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Daimler books record €6-billion profit

Business & Money: 9 Feb 12
German auto giant Daimler, which own Mercedes-Benz, said on Thursday they achieved record sales and profits in 2011, but warned that earnings may be flat this year. READ »

What's on in Germany: February 9 - 15

Society: 9 Feb 12
This Week's Highlights: The star-studded Berlinale film festival kicks off in Berlin, Munch goes on view in Frankfurt, and a ukelele orchestra sets up in Munich. READ »

The Local's English-language movie listings for Germany

Lifestyle: 8 Feb 12
Find movies playing in English in Germany with The Local's cinema guide. READ »

Frozen kraut jam leaves autobahn drivers sauer

Society: 7 Feb 12
An accident involving two trucks, a car and a large quantity of sauerkraut caused a 10-kilometre traffic jam on the A5 motorway in the German state of Hesse on Tuesday morning after the German delicacy froze solid on the road. READ »

Robust Germany faces rising 'burnout' problem

Society: 6 Feb 12
Germany, holding up better than its eurozone partners in the current economic crisis, is battling the increasingly widespread phenomenon of "burnout" which is supposedly costing its economy billions of euros each year. READ »

Bestiality brothels spur call for animal sex ban

Society: 3 Feb 12
Animal sex abuse is on the rise in Germany, with bestiality brothels being set up across the country, according to a state animal protection officer demanding stronger laws to protect mankind's furry and feathered friends. READ »

Deutsche Bank profits fall as debt crisis bites

Business & Money: 2 Feb 12
Deutsche Bank, Germany's biggest bank reported Thursday a bigger-than-expected drop in earnings at the end of last year as the eurozone sovereign debt crisis hurt business. READ »

Euro crisis, earthquakes slam Munich Re profits

Business & Money: 2 Feb 12
Munich Re, the world's biggest reinsurer, said Thursday that profits plummeted last year due to heavy losses from both the eurozone debt crisis and a string of natural catastrophes. READ »

EU blocks Deutsche Börse merger with NYSE

Business & Money: 1 Feb 12
Deutsche Börse, which runs the Frankfurt stock market, said Wednesday that the EU Commission in Brussels had told it that its planned merger with NYSE Euronext has been blocked. READ »

Arty Argentine meteorite exhibit falls to earth

Society: 1 Feb 12
An unlikely alliance between an indigenous tribe and leading Argentine scientists has thwarted plans to ship the world's second largest meteorite to Germany's prestigious Documenta art show. READ »

ThyssenKrupp sells stainless steel business

Business & Money: 31 Jan 12
German industrial giant ThyssenKrupp said Tuesday it has agreed to sell its stainless steel unit Inoxum to Finnish group Outokumpu in a deal which valued the business at €2.7 billion ($3.6 billion). READ »

German held at elite ball protest 'had explosives'

Society: 28 Jan 12
A German man arrested while protesting against a right-wing elite student society ball in Vienna was carrying explosives, police said. READ »

Grenade disguised as toy left on supermarket shelf

National: 28 Jan 12
A hand grenade disguised as a toy and placed at child’s eye level on the shelf of a supermarket could have killed someone, say German prosecutors investigating it as an attempted murder. READ »

What's on in Germany: January 26 – February 1

Lifestyle: 27 Jan 12
This Week's Highlights: Hitchcock in Frankfurt, indie rock in Munich, and an homage to an electronic music pioneer in Berlin. READ »

The Local's English-language movie listings for Germany

Lifestyle: 26 Jan 12
Find movies playing in English in Germany with The Local's cinema guide. READ »

Police pinch pug-pilfering pensioner

Society: 25 Jan 12
A 93-year-old Frankfurt lady was overjoyed to welcome home her pug Tuesday, after police found it in the home of a 74-year-old woman who had offered to take the dog for a walk. READ »

Hollywood arsonist accused of 100 fires

Society: 25 Jan 12
Los Angeles prosecutors have announced 63 more charges against a German man accused over a four-day arson spree which gripped Hollywood over the year-end holidays. READ »

Cruise survivors unable to board train home

National: 24 Jan 12
German railway operator Deutsche Bahn is apologising after a conductor refused to allow a couple to board a train home, despite the fact their tickets and money had been destroyed in the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster. READ »

Banks 'stashing money in fear of meltdown'

Business & Money: 19 Jan 12
Germany’s economy is still in the danger zone, with banks stockpiling money in the European Central Bank (ECB) instead of lending it, Jürgen Fitschen, next in line to lead Deutsche Bank, warned on Thursday. READ »

What's on in Germany: January 19 – 25

Lifestyle: 19 Jan 12
This Week's Highlights: An open-air ball in Dresden, music and movies at the Berlin Cathedral and lots of interesting new art in Frankfurt. READ »

Sadist pimp 'hurt women with his metal genitals'

Society: 18 Jan 12
A sadistic pimp not only beat the women he forced into prostitution – he had turned his genitalia into a weapon with metal implants and used it to hurt them further, a court in Frankfurt has heard. READ »

Airports still stingy with their wireless internet

National: 17 Jan 12
German airports are slowly offering more free internet access, but progress is slow, with only Cologne Bonn Airport providing unlimited free surfing. READ »

Germans work six weeks a year longer than French

National: 13 Jan 12
Germans work six weeks longer each year than their French counterparts – but the European champions for staying out of the office are the Finns, new data shows. READ »

Canine name trend leaves Bello in dog house

Society: 13 Jan 12
Today’s dog owners are well-travelled, creative linguists who enjoy a drink - or so they’d like their pet’s name to suggest, as traditional canine names such as Bello are replaced by more individual choices, a new study says. READ »

Lufthansa positive on biofuel but delays use

National: 11 Jan 12
German airline Lufthansa said on Wednesday it would not start using biofuel despite positive results from a six-month testing period on flights between two German cities. READ »

Cologne is country's stalker capital

National: 11 Jan 12
Those who could not sleep after watching "Fatal Attraction" might want to avoid Cologne, where there are more reports of stalking than any other major German city, according to an analysis of police crime data. READ »

Wall Street Journal launches German edition

Business & Money: 10 Jan 12
The Wall Street Journal launched a German edition on Tuesday, breaking into the German business news market with what its editor promised would be a new, international, perspective. READ »

Coalition at risk over financial transaction tax

Politics: 10 Jan 12
Chancellor Angela Merkel is facing a crisis in her governing coalition after agreeing with French President Nicolas Sarkozy to push for a financial transaction tax, even if Britain opts out. READ »

Jihadist killer deserves life say prosecutors

National: 9 Jan 12
A man who shot dead two American soldiers in Germany last March should go to jail for life, prosecutors demanded on Monday as a court heard closing arguments in his trial READ »

Police hacked after top cop rows with daughter

National: 9 Jan 12
A hacker attack which infiltrated Germany’s federal police computer system using Trojan programs and a system of routes via Russia last summer was due to a row about internet usage between a top cop and his daughter. READ »

What's on in Germany: January 5 - 11

Lifestyle: 5 Jan 12
This Week's Highlights: Buster Keaton films in Munich, Alexander McQueen fashions in Hamburg, and contemporary dance in Berlin. READ »

The Local's English-language movie listings for Germany

Lifestyle: 4 Jan 12
Find movies playing in English in Germany with The Local's cinema guide. READ »

German arson suspect arrested in Los Angeles

Society: 3 Jan 12
A 24-year-old German has been arrested in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, suspected of setting fire to 52 cars in a four-day period over the New Year, mirroring similar attacks in Berlin. READ »

'Anonymous' declares 'Blitzkrieg' on neo-Nazis

Society: 2 Jan 12
“Anonymous” hackers have declared “Blitzkrieg” on neo-Nazis for the New Year, disabling a number of their websites and publishing lists of extreme-right supporters. READ »

Polish ambassador: too easy to nick German cars

Society: 2 Jan 12
Poland’s ambassador to Germany says it is too easy to steal German cars – and this is why so many of them end up across the border in his country. READ »

Half a million kilometres of traffic jams this year

National: 29 Dec 11
Far from effortlessly zooming down Autobahns at limitless speeds, German drivers are increasingly sitting in traffic– with nearly half a million kilometres of jams recorded this year. READ »

The Local's English-language movie listings for Germany

Lifestyle: 28 Dec 11
Find movies playing in English in Germany with The Local's cinema guide. READ »

More seniors addicted to drugs and alcohol

Society: 28 Dec 11
Hundreds of thousands of German senior citizens are dependent on drugs or alcohol and authorities worry the number is only increasing. READ »

Top court to decide if 'organic water' exists

National: 27 Dec 11
An ongoing legal struggle over whether the label Biomineralwasser, "organic mineral water," misleads consumers will go all the way to Germany's top court, it emerged Tuesday. READ »

Thousands missing over the holidays

Society: 26 Dec 11
More than 5,000 people – and nearly 2,000 children – are registered with authorities as missing nationwide, according to statistics released on Monday. READ »

Customs officers try to block Polish fireworks

Society: 26 Dec 11
As New Year’s celebrations approach, German customs officials are stepping up border inspections, hoping to stem the tide of powerful, but often illegal, Polish fireworks. READ »

Blackberry 'reprieve' for tired employees

Business & Money: 23 Dec 11
Under an arrangement between management and a union, workers at carmaker Volkswagen are getting a reprieve from constantly having to respond to Blackberry emails after working hours. READ »

‘The right speech at the wrong time’

Politics: 23 Dec 11
German President Christian Wulff gave a public apology Thursday for the personal finance scandal that has hounded him. But as The Local’s media roundup finds, most pundits think the speech was too little too late. READ »

What's on in Germany: December 22 – January 4

Lifestyle: 22 Dec 11
The highlights over the holidays: Shadow puppets in Hamburg, Bonnie and Clyde in Berlin, and Belarus ballerinas fluff their feathers in Munich. READ »

Six jailed in €300 million tax evasion scheme

Business & Money: 22 Dec 11
A German court jailed six men on Wednesday for tax evasion in the trading of carbon emission permits through the country's biggest bank, Deutsche Bank. READ »

The Local's English-language movie listings for Germany

Lifestyle: 21 Dec 11
Find movies playing in English in Germany with The Local's cinema guide. READ »

Despite snow, Christmas only white in mountains

National: 20 Dec 11
Thick snow caused chaos in western Germany on Tuesday, with several trucks crashing, flights cancelled and public transport disrupted – but those dreaming of a white Christmas are likely to be disappointed. READ »

AT&T drops blocked bid for T-Mobile in US

Business & Money: 20 Dec 11
AT&T has abandoned its $39-billion deal to buy Deutsche Telekom's US wireless unit T-Mobile after running into stiff opposition from American regulators. READ »

Babbel booted out of Hertha Berlin

Sport: 19 Dec 11
Hertha Berlin sacked coach Markus Babbel on Sunday amidst a war of words, while Borussia Mönchengladbach remain fourth after their 1-0 win over Mainz on the last German league weekend of 2011. READ »

Bayern Munich 'will be even better' in 2012

Sport: 17 Dec 11
The football powerhouse of Bayern Munich will be even stronger in 2012, when Bastian Schweinsteiger and Arjen Robben are fully fit, coach Jupp Heynckes predicted. READ »

Commerzbank execs face money laundering charge

Business & Money: 15 Dec 11
Frankfurt prosecutors have filed charges against five men – four of whom are current or former Commerzbank executives – for their involvement in an alleged money laundering case with Russian connections more than a decade ago. READ »

What's on in Germany: December 15 - 21

Lifestyle: 15 Dec 11
This Week's Highlights: Synagogue music in Berlin, horses in Frankfurt, and a French dance troupe rocks out in Munich. READ »

Struggling pensioners forced back to work

Society: 15 Dec 11
Germany, as Europe's top economy, may be currently seen as the land of plenty but its senior citizens are increasingly being forced to take a part-time job in their twilight years just to make ends meet. READ »

Commerzbank beefs up financial situation

Business & Money: 14 Dec 11
Commerzbank, Germany's second-biggest bank needing €5.3 billion in fresh funds, said Wednesday a repurchase of securities will beef up its core capital by more than €700 million. READ »

The Local's English-language movie listings for Germany

Lifestyle: 14 Dec 11
Find movies playing in English in Germany with The Local's cinema guide. READ »

English town ends twinning with Germany

Society: 14 Dec 11
The English town of Bishop’s Stortford has been caught up in Britain’s euro row when the council ended its twinning programme with Friedberg in Hesse just as Prime Minister David Cameron wielded his fateful veto in Brussels. READ »

Beating the holiday bag blues at Frankfurt Airport

Lifestyle: 14 Dec 11
Long lines and lost luggage make travelling during the holidays as much fun as an eggnog hangover. Caitlan Carroll spoke with the experts at Frankfurt Airport to ensure you’ll at least arrive at your destination with your bag. READ »

Consumers to lose out to energy-guzzlers

Business & Money: 12 Dec 11
Dozens of German energy-guzzling companies have applied for special exemption from grid charges, meaning that private consumers will end up paying more for their electricity. READ »

Cops search for more anarchist letter bombs

National: 9 Dec 11
Police on Friday were still searching for explosive packages after an Italian far-left group claimed responsibility for a letter bomb sent to Deutsche Bank's CEO and said that others were in the post. READ »

What's on in Germany: December 8 - 14

Lifestyle: 8 Dec 11
This Week's Highlights: Choirs sing Bach in Leipzig, a rock opera in Frankfurt and a ballet rendition of "A Christmas Carol" in Dresden. READ »

Deutsche Bank letter bomb was operational

National: 8 Dec 11
A suspected letter bomb addressed to Deutsche Bank chief Josef Ackermann which was intercepted on Wednesday at the bank's Frankfurt headquarters, could have exploded, German police have confirmed. READ »

The Local's English-language movie listings for Germany

Lifestyle: 7 Dec 11
Find movies playing in English in Germany with The Local's cinema guide. READ »

Raphael 'copy' unveiled as authentic artwork

Society: 7 Dec 11
Frankfurt’s Städel Museum is preparing to display a work by Italian Renaissance master Raphael that was once considered a copy, but is now believed to be his authentic portrait of Pope Julius II. READ »

One in ten so stressed they grind their teeth

National: 7 Dec 11
One in ten Germans grind their teeth – a phenomenon largely associated with stress – and the number of people affected seems to be increasing, according to the country’s dentists. READ »

The Local's guide to German Christmas markets

Lifestyle: 7 Dec 11
Put on your mittens, don your cap, and join The Local for a tour of Germany’s best-loved Christmas markets. Frohe Weihnachten! READ »

German football seeks new president

Sport: 5 Dec 11
German football has launched a bad-tempered search for a new boss after the shock resignation of the DFB football association president with a meeting to discuss the options set for this week. READ »

Neo-Nazi killers sold fascist 'Monopoly'

National: 5 Dec 11
The members of the extreme-right terrorist cell suspected of slaying at least 10 people in Germany between 2000 and 2010 sold a neo-Nazi version of the board game 'Monopoly' in order to finance their murderous activities, authorities said. READ »

Steinbrück rules out new grand coalition

Politics: 4 Dec 11
Former Finance Minister Peer Steinbrück, a leading member of the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), has categorically ruled out entering a new grand coalition under Chancellor Angela Merkel. READ »

Karzai slams Pakistan for boycotting Bonn talks

National: 4 Dec 11
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has accused Pakistan of undermining negotiations with the ban by boycotting an international conference on Afghanistan starting Monday in Bonn. READ »

Far-right cell links to Saarland attacks probed

National: 3 Dec 11
There may be links between the far-right terror cell and a series of crimes in the western state of Saarland, including a bomb attack on a controversial exhibition and arson attacks on foreigners. READ »

ThyssenKrupp books huge stainless steel hit

Business & Money: 2 Dec 11
German industrial giant ThyssenKrupp said Friday it booked heavy losses in its business year just ended owing to massive €2.9 billion ($3.9 billion) in writedowns on its US and stainless steel businesses. READ »

What's on in Germany: December 1 - 7

Lifestyle: 1 Dec 11
This Week's Highlights: Electronic music festivals in Cologne and a Berlin, Shakespeare in Frankfurt, and a US Army chorus in Stuttgart. READ »

The Local's English-language movie listings for Germany

Lifestyle: 30 Nov 11
Find movies playing in English in Germany with The Local's cinema guide. READ »

800 weapons taken from neo-Nazis in two years

National: 30 Nov 11
Authorities have confiscated more than 800 weapons from right-wing extremists over the last two years, including handguns and knives, plus a few larger weapons, according to the German government. READ »

Munich ranked most liveable German city

Society: 30 Nov 11
A new survey says Munich is the best German city to live in, followed by Düsseldorf and Frankfurt. READ »

Unused swine flu vaccine goes up in smoke

Society: 29 Nov 11
Around €250 million worth of swine flu vaccine was due to go up in smoke on Tuesday – as Germany disposed of 16 million doses that people refused to take during last year’s outbreak of the potentially deadly virus. READ »

Germany ready to inseminate you, minister says

National: 28 Nov 11
German Family Minister Kristina Schröder has proposed a plan to help finance artificial insemination treatments for childless couples in a bid to encourage more people to use the method. READ »

Greens weigh support for NPD ban

Politics: 27 Nov 11
The Greens will only support a new attempt at banning the neo-Nazi NPD political party if there is a good chance the effort will succeed, members said Sunday at their party conference in Kiel. READ »

Former chief judge backs exploring NPD ban

Politics: 26 Nov 11
A new legal effort to ban Germany's far-right NPD party banned should be considered, according to the former high court judge that presided over the last failed attempt. READ »

The ins and outs of pensions

Lifestyle: 25 Nov 11
Plan on growing old and grey in Germany? Joe Morgan explains why you shouldn’t rely solely on a state pension for your golden years. READ »

Air Berlin seeks Chinese and Mideast cash

Business & Money: 25 Nov 11
Struggling airline Air Berlin, Germany's second-biggest carrier, is on the hunt for investors and has already begun talks with potential partners from China or the Gulf, a German daily reported Friday. READ »

What's on in Germany: November 24 - 30

Lifestyle: 24 Nov 11
This Week's Highlights: Brazilian film in Berlin, Dickens in Frankfurt, and chocolate in Tübingen. READ »

The Local's English-language movie listings for Germany

Lifestyle: 23 Nov 11
Find movies playing in English in Germany with The Local's cinema guide. READ »

Commerzbank shares tank massively

Business & Money: 23 Nov 11
Shares in Germany's second-biggest bank Commerzbank have plunged 15 percent to a historic low on fears that it may need far more capital than once thought to meet EU requirements. READ »

Deutsche Bahn hopes DNA will curb metal theft

National: 22 Nov 11
Germany railway operator Deutsche Bahn is spraying so-called “artificial DNA” on its tracks, as well as overhead wires and other metal to hinder thieves from selling it later on the black market. READ »

Mid-sized towns hit worst by bike crime

Society: 22 Nov 11
Nearly 180,000 bikes were stolen across Germany in 2010, estimated at a value of €120 million. According to a new study, more than over 90 percent of bicycle thefts go unsolved. READ »

Court says no to misleading Nutella labels

Society: 18 Nov 11
A German court has told makers of Nutella to change the labels which it said were misleading, giving the impression that the nut-chocolate spread had more vitamins and less fat and sugar than it did. READ »

Deutsche Börse to sell derivatives businesses

Business & Money: 18 Nov 11
Stock market operators NYSE Euronext and Deutsche Börse said Friday they would sell parts of their derivatives activities in a bid to gain approval from EU Commission for their merger. READ »

What's on in Germany: November 17 - 23

Lifestyle: 17 Nov 11
This Week's Highlights: African film in Berlin, computer art in Dresden, and Al Di Meola plays Stuttgart. READ »

The Local's English-language movie listings for Germany

Lifestyle: 16 Nov 11
Find movies playing in English in Germany with The Local's cinema guide. READ »

Neo-Nazi terrorists compiled target list

National: 16 Nov 11
A neo-Nazi terror group responsible for 10 murders was apparently planning political assassinations. President Wulff announced he will meet with the victims’ relatives amid growing concerns about damage to Germany’s reputation abroad. READ »

Germans defend Greek honour amid debt crisis

Society: 16 Nov 11
Popular opinion in Germany holds that the Greeks have only themselves to blame for their country's crushing debt crisis. But Germans who have made Greece their home are now fighting ugly stereotypes on both sides. READ »

Network of helpers for neo-Nazi terror probed

National: 15 Nov 11
As the German authorities feverishly investigated whether a neo-Nazi terror group responsible for several murders had a network of accomplices, criticism of the country’s domestic intelligence services continued to grow on Tuesday. READ »