May 22, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Berlin":
Sport: 22 May 12
Hertha Berlin are to appeal the German Football Association's (DFB) decision to uphold the result of the controversial match that left them relegated to the second division.
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Politics: 21 May 12
Ex-central banker turned controversy merchant Thilo Sarrazin has attracted fresh outrage with a book claiming Germany's European policy is driven by guilt for World War II and the Holocaust.
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National: 20 May 12
After the embarrassing cancellation of the new Berlin airport opening and the shock of the new date being in nine months, the team is under extra pressure to make sure it works this time.
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Society: 19 May 12
Founder of radical environmental group Sea Shepherd Paul Watson has been told he can leave German custody on €250,000 bail – but cannot leave the country until a judge has assessed a possible extradition request.
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Society: 18 May 12
German baritone singer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, hailed as one of the greatest lyrical vocalists of the last century, has died at the age of 86, a close associate said on Friday.
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Sport: 18 May 12
The European women's Champions League final was decided Thursday but you wouldn't have noticed, as only two million people bothered to watch the live televised match.
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Politics: 18 May 12
German Chancellor Angela Merkel left her conservative party somewhat shell-shocked with her merciless sacking of a minister for a terrible regional election result that weakened her domestically as she fights the euro crisis.
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Society: 18 May 12
Some sex abusers should continue to work for the Catholic church, a bishop said on Thursday, while a cardinal argued for some homosexual relationships to be treated like heterosexual ones.
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Lifestyle: 18 May 12
This Week's Highlights: Open-air cinema in Berlin, a museum festival in Cologne, and a festival of Irish culture in Hallbergmoos.
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Business & Money: 18 May 12
The eurozone could absorb a Greek exit from the bloc, although it would prove extremely costly, a top member of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's junior coalition partners said on Friday.
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Society: 18 May 12
A German politician not only had the embarrassment of being stopped trying to board a plane carrying an axe – he then had to admit it was for a live role-playing game, but insisted it was for a friend.
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Business & Money: 18 May 12
The leaders of Germany, France, Britain, Italy and senior EU officials agreed Thursday that both budget consolidation and growth are necessary to tackle the eurozone crisis, Berlin said.
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Society: 17 May 12
Four brothers and a sister were jailed in Germany for the killing their sister who the judge said was simply a “little girl who wanted to be happy”, but whose choice of German boyfriend was not tolerated by her family.
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National: 17 May 12
Berlin’s new airport should open next March officials announced on Thursday - after firing the chief planner who signally failed to get it ready for the due date of June 3, forcing an embarrassing cancellation.
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Sport: 17 May 12
As Bayern Munich gears up for Saturday’s Champions League final against Chelsea in Munich, other battles are also shaping up elsewhere in German football.
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Lifestyle: 16 May 12
Find movies playing in English in Germany with The Local's cinema guide.
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Sport: 16 May 12
Düsseldorf football fans invaded their own team’s field on Tuesday evening, disrupting the match which their team was about to win. Their opponents only played to the end on police advice to prevent a blood bath, it emerged later.
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Politics: 16 May 12
German left-wing extremists have claimed responsibility for an arson attack against the man they hold responsible for impovershing the Greek people. The attackers burned his wife’s car and threw paint and stones at his house.
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Politics: 16 May 12
French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed their desire to keep the eurozone together on Tuesday evening in key talks just hours after France's new leader was inaugurated.
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Politics: 15 May 12
New French President Francois Hollande arrived at German Chancellor Angela Merkel's office on Tuesday evening for talks set to be dominated by the eurozone crisis and Greece's political woes.
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National: 15 May 12
The British Military Train ferried soldiers between Berlin and West Germany throughout the Cold War. It took to the rails for one last time last weekend, laden with former regulars and their memories. James Gheerbrant was on board.
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Politics: 15 May 12
Germany and France test their historic bond on Tuesday with new French President Francois Hollande due in Berlin early on Tuesday evening in search of compromise over the eurozone crisis.
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Business & Money: 15 May 12
Germany has avoided recession despite the resurgent eurozone debt crisis, official data showed on Tuesday, confirming the resilience of Europe's top economy to the surrounding turmoil.
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National: 14 May 12
Chancellor Angela Merkel's party suffered a major defeat on Sunday in a pivotal German state. The Local’s media roundup looks at how newspapers are interpreting the result, weighing up candidates for Germany's next chancellor.
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Politics: 14 May 12
As German Chancellor Angela Merkel prepares to meet new Socialist French President Francois Hollande in Berlin on Tuesday, his party has attacked her, saying they will not allow her to lead Europe.
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Sport: 14 May 12
Dutch winger Arjen Robben says Bayern Munich must beat Chelsea in Saturday's Champions League final to erase the painful memory of their German Cup final humiliation.
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Politics: 13 May 12
Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democratic Union suffered a major setback in a crucial German state vote on Sunday ahead of 2013 national elections, according to exit polls.
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National: 13 May 12
Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit was laughed down while addressing crowds visiting Berlin’s new international airport, which has been hit by catastrophic, embarrassing delays and, it emerged this weekend, is only half finished.
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Sport: 13 May 12
Bundesliga champions Borussia Dortmund blasted past Champions League finalists Bayern Munich 5-2 in Saturday's German Cup final to claim the first domestic double in their 103-year history.
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Sport: 12 May 12
Swimmer Jenny Mensing broke her own 200m national backstroke record on Saturday at the German trials - which double as the Olympic trials – but has not yet secured her place in the squad for the London Games.
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National: 12 May 12
A man who killed a bank manager during a sex game and boiled his severed head in a pan has told investigators he was paid to do so by his victim, it emerged.
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Business & Money: 12 May 12
Bundesbank president Jens Weidmann warned French president-elect Francois Hollande on Saturday against tampering with the European Central Bank or the EU fiscal pact.
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National: 11 May 12
Fresh outrage has been sparked in Berlin by revelations that the man responsible for disastrous delays on the German capital's new airport wrote a PhD while on the job - on "optimizing complex construction projects."
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Sport: 11 May 12
Bayern Munich is hoping to break its losing streak against champions Borussia Dortmund in Saturday's German cup final. The domestic prize comes before the club's Champions League showdown with Chelsea.
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Business & Money: 11 May 12
Over 1,400 German celebrities and artists have signed an open letter protesting a new political culture that they believe sanctions the "theft of intellectual property" on the internet.
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National: 11 May 12
France's new leader Francois Hollande will fly to Berlin within hours of his swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday for talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel expected to focus on the eurozone crisis.
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Business & Money: 10 May 12
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble said on Thursday that a German inflation rate of up to three percent was tolerable, despite eurozone rules setting a target of around two percent.
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Politics: 10 May 12
Voters in Germany's most populous state go to the polls Sunday in a closely watched gauge of Chancellor Angela Merkel's political fortunes ahead of a national vote next year in Europe's top economy.
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Business & Money: 10 May 12
Germany's two main opposition parties called on Wednesday for the EU's fiscal pact to be ratified on the same day in Berlin, Paris and Rome, seeking to send a strong signal of unity against the crisis.
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Business & Money: 9 May 12
Germany is one of the easiest places for non-EU immigrants to find a job compared with other European countries, thanks to the language courses and low level of illegal employment, a study revealed on Wednesday.
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Business & Money: 8 May 12
German Chancellor Angela Merkel wrote to French president-elect Francois Hollande on Tuesday saying that the eurozone was looking to them to take the "necessary decisions" to resolve the debt crisis.
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National: 8 May 12
Berlin‘s new international airport will not open as planned on June 3, leaving politicians fuming with anger and embarrassment. The delay was confirmed on Tuesday in an excruciating press conference – and no new date in sight.
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National: 8 May 12
Germany's development minister became the country's first member of government to announce a boycott of the Euro 2012 championships in Ukraine over human rights concerns, in an interview Monday.
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Society: 7 May 12
Berlin police revealed on Monday they had discovered several pipe bombs along the route of a leftist May Day demonstration in the Kreuzberg district of the German capital – which could have caused a bloodbath.
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Politics: 7 May 12
German Chancellor Angela Merkel reached out to new French President Francois Hollande on Sunday evening, inviting him to Berlin, despite having campaigned for his rival during the election campaign.
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National: 6 May 12
The daughter of Ukraine's jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko will travel to Berlin on Monday hoping to meet with Chancellor Angela Merkel and Germany's president.
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Sport: 6 May 12
With a woeful 4-1 loss to Bayern Munich on Saturday, FC Cologne lost their place in the top Bundesliga, prompting fans to stop the game a minute early with smoke bombs. But Hertha Berlin lived to fight another day.
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National: 5 May 12
A senior German doctor who has twice examined Ukraine's jailed ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was allowed into her prison on Friday to check on her health again, the Ukrainian prison service said.
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Society: 5 May 12
A two-year-old camel named Leila showed off her new blue and white cast in Berlin Friday after undergoing an operation on a badly broken leg.
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Society: 4 May 12
In what could turn out to be a canny career move, Nelson the baby parrot at Leipzig Zoo, dubbed Germany's ugliest bird, has been rejected by his mother, paving the way for what could be a Knut-esque career in the limelight.
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National: 4 May 12
A third of Germans want their football team to boycott the football European Championships in Poland and Ukraine in protest at the treatment of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.
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Politics: 4 May 12
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is unlikely to budge from her strict austerity course if France elects Socialist front-runner Francois Hollande on Sunday, though analysts say she'll have to compromise on a few new growth measures.
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National: 3 May 12
After last weekend’s balmy temperatures, this week looks set for a disappointingly damp conclusion, the German Weather Service (DWD) reported on Thursday.
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National: 3 May 12
As Ikea investigates claims that East German prisoners were forced to make its furniture in the 1980s, allegations emerged on Thursday that Cuban prisoners were also made to build the furniture giant’s products in the 1980s.
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Lifestyle: 2 May 12
This Week's Highlights: Animated films in Stuttgart, a surfing and skateboarding festival in Hamburg, and opera in a Berlin museum.
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Lifestyle: 2 May 12
Find movies playing in English in Germany with The Local's cinema guide.
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National: 2 May 12
Berlin and Hamburg saw their most peaceful May Days in years, authorities claimed on Tuesday. But the police were accused of "unbelievable brutality" as one anti-capitalist demonstration was broken up in the German capital.
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Society: 2 May 12
Football violence is increasing in Germany, with reports of trouble at games now almost every week. At the same time, the Bundesliga is booming. The Local asked Jacob Sweetman of No Dice magazine to square the circle.
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Lifestyle: 1 May 12
Burlesque is not just a naked lady in a cocktail glass - that is just one style of a complex movement in which Berlin has reclaimed its pre-war global top spot for radical naughtiness. Jessica Ware spoke with one of the capital’s performers.
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National: 1 May 12
A man from North Rhine-Westphalia bought Chancellor Angela Merkel’s first “west car” for slightly more than €10,000, after an initial auction produced too many ridiculous bids and was cancelled, the Bild newspaper reported Monday.
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National: 1 May 12
A German politician whose book criticising multiculturalism caused national outrage is being followed into print by his wife - who has written about being bullied as a teacher in a Berlin school.
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National: 1 May 12
Germany has Europe’s most efficient workers and their productivity has increased largely because wages have not kept up, data released Monday from the Federal Statistics Office showed.
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National: 1 May 12
Calls are growing from German politicians and others to relocate the European Football Championship from Ukraine to neighbouring countries, following the country's alleged treatment of its former leader.
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National: 30 Apr 12
The Berlin police force is preparing to break in its new high-tech water-cannon monster-truck for the annual May Day protests in the German capital, with demonstrations and clashes expected to begin on Monday night.
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National: 30 Apr 12
Ukraine accused Germany of "Cold War" methods on Monday as German ministers threatened to boycott the Euro 2012 Championships amid fears for the health of imprisoned former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.
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Politics: 30 Apr 12
Germany's upstart Pirate Party wrapped up a national congress Sunday aimed at distancing the powerful new political force from the far-right.
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National: 29 Apr 12
German lawmaker Dorothee Bär plans to go back to work eight weeks after the birth of her third child at the end of the minimum maternity leave, as she did for her first two children.
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National: 28 Apr 12
With both Berlin's Hertha and Cologne losing their games Saturday, the two teams are battling to stay in the Bundesliga and not get relegated, like Kaiserslautern already has, to the second league.
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Politics: 28 Apr 12
The Pirate Party is trying to figure out its future course after stunning victories in recent months have created a lot of political discussion - and criticism - about the political newcomers.
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National: 28 Apr 12
Germans appear enamored by the Taiwanese tea phenomenon known as bubble tea, with a shop offering the Asian treat opening nearly every week somewhere in the country, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported.
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National: 28 Apr 12
Weekend weather is sure to wow barbeque, beach and bike fans, with temperatures topping 31 degrees in some areas of Germany, data from the German Weather Service showed on Saturday.
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National: 28 Apr 12
German politicians should boycott the European Football Championships in Ukraine because of the poor treatment of the former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, the Social Democratic Party leader said at the weekend.
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National: 28 Apr 12
Since radioactive waste started being transported to Gorleben, fewer girls have been born in the region – a phenomenon eerily similar to what happened after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, scientists said.
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Society: 27 Apr 12
A German artist who planned to strangle two puppies to death on stage in a Berlin theatre has been told that highlighting the plight of sled dogs in Alaska is not a good enough reason to kill the dogs.
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Science & Technology: 27 Apr 12
A row blew up over a violent computer game on Friday after it took top honours at the German Computer Game Awards against the wishes of the government, which partly sponsors the €50,000 first prize.
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National: 27 Apr 12
Germany's powerful IG Metall labour union called on Friday for country-wide strikes in the key engineering and metalworking sectors from this weekend in an escalating dispute over pay.
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Science & Technology: 27 Apr 12
The German love of tanning salons is giving them increasing rates of skin cancer, with scientists this week saying sun-beds were more dangerous than previously thought.
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National: 26 Apr 12
An American tattooist who hacked a man to death with an axe was jailed for more than ten years on Thursday after a German court found him guilty of manslaughter.
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Politics: 26 Apr 12
German President Joachim Gauck has cancelled a visit to Ukraine planned for next month in protest at the violent treatment of opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko in prison.
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Lifestyle: 25 Apr 12
This Week's Highlights: A long night of music in Munich, an art party for kids in Frankfurt, and it's Gallery Weekend in Berlin!
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Business & Money: 25 Apr 12
German Chancellor Angela Merkel reiterated on Wednesday that the eurozone needed economic growth as well as deficit-cutting measures. Germany continued to register slight growth, while the UK slipped into recession.
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Lifestyle: 25 Apr 12
Find movies playing in English in Germany with The Local's cinema guide.
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Politics: 25 Apr 12
Bavaria’s state premier could face a huge bar bill if everyone he invited to a party via Facebook shows up – the politician offered entry to a famous Munich nightclub and a free drink to everyone on his social network page.
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Politics: 24 Apr 12
Speculation surfaced on Tuesday that German Chancellor Angela Merkel could be preparing to ditch her struggling coalition partner and go for early elections in order to form a “grand coalition” with the Social Democrats.
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Business & Money: 24 Apr 12
New Spanish budget airline Iberia Express is considering entering the German market, and could be flying from Berlin or Frankfurt to Spanish coastal resorts before the end of this year.
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National: 24 Apr 12
Around 3,000 taxis drove in convoy through central Berlin on Monday in protest at a huge rise in the extra fee for taking people to the German capital's new airport, set to open at the start of June.
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Politics: 23 Apr 12
A leading member of the German Pirate Party has apologised for comparing the rise of the movement with that of the Nazi party in the 1930s.
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National: 22 Apr 12
Who has the biggest, most impressive beard? A record 163 bearded beauties took part in the International German Beard Championships over the weekend.
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National: 22 Apr 12
Borussia Dortmund will be crowned German league champions for the second consecutive season after beating main title rivals Bayern Munich home and away.
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National: 21 Apr 12
The red sandstone ruins of Heidelberg castle in Baden-Wüttemberg form Germany's most popular sightseeing destination for foreign tourists, according to a new study.
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National: 21 Apr 12
The Pirate Party are under mounting pressure to act decisively against right-wing extremism in their ranks after failing to sufficiently distance themselves from anti-Semitic sentiments among their members this week.
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Society: 20 Apr 12
Germany’s Interior Minister was forced to admit on Friday that his ministry had leaked a controversial study on young Muslims in the country to populist Bild newspaper – despite initial denials.
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National: 19 Apr 12
German Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich condemned domestic violence, forced marriage and the fundamentalist Muslim branch the Salafists at the latest Islam conference on Thursday.
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Business & Money: 19 Apr 12
Germany’s top scientific research centres could be slapped with a multimillion-euro tax bill after it emerged that they had wrongly claimed special tax status for years.
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Lifestyle: 19 Apr 12
This Week's Highlights: Museum night in Frankfurt, Brian Blade in Munich, and burlesque in Berlin.
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Politics: 19 Apr 12
German Women's and Family Minister Kristina Schröder faced a storm of outrage as she presented her new book, "Danke, emanzipiert sind wir selber!" ("Thanks, we're emancipated ourselves!") in Berlin this week.
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Education: 19 Apr 12
A group of British teachers were in Berlin recently to gain new ideas for teaching children about the Holocaust. Andrew Pendlebury, a British teacher who was on the trip, wrote for The Local about his experience.
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Lifestyle: 19 Apr 12
Find movies playing in English in Germany with The Local's cinema guide.
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Business & Money: 18 Apr 12
German solar energy took another blow this week when US company First Solar confirmed the closure of a Brandenburg factory and the loss of more than 1,200 jobs.
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National: 18 Apr 12
Germany could fly bombing missions into Somalia to destroy pirate bases, if a plan set to be discussed in cabinet on Wednesday is adopted. The idea has infuriated opposition parties who described it as senseless and dangerous.
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