May 22, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Roland_koch":
National: 27 Jan 12
Gunmen on Thursday abducted a German engineer working with a construction company on the outskirts of the violence-hit Nigerian city of Kano, police said.
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Politics: 22 Jan 11
Saarland premier Peter Müller announced plans Saturday to step down as the state's top politician and CDU party leader in 2011. The news comes amid speculation that Müller will seek a spot on Germany's Constitutional Court.
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Business & Money: 29 Oct 10
Former Hessian state premier Roland Koch was named the new chairman of German construction giant Bilfinger Berger on Friday amid accusations that he may have given the company special treatment during his time in office.
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Politics: 29 Aug 10
Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg on Sunday defended plans to effectively end compulsive military service in Germany – and suggested new recruits should serve under a probationary status for six months.
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Society: 26 Aug 10
As Germany debates major military reforms that will likely put an end to conscription – and thus the alternative public service – conservative politicians are suggesting a new compulsory service programme for young adults.
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National: 23 Aug 10
Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg said on Monday he planned to cut Germany's armed forces by one-third while scrapping compulsory military service.
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Analysis & Opinion: 19 Jul 10
The decision by voters in Hamburg to torpedo plans to reform the city's schools sparked a decidedly mixed reaction from newspapers in The Local's media roundup on Monday.
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Politics: 18 Jul 10
Hamburg’s Mayor Ole von Beust announced his resignation on Sunday afternoon, potentially putting the city's Christian Democratic-Green coalition government at risk after he steps down on August 25.
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Politics: 17 Jul 10
Chancellor Angela Merkel seems set to lose a vital ally in northern Germany, with numerous media reports predicting Hamburg Mayor Ole von Beust will resign on Sunday.
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Politics: 13 Jun 10
Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg is thinking about resigning after the Chancellery failed to tell him about an investigation it instigated into evidence he presented over a fatal attack in Afghanistan.
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Society: 6 Jun 10
A study that shows boys growing up in religious Muslim families are more likely to be violent seems set to reignite the debate over religion and integration, a media report said on Sunday.
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Politics: 26 May 10
Following the surprise resignation by conservative Hesse state premier Roland Koch, the Christian Democratic state parliamentary group has unanimously chosen Hessian Interior Minister Volker Bouffier to succeed him.
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Politics: 25 May 10
Roland Koch, the conservative premier of the German state of Hesse, said on Tuesday he would step down this summer and leave politics.
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Politics: 15 May 10
Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned that bringing Germany’s budget in line would entail painful spending cuts - but dismissed calls by Hessian state premier Roland Koch to slash funding on education, research and childcare.
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National: 12 May 10
Families will still be guaranteed a day care spot for their young children by 2013 despite Germany's worsening budgetary situation, Family Minister Kristina Schröder assured on Wednesday.
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Analysis & Opinion: 27 Apr 10
The Christian Democrats hoped making a Muslim woman a state minister would show how tolerant their party has become. But as ZEIT ONLINE's Christian Bangel writes, a debate over crucifixes in schools shows how much it hasn't.
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National: 23 Jan 10
A fake pipe bomb was mailed to the office of Roland Koch, the conservative premier of Hesse. The group taking responsibility for the threat said they were protesting remarks Koch made about tightening welfare rules.
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National: 28 Nov 09
The conservative Christian Democratic Union won its bid late Friday to force out broadcaster ZDF’s editor-in-chief Nikolaus Brender in a move journalists, unions and opposition parties branded a major blow against media freedom.
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National: 23 Nov 09
A row over press freedom in Germany deepened over the weekend as 35 prominent constitutional law professors wrote an open letter to defend the editor of a TV channel under political pressure to step down.
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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: 4 Nov 09
US automakers General Motors on Tuesday scrapped an on-again, off-again plan to sell its big European division, Opel, which had triggered a political and diplomatic controversy.
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Politics: 26 Oct 09
Stefan Mappus on Monday was chosen to become the new premier of Baden-Württemberg, as the controversy over his predecessor Günther Oettinger’s surprise appointment as Germany’s new EU commissioner deepened.
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Politics: 5 Oct 09
Freshly re-elected Chancellor Angela Merkel begins on Monday what could be prickly negotiations with her new coalition partners over forming a government amid differences over taxes and ministerial portfolios.
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Politics: 4 Oct 09
The biggest sticking point in forming a new government may be in deciding who takes the reins at the Finance Ministry. All three parties in the new coalition are reportedly offering their own candidates for the high-profile job.
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Politics: 7 Jun 09
Germans head to the polls on Sunday to elect representatives for a new European Parliament amid fears of a low voter turnout.
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Analysis & Opinion: 28 May 09
Andrew Bulkeley explains why Berlin’s politicians might be driving carmaker Opel off a cliff.
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Business & Money: 22 May 09
Canadian auto parts maker Magna is in pole position in the race to take over struggling General Motor's German subsidiary Opel, a key local politician said Friday.
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Business & Money: 11 Mar 09
Desperate Opel dealers have suggested taking a stake in the struggling car company, by funnelling €225 million a year from sales profits into a holding company which would invest in the manufacturer.
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Politics: 8 Mar 09
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats will continue to oppose Turkish membership in the European Union as part of its platform for upcoming European elections, the Frankfurter Allgemeine reported Sunday.
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Lifestyle: 12 Feb 09
German director Jochen Hick has helped redefine a genre he hardly identifies with: gay cinema. Exberliner Magazine talks with him about his seventh official Berlinale selection premiering this week, "The Good American."
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Politics: 31 Jan 09
The state premier and Christian Democratic leader in Hesse Roland Koch celebrated the formal sealing of his centre-right coalition government on Saturday by declaring that its success had national implications.
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Analysis & Opinion: 19 Jan 09
Germany kicked off what’s being billed as “super election year” on Sunday, but German newspapers in The Local’s media roundup aren’t quite sure what to make of the second state poll in Hesse within 12 months.
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Politics: 18 Jan 09
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats trounced the centre-left Social Democrats in a poll in Hesse on Sunday – one year after an inclusive election plunged the state into political turmoil.
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Politics: 22 Dec 08
The Social Democratic candidate to become premier of Hesse, Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel, on Monday called for Germany’s rich to loan the government money to help combat the economic downturn.
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Business & Money: 15 Nov 08
German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrück has called for a meeting between managers at Opel and the leaders of German states where the car maker has major production centres after the carmaker asked for government.
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Politics: 9 Nov 08
Andrea Ypsilanti, head of the Social Democratic Party in Hesse, has abandoned efforts to become state premier, making way for a little-known candidate to lead the embattled party into regional elections next year.
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Politics: 4 Nov 08
Politicians in Hesse on Tuesday were bracing themselves for fresh elections, one day after rebel Social Democratic MPs torpedoed their party's formation of a centre-left minority government in the German state.
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Politics: 3 Nov 08
Rebel Social Democrats derailed the formation of a left-wing minority government in the German state of Hesse on Monday amid ongoing opposition to cooperating with the hard-line socialist Left party.
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Society: 11 Sep 08
Immigrant youth are not more violent than their German peers, according to a new study by the Universities of Münster and Bielefeld.
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Politics: 19 Aug 08
The hard-line socialist Left party in the German state of Hesse has promised to support a minority government led by Social Democrat Andrea Ypsilanti for a full legislative period.
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Politics: 11 Aug 08
Andrea Ypsilanti, the head of the Social Democrats in the German state of Hesse, is reportedly preparing another attempt to forge a minority government supported by the hard-line socialist Left party.
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Society: 3 Aug 08
A wide majority of Germans want a comprehensive smoking ban instead of state-by-state rules, German newspaper Bild am Sonntag reported on Sunday.
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National: 8 Jul 08
A German court on Tuesday convicted a young Turkish man and a Greek youth of attempted murder and handed them severe prison sentences for a brutal attack on a pensioner in a Munich subway station.
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National: 13 May 08
Germany is the Dalai Lama’s first stop this week on a tour meant to keep Tibet at the centre of the world stage ahead of the Beijing Olympics this summer.
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Politics: 4 Mar 08
Reneging on a campaign promise, the head of centre-left Social Democratic Party in the German state of Hesse is seeking to build a minority government tolerated by the hard socialist Left Party.
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Politics: 13 Feb 08
CDU Minister steps down after having pushed through numerous controversial reforms and being accused of creationist tendencies.
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National: 31 Jan 08
Young CDU and FDP party members want their elders to form a coalition between their parties and the Green Party.
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National: 30 Jan 08
There is still no government in Hesse after the stalemate in the state parliamentary elections.
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Politics: 28 Jan 08
Harsh rhetoric regarding youth crime and integration has now put CDU candidate Roland Koch's position as governor of the western German state of Hesse in danger.
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Society: 24 Jan 08
Wave of reports of violent crimes committed by young people with immigrant backgrounds brings debate on immigration to forefront.
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