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Rent-jumping family caught by police

National: 9 Feb 12
An eight-person family that avoided paying rent for years by moving house every two to three weeks has finally been caught in the northern German town of Schneverdingen. READ »

Sick pups found in van

Society: 9 Feb 12
German police this week rescued 92 puppies from a van, after the dogs had spent 13 hours being transported across Europe without food or water. READ »

Drunken Munich U-Bahn train driver busted

National: 8 Feb 12
A drunken train driver for Munich’s U-Bahn metro has been relieved of his duties after being busted driving with a blood alcohol level of 0.2 percent. READ »

Merkel helps boost conservatives' popularity

Politics: 8 Feb 12
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives are flying high in a new opinion poll showing them garnering their best result since her beleaguered coalition took power in 2009. Germans are also more confident the euro crisis can be beat. READ »

Snow to follow record deep freeze

National: 6 Feb 12
Germany shivered through record low temperatures of -29 degrees Celsius overnight, but the German Weather Service has forecast an even deeper freeze ahead of snow showers midweek. READ »

Bavarian school bars 'impolite' greetings

Society: 5 Feb 12
The head of a middle school in the southern German town of Passau has declared the forms of "hello" and "goodbye" commonly used among northerners unwillkommen in the classroom, claiming they sound disrespectful. READ »

Dortmund top table after win at chilly Nuremberg

Sport: 4 Feb 12
Defending champions Borussia Dortmund went top of the German league on Friday night with an impressive 2-0 win at Nuremberg in sub-zero temperatures. READ »

Thousands of US troops leaving Bavaria

National: 3 Feb 12
The US military will close bases at Bamberg and Schweinfurt in the German state of Bavaria by 2015 as part of a planned drawdown of its forces stationed in Europe. READ »

What's on in Germany: February 2 - 8

Lifestyle: 2 Feb 12
This Week's Highlights: Burlesque in Hamburg, children's theatre in Nuremberg, and an exhibition in Berlin examines the dark side of technology. READ »

Investigations of soldiers deployed abroad surge

National: 30 Jan 12
The German military is trying to determine why the number of criminal investigations of soldiers on foreign deployments is rising – the number of cases last year surged to the same amount as the years 2002 and 2006 combined. READ »

Fifth German body found on wrecked cruise ship

National: 29 Jan 12
The body of a fifth German victim has been recovered from the wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise ship, and identified as a woman from Baden-Württemberg, the police confirmed on Sunday. READ »

No recompense in case of world's dearest rug

National: 27 Jan 12
A Bavarian auctioneer who priced the world’s most expensive rug at €900 has escaped paying damages to its former owner. The woman sued the Augsburg auction house after her rug reached €7.2 million at a Christie’s auction in 2011. READ »

Chills and snow are on the way

Society: 27 Jan 12
Germans might think they've got away with the relatively mild winter so far, but the cold snap may be on its way. The country can expect chilly precipitation over the weekend, the German Weather Service (DWD) says. READ »

Police officers killed in motorway crash

National: 27 Jan 12
Two police officers were killed in a horrific crash near Würzburg in northern Bavaria Thursday evening. Two more officers and one civilian were also injured. READ »

Print Mein Kampf to fight neo-Nazi extremism

Analysis & Opinion: 26 Jan 12
The proposed publication of Hitler's Mein Kampf in Germany has sparked outrage and worries it would give voice to neo-Nazis. But The Local’s Moises Mendoza argues it is time for the country to fight extremism by supporting free speech. READ »

Child poverty decreases

Society: 26 Jan 12
The number of children living on state benefits in Germany has dropped significantly in the past five years, it was reported Thursday. READ »

Publisher backs down on Mein Kampf plans

Society: 26 Jan 12
A British publisher has backtracked on plans to sell excerpts of Mein Kampf in Germany in the face of strong public pressure and a court ruling forbidding it’s publication. READ »

Spying on leftist MPs condemned

Politics: 24 Jan 12
Politicians from across Germany’s main political parties have condemned the domestic intelligence agency, or Verfassungsschutz, for spying on parliamentarians from the socialist Left party. READ »

Cathedral usher caught stealing cash donations

Society: 23 Jan 12
An usher in Cologne’s famous Gothic cathedral is under investigation for stealing money from the collection boxes, possibly over several years. READ »

German victim's body 'recovered from ship'

National: 17 Jan 12
The body of a German man killed on the Costa Concordia cruise ship was found on Tuesday, the Italian media said. Divers have recovered five more victims, bringing the confirmed death toll to 11. READ »

Freezing nights and frosty days this week

National: 17 Jan 12
Those hoping that winter had given up on Germany this year should reach for their gloves – temperatures are set to plummet over the coming few days, resulting in frost and ice even in more protected areas. READ »

German dairy king buys British milk giant

Business & Money: 16 Jan 12
German dairy Müller Group has bought Britain's biggest supplier of fresh milk, Robert Wiseman Dairies, for almost £280 million (€338 million), the pair said on Monday. READ »

Twelve Germans missing from cruise liner

National: 16 Jan 12
Twelve Germans are missing from the huge cruise liner which ran aground and partially sank off the Italian coast on Friday night, killing at least six passengers and leaving scores injured. READ »

Mein Kampf headed for German newsstands

National: 15 Jan 12
British publisher Peter McGee says he plans to publish excerpts from Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf and sell them in Germany. READ »

Thousands of US soldiers to leave Germany

National: 13 Jan 12
The US military will withdraw thousands of soldiers from Germany as the American military takes half of its troops out of Europe as part of a forces redeployment to focus more on the Middle East and Asia. READ »

Judges call for rethink on court security

National: 13 Jan 12
German judges have called for a complete rethink of security after a prosecutor was shot dead by a man in court who seemingly had no problem taking a pistol into the court. READ »

Environmentalists urge better forest care

National: 13 Jan 12
In order to protect Germany's fragile forests, planners need to make their ecosystems more diverse, according to environmental groups who say the country hasn't learned enough from a devastating 2007 storm. READ »

Man who shot prosecutor only faced mild sentence

National: 12 Jan 12
The businessman who shot dead a prosecutor in court in Bavaria, would have walked out a free man had he not fired a gun at the judge and then turned on the prosecutor. READ »

Warm temperatures cause early hay fever

National: 10 Jan 12
Warm temperatures are causing everything from runny noses to conditions ripe for avalanches. But Germany could face a bit of a cold snap within the next week as rain and snow batters much of the country. READ »

Many brave Elbe for New Year's swim

National: 8 Jan 12
Some 116 brave souls headed for the Elbe River on Sunday morning for the 14th annual Dresden New Year's swim. READ »

Guttenberg says he's ready for comeback

Politics: 8 Jan 12
Disgraced former Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg is taking his first steps towards a political come-back, less than a year after his plagiarised doctorate forced him to resign. READ »

Ruhr ruins invite tourists for highwire hijinks

Travel: 5 Jan 12
The Ruhr Valley's Landschaftspark, once Germany's decrepit industrial armpit, has become a spectacular adventure park. David Sharp makes a hair-raising climb onto a disused furnace. READ »

Germany forced to buy Austrian electricity

Business & Money: 5 Jan 12
One of Germany’s energy providers was forced to use reserves from Austrian power stations on two days in December as a "precautionary measure," according to a newspaper report. READ »

'Baron Cut-and-Paste' may return to politics

Politics: 30 Dec 11
Bavaria's state premier Horst Seehofer said on Friday he would do his best to bring disgraced former Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg back into German politics in 2012. READ »

2011 was fifth warmest, third sunniest on record

National: 30 Dec 11
This year was the fifth warmest and third sunniest on record - but the balmy weather was scattered around in the wrong seasons, with a warm spring and winter, and a wet summer. READ »

The Local's top five politics stories of 2011

Politics: 30 Dec 11
For a country where politics sometimes seems to move at a glacial pace, Germany was practically a hotbed of drama in 2011. We’ve pulled together our favourite five political stories of the year. READ »

Two arrested in hunt for cop killers

National: 29 Dec 11
Police have arrested two men suspected of shooting dead a policeman and injuring another after dramatic chase through the woods in Bavaria two months ago, they announced on Thursday. READ »

Half a million kilometres of traffic jams this year

National: 29 Dec 11
Far from effortlessly zooming down Autobahns at limitless speeds, German drivers are increasingly sitting in traffic– with nearly half a million kilometres of jams recorded this year. READ »

The Local's top five animal stories of 2011

Lifestyle: 28 Dec 11
Animals are always amusing, with their funny wet noses and their general gullibility, and no-one loves animal celebrities as much as the Germans, so we collected the year's big animal stories. What was that bear called again? READ »

Germany has 'mildest Christmas in decades'

National: 27 Dec 11
Germany experienced a Christmas holiday with some of the mildest weather seen in decades, according to meteorologists. READ »

Bavarians build church out of snow

Society: 26 Dec 11
Bavarians in a small village have almost finished their one-of-a-kind winter project: A Catholic church built entirely out of snow. READ »

Hundreds of animals die in morning farm fire

National: 25 Dec 11
At least 600 pigs and 10 cows were killed in a farm fire on Christmas Day morning, police in Upper Bavaria said. READ »

Hitler's favourite singer dies aged 108

National: 25 Dec 11
Johannes Heesters, a controversial operetta singer who became famous in Nazi Germany and who was considered one of the world's oldest performing artists, died on Saturday aged 108, his agency said. READ »

Gladbach kick Schalke out of German Cup

Sport: 22 Dec 11
A double by Marco Reus inspired Borussia Mönchengladbach to a 3-1 victory over holders Schalke 04 on Wednesday in their German Cup last-16 clash. READ »

A very German shopping list

Society: 22 Dec 11
Motherhood in the Fatherland follows mum Sabine Devins as she navigates the cultural quirks of having a baby in Germany. In the latest instalment, she discovers that the love for engineering starts early. READ »

The Local's guide to skiing in Germany

Lifestyle: 21 Dec 11
There’s more to skiing in Germany than the northernmost bits of the Alps. As the new season begins, The Local introduces some alternative slopes that just might be closer than you think. READ »

Man acquitted of rape but jailed for incest

Society: 19 Dec 11
Adolf B., who conceived three disabled children with his daughter, has been sentenced to two years and eight months in prison for incest by a Nuremberg court. But he was acquitted of 500 counts of rape. READ »

Nowitzki, Neuner named top German athletes

Sport: 19 Dec 11
Basketball superstar Dirk Nowitzki and biathlon powerhouse Magdalena Neuner have been named Germany’s “Athletes of the Year,” the country’s top sporting honour. READ »

Winter storm 'Joachim' blows over

National: 17 Dec 11
The winter storm ‘Joachim’ had largely blown over Germany by Saturday morning and moved on to Poland, where at least four people were hurt, READ »

Winter storm ‘Joachim’ snarls transport

National: 16 Dec 11
The fierce winter storm dubbed ‘Joachim’ has caused the suspension of rail services and snarled road traffic in the western part of Germany. A severe weather alert has been issued for the southern parts of the country. READ »

Home championship dream dashed for Nowitzki

Sport: 16 Dec 11
Germany and three other European countries have pulled their joint application to host the 2015 European basketball championships, citing “irreconcilable differences” with international basketball federation FIBA. READ »

Bavarian ski slopes open

National: 14 Dec 11
Several ski resorts in Bavaria are preparing to open for the season this weekend after waiting patiently for enough snow. READ »

Incest family was village's 'open secret'

National: 13 Dec 11
An incestuous relationship between a man and his daughter was an open secret in a Bavarian village since at least 1982, according to testimony in the trial of Adolf B. – accused of raping and fathering three disabled kids with his victim. READ »

130 informants hinder neo-Nazi NPD party ban

National: 12 Dec 11
The German intelligence agency has more than 130 active informants in the National Democratic Party (NPD), making a ban on the neo-Nazi party potentially difficult, it was reported on Sunday. READ »

Afghan war criminal loose in Munich

National: 11 Dec 11
A former general in the Afghan secret service, allegedly responsible for 30,000 murders, has been living in Munich disguised as a newspaper seller for several years. Police are now investigating. READ »

Augsburg triumph as Gladbach blow chance

Sport: 11 Dec 11
Borussia Mönchengladbach missed the chance to go top of the German league on Saturday after a shock defeat at strugglers Augsburg while Bremen got back in the title race with a 4-1 win over Wolfsburg. READ »

Woman sold carpet worth millions for €20,000

Society: 8 Dec 11
A Bavarian woman who thought her carpet was worth about €900 was delighted when an auctioneer sold it for nearly €20,000 – but took him to court after it was then sold at an auction for more than €7 million. READ »

Nosey janitor discovers ancient coin hoard

Science & Technology: 7 Dec 11
A German janitor who decided to take a peek in a box she had walked past a hundred times, discovered more than 170 ancient coins worth millions of euros. READ »

The Local's guide to German Christmas markets

Lifestyle: 7 Dec 11
Put on your mittens, don your cap, and join The Local for a tour of Germany’s best-loved Christmas markets. Frohe Weihnachten! READ »

Wintry weather causes road chaos

National: 6 Dec 11
This winter's first snap of snowy and icy weather led to dozens of car accidents throughout Germany Monday night and into Tuesday morning, leaving one woman seriously injured. READ »

‘Baron Cut-and-Paste’ dismisses new plagiarism claims

Politics: 4 Dec 11
Former Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg has defended himself against new plagiarism accusations, this time related to an article he wrote in 2004. READ »

Discovering Munich’s past in a mediaeval loo

Lifestyle: 1 Dec 11
Construction on an underground train line in the centre of Munich has uncovered mediaeval latrines full of artefacts offering insights into the Bavarian capital’s past. Christine Madden reports. READ »

Parched November the driest month ever

Society: 30 Nov 11
November 2011 was the driest month ever recorded in Germany for the past 130 years, with many weather stations not registering a single drop of rain. That could soon change in later half of this week. READ »

Mainz minnows beat mighty Bayern Munich

Sport: 28 Nov 11
Bayern Munich lost in a shock 3-2 defeat at Bundesliga stragglers Mainz on Sunday, a result which leaves the Bavarians third in the table, and puts champions Dortmund top for the first time this season. READ »

Bayern book berth in Champions League knock-out round

Sport: 23 Nov 11
France winger Franck Ribéry scored twice as Bayern Munich booked their place in the Champions League's knock-out phase with a 3-1 win over Villarreal on Tuesday. READ »

Drought chokes shipping, sparks forest fire

National: 22 Nov 11
Prolonged dry weather is disrupting shipping on some of Germany’s main waterways, the Rhine and Elbe rivers. The drought has also sparked a forest fire in Upper Bavaria. READ »

Vodka laced with methanol sold by mistake

Society: 22 Nov 11
Consumer protection authorities in the state of Thuringia are requiring retailers to stop selling three brands of vodka produced by spirits company Bärenkrone after they were found to contain methanol. READ »

Vuvuzela court case begins in Bavaria

Society: 21 Nov 11
A Bavarian doctor who blasted a vuvuzela trumpet in front of his practice during last year’s World Cup is being sued by one of his patients for trauma. READ »

Guttenberg attacks former colleagues

Politics: 20 Nov 11
Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, Germany’s former defence minister who resigned after being found to have plagiarised his doctoral thesis, has returned to the political stage with a scathing attack on his former colleagues. READ »

Scientologists try to board Pirate Party

Politics: 17 Nov 11
Scientologists are trying to join Germany’s upstart Pirate Party, it has emerged, just weeks after it was revealed that two regional party figures had previously belonged to the neo-Nazi National Democratic Party (NPD). READ »

Germans defend Greek honour amid debt crisis

Society: 16 Nov 11
Popular opinion in Germany holds that the Greeks have only themselves to blame for their country's crushing debt crisis. But Germans who have made Greece their home are now fighting ugly stereotypes on both sides. READ »

Neo-Nazi terrorism sparks calls for NPD ban

National: 14 Nov 11
As more details of an extreme-right terror cell continued to emerge on Monday, German politicians promised a full investigation into a series of murders and renewed calls to ban the neo-Nazi National Democratic Party (NPD). READ »

Tomato juice tastes 'plane' better at high altitude says scientist

Science & Technology: 11 Nov 11
Nearly a quarter of people who drink tomato juice while flying say they only like it while sitting in a plane. Why? A German scientist has discovered the red stuff actually does taste different at high altitudes. READ »

Bavarian beer hall tries to seduce Berlin

Society: 9 Nov 11
What promises to be the biggest beer hall in Europe has opened in Berlin, prompting a culture clash by bringing Bavarian boozing culture to the Prussian-accented German capital, as Moises Mendoza discovered. 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 »

Mourners remember slain Augsburg officer

National: 8 Nov 11
Police in Augsburg have offered a reward of €55,000 for help leading to the arrest of two men responsible for the murder of an officer in Augsburg 10 days ago. Nearly 2,000 people gathered to remember the victim on Monday. READ »

Girl fighting for life after measles complications

Society: 7 Nov 11
A six-year-old girl in Bavaria who caught measles as a baby has developed a chronic and incurable brain inflammation, it was reported Monday. German doctors are warning that not enough parents are inoculating their children. READ »

Faulty AC could cost spy headquarters €9.7 mln

National: 7 Nov 11
Authorities have discovered serious defects in the air conditioning system of the new headquarters being built to house Germany’s BND foreign intelligence service, potentially costing nearly €10 million to fix. 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 »

Merkel's coalition agrees tax break plan

Politics: 7 Nov 11
Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed a comprehensive tax cut plan on Sunday evening in an effort to resolve an internal coalition dispute between her conservatives and the Free Democratic Party (FDP). READ »

Bayern stay on top with battling win

Sport: 7 Nov 11
Ten-man Bayern Munich went five points clear again at the top of the German league on Sunday as striker Mario Gomez scored his 20th goal of the season in a 2-1 win at bottom side Augsburg. READ »

Cows can’t go home for fear of Hessian herpes

Society: 1 Nov 11
Bavaria’s veterinary authorities are preventing a herd of 69 cows that spent the summer grazing in the state of Hesse from coming home without having a blood test for herpes virus BHV-1. READ »

Voluntary service shows signs of acceptance

Society: 1 Nov 11
The Federal Voluntary Service (BFD), which replaced the civilian national service alternative to military conscription, is finally managing to attract volunteers after a slow start, but there is still unease about the scheme. READ »

German population to shrink by a fifth by 2060

Society: 28 Oct 11
Germany's population will plunge by 17 million inhabitants – a fifth of its current size – by 2060, according to a demography study presented by Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich this week. READ »

Augsburg cop killers possibly drug dealers

National: 28 Oct 11
Police hunting two men who shot dead an officer after what was described as a “James Bond” type chase in Augsburg, say the suspects may have been involved in a big drug deal. READ »

Nine hurt in Bremen carnival ride accident

National: 28 Oct 11
A passenger pod broke off a spinning carnival ride and hurtled into a crowd of spectators in Bremen on Thursday evening, leaving several people hurt and one woman critically injured. READ »

Wolves likely to spread across Germany

Society: 28 Oct 11
Wolves are doing so well in Germany, and adapting to so many different habitats, that they are likely to spread from their current strongholds in the eastern parts of the country to become part of the natural landscape nationwide. READ »

A global education - a Bavarian community

Education: 27 Oct 11
An international school near Munich provides so much more than a quality education. For many expat children and parents it also provides a vital sense of belonging to a community. READ »

A dual citizenship double standard in Germany

Analysis & Opinion: 26 Oct 11
As Germany this week marks a half century of mass Turkish immigration, The Local’s Marc Young explains why it’s time to end the country’s hypocritical stance towards dual citizenship. READ »

Putin tried to stop Neuer's move to Bayern

Sport: 26 Oct 11
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin tried to block Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer's switch from Schalke 04 to Bavarian giants Bayern Munich, according to Royal Blues chairman Clemens Tönnies. READ »

Big cuts in store for Bundeswehr

National: 26 Oct 11
The German government announced the biggest cuts in its military since the end of World War Two on Wednesday, closing or significantly scaling down more than 100 of its 400 bases and cutting 15,000 soldiering jobs. READ »

Jewelry thief arrested after leaving name, address behind

Society: 22 Oct 11
Police in the Bavarian town of Obernburg had little trouble tracking down a woman who made off with valuables worth thousands of euros. According to a police report, the thief left her name and address with the store clerk before fleeing. READ »

Left party wants to legalise 'all drugs'

Politics: 22 Oct 11
The Left party has voted to support the "long-term legalisation of all drugs" in its first official policy programme, which members were considering on Saturday during a party congress. READ »

Munich bans Rammstein on Christian holy day

Society: 21 Oct 11
Controversial rock band Rammstein has been banned from performing in Munich on a German Christian holy day commemorating the dead – even though other concerts are allowed on November 20. READ »

Coalition agrees to tax cuts in 2013

Politics: 20 Oct 11
Germany’s governing coalition on Thursday agreed to modest tax relief starting in 2013 after Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble and Economics Minister Philipp Rösler announced plans to adjust tax brackets for inflation. READ »

More cool sunshine ahead for weekend

National: 20 Oct 11
Up to 20 centimetres of snow covered the Black Forest as well as Germany’s highest mountain, the Zugspitze, on Wednesday – but a high pressure system across the country will bring more golden autumn sunshine over the weekend. READ »

Shoddy spyware spurs web security reform call

Science & Technology: 20 Oct 11
Outrage over shoddy government computer spyware created by a private contractor is spurring calls for a federal minister to deal with internet security issues and pledges by the authorities they will develop such software internally. READ »

Finding the fairytale wedding setting

Lifestyle: 19 Oct 11
For couples wanting a fairytale wedding, holding the ceremony or reception in a castle could be the perfect setting. Sally McGrane reports. READ »

Giant python fossil found in Bavaria

Science & Technology: 18 Oct 11
The fossil of a python dating from about 15 million years ago has been discovered in Bavaria, first time proof that the reptile lived so far north, according to German palaeontologists. READ »

US medic training on live pigs faces opposition

National: 18 Oct 11
A US company that trains military medics in field operations using live pigs is trying to bring its courses to Germany. Animal rights group PETA believes the company is using US Army protection to bypass German animal protection laws. READ »

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