May 22, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Opel":
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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Business & Money: 19 May 12
Some 800,000 metalworkers in the south-western German state of Baden-Württemberg won a 4.3 percent pay rise after marathon negotiations, their union IG Metall said on Saturday.
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National: 17 May 12
Germany’s Opel factory will stop making Astra cars, owner General Motors said on Thursday, confirming rumours which have been circulating for weeks. But the US car giant said it would keep the Rüsselsheim factory operating.
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National: 14 May 12
A German court on Monday ordered Paul Watson, the founder of marine conservation group Sea Shepherd, to remain in custody a day after his arrest on a warrant from Costa Rica.
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Business & Money: 7 May 12
Production of Opel's key Astra model is to cease at the struggling German carmaker's Rüsselsheim plant, a newspaper reported on Sunday - in favour of cheaper labour in Poland and the UK.
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Business & Money: 6 May 12
German rail operator Deutsche Bahn is working with car manufacturers BMW and Daimler and others to create a new car-sharing network in Germany.
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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: 27 Apr 12
A 30-year-old and two others were killed in a car crash on Thursday evening in western Germany, after the driver lost control and hit a tree head-on.
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National: 21 Apr 12
German and French plans to reclaim control of their borders have been condemned by German politicians as "right-wing populist rhetoric" ahead of Sunday's French Presidential elections
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Society: 16 Apr 12
A German police force that spent €25 million on new sporty cars found that not only was the visibility rubbish for chases - the fancy seats were so narrow the cops could not get in while wearing their guns, truncheons and other equipment.
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National: 1 Apr 12
A British bomb disposal squad recovered the tail section of a Nazi World War II V2 rocket found submerged in coastal mudflats on Saturday. The British military said the rocket posed no further risk to people living nearby.
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National: 23 Mar 12
German politicians may have called for Greece to sell its islands to solve its financial crisis as a joke – but one German man seized the initiative, bought a slice of one and is selling his Porsche to build a house. Jenny Hoff met him.
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Business & Money: 13 Mar 12
German carmakers are swimming in money – selling more vehicles and earning more than ever before, filling their coffers ahead of what managers are warning could be a difficult year.
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Sport: 6 Mar 12
German police are investigating an extraordinary coordinated attack by a set of Cologne football fans on a bus full of Mönchengladbach fans on Sunday night. Several cars forced the coach off the motorway into a service station.
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National: 29 Feb 12
Bankrupt drugstore chain Schlecker will close down half of its 6,000 shops across Germany, with at least 16,000 people working there are expected to lose their jobs.
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Business & Money: 8 Feb 12
German carmaker Opel was left to prepare for the worst on Tuesday as its US parent company General Motors announced “horrendous” fourth quarter losses and warned of factory closures at its ailing European unit.
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Politics: 21 Dec 11
Support for Germany's Free Democratic Party (FDP) has slumped to a dismal two percent in the wake a high-profile resignation, according to an opinion poll released on Wednesday.
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Lifestyle: 20 Dec 11
Nutcrackers and propeller-topped pyramids abound in Germany at Christmas time. Erin Huggins explores the woodcarving tradition from Saxony’s Erzgebirge region.
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Business & Money: 7 Dec 11
Motorists in Germany have never shelled out so much to fill up their cars, as fuel costs reached an all-time high in 2011, according to drivers' association ADAC.
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Society: 28 Nov 11
Police called to an abandoned car in the German city of Bielefeld feared the worst when they found the motor running and the keys still in the ignition – but later discovered it had been left there by a couple in the middle of a huge fight.
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Society: 15 Oct 11
A historic disabled people's conference planned for December turned into embarrassment for the German parliament on Friday when it was forced to cancel the event because too many wheelchair users registered.
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Lifestyle: 13 Oct 11
This Week's Highlights: Lights in Berlin, "Dance" in Hamburg, and Kraftwerk's 3D installation opens in Munich.
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Analysis & Opinion: 11 Oct 11
The leftist extremists claiming responsibility for arson attacks on Germany's rail system this week said they do not want to hurt anyone, but it’s only a matter of time until they do, comments Gerd Nowakowski from Der Tagesspiegel.
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National: 5 Oct 11
German Chancellor Angela Merkel wants Poland to "submit" to the will of its powerful neighbour, Polish opposition leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski claims in a new book.
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Society: 1 Oct 11
A German football fan died on Friday evening after urinating on a train track and being hit by a high-speed train.
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Business & Money: 13 Sep 11
General Motors believes its European Opel brand can easily compete with the likes of rival Volkswagen and wants to steer it upmarket, GM Europe chief Nick Reilly said on Tuesday.
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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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Politics: 6 Sep 11
A Tuesday German court ruling ordered the partial re-trial of Karlheinz Schreiber, a Canadian-German arms dealer who was a key player in a party funding scandal that helped propel Chancellor Angela Merkel to power.
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Sport: 30 Aug 11
The pressure is on. Fans expect Dirk Nowitzki to propel Germany to victory at the FIBA European Basketball Championship starting this week, but the NBA star sees the tournament more as a chance for team development.
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National: 22 Aug 11
Germany's highest court is so overloaded with cases it is considering introducing special fees of up to €5,000 to keep people from submitting appeals deemed frivolous and unlikely to succeed.
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National: 16 Aug 11
Eleven cars were set on fire in Berlin on Monday night, prompting a police investigation into a possible political motive behind the arson attacks.
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National: 11 Jul 11
A report by prosecutors investigating the Love Parade tragedy – in which 21 participants were killed in a mass stampede in Duisburg last year – says the event should never have been approved by authorities at all.
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Business & Money: 19 Jun 11
Germany's leading energy companies are hiring top lawyers to mount a legal challenge against government plans to phase out nuclear power by 2022. The firms are hoping to secure massive compensation deals.
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Travel: 17 Jun 11
Hoping to get lost for a weekend, Jeff Kavanagh heads to the island of Poel and discovers a tiny – and flat – Baltic refuge.
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Business & Money: 11 Jun 11
The chief representative of employees at German carmaker Opel has called on parent company General Motors to put an end to rumours that it is considering selling off its European unit.
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Business & Money: 9 Jun 11
US carmaker General Motors is once again considering selling it’s troubled German unit Opel, according to the media on Thursday. Opel dismissed the reports as "speculation."
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Society: 8 May 11
Photographer and German society legend Gunter Sachs is dead, having shot himself, Swiss police confirmed on Sunday.
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Analysis & Opinion: 26 Apr 11
With William and Kate wedding mania reaching fever pitch, Roger Boyes, Berlin correspondent for British daily The Times, looks at Germany’s bad case of royal envy.
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Business & Money: 24 Mar 11
The disaster in Japan has cut deeply into the global economy, and now Germany is feeling the effects too. Car manufacturers suffering from delivery delays are considering scaling back workers’ hours, a media report said Thursday.
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Business & Money: 18 Mar 11
Incoming Opel boss Karl-Friedrich Stracke is planning to slash some 1,200 jobs at the troubled German carmaker’s Bochum plant on the traditional labourers holiday May 1, a media report said Friday.
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Society: 9 Mar 11
Many foreigners who came to Germany in the 1950s as “guest workers” have retired and now require special care. The situation has sparked a new niche market for retirement homes that cater to the needs of ageing immigrants.
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Society: 6 Mar 11
Jägermeister fans this weekend should raise a glass to a man who not only transformed a little-known tipple into a top-selling liqueur, but also pioneered football shirt sponsorship.
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Politics: 16 Feb 11
Jens Weidmann, chosen Wednesday to head the German central bank, has been one of Chancellor Angela Merkel's closest aides for almost five years but remains almost unknown to the wider public.
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Society: 15 Feb 11
British actor Ralph Fiennes won applause at the Berlin film festival for his directorial debut "Coriolanus," a modern adaptation of the Shakespeare tragedy about a vengeful Roman general.
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Analysis & Opinion: 14 Dec 10
Not used to glamorous politicians, Germans are both dazzled and dismayed by Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg and his wife Stephanie. But Der Tagesspiegel’s Malte Lehming believes that might be changing.
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Business & Money: 22 Nov 10
Opel, the European unit of US auto group General Motors, expects to report a loss of €1.4 billion this year, Opel head Nick Reilly said in a magazine interview in Frankfurt on Monday.
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Society: 9 Nov 10
A blazing row over feminism erupted Tuesday between Family Minister Kristina Schröder and leading women’s rights campaigner, Alice Schwarzer, following an interview by the minister that had other women politicians bristling too.
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Lifestyle: 12 Oct 10
Exberliner, Berlin's leading English-language magazine, in October celebrates Haus Schwarzenberg’s 15th birthday, gets it's 15 minutes of DJing fame, and still has time for coffee and cake in Kreuzkölln.
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Analysis & Opinion: 7 Oct 10
The current debate about Islam’s place in German society is often skewed by a perverse interpretation of the religion that most average Muslim citizens do not recognize, writes Thomas Seibert from Der Tagesspiegel.
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Business & Money: 4 Oct 10
German automaker Opel, a unit of US car giant General Motors, said Monday it would shut down a plant in Antwerp, Belgium by the end of the year because no suitable buyer had been found.
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Business & Money: 16 Sep 10
Spanish construction giant ACS Group announced Thursday a €2.76-billion all-share takeover bid to take full control of German rival Hochtief to create a major world player.
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Business & Money: 1 Sep 10
Opel has reportedly enlisted the help of Germany’s sparkling 2010 Eurovision Song Contest winner Lena Meyer-Landrut for a new advertising campaign meant to burnish the ailing carmaker's frumpy image.
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Business & Money: 17 Aug 10
Germany’s advertising watchdog on Tuesday threatened to sue carmaker Opel for misleading customers with a widely advertised promise of a “lifetime guarantee” on all new cars.
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Business & Money: 5 Aug 10
Beleaguered German automaker Opel announced on Thursday it would offer a ‘lifetime guarantee’ on its cars in an attempt to attract new customers and boost its flagging market share.
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Society: 4 Aug 10
The armoured Mercedes belonging to late billionaire Theo Albrecht has gone on sale just a week-and-a-half after his death, offering a special glimpse into the reclusive lifestyle of the co-founder of discount grocery chain Aldi.
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Politics: 2 Aug 10
Duisburg’s embattled Mayor Adolf Sauerland is planning to have himself voted out by the city council – rather than resigning – over the Love Parade tragedy that left 21 people dead.
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Sport: 7 Jul 10
A second-half goal from Spain's Carles Puyol ended Germany's dream of reaching the World Cup final, as the Iberians beat Die Mannschaft 1-0 on Wednesday night.
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Business & Money: 16 Jun 10
General Motors ended its quest for state aid from EU government for its troubled German unit Opel on Wednesday, saying it now had the financial firepower to finance a restructuring itself.
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Business & Money: 10 Jun 10
Four German states with Opel factories are ready to provide financial assistance to US auto giant General Motors, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday after meeting regional officials.
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Business & Money: 9 Jun 10
The German government has turned down a request from General Motors for €1.1 billion ($1.3 billion) in state loan guarantees for its Opel unit, Economy Minister Rainer Brüderle
said Wednesday.
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Business & Money: 7 Jun 10
The prospect of state aid for car maker Opel dimmed on Monday with a large number of government MPs reportedly against giving government help to the firm.
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Business & Money: 1 Jun 10
German Economy Minister Rainer Brüderle said Tuesday he was still "sceptical" about a request for state loan guarantees for troubled automaker Opel.
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Business & Money: 25 May 10
Three German states home to Opel factories are reportedly set to grant requested financial guarantees, but the carmaker's parent group GM is still waiting for word on similar aid from the federal government.
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Business & Money: 21 May 10
General Motors' European unit Opel and European unions have agreed on the terms of a long-awaited restructuring plan for the troubled company, Opel said on Friday.
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National: 5 May 10
A court in Augsburg on Wednesday sentenced Karlheinz Schreiber, an arms dealer who was a key player in a party funding scandal that helped propel Chancellor Angela Merkel to power, to eight years in prison.
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Business & Money: 26 Apr 10
Russian bank Sberbank reached a deal with GM on compensation it had claimed for losses incurred after the US auto giant dropped plans to sell its Opel unit, the companies said on Monday.
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National: 20 Apr 10
Four German soldiers were wounded – some seriously – when their armoured vehicle crashed in Afghanistan on Tuesday, continuing a heavy run of casualties for the Bundeswehr.
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Politics: 19 Apr 10
Even the world’s most powerful woman couldn’t do a damned thing this weekend amid the volcano chaos. Chancellor Angela Merkel was as helpless as the hundreds of thousands of other travellers, taking nearly three days to get home.
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Lifestyle: 16 Apr 10
For the first installment of The Local’s new series “Abgefahren,” we test out the completely new Porsche Cayenne. This time around, the Stuttgart-based luxury carmaker is even offering its sporty SUV as a hybrid.
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National: 15 Apr 10
Four Bundeswehr soldiers were killed and five injured during a Taliban attack in northern Afghanistan on Thursday, the German government said in a statement.
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National: 15 Apr 10
The speedy upgrade to Bundeswehr weaponry in response to the bloodshed of Good Friday in Afghanistan continues with Germany set to fast-track an order for 60 new Swiss-made armoured cars, according to a Thursday media report.
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National: 5 Apr 10
Tens of thousands of demonstrators joined the traditional Easter Marches over the long weekend to protest the war in Afghanistan, nuclear arms and weapons exports.
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National: 3 Apr 10
The German military killed five Afghan soldiers late Friday in a “friendly fire” incident when they launched an attack on two cars that failed to stop while approaching the German forces, the army has confirmed.
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Science & Technology: 30 Mar 10
Vandals in Germany have sabotaged a Google "Street View" car, police said Tuesday, an apparent act of protest against the navigation service that is controversial in the country amid privacy concerns.
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Business & Money: 2 Mar 10
US carmaker General Motors will pour substantially more money into its struggling German unit Opel than previously planned, the company announced on Tuesday.
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Sport: 21 Feb 10
Bayern Munich coach Louis van Gaal said he was chasing trophies, not records, as the German giants' 13-game winning streak came to a shock end on Saturday with a 1-1 draw against local rivals Nuremberg.
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Society: 15 Feb 10
Huge effigies of US President Barack Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and zombie bankers starred in Karneval parades across the Rhineland on Monday.
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Business & Money: 9 Feb 10
Opel boss Nick Reilly presented on Tuesday a plan for the future of the ailing General Motors unit, with a forecast loss of 8,300 jobs from a total of around 50,000, as expected.
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Society: 9 Feb 10
Buyers at the Berlin film festival will be seeing triple this year, as 3-D productions such as "Avatar" transform the global cinema industry.
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Business & Money: 7 Feb 10
The European Union’s competition watchdog vowed on Sunday to keep a tight rein on how state aid is given to ailing carmaker Opel, as the firm’s parent company prepares its pitch for help from countries including Germany.
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Business & Money: 6 Feb 10
Top managers at the beleaguered carmaker Opel will once again be eligible for bonuses, sparking anger from company workers facing layoffs, the head of the staff association said Saturday.
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Business & Money: 21 Jan 10
German car company Opel will close its plant in Antwerp, Belgium this year, GM Europe announced on Thursday.
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Business & Money: 18 Jan 10
The US automaker General Motors has paid €650 million to its European unit Opel/Vauxhall to cover engineering services amid a restructuring of the troubled division, GM said on Monday.
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Society: 18 Jan 10
US President Barack Obama – or at least his stage version – thrilled a Frankfurt audience Sunday with songs in a musical that opened far from the trenches of Washington politics in a land still charmed by his message of hope and change.
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Business & Money: 15 Jan 10
German automaker Opel said Friday that General Motors' Nick Reilly has been named new chief executive responsible for Opel and its sister brand Vauxhall as part of a broad restructuring.
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Business & Money: 30 Dec 09
Opel's works council has rejected a restructuring plan by the automaker's US parent company General Motors, council head Klaus Franz said in an interview due to be published on Wednesday.
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Business & Money: 29 Dec 09
German carmaker Opel, which was rocked this year by industrial uncertainty, said Tuesday that its German sales gained 31 percent in 2009 owing to a government cash-for-clunkers scrapping bonus.
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Science & Technology: 27 Dec 09
The online encyclopaedia Wikipedia recorded its one-millionth entry in German on Sunday, marking another important milestone for the popular internet reference resource.
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Business & Money: 26 Dec 09
Russia's biggest bank Sberbank said Friday it has made a proposal to General Motors seeking compensation for losses it incurred after the US auto giant dropped plans to sell its Opel unit.
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Sport: 9 Dec 09
Bayern Munich qualified for the Champions League second round after dominating Juventus for 90 minutes in Turin, Italy, thumping their hosts 4-1 to knock them out of the competition.
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Business & Money: 7 Dec 09
German automaker Opel is expected to earn an unexpected profit for 2009 with sales surging 34.5 percent from the previous year, daily Die Welt reported on Monday.
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Business & Money: 5 Dec 09
The Opel restructuring plan is pretty much finished, with around 8,300 jobs set to be cut, according to Nick Reilly, new chairman of General Motors Europe, who talked about it in a telephone conference on Saturday.
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Business & Money: 25 Nov 09
General Motors has decided to keep open all four of its Opel plants in Germany, the US carmaker's interim Europe chief Nick Reilly said on Tuesday.
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Politics: 25 Nov 09
The rivals of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats, the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), sunk to their worst-ever showing in an opinion poll published Wednesday.
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Society: 24 Nov 09
A chief police inspector has been found dead from stab wounds in southern Brandenburg, the state's Interior Ministry announced on Tuesday.
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Business & Money: 24 Nov 09
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday she was expecting a "thank-you letter" from General Motors after the US firm paid Berlin back for huge loans to keep its Opel unit afloat.
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Politics: 22 Nov 09
The financial crisis will have as significant a global impact as the seismic events 20 years ago when the Berlin Wall fell and communism collapsed, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble said on Sunday.
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Business & Money: 16 Nov 09
Premiers from German states with Opel plants clashed on Monday with Economy Minister Rainer Brüderle over his insistence that the struggling carmaker would get no federal financial help.
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Business & Money: 15 Nov 09
The German economy will need at least two more years to regain the strength it had before the global financial crisis struck, Economy Minister Rainer Brüderle said on Sunday.
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Business & Money: 14 Nov 09
In an apparent gesture of goodwill to placate jilted Germany, Opel parent General Motors is to move its European headquarters from Switzerland to the German city of Rüsselsheim, the firm announced Saturday.
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