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Nationwide cannabis limit rolls nearer

Society: 24 May 13
Germany could in the future have a country-wide “tolerable limit” for cannabis possession, it was reported on Friday. Currently, this amount differs between states. READ »

'Germany is indifferent to neo-Nazi violence'

Society: 24 May 13
It's an intriguing premise: Are Germans ready to elect a Jewish politician chancellor? British journalist David Crossland has written a novel exploring themes of racism and neo-Nazi violence in Germany. The Local has excerpts. READ »

Hollande praises tough German reforms

Politics: 23 May 13
French President Francois Hollande, attending the 150th anniversary celebrations of Germany's Social Democratic Party on Thursday, praised the unpopular welfare and labour reforms by former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder. READ »

Hipster Berlin dogs get meaty frozen yoghurt

Society: 23 May 13
Healthy dogs have wet noses, but cold and creamy canine noses may be a sign that they've been treated to a doggy frozen yoghurt made in Berlin. Rather than chocolate or pistachio, flavours include salmon and beef. READ »

Police raid suspected leftist extremists

National: 22 May 13
Police on Wednesday carried out raids across several German states at more than 20 properties, which they believe are connected to a network of leftist extremists responsible for carrying out attacks over more than a decade. READ »

Rösler wants dual citizenship for IT talent

Science & Technology: 22 May 13
German Economy Minister Philipp Rösler appealed to top US university students this week to consider Germany as the place to start their IT careers and called for tech entrepreneurs to be offered dual citizenship. READ »

New in German cinemas: 'Fast & Furious 6'

Lifestyle: 22 May 13
Find movies playing in English in Germany with The Local’s cinema guide. READ »

Conservatives demand East German symbol ban

Politics: 21 May 13
Germany's Christian Democrats (CDU) called on Tuesday for symbols associated with the totalitarian socialist regime of former East Germany to be banned, in the same way that it is illegal to display Nazi memorabilia. READ »

Germany seeks 'visible' Kosovo-Serbia progress

Politics: 21 May 13
Germany has called for "visible" progress in implementing a landmark deal between Serbia and Kosovo before securing Berlin's backing for Belgrade's bid to join the European Union. READ »

Fans flock to London for all-German CL final

Sport: 20 May 13
With two Bundesliga clubs in the Champions League final, Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund supporters are rushing to London for this weekend's Wembley showdown. READ »

Pricey Reichstag visitor centre scrapped

Society: 20 May 13
Visitors to Berlin's iconic Reichstag parliament building will continue to face long queues before they can enter through a temporary container, after politicians scrapped plans for an expensive underground visitor centre. READ »

Boy dies at Tropical Islands swimming pool

National: 19 May 13
A 15-year-old boy died on Saturday at the popular “Tropical Islands” swimming and entertainment centre outside of Berlin, the Bild newspaper reported. READ »

Bayern wins, Dortmund loses ahead of CL Final

Sport: 19 May 13
If Saturday’s play was any barometer of what may happen at the Champions League final this coming Saturday, then Borussia Dortmund should be very nervous indeed. READ »

Organic food stores expand rapidly

National: 18 May 13
Organic food and health stores are undergoing a hefty expansion in Germany, with the Vitalia chain taking over several locations from the bankrupt Schlecker drugstore chain in Munich alone. READ »

Christian Democrats set up political donation ATM

Politics: 17 May 13
Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats have installed a automated teller machine for political donations up to €100 at their HQ. The election campaign gag attracts tourists paying a few euros for the receipt it spits out. READ »

Germany cool to France's EU economy plan

Business & Money: 17 May 13
Germany said Friday that French President Francois Hollande's proposal for a eurozone economic government was "interesting" but reacted coolly to his call for strengthened European budgetary powers. READ »

Merkel opens up privately ahead of election

Politics: 17 May 13
With national elections just months away, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has begun to reveal more about her personal life, from her Polish roots to her weakness for men with "nice eyes." READ »

Holiday travellers face traffic trouble

National: 17 May 13
For anyone looking to take a trip over this long Pentecost holiday weekend, getting there likely won't be half the fun. German drivers' association ADAC has warned of packed roads and traffic jams, particularly on Friday and Saturday. READ »

Giant Barbie doll house opens amid protests

Lifestyle: 16 May 13
Harmless pink fun or a bad influence on young girls? A life-size Barbie dream house attraction opened in Berlin on Thursday to protests including a bare-chested woman burning a doll in effigy. Jessica Ware reports. READ »

Germany refuses to slam French economic policy

Business & Money: 16 May 13
Germany will not publicly criticize France over economic policy, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble insisted on Thursday, amid differences between Berlin and Paris over growth versus austerity in battling the eurozone debt crisis. READ »

Big pharma 'human guinea pigs' spark anger

National: 16 May 13
Revelations that Western drug companies colluded with East Germany's communist regime to use more than 50,000 people as "human guinea pigs" in 1980s medical trials has sparked widespread outrage. READ »

'At his final heartbeat I knew I had to act'

Analysis & Opinion: 16 May 13
The trial of a group of young men suspected of beating to death 20-year-old Jonny K. began in Berlin this week. His older sister's tireless campaigning for a safer capital in the wake of his death makes her our German of the Week. READ »

Germany kills 'Euro Hawk' drone programme

National: 15 May 13
Germany has cancelled a planned 'Euro Hawk' drone programme fearing European authorities will not certify them, a Defence Ministry source said Tuesday after reported European safety concerns. READ »

New in German cinemas: ‘The Great Gatsby’

Lifestyle: 15 May 13
Find movies playing in English in Germany with The Local’s cinema guide. READ »

Anaemic economy feels winter chill

Business & Money: 15 May 13
The German economy, Europe's biggest, clocked up anaemic growth at the start of 2013 as the freezing winter weather put the brakes on activity, official data showed on Wednesday. READ »

Berlin's 'Peacemaker' soothes the city

Society: 15 May 13
As in any big, mixed European city, conflict is part of the fabric of Berlin. Yet often enough the police are not the right people to call, which is when the city's "Peacemaker" comes in. Jessica Ware tracked him down for a chat. READ »

Suspect pleads not guilty in fatal beating trial

Society: 13 May 13
The suspected ringleader of a vicious beating that left 20-year-old Jonny K dead at Berlin's central Alexanderplatz train station, pled not guilty on Monday as his trial began. READ »

Merkel reveals new details of GDR past

Politics: 13 May 13
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has revealed more details of her activities under the communist regime in East Germany, insisting that she had never kept certain things secret, but that no one had ever asked. READ »

Frankfurt Germany's biggest crime city

Society: 13 May 13
Frankfurt is Germany's most dangerous city, thanks to its giant airport and volatile red-light district, figures from the federal police revealed over the weekend. Following in second and third place were Düsseldorf and Cologne. READ »

Pirate Party declare election-year attack

Politics: 13 May 13
Germany's Pirate Party vowed an attack on the political mainstream as it wrapped up a congress Sunday, hoping to re-energise a flagging campaign ahead of September elections. READ »

West tested drugs on '50,000 East Germans'

Science & Technology: 12 May 13
Western drug companies tested pharmaceuticals on more than 50,000 people in the former communist East Germany, often without the knowledge of patients, several of whom died, Der Spiegel reported on Sunday. READ »

Top-selling 'Bild' tabloid to slash staff figures

National: 12 May 13
Top German tabloid Bild could cut up to 200 jobs at its print edition to make savings worth €20 million, it emerged on Saturday. Planned restructuring could force some print edition staff to accept less favourable conditions. READ »

Sex workers learn to help disabled clients

Society: 11 May 13
A centre in Nuremberg is offering a course to sex industry professionals on how to cater to the sexual needs of disabled clients. Those who complete training successfully attain a certificate in “sexual accompaniment and assistance.” READ »

Pirates gather to steer election course

Politics: 11 May 13
Germany's Pirate Party are meeting just over four months before general elections to chart a course out of a crisis that has seen its poll ratings sink amid internal squabbling. READ »

German home burgled every four minutes

National: 11 May 13
Burglaries rose sharply last year in Germany, according to new figures. Daytime break-ins in particular have increased, with robberies becoming more violent. Critics say cutbacks mean crimes aren't being solved. READ »

Obama set to visit Berlin next month

Politics: 10 May 13
US President Barack Obama will make an official visit to Germany next month for wide-ranging talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel, the White House confirmed Friday. READ »

The chilly off-peak perks of Rügen prove a treat

Society: 10 May 13
Germany's largest island Rügen - in the snow - might not top many peoples' list of dream holidays. But as The Local's Jessica Ware discovered, its quiet beauty makes it well worth a trip to escape city bustle for a few days. READ »

Berlin to ban holiday lets in city centre

National: 9 May 13
Berlin rent increases are to be capped, more flats built and a ban put on holiday lets in the centre – all part of a raft of measures passed by the city Senate to address an apparent chronic housing shortage. READ »

Hertha: we're too busy to play Manchester United

Sport: 8 May 13
As unthinkable as rejecting the Queen's invitation to tea - Berlin club Hertha BSC told superstars Manchester United they can't play a money-rolling friendly match this summer - because they might have something else on that week. READ »

Seven Supermums to mark Mothers' Day

Lifestyle: 8 May 13
This Sunday is Mothers' Day in Germany. Here at The Local we all love our mothers - this week's Local List gathers an eclectic collection of mothers and mummies. READ »

In German cinemas this week: ‘Side Effects’

Lifestyle: 8 May 13
Find movies playing in English in Germany with The Local’s cinema guide. READ »

France tells Germany: we need growth too

Business & Money: 7 May 13
As Germany and France clash over how to move Europe's economy forward, the French finance minister told Germany's counterpart, Wolfgang Schäuble, that committing to fiscal discipline must not stall growth. READ »

'The NSU trial is an aim in itself'

Analysis & Opinion: 7 May 13
Global attention was trained on a Munich courtroom on Monday as Beate Zschäpe and four neo-Nazis faced charges relating to a series of racially motivated killings. The Local's media round-up presents some of the reaction. READ »

'You can get pension payments back'

Analysis & Opinion: 6 May 13
Foreigners often get a nasty shock along with their first German payslip - hundreds of euros deducted from their take-home wage. Don't panic - the latest in The Local's JobTalk series looks at German social security payments. READ »

Anti-Swabian graffiti sparks outrage in Berlin

National: 5 May 13
Berlin’s mayor on Sunday condemned those behind anti-Swabian graffiti which appeared in the Prenzlauer Berg district of Berlin overnight and is reminiscent of slogans used by the Nazis against the Jews. READ »

Free Democrats prepare to reveal election plan

National: 4 May 13
Germany's junior government party is holding key talks this weekend, with the aim of boosting its image in the lead-up to elections in September. Hot button issues like the minimum wage and tackling tax evasion are high on the agenda. READ »

Fascists claim 'We are the people' slogan

Politics: 3 May 13
A new German far-right xenophobic party has taken as its name the slogan which helped bring down the Berlin wall, it was reported on Friday. READ »

Atheist shoes go missing in God-fearing US

Society: 3 May 13
Godless Berlin-based shoe firm Atheist has enjoyed runaway success over the past year, and garnered orders from around the world - but it seems their faithless brand name is causing problems for shipments to the United States. READ »

Optimistic youth fail to prepare for old age

Society: 2 May 13
Young Germans are more optimistic than ever, with a survey on Thursday revealing that 95 percent think they're set up for a good future, despite the fact not that many of them take saving for old age seriously. READ »

Franco-German friendship cools further

Politics: 1 May 13
A year after Francois Hollande's election, the French president finds himself trapped in Europe between a powerful but unpopular German Chancellor Angela Merkel and his own weakness at home. READ »

Teacher works for years with fake qualifications

National: 30 Apr 13
A state teacher who worked for four years at a school in a north German town of Mölln faked her qualifications, a regional newspaper revealed Tuesday. READ »

Tougher smoking ban worries bar owners

Society: 30 Apr 13
Tough new anti-smoking laws come into force in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) on Wednesday. It is a coup for the state's government which took over last year – but publicans say the rules are too strict. READ »

Germany gets HuffPo and new Spiegel editor

National: 30 Apr 13
Two new faces on the media landscape were unveiled this week, with Der Spiegel news magazine appointing a new editor-in-chief and US-export Huffington Post announcing the launch of a German site. READ »

Merkel: we're still friends with France

National: 29 Apr 13
Germany on Monday played down criticism by France's ruling Socialists of Chancellor Angela Merkel's insistence on austerity, and said it saw cooperation with Paris as "essential". READ »

Brit lands Berlin airport half marathon victory

Sport: 29 Apr 13
Berlin's new BER airport may not be ready for planes, but a British runner flew around the runway on Saturday, winning one of the country's more unusual races - the Airport Run half marathon. READ »

SPD and Greens unite to battle election

Politics: 28 Apr 13
Germany's Greens pledged to fight a joint battle with the centre-left Social Democrats against conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel in elections five months away as it wrapped up a three-day party congress Sunday. READ »

Conservative politician in hot water on fiancé's job

Politics: 28 Apr 13
A conservative spokeswoman for family affairs, Dorothee Bär, is the latest in her party to be embroiled in the controversy surrounding members who installed their relatives in lucrative assistant roles. READ »

German man's crocodile passion attracts tourists

National: 28 Apr 13
A small village in northern Germany has so many crocodiles - nearly one for every 60 people - that they have become something of a tourist attraction, even though they all live in one man's house. READ »

Hospital hands back Aborigine skulls

National: 27 Apr 13
A leading German hospital announced that it had handed over the skulls and bones of 33 Aborigines to Australian representatives to be returned for burial. READ »

Files reveal star actor Horst Tappert's Nazi past

National: 27 Apr 13
The late German actor who starred in the wildly popular television crime show "Derrick" belonged to Hitler's notorious Waffen SS, the daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported Friday. READ »

'Berlin-bashing' book catalogues capital’s flops

National: 27 Apr 13
From a disastrous world exhibition in 1892 to the present debacle over a new airport, few cities can boast as many spectacular flops as Berlin. Author Cornelia Tomerius has lovingly catalogued the city’s rich history of failures in a new book. READ »

EU socialists unite to fight ‘selfish’ austerity

National: 27 Apr 13
European socialist parties have met to display a united front to oppose austerity policies in the European Union, while a French government document described German Chancellor Angela Merkel's ideas as "selfish." READ »

Merkel gave Obamas golf putts and wine

Politics: 26 Apr 13
What do you buy a multi-millionaire who also happens to be the leader of the free world? Angela Merkel gave him a set of golf putters - and presented his wife with six bottles of wine. READ »

Tourist tax to hit summer Berlin trippers

Business & Money: 26 Apr 13
EasyJet-setters heading to Berlin this summer for a budget party weekend will have to save up a few extra euros, as from July 1st they will have to pay a five percent levy on overnight stays. READ »

Union delivers postie pay rise after marathon talks

Business & Money: 26 Apr 13
Germany's biggest workers' union bagged higher wages for postal workers on Friday after a marathon 20-hour meeting. The agreement comes after country-wide post strikes disrupted deliveries last week. READ »

Cop loses gun in bid to keep trousers clean

Society: 26 Apr 13
A bungling German police officer is desperately hoping his colleagues can find his gun - after he left it in the toilet of a Berlin service station. It seems a dirty floor may have been to blame. READ »

Scandal hits Merkel's partner with huge fine

Politics: 26 Apr 13
Angela Merkel's junior coalition party suffered an election-year setback when a court ruled on Thursday it would have to pay a fine of at least €2 million over a funding scandal. READ »

Hot ice-cream shop hikes prices to deter custom

Society: 25 Apr 13
For Berlin ice-cream magnate Niko Robert, business is going a little too well. An unending queue outside his shop is cause for complaint from neighbours and driven him to raise his prices to deter customers. READ »

Germany 'optimistic' on growth despite crisis

Business & Money: 25 Apr 13
The German government insisted Thursday that Europe's biggest economy could "look to the future with optimism", despite recent disappointing economic data and falling confidence. READ »

Berlin ghost airport costs €162k a month to clean

National: 25 Apr 13
With Berlin’s much-delayed new airport not likely to open for several years, cleaning the ghost terminal is costing a whopping €162,000 each month. READ »

New in German cinemas: 'Iron Man 3'

Lifestyle: 24 Apr 13
Find movies playing in English in Germany with The Local’s cinema guide. READ »

IMF backs thrifty German budget policy

Business & Money: 24 Apr 13
The International Monetary Fund's chief economist believes Germany's budgetary policy is "appropriate" while criticizing the fiscal habits of the United States. READ »

Pride parade shuns CDU over gay marriage

Society: 24 Apr 13
Organizers of Berlin's Christopher Street Day will not give Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats their normal float at this year's gay pride parade in protest against the party's opposition to same-sex marriage. READ »

Giant spider bites florist

Society: 24 Apr 13
A spider the size of a person’s hand attacked a woman at a flower shop in Berlin, sparking a massive hunt for the aggressive arachnid by the fire brigade and police. The florist survived the encounter, but the suspected tarantula didn’t. READ »

Berlin: Europe must 'stay the course' with austerity

Politics: 23 Apr 13
Germany argued Tuesday that the eurozone must stay the course with "already successful" reforms and fiscal discipline, after European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso suggested the tide may be turning against tough austerity. READ »

Riefenstahl's Olympic film secretly sold to IOC

National: 22 Apr 13
One of Germany's most acclaimed and controversial films by Hitler's favourite director Leni Riefenstahl was secretly sold off by former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder to help an Olympic bid, a newspaper reported on Monday. READ »

Disposable camera snaps creativity in Dresden

Lifestyle: 22 Apr 13
An American scientist is trying to stir up creative spontaneity in the eastern German city of Dresden by leaving disposable cameras around for strangers' use, before collecting them and displaying the results online. Jessica Ware reports. READ »

Lufthansa strikes hit German airports

Business & Money: 22 Apr 13
Several thousand Lufthansa staff stopped work at airports across Germany early on Monday morning as services sector union Verdi called for a full day strike - expected to result in 1,688 flight cancellations. READ »

Germany re-considers Syria arms embargo

Politics: 22 Apr 13
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle on Sunday said Berlin will have no choice but to accept the lifting of an EU arms embargo on Syria if other European countries push for it. READ »

Bayern's Hoeneß said to hide cash in Swiss bank

Sport: 21 Apr 13
The president of German football club Bayern Munich, Uli Hoeneß, may have hidden more than €10 million ($13 million) from tax authorities, according to a Sunday media report. READ »

Neo-Nazi NPD party 'weak and in tatters'

Politics: 20 Apr 13
Germany’s neo-Nazi NPD party is holding its national conference this weekend - on Adolf Hitler's birthday. But a political expert believes financial strains, internal conflicts and dwindling support are already crippling the far-right extremists. READ »

Hamburg voted most attractive German city

Society: 20 Apr 13
Hamburg has come out top in a survey asking Germans to choose the city where they would most like to live. More than one in six Germans listed the country’s second largest city as the best place to settle down. READ »

Suspected letter bomb to president found harmless

National: 19 Apr 13
The police on Friday detonated a suspected letter bomb sent to the official residence of Germany's president in Berlin. It later turned out to be harmless. READ »

UN takes Germany to task for 'racist' Sarrazin

Society: 19 Apr 13
A UN anti-racism committee is accusing Germany of breaking an international agreement by allowing the controversial ex-politician Thilo Sarrazin to spread inflammatory ideas about Muslims in 2010 with impunity. READ »

Move over Berlin: why London is Germany's new fashion capital

Lifestyle: 19 Apr 13
So you think this season’s trends are only to be found on Berlin’s Kudamm or Mönckebergstraße in Hamburg? Not any longer: Marks & Spencer is flying the flag as the home of British fashion in Germany, with their new Look of London collection. READ »

Gangster rapper Bushido linked to mafia family

Society: 19 Apr 13
Many suspected German gangster rapper Bushido had friends in shady places, but no one guessed how intimate his relationship with the mafia really was - until it emerged this week he granted full power of attorney to a Berlin mobster. READ »

Lufthansa staff to stage strike on Monday

Business & Money: 19 Apr 13
German airline Lufthansa and air travellers across Germany face another day of disruption next week after unions on Friday called for a one-day walkout in an escalating pay dispute. READ »

Poles no longer the losers in Berlin

Lifestyle: 19 Apr 13
After it was recently revealed that Angela Merkel had a grandfather from Poland, Matthew Luxmoore set out to discover where the chancellor could connect to her roots in Berlin's sizable Polish community. READ »

Stuttgart to face Bayern in German Cup final

Sport: 18 Apr 13
VfB Stuttgart will face favourites Bayern Munich in June's German Cup final after they beat Freiburg 2-1 at home in their semi-final on Wednesday. READ »

New in German cinemas: ‘I Give It a Year’

Lifestyle: 17 Apr 13
Find movies playing in English in Germany with The Local’s cinema guide. READ »

Rat poison-laced bread puts 25 in hospital

Society: 17 Apr 13
Twenty-five office employees were hospitalised on Tuesday after eating bread rolls scattered with rat poison. Staff thought they had been left a present when the box containing the bread appeared on the company's doorstep. READ »

Postal strike leaves letters in limbo

Society: 17 Apr 13
Millions of letters and parcels lay undelivered on Wednesday in Germany as postal workers walked out in a fight for more pay. In bigger cities, demonstrations are planned. READ »

Treble-chasing Bayern blast into Cup final

Sport: 17 Apr 13
High-flying Bayern Munich kept alive their dreams of becoming Germany's first team to win the treble by booking their German Cup final berth with a 6-1 win at home to VfL Wolfsburg in Tuesday's semi-final. READ »

Provincial judges hurt Germany's image abroad

Analysis & Opinion: 17 Apr 13
A Munich court's provincial pedantry has damaged Germany's image abroad just as the country seeks justice for an unprecedented series of racist murders by neo-Nazis, writes The Local's Marc Young. READ »

Germany 'not strong enough' for stimulus

Politics: 16 Apr 13
Germany does not have the economic strength to launch another stimulus package now without running the risk of losing market confidence, Chancellor Angela Merkel said late Monday. READ »

Anti-euro party aims to tip German election

Politics: 15 Apr 13
The new anti-euro party Alternative for Germany could tip the balance in the upcoming election regardless of whether it makes it into the Bundestag, according to a prominent German political expert. READ »

Merkel rival Steinbrück rallies SPD: 'So to battle!'

Politics: 15 Apr 13
Germany's main opposition candidate for dethroning Chancellor Angela Merkel vowed Sunday to push his campaign harder amid lowly poll forecasts. READ »

Syrian wounded fly to Germany for help

National: 15 Apr 13
Germany is due Monday to send a specially equipped military aircraft to bring more than 30 people seriously wounded in the Syrian conflict for treatment in the country, according to a media report. READ »

Woman dies two days after forced eviction

Society: 13 Apr 13
A 67-year-old Berlin woman who was evicted from her home on Tuesday died two days later at a homeless shelter, it emerged on Friday. The news has sparked criticism of forced evictions. READ »

Deserting the wrong way: Why soldiers went East

National: 12 Apr 13
Countless East Germans tried to flee communist oppression, but a new book documents the rare cases of western deserters going the other way. Matthew Luxmoore reports. READ »

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