May 22, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Leipzig":
Travel: 22 May 12
With a history spanning over 1,000 years, the German state of Saxony has transformed over time from medieval duchy, a state of the Holy Roman Empire, kingdom and republic.
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Society: 21 May 12
It took three years of careful planning, but German librarians have – very neatly – signed a pact to race to each other’s aid in the event of a book-related disaster.
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National: 6 May 12
German airports have a number of security holes in their cargo transport, a newspaper claimed on Sunday, quoting a leaked government report.
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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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Business & Money: 2 May 12
Germany is set to introduce “petrol police” to collect and monitor fuel prices across the country – from import to the pump, in an attempt to combat soaring prices.
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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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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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Science & Technology: 24 Apr 12
Fed up of having to change your summer tyres for winter tyres at the first sign of snow? A group of German researchers have developed a tyre that "changes itself."
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Travel: 19 Apr 12
Travelling in Europe by train? Before you embark on exploring your chosen city, take a moment to savour its first port of call.
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Society: 12 Apr 12
A man jailed for incest after fathering four children with his sister has been told the German court ruling was justified – following the rejection of his appeal to the European Court of Human Rights.
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Analysis & Opinion: 10 Apr 12
After petrol prices hit record highs and traffic jams snaked across Germany this Easter, Leipzig made its public transport free for four days this week, but will it get more people out of their cars in the long run? Have your say.
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National: 10 Apr 12
The eastern German city of Leipzig began a four-day offer of free public transport to drivers Tuesday in a bid to get them out of their cars for good.
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National: 9 Apr 12
The first baby elephant to be born at Leipzig zoo in a decade died on Monday morning shortly after the birth.
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Society: 6 Apr 12
Berlin is to get a new tourist attraction, near Checkpoint Charlie – a 360-degree panorama of the city when it was divided, painted by artist Yadegar Asisi. Check out our picture gallery of the panorama specialist's spectacular work.
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Society: 4 Apr 12
A German court upheld Wednesday a ban on night flights at Frankfurt airport, Europe's third busiest, in a move that will deal a serious blow to freight companies including Lufthansa Cargo.
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Lifestyle: 22 Mar 12
This Week's Highlights: English theatre in Munich, a “Dream House” in Berlin, and “the world's most glamorous opera star sings in Hamburg.
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Politics: 19 Mar 12
New German president Joachim Gauck tried to dampen the huge expectations Germans have for him - and despite one hysterical headline, newspapers agreed he cannot be all things to all people. The Local’s media roundup surveys opinion.
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Society: 18 Mar 12
The Leipzig Book Fair, which closes Sunday, is Germany's second largest book fair after Frankfurt, but it's not only bookworms who flock to the fair.
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Society: 15 Mar 12
A German TV cameraman had one of the worst days of his career on Wednesday - while filming a unique no-eared rabbit, he stepped on it. “Til” was killed instantly.
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Lifestyle: 15 Mar 12
This Week's Highlights: LA art in Berlin, Feist in Frankfurt, and Europe's biggest book fair begins in Leipzig.
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National: 10 Mar 12
Identical quadruplet sisters born prematurely in January in Leipzig have been allowed home from hospital after two months in incubators. The miracle babies’ parents now have their hands full - with a household of seven.
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Society: 2 Mar 12
Complaints are mounting against a company operating payphones for US military personnel in German airports, after it saddled soldiers ringing home with sky-high bills.
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Business & Money: 2 Mar 12
Touting its new high-speed, low cost trains, a private company is ready to take on the Deutsche Bahn on the busy Cologne-Berlin route and should be hitting the tracks in early autumn, it was announced this week.
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Sport: 1 Mar 12
Germany boss Joachim Löw admitted on he was annoyed by his team's performance in their 2-1 friendly defeat to France earlier on Wednesday, which was their first defeat in 11 games.
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Lifestyle: 16 Feb 12
This Week's Highlights: Lomography films in Cologne, Woody Guthrie in Berlin, and Carnival events all around the country.
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Society: 15 Feb 12
A brief warm-up in northern parts of Germany will be followed by stormy, rainy and snowy weather. The southern and western parts of the country are already covered with the white stuff and should expect even more.
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Lifestyle: 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.
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Society: 7 Feb 12
Nearly 50 ancient artefacts have been returned to the Bode Museum, Berlin, decades after being looted by Soviet soldiers. The find has sparked hope that more objects lost during the war will turn up.
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Society: 10 Jan 12
A woman has given birth to identical quadruplets which doctors said was statistically like winning the lottery – except that the family will see their lives changed by millions of nappies rather than banknotes.
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Society: 3 Jan 12
A woman in the eastern German town of Leipzig has given birth to a white twin and a black twin – a phenomenon scientists say is a one-in-a-million occurrence.
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Business & Money: 28 Dec 11
Despite doom and gloom in many business sectors, German car manufacturers think 2012 could be a banner year, especially in the United States.
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Lifestyle: 28 Dec 11
Animals are always amusing, with their funny wet noses and their general gullibility, and no-one loves animal celebrities as much as the Germans, so we collected the year's big animal stories. What was that bear called again?
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Lifestyle: 21 Dec 11
There’s more to skiing in Germany than the northernmost bits of the Alps. As the new season begins, The Local introduces some alternative slopes that just might be closer than you think.
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National: 20 Dec 11
A US Department of State report has recommended closing the American consulate in Leipzig and reducing staff at other missions in Germany.
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Lifestyle: 15 Dec 11
This Week's Highlights: Synagogue music in Berlin, horses in Frankfurt, and a French dance troupe rocks out in Munich.
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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.
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Politics: 5 Dec 11
The Social Democratic Party (SPD) has sentenced itself to another year of unofficial wrangling for the top job of challenging Chancellor Angela Merkel in the 2013 election.
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Society: 30 Nov 11
A German federal court on Wednesday backed banning a Muslim pupil from praying according to Islamic rites at a Berlin public school, ruling it could jeopardise its smooth operation.
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Society: 30 Nov 11
A new survey says Munich is the best German city to live in, followed by Düsseldorf and Frankfurt.
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National: 29 Nov 11
A German doctor has been jailed for more than 17 years in the United States for trying to buy eight hours of sex with a young girl in Ohio - in a police sting operation.
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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.
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Politics: 14 Nov 11
German Chancellor Angela Merkel told a party congress of her conservatives on Monday that Europe was in perhaps its worst period since World War II but the crisis could offer a chance to make it stronger.
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National: 12 Nov 11
A spat over whether Germany needs a minimum wage is likely to dominate the ruling Christian Democrats’ party conference on Monday. While many are pushing for a general minimum wage across all sectors, Chancellor Angela Merkel disagrees.
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Politics: 10 Nov 11
Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday denied rumours that Germany was considering allowing struggling euro countries to leave the single currency, amid increasing concerns about a eurozone split and warnings of a recession.
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Society: 8 Nov 11
A German theologian has sparked controversy by calling Sweden's beloved Pippi Longstocking children's books racist and demanding additions to prompt parents to skip over or explain certain passages.
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Lifestyle: 3 Nov 11
This Week's Highlights: Japanese culture in Frankfurt, contemporary theatre in Leipzig, and music days in Berlin.
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Society: 31 Oct 11
Munich’s motorists have the quickest commutes, a new survey revealed Monday. Düsseldorf, meanwhile, was deemed to have Germany's slowest transport network.
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Politics: 30 Oct 11
Chancellor Angela Merkel is looking to introduce a “market-based organised lower limit for wages” of at least €6.90 an hour – although her party has always been against a minimum wage.
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Lifestyle: 29 Sep 11
This Week's Highlights: A reunification party in Berlin, Picasso portraits in Cologne, and film festivals in Munich and Hamburg.
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Society: 28 Sep 11
Heidi, a cross-eyed opossum who became an internet and real-life sensation in Germany, winning three times more Facebook admirers than Chancellor Angela Merkel, died on Wednesday, Leipzig Zoo said.
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Society: 26 Sep 11
Hundreds of doctors at German university medical clinics began a series of two-hour strikes on Monday that will continue until Wednesday, ahead of Thursday’s negotiations with the wage commission of the federal states (TdL) in Berlin.
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National: 20 Sep 11
Around 50 people were injured, nine seriously, on Tuesday when a train derailed after colliding with a car in the eastern German state of Saxony, police said.
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Business & Money: 16 Sep 11
Auto-makers at the Frankfurt Motor Show (IAA) are dreaming far into the future in terms of energy conservation and design.
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Analysis & Opinion: 13 Sep 11
Members of The Left party are boycotting the pope's speech to the German parliament during an official visit to Berlin. For Malte Lehming, leftist attitudes toward Catholicism are no different from right-wing populist bigotry against Islam.
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Science & Technology: 9 Sep 11
The last century would have been very different if it hadn’t been for the German genius for technological innovation. The Local rates the top ten Teutonic inventions that have changed your life.
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National: 5 Sep 11
A Swedish musician fell 20 metres to his death during a performance at a Leipzig street festival over the weekend.
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Politics: 29 Aug 11
Germany sought to turn a new leaf on Monday by stressing its readiness to help with reconstruction and aid in Libya after failing to provide military assistance to the campaign against Muammar Qaddafi.
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Analysis & Opinion: 17 Aug 11
With the eurozone debt crisis still simmering, Germany and France have proposed an economic government for Europe’s currency union. But newspapers in The Local’s media roundup aren’t so sure it will be enough to save the euro.
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Sport: 31 Jul 11
Bayer Leverkusen and six-time winner Werder Bremen were both eliminated from the German Cup at the first hurdle on Saturday, but Bundesliga champions Borussia Dortmund eased into round two.
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Lifestyle: 28 Jul 11
This Week's Highlights: Hot air balloons hover over Leipzig, Prince plays Cologne, and Munich hosts a soap box derby.
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Sport: 6 Jul 11
Munich will not host of the 2018 Winter Olympics, with games officials announcing Wednesday that the South Korean city of Pyeongchang's bid had been successful.
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Society: 1 Jul 11
The jungle enclosure Gondwanaland at Leipzig Zoo opened Friday with crowds packing in to see its star attraction, Heidi the cross-eyed opossum.
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Society: 22 Jun 11
German cities are among the greenest in Europe, according to a new survey analysing a host of factors and ranked urban centres across the world depending on their environmental performance.
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Business & Money: 12 Jun 11
Sports car manufacturer Porsche wants to continue producing its cars exclusively in Germany, CEO Matthias Müller has confirmed.
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Society: 12 Jun 11
Two worlds collide in Leipzig this weekend as a festival dedicated to the composer J.S. Bach coincides with the annual gathering of thousands of black-clad Goth music fans.
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National: 10 Jun 11
As Chancellor Angela Merkel touts Germany’s planned exit from nuclear power, a new study has dismissed fears that electricity prices and greenhouse gas emissions will rise.
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Society: 10 Jun 11
Germany's latest animal sensation, Heidi the cross-eyed opossum, has made her media debut three weeks before her new tropical enclosure at Leipzig Zoo is revealed to the public.
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Politics: 1 Jun 11
Pressure is growing within Germany's Left party to take decisive action against alleged anti-Semitic tendencies among the socialists.
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National: 26 May 11
Motorists in Germany are paying too much for petrol because the five major fuel companies are informally collaborating on prices, the competition watchdog announced Thursday.
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National: 17 May 11
Not known as a hotbed for burglary, Germany suffered a jump of nearly 7 percent in break-ins last year, according to police figures cited on Tuesday. The eastern state of Saxony saw the strongest increase in crime.
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Lifestyle: 12 May 11
This Week's Highlights: New sculptures in Cologne, a Wagner festival in Leipzig, and Naughty By Nature takes the mic in Munich.
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National: 28 Apr 11
Germany's national railway operator Deutsche Bahn has a serious problem with punctuality – one third of its long-distance trains are late, according to a new survey.
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Society: 8 Apr 11
Germany’s beloved cross-eyed opossum Heidi will have to do without romance for the time being, the Leipzig Zoo said Friday. There are no plans to breed the furry marsupial just yet.
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Society: 29 Mar 11
The strict diet for Germany’s beloved cross-eyed opossum Heidi is taking effect. The furry marsupial has lost almost half a kilo and is much healthier than when she was rescued, the Leipzig Zoo said Tuesday.
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Business & Money: 25 Mar 11
Small and medium-sized businesses make up the backbone of Germany’s economy, but few are active online. An initiative led by Google hopes to change this by offering free educational events and online tutorials on building websites.
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Lifestyle: 17 Mar 11
With the literary world descending on Leipzig this week for its annual book fair, one family publisher is bringing flip book animation into the mainstream, using innovative products that incorporate digital photography into a classic art form.
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Business & Money: 16 Mar 11
Luxury carmaker Porsche announced on Wednesday it will build its new compact Cajun SUV in Leipzig, creating around 1,000 new jobs at its plant near the eastern German city.
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Society: 14 Mar 11
Each year Leipzig transforms into a playground for publishers, authors, booksellers and readers. The Leipzig Book Fair, Germany’s second-largest, is less about business than the public – and a love of books themselves.
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National: 12 Mar 11
On the heels of an explosion at a Japanese nuclear power plant following a massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake in the country, politicians in Berlin spoke out Saturday against plans to extend the lifetime of nuclear reactors in Germany.
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National: 10 Mar 11
A strike by train drivers for both freight and passenger routes crippled rail traffic in Germany Thursday morning, with hundreds of cancellations and countless delays reported across the country.
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Analysis & Opinion: 4 Mar 11
What caused a young man in Frankfurt to turn to radical Islam and kill two US airmen? Newspapers in The Local’s media roundup on Friday try to make sense of a senseless act.
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Society: 28 Feb 11
Heidi's Oscar predictions were proven (mostly) right at the Academy Awards show on Sunday night. While the famous cross-eyed opossum correctly tipped the winners for the Best Actor and Actress, she got the Best Film award wrong.
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Society: 24 Feb 11
Heidi, a famous cross-eyed opossum at the Leipzig Zoo, has picked her favourites to win Oscars this year, predicting Colin Firth will take home the best-actor statuette for his role in “The King’s Speech.”
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Business & Money: 21 Feb 11
The German luxury carmaker BMW unveiled on Monday its long-awaited new brand, BMW i, with two new models to be equipped with electric and hybrid drive systems from 2013.
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Society: 11 Feb 11
A cross-eyed opossum called Heidi, Germany's latest animal sensation after "Cute Knut" the polar bear cub and Paul the Octopus, has been hired as a tipster for the Oscars, her zoo said Friday.
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Society: 30 Jan 11
A cross-eyed opossum from Leipzig Zoo made famous on Facebook has been put on a diet which will not only make her slimmer and healthier – it may also help Heidi's eyes look in the same direction.
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Society: 27 Jan 11
A tiger in Germany has become the world's first to be given an artificial hip after a three-hour-operation by a team of vets that she only barely survived, Leipzig University said on Thursday.
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National: 22 Jan 11
Investigators in the German state of Saxony are looking into the pharmaceutical company Oncosachs on suspicion of paying bribes to doctors, according to a Saturday news report. The firm has denied any wrongdoing.
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Politics: 18 Jan 11
Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner on Tuesday urged state officials to implement a federal action plan that aims to prevent future food contamination ahead of special government summit on the dioxin animal feed scandal.
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National: 14 Jan 11
Rivers in some parts of Germany continue to rise due to rain and melting snow. Officials in Bavaria and Saxony are still concerned about floodwaters while Heidelberg is breathing easier as the situation there improves.
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Society: 14 Jan 11
A prize-winning lifelike sculpture of a squatting policewoman urinating has whipped up a storm of protest in the eastern German city of Dresden, where it went on prominent display last week.
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National: 10 Jan 11
As Germany's robust economic recovery continues, the country’s companies are finding it increasingly hard to find enough skilled workers. Kyle James reports on the impending labour shortage.
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Society: 9 Jan 11
The swine flu virus H1N1 has established itself in Germany and is part of the current flu season, prompting medics to advise people at risk to get vaccinated.
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Society: 7 Jan 11
A cross-eyed opossum at Leipzig Zoo named Heidi has won worldwide adoration, with nearly 50,000 fans on her Facebook page.
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Society: 1 Jan 11
Organisers of a giant annual New Year's snowball fight in Berlin have been forced to call it off after around 8,000 people signed up online for the next battle, according to city authorities.
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National: 28 Dec 10
Electricity customers will be forced to pay up to €2 billion too much for their power next year, a study commissioned by the environmentalist Greens party has found.
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Society: 27 Dec 10
Suspected Islamic extremists are reportedly being closely monitored during the holidays, which German intelligence authorities consider to be a high season for Islamist recruitment.
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National: 25 Dec 10
Ruth Pfau has been helping the sick and destitute in Pakistan for 50 years, having developed a makeshift clinic into a network of leprosy centres across the country.
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National: 21 Dec 10
Germany’s transport chaos deepened Tuesday morning with the temporary suspension of all flights in and out of the key hub of Frankfurt Airport.
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Society: 15 Dec 10
The Leipzig Zoo has been named the best in Germany and the second-best facility in Europe, according to new rankings to be released this week.
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