The following articles have been tagged with "Tagesspiegel":
Analysis & Opinion: 21 May 13
The Germans have a particular phobia – they live in constant fear of being blamed for something. A commentary by Der Tagesspiegel's Malte Lehming.
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Society: 20 May 13
Visitors to Berlin's iconic Reichstag parliament building will continue to face long queues before they can enter through a temporary container, after politicians scrapped plans for an expensive underground visitor centre.
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National: 9 May 13
Berlin rent increases are to be capped, more flats built and a ban put on holiday lets in the centre – all part of a raft of measures passed by the city Senate to address an apparent chronic housing shortage.
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Sport: 8 May 13
As unthinkable as rejecting the Queen's invitation to tea - Berlin club Hertha BSC told superstars Manchester United they can't play a money-rolling friendly match this summer - because they might have something else on that week.
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Analysis & Opinion: 6 May 13
As the start of Beate Zschäpe's trial made her the globally famous face of Germany's neo-Nazis, Der Tagesspiegel's Andrea Dernbach says the problem is so much bigger than one person, and even ten murders.
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Science & Technology: 6 May 13
German scientists have solved the mystery of how millions of Monarch butterflies navigate several thousand miles every year to their winter dwellings - even though each one is taking the journey for the first time.
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Society: 26 Apr 13
A bungling German police officer is desperately hoping his colleagues can find his gun - after he left it in the toilet of a Berlin service station. It seems a dirty floor may have been to blame.
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Society: 19 Apr 13
A UN anti-racism committee is accusing Germany of breaking an international agreement by allowing the controversial ex-politician Thilo Sarrazin to spread inflammatory ideas about Muslims in 2010 with impunity.
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Politics: 18 Apr 13
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition defeated an election-year opposition bid on Thursday to set a quota for female board members in a vote that exposed a party rift and forced her to give ground.
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Society: 5 Apr 13
The amount of violence on Berlin's public transport in 2012 may have dropped by nearly a fifth from the year previously, but experts called on Friday for even better staffing of vehicles and stations.
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National: 3 Apr 13
A 100-kilo World War II bomb found near Berlin's main train station was successfully defused on Wednesday, but rail passengers still faced delays for the rest of the day.
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National: 27 Mar 13
Demolition work at the Berlin Wall to make access for planned luxury apartments began at dawn Wednesday morning. Despite 250 police officers turning up in the anticipation of protest, the East Side Gallery was quiet.
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National: 24 Mar 13
The number of far-right violent attacks rose again last year, it emerged on Sunday. German ministers warned against downplaying the threat from neo-Nazis, yet would not support a ban on the far-right NPD party.
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National: 21 Mar 13
Two police helicopters collided near Berlin's Olympic stadium on Thursday morning during riot training drills against football hooligans. Initial reports suggest one person has died and four are seriously injured.
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Society: 7 Mar 13
British rock icon David Bowie revives his love story with Berlin in his first new album in a decade, out this month, and the city is returning his affections with fervent tributes to its adopted son.
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Politics: 28 Feb 13
Germany has failed to mask its unease over Italy's anti-austerity protest vote that has led to political deadlock, with calls for Italians to stay reform-focused and derisory digs in the media.
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Society: 19 Feb 13
Iran has protested against the awarding of a Silver Bear to Jafar Panahi for his film "Closed Curtain" at the 63rd Berlin film festival, the ISNA news agency reported.
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Education: 18 Feb 13
Planned nationwide public sector strikes began on Monday in Berlin as staff walked out of around 100 schools in a wage dispute. Substitute staff have, for the most part, been put in place.
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Analysis & Opinion: 12 Feb 13
Conservatives should be glad when gay and lesbian couples want to get married, says Der Tagesspiegel's Malte Lehming, as it strengthens tradition. The UK has paved the way on gay marriage and Germany must now follow suit.
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Politics: 9 Feb 13
Comments by an FDP politician suggesting his party's dismal approval ratings may be linked to party leader Phillip Rösler's ethnic Vietnamese background have kick started yet another debate about underlying racism in German society.
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Politics: 8 Feb 13
A blog written in support of Social Democratic chancellor candidate Peer Steinbrück has been taken offline after being repeatedly attacked by hackers and being subject to suggestions it broke German election funding rules.
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Society: 7 Feb 13
Residents in a Berlin apartment block have managed to get Coca Cola to remove an enormous advert which had been hung over the building blocking out their light. A short, sharp campaign on social media did the trick.
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Analysis & Opinion: 28 Jan 13
Berlin can still be a provincial place – especially in higher education. One of the city's universities should switch to English in order to attract the skilled workers Germany so desperately needs, argues Tagesspiegel's Markus Hesselmann.
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National: 27 Jan 13
One of the oldest and most successful dance schools in Rio de Janeiro chose to go for a German theme at this year's Carnival. The only trouble: German firms have been less than enthusiastic about sponsorship deals.
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Society: 18 Jan 13
Two Catholic hospitals in Cologne refused to examine a woman who said she had been raped to avoid having to offer her advice on abortion or the morning-after pill.
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National: 17 Jan 13
Berliners and would-be visitors can forget about the capital's new airport for a while. A personnel shuffle saw the project manager pack his bags and leave this week as the technical boss said he did not expect take-off before 2015.
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Society: 14 Jan 13
Berlin fire fighters called on Monday to an underground garage put out a blaze only to find a 30-metre-long tunnel leading to the vaults of a nearby bank - which had been emptied.
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Politics: 5 Jan 13
Social Democrat challenger to Chancellor Angela Merkel Peer Steinbrück on Saturday stood by his comments last week that Germany's leader was not paid enough - despite widespread scorn over his perceived obsession with money.
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Politics: 1 Jan 13
At least a million people peacefully rang in 2013 at Germany’s largest New Year’s party in Berlin on Monday night.
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National: 28 Dec 12
Germany's biggest opposition party, the SPD, wants the state to subsidize a 30-hour workweek for young parents to promote a better job-family balance. But the proposal has been met with resistance from within the governing coalition.
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National: 18 Dec 12
The number of violence-prone far-right extremists in Germany rose in 2012 to over 10,000, according to a Tuesday newspaper report.
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Society: 6 Dec 12
Prisoners in Berlin have threatened a campaign of hunger strikes and disobedience in protest at overcrowding, a lack of social workers and the fact that people are being held for non-violent offences at high-security facilities.
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National: 5 Dec 12
Cardboard packaging - including holiday Advent calendars - often contain mineral oils which get into food, according to a report commissioned by the government, as it frames restrictions on how much contamination is acceptable.
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Politics: 3 Dec 12
A deaf German politician who was mocked on Twitter after speaking on television said on Monday that she was thinking about giving up her position because of the insults. Her deaf voice remained, she said, a taboo.
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National: 30 Nov 12
Germany decided to abstain from a vote granting the Palestinians non-member "Observer State" status at the United Nations. The Local's media roundup looks at the potential implications for the Middle East.
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National: 29 Nov 12
The chances of Berlin's much-delayed new airport being finished before its latest deadline would seem to be nose-diving, with contractors refusing to work because they doubt the corporation can pay.
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National: 24 Nov 12
Long-distance rail passengers should expect cancellations and delays in icy conditions this winter, warned Deutsche Bahn on Friday, as Siemens again postponed a delivery of new high-speed trains worth €500 million.
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Society: 22 Nov 12
A German hospital worker has been suspended after allegedly sexually abusing a 16-year-old girl in his care - and it has emerged that despite earlier similar allegations, he had been working in the children's department since 2008.
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Society: 20 Nov 12
Two brown bears housed in a compound in the centre of Berlin could soon be moved to a proper wild animal park - and were the focus of an animal rights' protest on Tuesday.
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Society: 20 Nov 12
Police in Iran have arrested a man thought to have horribly mutilated his girlfriend in her Berlin flat, it was reported on Tuesday. He had escaped a German manhunt and been on the run for the past three weeks.
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Society: 11 Nov 12
Baby food maker Hipp has pulled the heavily criticized sugared tea that won an award for most misleading advertising earlier this year.
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Business & Money: 11 Nov 12
Environment Minister Peter Altmaier plans to unveil a scheme to allow Germans to invest directly in the country's energy transition, promising a guaranteed five percent return.
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Society: 10 Nov 12
Three thousand ancient wood posts recovered from the foundations of a former Prussian palace in Berlin were given to a recycling firm, though the historic find could have brought much-needed funds for the reconstruction project.
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National: 6 Nov 12
Ten of twelve corpses which were accidentally stolen by unsuspecting van thieves who took them to Poland three weeks ago, have been returned to Germany and cremated, ending a tense wait for families.
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National: 4 Nov 12
The time it takes to travel by train from Munich to Berlin could soon be halved to just four hours, as plans solidify to expand and improve the European rail system.
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National: 4 Nov 12
A year after the neo-Nazi terrorist cell believed to be responsible for nine racial murders and the killing of a police woman was revealed, a leading German official admitted trust in the authorities was seriously damaged.
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National: 3 Nov 12
German authorities are trying to figure out whether a teenager who admitted stabbing a 55-year-old convicted sex offender to death may have been one of his victims.
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National: 3 Nov 12
The managers of Berlin’s much-delayed new airport will not be held liable for the enormous costs incurred by the repeated postponement – they are covered by an insurance policy.
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Education: 2 Nov 12
Hundreds of schools in India are being signed up to teach their children German, in a concerted effort involving some of Germany's top technical universities and the Goethe language Institute.
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Society: 2 Nov 12
A German man who ran away to join the Taliban told a court this week how he had a horrible time in the Pakistani borderlands and was happy to be back home – even though he now faces a prison term.
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Society: 31 Oct 12
Berlin police are hunting the boyfriend of a woman who was found tied to a chair in the family home with serious mutilations to her face and chest.
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Business & Money: 31 Oct 12
Berlin‘s state government has bought a chunk of the city’s privatised water company to bring the lion’s share of the firm into public hands, two years after a referendum showed the capital’s citizens wanted their water back.
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Society: 24 Oct 12
A world-respected cancer specialist is being treated in his own hospital in Germany after two men burst into his office and beat him with sticks. A colleague who tried to stop the attack was also hurt.
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Education: 23 Oct 12
The Swiss government has called on Germany to pay for the 10,000 German students who study there and are costing its universities up to €40,000 per degree.
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National: 23 Oct 12
Thieves made off with an entire cash machine from a Berlin suburban train station after ramming it with a stolen car and loading it into another vehicle. It was the eighth time this had happened in the capital this year.
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National: 22 Oct 12
Chancellor Angela Merkel will inaugurate a memorial to Roma and Sinti people murdered the Nazis on Wednesday, as Europe's largest minority grapples with ongoing discrimination.
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Society: 20 Oct 12
A man died of his injuries on Friday, nearly two weeks after being attacked by Berlin police who had been called because he was walking the streets with an axe and two knives.
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National: 19 Oct 12
A committee on Friday opened its investigation into the mistakes and errors surrounding the new Berlin international airport - which is going to be very late and way over budget when it eventually opens.
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Society: 18 Oct 12
A German dental practice which refused to hire a young Muslim woman because she insisted on wearing a headscarf at work broke the law, it was reported on Thursday. The court ruling is the first of its kind for the country.
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Sport: 17 Oct 12
The German media tore into the national football team after Tuesday's shock 4-4 draw against Sweden. The Local's media roundup has the choicest morsels of chiding.
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Analysis & Opinion: 16 Oct 12
While German officials talk about building new museums, they should first copy their British colleagues and open their collections to the people for free, says Matthias Thibaut, the Tagesspiegel newspaper’s London correspondent.
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National: 15 Oct 12
Police are appealing for witnesses after a young man was beaten to death by a gang in the centre of Berlin early on Sunday morning, in what appears to have been a completely unprovoked attack.
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Society: 11 Oct 12
A passenger on the Berlin underground was assaulted with a brass instrument after his friend told a busking trio to be quiet on Wednesday - he ended up a few teeth short.
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National: 10 Oct 12
A German court has given the green-light for the controversial extension project on the A100 motorway in Berlin. The federal court in Leipzig dismissed the claims against the ongoing construction, but imposed a few conditions.
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Society: 25 Sep 12
A pensioner flipped out and shot his neighbour and the car of a passerby who tried to help him, after months of hassle about a noisy dog and loud music, a Berlin court heard on Monday.
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Education: 10 Sep 12
A German teacher being investigated for calling a student a nigger has been shifted around from school to school for at least 12 years because his racism upsets parents – but authorities are struggling to fire him.
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Society: 7 Sep 12
A German women’s magazine which dropped models to use pictures of “real people” in its pages, has reversed the decision and will be returning to the professionals.
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National: 3 Sep 12
One of Germany’s largest environmental organizations and the Greens are calling for consumers to get an extra €200 when they turn in old household appliances to buy the most energy-efficient models.
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Society: 29 Aug 12
Pedestrians in Berlin are having a hard time crossing the road, environmentalists said on Tuesday. Traffic lights often leave only seconds to cross, and pedestrians spend forever waiting for the green light.
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Business & Money: 25 Aug 12
Households in Germany pay around €3 billion too much for their electricity each year, according to a market analysis which says industry is benefitting from state aid for the switch to renewables – but domestic customers are being left out.
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National: 24 Aug 12
German police officers trained security forces in Belarus at the same time as the German foreign minister condemned militia crackdowns in what has been called Europe's last dictatorship, a newspaper reported.
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National: 23 Aug 12
Authorities in western Germany banned three far-right groups on Thursday and raided around 150 properties in the biggest strike against neo-Nazis ever seen in the region.
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Science & Technology: 20 Aug 12
German state governments say they would have to employ extra staff to police the European ban on filament light bulbs if they are to make the checks called for by the European Commission.
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Politics: 17 Aug 12
Hundreds of protesters gathered at the Russian embassy in Berlin on Friday, joining international outcry over a two-year prison sentence imposed on the Pussy Riot activists in Moscow. Some chained themselves to the railings.
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Science & Technology: 16 Aug 12
Germany's seas are deemed far above average for natural and human considerations – the seventh best in the world according to the most comprehensive health check of national waters.
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National: 15 Aug 12
The March 2013 opening date for Berlin’s new airport can pretty much be written off, it emerged on Wednesday, when it became clear that those struggling with the enormous project would not even name a date until September.
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Society: 15 Aug 12
A man who shot dead the mother and sister of his former wife and injured several others when he sprayed their car with bullets has been jailed for life by a Berlin court.
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Analysis & Opinion: 7 Aug 12
Ex-Olympic rower Nadja Drygalla made headlines when she left the Games because her boyfriend was a neo-Nazi. But many say it was unfair. Can athletes represent their country regardless of who they mix with? Have your say.
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Society: 4 Aug 12
Two lions in a Berlin zoo are thought to have been poisoned, officials revealed on Friday. With what, or how, remains a mystery but the animals are reportedly very ill.
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Society: 3 Aug 12
A teenager lost half a leg after getting stuck in the doors of a train and being dragged along a station in Berlin. An investigation has been launched into how safety mechanisms failed.
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Society: 1 Aug 12
Police say they foiled a murderous revenge attack by one biker gang on another when they stopped three Scandinavia-based men heading for Germany equipped with explosives, detonators and bullet-proof vests.
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National: 27 Jul 12
The president of Germany's federal police force is set to resign, a newspaper reported on Friday. This would mean the heads of four German security authorities have rolled in recent weeks.
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Society: 26 Jul 12
Four Bavarian boys who cried “Tiger” and sparked a huge police hunt for an escaped big cat have been told off by a judge. Three of the four will spend time in youth detention.
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Business & Money: 24 Jul 12
Berlin authorities have issued a Europe-wide tender to operate a chunk of the capital's suburban train system in the hope of reducing costs and improving the heavily criticised service in the impoverished city-state.
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Politics: 23 Jul 12
Germans hoping to see US presidential candidate Mitt Romney on his European trip will be disappointed, as the Republican has cancelled a Berlin visit amid fears of failing to draw the crowds that President Obama did four years ago.
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National: 20 Jul 12
The man due to take over Germany’s intelligence service has been denied an honorary degree by a Berlin university because he was involved in leaving an innocent man in the Guantanamo prison camp.
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Sport: 17 Jul 12
Several Germans have won a place as Olympic torchbearers on the relay trail in Britain – seemingly for no other reason than their good connections with – or jobs at - major sponsor Samsung.
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Society: 12 Jul 12
Berlin Interior Minister Frank Henkel has proposed installing a smoke alarm in all 1.6 million homes in the city - an idea that the opposition thoroughly approves of. But no-one is really sure who should pay for them.
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National: 5 Jul 12
The gunman who shot dead four hostages during a flat eviction and then killed himself in western Germany was French, it emerged on Thursday. Police say he had been planning the bloodbath for some time.
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National: 4 Jul 12
Germany pledged root-and-branch reform of its security services on Tuesday after the domestic intelligence chief resigned over a botched probe of serial killings now blamed on neo-Nazis.
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Society: 25 Jun 12
A Berlin woman gave birth in the back of a police car on Saturday afternoon, after her husband was stuck behind a gay pride parade and could not make it home to take her to hospital.
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Sport: 23 Jun 12
Germany coach Joachim Löw is said to be fuming after a "mole" in the German camp again leaked their starting line-up at Euro 2012.
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Society: 19 Jun 12
The German capital's farcical attempts to build a new airport took another disastrous turn on Monday when it emerged that 2,000 flats had been poorly soundproofed and would have to be re-done - at three times the price.
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Society: 11 Jun 12
The head of a Berlin Hells Angels gang is in an artificial coma in hospital - under 24-hour armed police guard after being shot six times on Sunday morning.
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Society: 4 Jun 12
Around 80 mostly drunk passengers were involved in a mass brawl on a steamboat on a Berlin lake, it was reported Sunday. One man ended up in the water after jumping through a window to escape.
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Society: 1 Jun 12
Children in Germany are being encouraged to eat their way through 59,000 calories to get a free football shirt ahead of the Euro 2012 championship – even though they may have trouble fitting into it by the time it arrives.
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National: 28 May 12
Some 700,000 visitors watched on Sunday as a glorious parade of feathered dancers and drummers took to Berlin’s streets in the 17th annual Carnival of Cultures’ parade.
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Business & Money: 24 May 12
A new law restricts the right of tenants to block renovation work on their homes by refusing to pay a share – if that work is designed to reduce energy consumption.
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Society: 18 May 12
Some sex abusers should continue to work for the Catholic church, a bishop said on Thursday, while a cardinal argued for some homosexual relationships to be treated like heterosexual ones.
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Sport: 16 May 12
Düsseldorf football fans invaded their own team’s field on Tuesday evening, disrupting the match which their team was about to win. Their opponents only played to the end on police advice to prevent a blood bath, it emerged later.
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