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Minister calls for school 'Facebook lessons'

Science & Technology: 8 Feb 12
Family Minister Kristina Schröder has called on Germany’s high schools to teach the dangers of social networks on the internet. READ »

Sarkozy looks to Merkel for re-election help

Politics: 6 Feb 12
Increasingly citing Germany as a model for France, President Nicolas Sarkozy will look to give his re-election hopes a boost Monday in a joint TV interview with Chancellor Angela Merkel. READ »

Europe’s German agenda

Analysis & Opinion: 3 Feb 12
The economy in shambles, angry street protests, and the government on the brink after passing unpopular reforms. But this is not Greece in 2012 – it was Germany a decade ago. Marc Young looks back to see an agenda for the future. READ »

Ex-Chancellor Schröder's wife enters politics

Politics: 9 Jan 12
The wife of former Chancellor Gehard Schröder will enter politics in her own right, it was reported on Monday – she intends to run for a seat in the Lower Saxony state parliament in the 2013 state election. READ »

Despite crisis, Germany benefits from euro

National: 26 Dec 11
Ten years after the introduction of the euro, and in the midst of its biggest crisis to date, the AFP’s Celine Le Prioux says there are many reasons Europe’s biggest economy has benefited from the single currency. 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 »

Almost half of disabled women sexually abused

Society: 23 Nov 11
A new study shows roughly half of all physically disabled women in Germany have been sexually abused during their youth. Women are also subjected to widespread physical abuse, according to the study. READ »

Iranian airline buys Merkel’s old plane

National: 21 Nov 11
The German government was embarrassed this weekend following revelations that an Iranian airline bypassed trade sanctions to acquire an aeroplane formerly used by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schröder and Angela Merkel. READ »

Marched down the aisle

Analysis & Opinion: 15 Nov 11
Thousands of forced marriages take place in Germany each year. Many involve German citizens but society continues to look the other way, comments Cigdem Akyol from ZEIT ONLINE. READ »

Deutsche Bank halts Kirch court case after raids on execs

Business & Money: 14 Nov 11
The epic court case between Deutsche Bank and Kirch Media was interrupted on Monday after the bank claimed the judge was biased – after the offices of Deutsche’s top executives were raided by prosecutors. READ »

Former Left head Lafontaine admits relationship

National: 13 Nov 11
The former head of the socialist Left Party Oskar Lafontaine has confirmed that he is in a relationship with Sahra Wagenknecht, a prominent representative of the left-wing of the party. READ »

CDU at loggerheads over minimum wage

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. READ »

Putting Bavarian housewives before disadvantaged children

Analysis & Opinion: 9 Nov 11
Bavarian conservatives’ insistence on paying parents to keep their children out of public day care has made a mockery of Angela Merkel’s family policies, writes Der Tagesspiegel’s Hans Monath. READ »

Western states likely to miss day-care targets

Society: 7 Nov 11
Latest statistics suggest that western German states will fall well short of a 2007 target of ensuring that one in three children would have a day care spot by 2013. READ »

Germany, Russia to launch Nord Stream

Business & Money: 6 Nov 11
The leaders of Germany and Russia will inaugurate the controversial Nord Stream pipeline pumping Russian gas to Western Europe Tuesday, highlighting its strategic importance to both sides. READ »

Top firms unveil plan to increase female execs

Business & Money: 17 Oct 11
The 30 leading German companies belonging to the blue-chip stock DAX stock index unveiled a plan Monday to bring more women into management, but stopped short of making quotas compulsory. READ »

Schröder prepares gender quota

National: 15 Oct 11
German Family Minister Kristina Schröder is preparing a law to introduce a flexible gender quota ahead of a meeting with top German companies on Monday. READ »

Dresden's Military History Museum gets Libeskind revamp

Society: 13 Oct 11
The Military History Museum in Dresden reopens this week after being completely revamped by star US architect Daniel Libeskind. Erin Huggins assesses the exhibition after the building’s stark transformation. READ »

Schröder offers plan to save Europe

Politics: 10 Oct 11
Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder has called for radical moves to be made to save Europe from its growing financial crisis in what he calls his “Agenda 2012.” READ »

Outrage after researcher denied entry to Russia

National: 7 Oct 11
Germany's foreign ministry summoned the Russian deputy ambassador to Berlin on Thursday over a German political scientist who was refused entry to the country at a Moscow airport. READ »

Research institute predicts end of job boom

Business & Money: 30 Sep 11
The Institute for Employment Research (IAB) forecast an end to the good times in Germany’s labour market on Friday, dampening the euphoria around the latest unemployment figures published this week. READ »

Schröder unveils plan to better protect kids

National: 27 Sep 11
The German government is launching a new, aggressive effort to protect children and young people from abuse in families, schools and places of worship. READ »

Germany commemorates victims of 9/11 attacks

National: 11 Sep 11
German President Christian Wulff commemorated the victims of September 11, 2001 at an ecumenical service in Berlin, the first of a series of events to mark the 10th anniversary of the attacks. READ »

Telekom boss wins 'award' for abusing the German language

Society: 27 Aug 11
René Obermann, the CEO of Deutsche Telekom has been crowned as this year’s worst language offender by a German language watchdog. READ »

Kohl slams Germany's 'unreliable' foreign policy

Politics: 24 Aug 11
Former Chancellor Helmut Kohl on Wednesday offered a blistering assessment of Germany’s current foreign policy, saying the country had become an erratic and unreliable partner to its closest allies. READ »

Rösler welcomes mooted Gazprom expansion

Business & Money: 18 Jul 11
German Economy Minister Philipp Rösler would welcome increased investment by controversial Russian gas giant Gazprom - a topic for Chancellor Angela Merkel's meeting with Russian president Dmitri Medvedev this week. READ »

Group refuses to rescind Quadriga award to Putin

National: 12 Jul 11
The organization responsible for the German political award the Quadriga Prize is standing by its decision to honour Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, despite withering criticism and the resignation of a key board member. READ »

A Wurst-case scenario for the summer

Lifestyle: 12 Jul 11
Germans love a good barbecue as much as Americans and Australians. Jeff Kavanagh explores a unique grilling culture where the Wurst is the best. READ »

Former Merkel advisor's tax plan unfair, CSU says

Business & Money: 29 Jun 11
A radical tax reform plan by a former advisor of Chancellor Angela Merkel has been dismissed as unfair by her conservative coalition partners the Christian Social Union. READ »

Media roundup: Barack gives Angie a push

Analysis & Opinion: 8 Jun 11
Barack Obama’s enthusiastic reception of Angela Merkel in Washington wasn't just politeness. As commentators in The Local's media roundup on Wednesday agree, the US was making clear it expects more from Germany. READ »

Germany in 2011: Economic giant, political dwarf

Analysis & Opinion: 31 May 11
Consigned to minor role at last week’s G8 summit, the economic power Germany is in danger of being sidelined politically, argues Gerd Appenzeller from Der Tagesspiegel. READ »

Conservative criticism of Merkel grows

Politics: 29 May 11
Chancellor Angela Merkel is reported to be facing growing criticism from within her own party, the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU). READ »

Greens' rise muddies political landscape

Politics: 23 May 11
Germany’s politicians are struggling to get a grip on the country's changing political landscape after Bremen's state election confirmed the continuing surge of the environmentalist Greens at the expense of other parties. READ »

Can 'elite' Kitas fill Germany's day-care gap?

Education: 23 May 11
As Germany struggles to expand public day care, the market for private Kitas has boomed in recent years. Chris Cottrell takes a look at the controversial phenomenon of the “elite” crèche. READ »

Rolling Stones museum opens in Lower Saxony

Society: 22 May 11
Rolling Stones obsessive Ulli Schröder unveiled his immense memorabilia collection to the public on Sunday, with the opening of his own museum dedicated to the band. READ »

Wernher von Braun's contribution to Nazi V-2 rocket questioned

Science & Technology: 10 May 11
Newly unearthed documents challenge whether Wernher von Braun, Nazi physicist and crucial figure in the US space programme, was really the inventor of Hitler's infamous V-2 rocket. READ »

Schröder demands help for infertile couples

Politics: 9 May 11
Family Minister Kristina Schröder said on Monday she would try to make life easier for German couples who cannot have children naturally, with stronger financial backing for IVF treatment and easier adoptions. READ »

Tax breaks for home help and nannies planned for middle class

Politics: 1 May 11
Family Minister Kristina Schröder says she is working on plans for tax breaks for those who employ home help or nannies in an effort to make it easier for middle class families. READ »

Parliament to investigate Steinmeier claims

Politics: 30 Apr 11
Parliament is to investigate allegations that head of the Social Democratic Party’s parliamentary fraction, Frank-Walter Steinmeier was involved in an illegal political donation to the then chancellor candidate Gerhard Schröder. READ »

Joschka Fischer rules out chancellorship bid

Politics: 17 Apr 11
Former Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer has ruled himself out of the running as a chancellor-candidate for the Green party. The Greens are currently enjoying a ratings high, fuelling speculation about potential candidates for the 2013 election. READ »

Extension to parenting payments scrapped

Politics: 11 Apr 11
Parents hoping for an extension of Elterngeld parenting payments are set to be disappointed, with Family Minister Kristina Schröder reportedly ditching a plan for the number of “fathers’ months” to be doubled. READ »

Top corporations resist quota for hiring women execs

Business & Money: 30 Mar 11
Germany's top companies pledged Wednesday to publish new targets for placing more women in their boardrooms but resisted fresh calls for legal quotas to rectify a wide gender gap. READ »

Tough state elections loom for Merkel's conservatives

Politics: 24 Mar 11
Chancellor Angela Merkel's party has ruled Baden-Württemberg since 1953, but the political fallout in Germany from Japan's nuclear crisis could spell the end in a key state election Sunday. READ »

German media roundup: Merkel's nuclear U-turn

Analysis & Opinion: 15 Mar 11
Nuclear disaster in Japan has caused Chancellor Merkel to do a sudden about-face and suspend the extension of Germany's atomic power plants. Newspapers in The Local’s media roundup assess the implications. READ »

Guttenberg requests Deep Purple send-off

Politics: 10 Mar 11
Former Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg plans to leave office with characteristic flair on Thursday. The aristocratic rock fan has requested Deep Purple’s “Smoke on the Water” be played at his military send-off. READ »

Government to meet with DAX firms over women execs

Society: 8 Mar 11
The federal government is planning a meeting with human resources directors from Germany's 30 DAX companies to tackle the issue of an absence of women in top management jobs, according to a newspaper report. READ »

Turkey demands support for EU membership

Politics: 26 Feb 11
A day before he is due in Germany, Turkish President Tayyib Erdogan has harshly criticized Germany’s policy towards Turkish efforts to join the European Union, saying it should support full membership. READ »

Bundesrat passes Hartz IV welfare reforms

National: 25 Feb 11
After months of political wrangling, Germany’s upper house of parliament on Friday finally approved an increase of €5 to Hartz IV welfare benefits. But a separate court decision said those on the dole should expect payment for TVs. READ »

German media roundup: Hamburg's bellwether vote

Analysis & Opinion: 21 Feb 11
Is the SPD's crushing election victory in Hamburg a state-level anomaly or will there be national implications? Papers in The Local’s media roundup on Monday attempt to divine the impact on Chancellor Merkel’s government. READ »

Breakthrough forged in Hartz IV welfare talks

Politics: 21 Feb 11
After some eight weeks of difficult talks between the German government and the opposition, the two sides reached a deal to tweak Hartz IV welfare benefits early on Monday morning. READ »

Fischer describes row with Schröder over Iraq

Politics: 12 Feb 11
Former Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer has described the breakdown in relations between himself and former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder during the build-up to the 2003 Iraq invasion. READ »

Merkel slams dearth of female executives

Business & Money: 8 Feb 11
Chancellor Angela Merkel called the dearth of women executives at German companies a “scandal” on Tuesday, as she oversaw the signing of a charter aimed at improving “family-friendly” working conditions. READ »

Hartz IV reform talks end without results

Politics: 7 Feb 11
Government and opposition officials failed to agree on changes to Germany’s Hartz IV welfare benefits after nearly 10 hours of negotiations overnight, shrinking chances that the upper house of parliament will vote on the reforms this week. READ »

Majority thinks quota needed for women execs

Politics: 4 Feb 11
Most Germans doubt that companies will boost the representation of women on their boards unless they are forced to do so by a mandatory quota, a poll published Friday found. READ »

Schröder for gradual quota for women execs

Politics: 4 Feb 11
Chancellor Angela Merkel ruled out a mandatory quota for women in executive positions at big firms this week, but on Friday Family Minister Kristina Schröder said she was still pushing a graduated scheme to achieve the same ends. READ »

The neighbourhood that knew too much

Analysis & Opinion: 3 Feb 11
A magazine recently declared Berlin’s NoTo neighbourhood a new hot spot, but they missed a key detail, writes Roger Boyes, correspondent for British daily The Times. Soon it will be teeming with spooks from the federal intelligence agency. READ »

Merkel rules out quota for women execs

Politics: 3 Feb 11
Chancellor Angela Merkel ruled out a mandatory quota for women in executive positions at German firms late on Wednesday, effectively ending an internal debate within her party on the subject. READ »

Ministers at odds over jobs quota for women

Politics: 31 Jan 11
Labour Minister Ursula von der Leyen and Family Minister Kristina Schröder were at loggerheads Monday on whether to enforce a quota for women in top jobs in German firms. READ »

Family Minister Schröder expecting her first baby

Politics: 19 Jan 11
German Family Minister Kristina Schröder is in the family way, she confirmed Wednesday, admitting she and her husband will now face the same challenge as many other couples – balancing career and parenthood. READ »

Schröder calls for kindergartens to have male workers

Society: 15 Jan 11
German Family Minister Kristina Schröder has unveiled plans to train jobless men to work as nursery helpers, with the aim of having at least one man at each kindergarten in the future. READ »

‘Wutbürger’ named word of the year

Society: 17 Dec 10
The German Language Society (GfdS) on Friday crowned Wutbürger, or “enraged citizen,” as the most important German word of 2010. The choice reflected a year in which the angry masses took to the streets in protest of several issues. READ »

Bundesrat blocks welfare changes

Politics: 17 Dec 10
Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition suffered a legislative setback on Friday, when the upper house of parliament blocked proposed changes to the country’s Hartz IV welfare benefits. The defeat could delay plans to implement the reforms. READ »

EON unloads Gazprom stake for €3.4 billion

Business & Money: 1 Dec 10
German energy concern EON said Wednesday it had sold its 3.5-percent stake in Russian gas giant Gazprom for a total of €3.4 billion ($4.4 billion). READ »

Cancer spikes around Asse nuke dump

Politics: 26 Nov 10
In the wake of reports that the community around the Asse atomic waste dump in Lower Saxony has suffered a rise in cancer cases, authorities insisted Friday the illnesses were not caused by nuclear contamination. READ »

Minister slams 'macho' Muslim culture

Politics: 26 Nov 10
Family Minister Kristina Schröder slammed on Friday what she sees as a growing tendency to violence stemming from a “macho culture” among young Muslim men. READ »

Jealous of an unsatisfied Germany

Analysis & Opinion: 18 Nov 10
Success breeds resentment – so it's little wonder other countries including the US are jealous of Germany's booming economy. But even Germans don't seem to like it when things are going well, says Der Tagesspiegel's Malte Lehming. READ »

Schröder hits back, saying Bush lied

Politics: 9 Nov 10
Gerhard Schröder has hit back at claims by former US President George W. Bush in his newly released memoirs that the German ex-chancellor broke his word over support for an invasion of Iraq. READ »

Family Minister Schröder locked in blazing feminism row

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. READ »

Family Ministry launches early language initiative for day care

Society: 2 Nov 10
The Family Ministry on Tuesday announced plans to improve early German language instruction in areas with high immigrant populations by increasing the number of teachers at up to 4,000 day care centres. READ »

Most Germans don't credit politicians for recovery

National: 31 Oct 10
Nearly two thirds of Germans believe the country's economic recovery owes more to global factors than the government's handling of the financial crisis, a new poll suggests. READ »

Vote to extend nuclear power sparks protests

Politics: 28 Oct 10
Protesters scaled Chancellor Angela Merkel's party headquarters Thursday and surrounded parliament as lawmakers voted to postpone by more than a decade the date Germany is to abandon nuclear power. READ »

Baltic island Usedom terrorised by arson spree

National: 18 Oct 10
Another northern German island has become the target of arsonists. After this summer’s series of fires on the North Sea island of Sylt, police said Monday they are investigating similar fires set on Usedom in the Baltic Sea. READ »

Turkish group demands apology from Seehofer

Politics: 11 Oct 10
Outraged Turkish groups and German politicians on Monday demanded an apology from Horst Seehofer after the conservative Bavarian state premier suggested over the weekend Germany put a stop to immigration for Turks and Arabs. READ »

Von der Leyern defends welfare changes

National: 23 Sep 10
German Labour Minister Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday defended her proposed changes to the country’s Hartz IV welfare benefits against criticism from the opposition, which has said the plans are still too vague. READ »

Schröder suggests elderly take part in public service

Society: 15 Sep 10
With military reforms set to end both conscription and its alternative Zivildienst public service, Family Minister Kristina Schröder said Wednesday that Germany should harness the power of its ageing population to fill the volunteer gap. READ »

Labour Ministry wants to ditch 'Hartz IV' for easier welfare benefits name

National: 15 Sep 10
The Labour Ministry said Wednesday it wants to abolish the term that describes welfare benefits, Hartz IV, from general German usage in favour of one that can be more easily understood. READ »

Fischer blasts rival Russian gas pipeline

Business & Money: 9 Sep 10
Russia's South Stream gas pipeline project is not in Europe's interest and makes no sense on an economic level, former German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer said on Thursday. READ »

Germans retiring later in life

Society: 8 Sep 10
Germans are retiring later in life, according to a government-commissioned study that could bolster calls to raise the pension age. READ »

Germany to extend life of nuclear reactors

National: 6 Sep 10
Germany said Monday it would extend the life of its nuclear reactors by an average of 12 years after marathon talks on the controversial issue that will shape the energy policy of Europe's top economy. READ »

Merkel calls nuclear energy summit to decide course of action

Politics: 5 Sep 10
Battered from all sides by environmentalists, lobbyists and bickering ministers, German Chancellor Angela Merkel was set to host a nuclear energy summit on Sunday - an issue set to dominate politics in the coming months. READ »

Germans ready to make babies

Society: 1 Sep 10
A growing number of Germans want children, intensifying demands for government assistance to improve the balance between work and family, according to a new study from the Family Ministry. READ »

Citizenship test proves a breeze for naturalised foreigners

Society: 31 Aug 10
An impressive 98 percent of immigrants taking Germany’s citizenship test pass on the first try, prompting the Interior Ministry to wonder whether the questions are too easy, media reported Tuesday. READ »

Merkel flags 15 years for nuclear extension

Business & Money: 30 Aug 10
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday night that the lifespan of the nation's nuclear power plants should be extended by 10 to 15 years beyond the planned phase-out starting in 2021. READ »

Expert assessment backs longer life spans for nuclear plants

Politics: 28 Aug 10
An experts' report commissioned by the German government has advocated extending the life of the nation's nuclear power plants by up to two decades, German media reports said on Saturday. READ »

Merkel seeks renewable energy contribution from nuclear industry

Business & Money: 26 Aug 10
Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday suggested that Germany's nuclear industry, already expected to pay a windfall tax on longer operating rights, should also stump up to help develop renewable energy. READ »

Conservatives suggest mandatory public service for young adults

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. READ »

Guttenberg to slash military, end draft

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. READ »

Merkel rejects industry attack on nuclear tax

Business & Money: 23 Aug 10
Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday dismissed angry calls by German business leaders to scrap a planned tax on nuclear energy production which they call a threat to investment. READ »

EON presses Merkel on extending nuclear power

Business & Money: 11 Aug 10
German power giant EON posted mixed quarterly results on Wednesday and pressed Chancellor Angela Merkel to live up to her promise to extend the life of some of the country's nuclear plants. READ »

Family Ministry projects suspended due to budget cuts

Politics: 9 Aug 10
Central family policy projects laid out in Angela Merkel’s centre-right coalition contract have apparently been put on ice, a media report said on Monday. READ »

Major review of family benefits planned

Society: 21 Jul 10
The German government plans to conduct a sweeping review of its family policies and benefits to see whether they have been effective, Family Minister Kristina Schröder said on Wednesday. READ »

Poor families hit by parenting payment cuts

National: 16 Jul 10
Cuts to Germany's Elterngeld parenting benefits will be deeper than previously thought, with its centre-right government planning to benefits for low-income parents who work part-time, media reported Friday. READ »

Russia identifies activist's killer after prodding from Merkel

Politics: 15 Jul 10
Just hours after Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Russia to ''find the truth'' about the murder of rights activist Natalya Estemirova, Russian authorities announced Thursday they had identified the killer. READ »

TV news anchor Seibert to become Merkel's spokesman

Politics: 12 Jul 10
Steffen Seibert, the popular TV news anchor for ZDF set to become the new face of the centre-right coalition as Chancellor Angela Merkel’s chief spokesman, faces a baptism of fire, former colleagues and media experts have warned. READ »