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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 »

Urban slang is 'more logical' way of speaking

Society: 29 Jan 12
The street slang spoken by young people in Germany’s big cities is so distinct that one language expert is arguing for it to be recognised as a dialect. READ »

Frederick the Great celebrations kick off

Society: 24 Jan 12
Germans marked the 300th birthday of Prussian king Frederick the Great’s on Tuesday. His admirers visited his grave in Potsdam to lay flowers and potatoes in honour of the enlightened monarch. READ »

'Trash baron' jailed for more than four years

National: 19 Jan 12
A former police officer turned businessman has been jailed for more than four years for ditching thousands of tonnes of dangerous garbage in dumps that he was being paid to decommission. READ »

Researchers make malaria breakthrough

Science & Technology: 17 Jan 12
German researchers announced Tuesday they had developed a process to make the most effective anti-malaria drug cheaper and easier to produce in large life-saving quantities. READ »

Fashion Week turns Berlin into runway

Society: 16 Jan 12
Berlin Fashion Week kicks off on Tuesday, with an array of shows throughout the city during the week, runway shows at the Brandenburg Gate and the three-day Bread and Butter trade fair at Tempelhof Airport. READ »

Critics slam 'recycling' of notorious Sarrazin book

National: 14 Jan 12
Thilo Sarrazin’s book “Germany Abolishes Itself” is once again the focus of controversy. Plans by a Czech artist to recycle copies of the book have been severely criticized for perceived Nazi connotations. READ »

Frederick the Great's 300th birthday nears

National: 12 Jan 12
Warrior, patron of the arts and all-powerful King of Prussia, Frederick the Great captured Germany’s imagination after ascending to the throne in 1740. As his 300th birthday on January 24 approaches, the country is preparing to celebrate. READ »

Police: Dead baby may have been slain

National: 25 Dec 11
A dead baby found wrapped in towels on the ground in a garage might have been murdered, and could even have been thrown out of a passing train, detectives in Potsdam say. READ »

Crowd-funded 'porno' premieres in Berlin

Society: 9 Dec 11
Erotic flick “Hotel Desire” is the first German film to be funded entirely by voluntary public donations. The so-called “porNEOgraphic” piece celebrated its official premiere this week in Berlin. READ »

Armed neo-Nazi scene embraces violence

Society: 28 Nov 11
The rise of the National Socialist Underground (NSU) has focused attention on Germany's neo-Nazi scene, which experts say includes violent militants with professional weapons training. Ben Knight reports. READ »

Footballing robber wimped out in toilet

Society: 25 Nov 11
German footballer Guido Kocer admitted Thursday that his criminal career got off to a bad start when he got scared during a Berlin casino robbery and sought refuge in the toilet because his fellow gang-members were too violent. READ »

Another neo-Nazi terror suspect arrested

National: 24 Nov 11
German authorities on Thursday arrested, then arraigned, another suspected helper of a neo-Nazi terror group, as the authorities admitted files on the members of the National Socialist Underground (NSU) may have been destroyed. 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 »

What's on in Germany: October 20 - 26

Lifestyle: 20 Oct 11
This Week's Highlights: A French DJ in Cologne, Tori Amos in Frankfurt, and Hungarian chamber music in a Munich museum. READ »

Prosecutors investigate elite sports school sex assault claims

Society: 20 Oct 11
Prosecutors are investigating claims that two 16-year-olds sexually attacked classmates at an elite sports school in northern Germany which trains the country's top young athletes. READ »

Broken tsunami warning system wastes millions

Science & Technology: 18 Oct 11
Germany has invested €45 million in a network of buoys that are supposed to warn Asians of an impending tsunami. But they don't work and even if they did they might be useless, according to news reports. READ »

Festival of Lights transforms Berlin

Society: 17 Oct 11
Every night between 12 to 23 October, Berlin’s most famous buildings are being transformed into glowing works of art, as the annual ‘Festival of Lights’ returns. There are also a number of interactive light installations. READ »

Tracing the capital’s history by canoe

Travel: 30 Sep 11
Crossing Berlin can be as simple as getting on a train or hopping on a bike. Shane Thomas McMillan and his friends decided to get a different view of the capital – taking its snaking waterways by canoe. READ »

Designer creates clothes from milk

Science & Technology: 30 Sep 11
A Hannover microbiologist and fashion designer is releasing a new clothing line with a twist: the clothes are partly created from powdered milk - aiding skincare. READ »

Protesters rally as pope speaks to parliament

Society: 22 Sep 11
As Pope Benedict XVI addressed the German parliament, Erin Huggins took to the sealed-off streets of central Berlin to see who was demonstrating against him. READ »

Eastern business owners fear for future as young people leave

Business & Money: 20 Sep 11
As young people in Germany have literally 'gone west', small business owners in Eastern states face a quandary: Who will they pass their life’s work on to? READ »

MPs to boycott Pope's Bundestag speech

National: 13 Sep 11
As preparations are finalised for Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Germany at the end of the month, a number of MPs have declared they will boycott his speech to parliament. READ »

What's on in Germany: September 8 - 14

Lifestyle: 8 Sep 11
This Week's Highlights: Breakdancing in Hamburg, an art weekend in Munich, and a music festival sets up at Berlin's Tempelhof Airport. READ »

Foreigners face pricey prep for universities

Education: 30 Aug 11
Germany’s affordable universities have long attracted foreign students, but free language and introductory classes could soon be a thing of the past. Erin Huggins explores the trend toward pricey preparatory courses. READ »

Kaiser heir weds princess in Potsdam

Society: 27 Aug 11
Georg Friedrich Prince of Prussia and Princess Sophie von Isenburg were married in front of 650 guests at on the grounds of the Sanssouci Palace in Potsdam on Saturday for Germany's own "royal" wedding. READ »

Kaiser couple to marry in Potsdam

Society: 26 Aug 11
Germany’s high society event of the year is set for Saturday as the great-great grandson of Kaiser Wilhem II gets married at a royal palace in Potsdam. READ »

Village remembers Iron Curtain coming down

National: 11 Aug 11
When the Berlin Wall went up overnight 50 years ago, the trapped East German enclave of Klein Glienicke became one of the most tightly guarded communities on the planet. AFP's Deborah Cole reports. READ »

Germany also at risk of riots, police union warns

Society: 10 Aug 11
A police union has warned that riots of the kind that have gripped Britain for the past four nights could happen in Germany. Senior politicians, however, have denied Germany is at risk of such unrest. READ »

'I don’t think people expected the Wall would last 30 years'

Society: 10 Aug 11
As Germany prepares to mark the 50th anniversary of the construction of the Berlin Wall, Erin Huggins spoke with Russell Swenson, who witnessed the birth of the Iron Curtain while stationed in the city with the US Army in 1961. READ »

Berlin tries to preserve remaining traces of the Wall

Society: 9 Aug 11
Fifty years after its loathed Wall went up, Berlin has been gripped by a desire to preserve the few remaining traces of its painful division in order to bring the dark chapter of its history to life for visitors. AFP's Laurent Geslin reports. READ »

Unseen eastern side of the Berlin Wall revealed

Society: 5 Aug 11
One week before Germany marks the 50th anniversary of the construction of the Berlin Wall, newly uncovered photos offer an unprecedented glimpse of the communist eastern side looking to the free west. READ »

Many public taps fail water quality test

National: 2 Aug 11
Tap water is of poor quality in about half of Germany’s public buildings and can carry dangerous bacteria including E. coli and Legionella, a survey has found. READ »

Germany face soccer showdown with Japan

Sport: 9 Jul 11
Germany take on Japan on Saturday looking to book a place in the Women's World Cup semi-finals with the whole country behind them. READ »

Germany tops group with win over France

Sport: 6 Jul 11
Germany beat France 4-2 to finish top of Group A as French goalkeeper Berangere Sapowicz became the first player sent off at the Women's World Cup on Tuesday. READ »

Study finds alarming rise in sea levels

Science & Technology: 21 Jun 11
Sea levels have risen faster since the industrial revolution than at any time in the past 2,000 years, a study co-authored by a prominent German climate scientist has found. READ »

Study sees no power price hikes as Merkel touts nuclear phaseout

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. READ »

What's on in Germany: June 9 - 15

Lifestyle: 9 Jun 11
This Week's Highlights: Greek theatre in Dresden, baroque opera in Frankfurt, and the Carnival of Cultures in Berlin. READ »

What's on in Germany: May 26 - June 1

Lifestyle: 26 May 11
This week’s highlights: Contemporary design in Berlin, classic cars in Hamburg, and a night of music in Munich. READ »

Violent weather expected amid climate change

National: 25 May 11
Germany can expect significantly more violent weather in the coming years due to climate change, according to a new study from the Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) in Potsdam. READ »

Bundeswehr soldier killed in Afghanistan

National: 25 May 11
A Bundeswehr soldier was killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday when roadside bomb exploded near his Fuchs armoured personnel carrier, injuring a second German soldier and an Afghan translator. READ »

What's on in Germany: May 19 - 25

Lifestyle: 19 May 11
This Week's Highlights: Jewish films and Arabic graffiti in Berlin, cherry blossoms in Hamburg, and Frankfurt celebrates its famous green sauce. READ »

What's on in Germany: May 12 - 18

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. READ »

What's on in Germany: April 28 - May 4

Lifestyle: 28 Apr 11
This Week's Highlights: A festival of animated films screens in Stuttgart, a swan of a different stripe dances in Munich, and it's Gallery Weekend in Berlin. READ »

Engineers make cycling even greener

Science & Technology: 20 Apr 11
Cycling has always been considered a green form of transportation, but as Alexander Bakst reports, German engineers are hoping to make “organic” bikes from sustainable materials more popular. READ »

Pro-footballer arrested over casino robberies

Society: 19 Apr 11
A professional football player was among six men arrested over a series of violent robberies at Berlin poker machine halls in February, daily Berliner Morgenpost reported Tuesday. READ »

What's on in Germany: April 14 - 20

Lifestyle: 14 Apr 11
This week's highlights: A fleet parade in Potsdam, Polish movies in Berlin, and a long night of museums in Hamburg. READ »

Construction workers get hefty pay raise

Business & Money: 14 Apr 11
Some 700,000 construction workers can expect bigger paycheques after their unions and employers reached a new wage agreement in Potsdam on Thursday. READ »

Neo-Nazi group banned in Brandenburg

Society: 11 Apr 11
The state of Brandenburg on Monday banned a right-wing extremist organization following raids on locations associated with the group. READ »

New Berlin exhibition exposes police role in Holocaust

National: 5 Apr 11
A new exhibition at the German Historical Museum in Berlin explores the role the police played in the Holocaust, with rare documents offering insight into how and why ordinary officers were complicit with the worst of the Nazi crimes. READ »

What's on in Germany: March 31 - April 6

Lifestyle: 31 Mar 11
This week's highlights: Cronenberg in Cologne, improvised music in Munich, and movies by Berlinale Talent Campus alumni screen in Berlin. READ »

What's on in Germany: March 17 - 23

Lifestyle: 17 Mar 11
This week's highlights: Nan Goldin's photography in Berlin, Japanese film in Cologne, and British jazz in Hamburg. READ »

Public sector wage dispute ends

Business & Money: 11 Mar 11
The five-week wage dispute between public employees and Germany’s state employers ended late on Thursday evening with an agreement to increase salaries for some 600,000 workers. READ »

Teachers strike in eastern states

National: 8 Mar 11
Thousands of teachers in eastern Germany are staying away from their classrooms on Tuesday as limited strikes in the public sector continue. READ »

Public workers' strikes hit eastern states

Business & Money: 3 Mar 11
Limited strikes by German public workers continued on Thursday, this time teachers street crews and bureaucrats in the eastern states taking part. READ »

Public sector strikes hit two more states

Business & Money: 1 Mar 11
After initial strikes in the states of Hesse and Saarland on Monday, public workers' unions called temporary strikes for members in North Rhine-Westphalia and Schleswig-Holstein on Tuesday. READ »

Earthquake rattles Rhine-Main region

National: 14 Feb 11
An earthquake measuring at least 4.4 on the Richter scale shook the Rhine-Main region on Monday. According to geologists, earthquakes of such magnitude are rare in Germany. READ »

What's on in Germany: February 10 - 16

Lifestyle: 10 Feb 11
This Week's Highlights: The Berlinale begins in Berlin, Finnish musicians perform in Hamburg, and storytime in Munich takes on a Valentine's Day theme. READ »

Navigating the Berlinale with The Local

Lifestyle: 9 Feb 11
The Berlinale, while offering a bounty of great films, can be logistically challenging. But fear not, The Local has a few tips on keeping any funny business from blocking your escape into show business. READ »

In praise of the Sunday roast

Analysis & Opinion: 19 Jan 11
Germans like meat. But if the whole world ate like them, we'd need at least two planets to feed everyone. A proper Sunday roast free of toxic feed could be the answer, says Der Tagesspiegel’s Dagmar Dehmer. READ »

Freezing rain makes roads hazardous

National: 6 Jan 11
Freezing rain and icy roads caused countless accidents across broad swaths of Germany on Thursday morning. Scores were hurt in bus crash near Augsburg. READ »

Striving for academic excellence in Berlin and Brandenburg

Society: 2 Jan 11
Looking for a truly cosmopolitan educational experience in Berlin? The Berlin Brandenburg International School (BBIS) strives for excellence, offering both an English-language day and boarding school. READ »

Snowiest December in a century in Berlin

National: 28 Dec 10
More snow has fallen on Berlin than in any December for at least a century, according to the German Weather Service (DWD). But bitter cold could soon follow the brutal start to winter. READ »

German army celebrates Christmas in Afghanistan

National: 25 Dec 10
Bundeswehr soldiers on active duty in Afghanistan are hoping for a quiet holiday, though the situation in the Kunduz region is still too dangerous to relax. READ »

What's on in Germany: December 23 - January 5

Lifestyle: 23 Dec 10
The next fortnight's highlights: The Nutcracker in Hamburg, Marilyn Monroe in Berlin and Frankfurt, and magic in Munich. READ »

Motorists warned of delays and danger

National: 23 Dec 10
Motorists should expect clogged roads and long traffic jams on Thursday as hordes of people go on holiday, compounding the effects of recent bad weather, the ADAC motor club has warned. READ »

Cities still stripping Hitler of honorary citizenship

Society: 16 Dec 10
The North Rhine-Westphalian city of Dülmen struck Adolf Hitler from its list of honorary citizens on Thursday. But the Nazi dictator still retains similar recognition in towns across Germany, experts say. READ »

The Best of Berlin in December

Society: 7 Dec 10
Exberliner, Berlin’s leading English-language magazine, in December tells you where to get your Glühwein on, hits the ice rink, and tries to be charitable for the holidays. READ »

Psychiatrists needed to cope with army trauma

Society: 22 Nov 10
Germany’s military urgently needs psychiatrists as a growing number of soldiers return home from foreign missions traumatised, according to a Monday media report. READ »

Climate experts warn of extremely cold winters

National: 17 Nov 10
The coming winters could be particularly cold in Germany and Northern Europe due to the impact of climate change, weather experts in Potsdam warned this week. READ »

Weather extremes bring record heat and flooding

National: 15 Nov 10
It was a weekend of extremes in Germany, as many cities reported high temperature records for November while others suffered torrential rain, the German Weather Service (DWD) reported. READ »

First woman rabbi since WWII ordained

Society: 4 Nov 10
Germany’s first woman rabbi since World War II was ordained on Thursday in Berlin, marking another milestone in the resurgence of Jewish life in the country that perpetrated the Holocaust. READ »

Stuttgart 21 protests come to Berlin

Society: 26 Oct 10
In a bid to keep the national spotlight on their cause, hundreds of demonstrators against the Stuttgart 21 rail project marched through Berlin on Tuesday. READ »

Schavan pledges foreign credentials review

Politics: 18 Oct 10
Education Minister Annette Schavan on Monday promised a new law enabling better recognition of foreign credentials would provide 300,000 highly qualified workers for the booming German economy. READ »

Merkel joins Seehofer to bury multiculturalism

Politics: 17 Oct 10
Chancellor Angela Merkel positioned herself closely to controversial Bavarian state premier Horst Seehofer at the weekend, saying the concept of multiculturalism had failed utterly. READ »

Seehofer tells youth wing multiculturalism is dead

Society: 16 Oct 10
Bavarian state premier Horst Seehofer continued his anti-immigrant attacks on Friday night, addressing the youth wing of the conservatives and telling them "multiculturalism is dead." READ »

Berlin’s unwanted Roma

Society: 14 Oct 10
France's expulsions of Roma have caused international outrage, but what's life like in Germany for the people once known as Gypsies? Robert Rigney explored Berlin's Roma community for Exberliner magazine. READ »

Guttenberg 'the future' say young conservatives

Politics: 14 Oct 10
The head of the Christian Democrats‘ youth wing has delivered a stinging blow to the leadership of Angela Merkel, slamming the party’s centrist direction and describing Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg as the best hope for conservatism. READ »

Filmmaker to post archive of Holocaust survivor interviews online

Society: 23 Sep 10
Prize-winning German documentary filmmaker Loretta Walz is making 50 of her interviews with female survivors of the Ravensbrück concentration camp available on the internet this Friday. READ »

What's on in Germany: September 16 - 22

Lifestyle: 16 Sep 10
This week's highlights: Kate Nash plays Munich, Berlin celebrates children, and a festival of culture dances into Düsseldorf. READ »

Bundeswehr soldier injured in bridge attack

National: 14 Sep 10
A German soldier was injured in the northern Afghan province of Kunduz in an attack by the Taliban on Tuesday, military authorities have confirmed. READ »

Berlin opens Boulevard of Stars to honour German cinema greats

Society: 11 Sep 10
Germany got its own version of the Hollywood Walk of Fame, with the Friday evening opening of the Boulevard of Stars in Berlin to celebrate German-language films. READ »

What's on in Germany: September 9 - 15

Lifestyle: 9 Sep 10
This Week's Highlights: A weekend of art in Munich, Hamburg celebrates China, and the Berlin Festival lands at Tempelhof Airport. READ »

Cartoonist slams Islam ahead of Merkel speech

National: 8 Sep 10
A Danish cartoonist who sparked protests around the world with a satire of Muslim violence has branded Islam a “reactionary” religion, just hours before Chancellor Merkel presented him with an award defending freedom of speech. READ »