sunday, arguing that resistance to the rail construction project, which has sparked massive protests in recent weeks, is not justified. READ »

Greens call for national Stuttgart 21 protests

Politics: 1 Oct 10
Following Stuttgart 21 demonstrations that turned violent in Baden-Württemberg’s state capital, the environmentalist Green party on Friday called for nationwide protests against the controversial rail project. READ »

Government under fire for €5 Hartz IV increase

Politics: 27 Sep 10
Opposition parties and welfare advocates gathered their forces on Monday to launch a major attack on the government’s modest €5-a-month rise in long-term unemployment payments. READ »

Greens hit major league with record support

Politics: 22 Sep 10
In a tectonic shift in Germany’s political landscape, the environmentalist Greens have equalled the main opposition party, the Social Democrats, with an approval rating of 24 percent in the latest major opinion poll. 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 »

Opposition demands overhauled citizenship laws as naturalisations drop

Society: 29 Jun 10
New statistics showed this week that fewer immigrants are becoming German citizens, spurring opposition politicians to call for reforms to a system they say impedes naturalisation when the country's population is shrinking. 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 »

Westerwelle attacks ‘socialist’ welfare debate

Politics: 12 Feb 10
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle refused to back down on Friday after being assailed from all quarters for slamming the “socialist leanings” of a national debate on welfare. READ »

Coalition defends first 100 days of governance

Politics: 5 Feb 10
German Chancellor Angela Merkel defended her centre-right coalition on Thursday evening following widespread criticism that the government had bungled its first 100 days in power. READ »

Politicians consider French-style burka ban

Politics: 28 Jan 10
As their neighbours in France edged closer to a ban on burkas, German politicians on Thursday debated whether such a measure was necessary in their own country. READ »

ZDF editor shown the door amid political row

National: 28 Nov 09
The conservative Christian Democratic Union won its bid late Friday to force out broadcaster ZDF’s editor-in-chief Nikolaus Brender in a move journalists, unions and opposition parties branded a major blow against media freedom. READ »

Merkel: Obama's Nobel prize ‘incentive’ for peace

National: 9 Oct 09
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday welcomed the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to US President Barack Obama, calling it an "incentive to the president and to us all" to do more for peace. READ »

Number of German MPs with immigration background rises

Politics: 30 Sep 09
Germany’s newly elected parliament has 15 MPs with foreign roots – more than ever before, daily Süddeutsche Zeitung reported on Wednesday. READ »

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Politics: 27 Sep 09
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Özdemir worried by Muslim anti-Semitism

Society: 23 Feb 09
Germany should take anti-Semitic tendencies among its Muslim population seriously, Turkish-German Green party leader Cem Özdemir warned in an interview with daily Frankfurter Rundschau on Monday. READ »

Most Germans want their own Obama

Politics: 28 Jan 09
An overwhelming majority of Germans wish they could have a Teutonic version of US President Barack Obama, according to a new poll released on Wednesday. READ »

'Finanzkrise' German word of the year

Society: 11 Dec 08
Finanzkrise, or "financial crisis," was crowned the German word of the year by the Society for German Language (GfdS) on Thursday in Wiesbaden. READ »

Özdemir says schools should teach Turkish language

Politics: 24 Nov 08
Germany’s new Green party new leader Cem Özdemir has said that schools should offer more Turkish language lessons, daily Bild reported on Monday. READ »

Find Germany's Obama? Yes we Cem!

Analysis & Opinion: 17 Nov 08
An overwhelming majority of Germans might adore US president-elect Barack Obama, but they're unlikely to vote for a comparable politician in their own backyard any time soon, argues The Local's Marc Young. READ »

Greens pick Özdemir as new party co-leader

Politics: 15 Nov 08
Germany's environmentalist Green party on Saturday elected Cem Özdemir as one of its two leaders – the first time someone of Turkish origin has headed a major political party in the country. READ »

Özdemir poised to be first Turkish German to lead a major party

Politics: 5 Sep 08
A European Parliament deputy looks set to become the first politician of Turkish origin to head a major German political party. READ »

Greens line up for leadership battle among new generation

National: 15 Jun 08
Life in the Green party just got more interesting with the news that Volker Ratzmann will fight for the party leadership, coming up against popular Green MEP Cem Özdemir. READ »

Özdemir: It's wrong to censor Dutch anti-Islam film

Society: 28 Mar 08
Prominent Turkish-German politician Cem Özdemir said on Friday that the controversial anti-Islam film "Fitna" by Dutch politician Geert Wilders should not be censored. READ »

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