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Artist compensated for two lost French fries

Society: 9 Feb 12
A Munich court on Thursday awarded an artist €2,000 in damages because a gallery lost two 22-year-old chips that were the basis of an artwork in which the fries lay across each other in a cross. READ »

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 »

The Local's English-language movie listings for Germany

Lifestyle: 8 Feb 12
Find movies playing in English in Germany with The Local's cinema guide. 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 »

German papers win paparazzi case in Europe

Society: 8 Feb 12
German media outlets did not infringe on celebrities' privacy rights when they printed sensitive photographs or stories, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday. READ »

Hoeneß: Bayern saved Dortmund with €2 mln

Sport: 7 Feb 12
With Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich battling it out for top spot in the German league title race, Bayern's Uli Hoeneß has revealed they loaned Dortmund €2 million to help save their rivals from bankruptcy. READ »

'White Rose' founder declared a saint

Society: 5 Feb 12
The Russian-Orthodox Church canonised one of the founders of the anti-fascist group the "White Rose," Alexander Schmorell, over the weekend in Munich, nearly 70 years after his execution by the Nazis. READ »

De Maizière urges more military might in Europe

National: 4 Feb 12
German Defence Minister Thomas de Maizière said Europe should not fear a renewed US focus on Asia and must increasingly look after its own backyard militarily, in remarks made during the 48th annual Munich Security Conference. 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 »

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 »

Euro crisis, earthquakes slam Munich Re profits

Business & Money: 2 Feb 12
Munich Re, the world's biggest reinsurer, said Thursday that profits plummeted last year due to heavy losses from both the eurozone debt crisis and a string of natural catastrophes. READ »

Robust economy leaves long-term jobless behind

Business & Money: 31 Jan 12
Long-term unemployed people are still having difficulty finding a job despite Germany’s robust economy in recent years, according to a media report on Tuesday. READ »

Bayern cling to Liga lead on goal difference

Sport: 29 Jan 12
Bayern Munich stayed top of the German league on Saturday as Mario Gomez claimed his 17th goal of the season in a 2-0 win over Wolfsburg - but Shinji Kagawa-inspired Borussia Dortmund are hard on their heels. READ »

What's on in Germany: January 26 – February 1

Lifestyle: 27 Jan 12
This Week's Highlights: Hitchcock in Frankfurt, indie rock in Munich, and an homage to an electronic music pioneer in Berlin. 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 »

The Local's English-language movie listings for Germany

Lifestyle: 26 Jan 12
Find movies playing in English in Germany with The Local's cinema guide. 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 »

Siemens suffers profit collapse

Business & Money: 24 Jan 12
German industrial giant Siemens took a massive hit at the end of last year, the company reported Tuesday. Profits were down all of 17 percent between October and December 2011. READ »

Munich baby elephant dies before operation

Society: 22 Jan 12
A three-month old elephant at a zoo in Munich died on Saturday of a pulmonary embolism, just before she was due to receive a heart surgery for a congenital defect. READ »

Bayern stung by 'Gladbach's goal-getters

Sport: 21 Jan 12
Bayern Munich coach Jupp Heynckes admitted his side were found wanting as the German league leaders suffered a shock 3-1 defeat at Borussia Mönchengladbach on Friday. READ »

Munich baby elephant first to get heart surgery

Society: 20 Jan 12
A baby elephant in Munich will be the first in the world to undergo heart surgery, after vets at the zoo realised she had a congenital defect which will kill her within weeks if nothing is done. READ »

What's on in Germany: January 19 – 25

Lifestyle: 19 Jan 12
This Week's Highlights: An open-air ball in Dresden, music and movies at the Berlin Cathedral and lots of interesting new art in Frankfurt. READ »

Looking at food 'prompts appetite hormone'

Science & Technology: 19 Jan 12
The feelings of hunger that suddenly appear when looking at pictures of food are not all in the head – German researchers have shown they are in the blood too. READ »

Airports still stingy with their wireless internet

National: 17 Jan 12
German airports are slowly offering more free internet access, but progress is slow, with only Cologne Bonn Airport providing unlimited free surfing. 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 »

Fresh revelations hit beleaguered president

National: 15 Jan 12
Further revelations appeared about beleaguered President Christian Wulff this weekend, with Der Spiegel reporting that a film producer treated him to a hotel upgrade during Oktoberfest. READ »

Bailiffs chase football legend Lothar Matthäus

National: 13 Jan 12
Lothar Matthäus, one of the world’s most successful football players, is being chased by bailiffs who despite employing private detectives to track him down, say they cannot find him. READ »

Union: Allianz forced protest cancellation

Business & Money: 12 Jan 12
Germany’s biggest trade union has accused insurance giant Allianz of making a multi-million euro payment to help laid-off workers conditional on the union calling off a protest rally. READ »

Cologne is country's stalker capital

National: 11 Jan 12
Those who could not sleep after watching "Fatal Attraction" might want to avoid Cologne, where there are more reports of stalking than any other major German city, according to an analysis of police crime data. READ »

Disasters made 2011 most expensive year ever

National: 5 Jan 12
Giant earthquakes, tsunamis and flooding made 2011 the most expensive year on record in terms of damage caused by natural disasters, according to German insurance experts. READ »

What's on in Germany: January 5 - 11

Lifestyle: 5 Jan 12
This Week's Highlights: Buster Keaton films in Munich, Alexander McQueen fashions in Hamburg, and contemporary dance in Berlin. READ »

The Local's English-language movie listings for Germany

Lifestyle: 4 Jan 12
Find movies playing in English in Germany with The Local's cinema guide. READ »

The Local's English-language movie listings for Germany

Lifestyle: 28 Dec 11
Find movies playing in English in Germany with The Local's cinema guide. READ »

The Local’s top five offbeat stories of 2011

Lifestyle: 27 Dec 11
After a huge year for dramatic news, The Local has collected together five stories from our 2011 ‘Offbeat’ archive that may have slipped through your news filter. READ »

Justice minister's dog bites woman

Society: 23 Dec 11
Germany’s top legal figure has her own troubles with the law. Justice Minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger must appear in a Munich court in January to face claims that her dog bit a woman in the hand. READ »

What's on in Germany: December 22 – January 4

Lifestyle: 22 Dec 11
The highlights over the holidays: Shadow puppets in Hamburg, Bonnie and Clyde in Berlin, and Belarus ballerinas fluff their feathers in Munich. 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 »

The Local's English-language movie listings for Germany

Lifestyle: 21 Dec 11
Find movies playing in English in Germany with The Local's cinema guide. READ »

Economic 'good tidings' brighten eurozone gloom

Business & Money: 20 Dec 11
Two leading sentiment indicators in Germany released good news Tuesday, bringing a touch of Christmas sparkle to the pall of gloom currently enveloping the eurozone. READ »

Former Deutsche Bank CEO settles fraud case

Business & Money: 19 Dec 11
Former Deutsche Bank CEO Rolf Breuer has agreed to pay €350,000 to settle criminal charges of attempted fraud in connection with the implosion of the media empire of late magnate Leo Kirch. READ »

Babbel booted out of Hertha Berlin

Sport: 19 Dec 11
Hertha Berlin sacked coach Markus Babbel on Sunday amidst a war of words, while Borussia Mönchengladbach remain fourth after their 1-0 win over Mainz on the last German league weekend of 2011. READ »

Bayern Munich 'will be even better' in 2012

Sport: 17 Dec 11
The football powerhouse of Bayern Munich will be even stronger in 2012, when Bastian Schweinsteiger and Arjen Robben are fully fit, coach Jupp Heynckes predicted. READ »

What's on in Germany: December 15 - 21

Lifestyle: 15 Dec 11
This Week's Highlights: Synagogue music in Berlin, horses in Frankfurt, and a French dance troupe rocks out in Munich. READ »

The Local's English-language movie listings for Germany

Lifestyle: 14 Dec 11
Find movies playing in English in Germany with The Local's cinema guide. READ »

Wind energy leaders eye US expansion

Science & Technology: 14 Dec 11
German energy companies, well-established leaders in harvesting wind power, are focusing on exporting turbines to the growing US market as European turf becomes scarce. Erin Huggins reports. READ »

Neo-Nazi link to rabbi death in Zurich probed

National: 12 Dec 11
Investigators suspect that a neo-Nazi terror group responsible for a series of murders in Germany may also have been behind the unexplained killing of a 70-year-old Israeli rabbi in Zurich a decade ago. READ »

50 trains damaged in Munich’s ‘farewell drink’

Society: 12 Dec 11
Munich’s public transport authorities reported that more than 50 of their trains had to be taken to the workshop on Sunday after around 2,000 people gathered to make merry Saturday night before an alcohol ban came into effect. READ »

Bayern bounce back to take top spot

Sport: 12 Dec 11
Bayern Munich coach Jupp Heynckes said Sunday he was pleased with his team's 2-1 win at Stuttgart after they came from behind to claim victory and are set to finish 2011 top of the German league. 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 »

Munich calls last orders on public transport drinking

Society: 10 Dec 11
Two thousand Munich residents will bid farewell to their right to drink alcohol on the S-Bahn on Saturday as they hop aboard for one last train party. READ »

What's on in Germany: December 8 - 14

Lifestyle: 8 Dec 11
This Week's Highlights: Choirs sing Bach in Leipzig, a rock opera in Frankfurt and a ballet rendition of "A Christmas Carol" in Dresden. READ »

Deutsche Bank letter bomb was operational

National: 8 Dec 11
A suspected letter bomb addressed to Deutsche Bank chief Josef Ackermann which was intercepted on Wednesday at the bank's Frankfurt headquarters, could have exploded, German police have confirmed. READ »

The Local's English-language movie listings for Germany

Lifestyle: 7 Dec 11
Find movies playing in English in Germany with The Local's cinema guide. 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 »

German football seeks new president

Sport: 5 Dec 11
German football has launched a bad-tempered search for a new boss after the shock resignation of the DFB football association president with a meeting to discuss the options set for this week. READ »

What's on in Germany: December 1 - 7

Lifestyle: 1 Dec 11
This Week's Highlights: Electronic music festivals in Cologne and a Berlin, Shakespeare in Frankfurt, and a US Army chorus in Stuttgart. 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 »

The Local's English-language movie listings for Germany

Lifestyle: 30 Nov 11
Find movies playing in English in Germany with The Local's cinema guide. READ »

Munich ranked most liveable German city

Society: 30 Nov 11
A new survey says Munich is the best German city to live in, followed by Düsseldorf and Frankfurt. READ »

'Stuttgart's future is at stake'

Analysis & Opinion: 28 Nov 11
The people of Baden-Württemberg have spoken: In a referendum on Sunday voters backed state funding for the controversial €4.5-billion Stuttgart 21 rail project. The Local’s media roundup looks at the reaction on Monday. 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 »

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 »

The ins and outs of pensions

Lifestyle: 25 Nov 11
Plan on growing old and grey in Germany? Joe Morgan explains why you shouldn’t rely solely on a state pension for your golden years. READ »

Crappy correspondence confounds Munich

Society: 25 Nov 11
Accusations that Deutsche Post's service is crap have been taken to the next level. Police say someone in the Munich area has been shoving poop into postboxes for months, clogging up the letter sorting system. READ »

What's on in Germany: November 24 - 30

Lifestyle: 24 Nov 11
This Week's Highlights: Brazilian film in Berlin, Dickens in Frankfurt, and chocolate in Tübingen. READ »

Expectations debunked on Champions League night

Sport: 24 Nov 11
German expectations were reversed in the Champions League Wednesday, as struggling Leverkusen earned a knock-out place by beating Chelsea, while in-form champions Dortmund were all but knocked out by Arsenal. READ »

The Local's English-language movie listings for Germany

Lifestyle: 23 Nov 11
Find movies playing in English in Germany with The Local's cinema guide. 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 »

Bayern target next round of Champions League

Sport: 22 Nov 11
Bayern Munich hope to win a place in the knock-out phase of the Champions League on Tuesday with a home victory over Villarreal, although a draw would also be enough. READ »

Central memorial agreed for neo-Nazi victims

Politics: 20 Nov 11
Germany will hold a memorial service for the victims of a neo-Nazi murder spree, while a minister has vowed to compensate their families. A new survey shows most Germans want to ban the far-right National Democratic Party (NPD). 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 »

The Local's English-language movie listings for Germany

Lifestyle: 16 Nov 11
Find movies playing in English in Germany with The Local's cinema guide. READ »

Scientists develop nose exam to detect Alzheimer's disease early

Science & Technology: 16 Nov 11
Scientists in central Germany are working on a method with which they reckon they could diagnose Alzheimer’s disease years before any symptoms are noticed – by looking up patients’ noses. READ »

Deutsche Bank pays $145 mln to settle US suit

Business & Money: 15 Nov 11
German banking giant Deutsche Bank has agreed to pay US regulators $145 million (€106 million) to settle charges that they misled credit unions about the risks of mortgage-backed securities that later collapsed. READ »

Germany tackles Holland with confidence

Sport: 15 Nov 11
Germany coach Joachim Löw has insisted his side have nothing to fear ahead of Tuesday's friendly in Hamburg against World Cup finalists the Netherlands, as Die Mannschaft looks to finish 2011 in style. 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 »

Allotments grow on urban gardening generation

Society: 14 Nov 11
More than 150 years after the idea first took root, allotments are becoming hip with a new gardening generation in Germany. READ »

Germans will be better against Holland, insists Löw

Sport: 12 Nov 11
Germany coach Joachim Löw has insisted his side will be better for Tuesday's friendly against World Cup finalists the Netherlands after his team laboured to a 3-3 draw with Ukraine in Kiev. READ »

What's on in Germany: November 10 - 16

Lifestyle: 10 Nov 11
This Week's Highlights: Short films in Cologne, Jewish culture in Munich, and big bubbles in Berlin. 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 »

The Local's English-language movie listings for Germany

Lifestyle: 9 Nov 11
Find movies playing in English in Germany with The Local's cinema guide. READ »

German cities becoming increasingly 'wild'

Society: 8 Nov 11
Wild boars digging up gardens, foxes roaming building sites, and raccoons ravaging allotments – city-dwelling Germans are reporting increasing sightings of and problems with wildlife. 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 »

Most Germans want public vote on euro issues, survey says

Politics: 6 Nov 11
Over 70 percent of Germans want to vote directly on key matters affecting Europe and the euro, a new national poll shows. Greece cancelled a public referendum on the euro bailout after a backlash from European leaders. READ »

Dortmund in second after win over Wolfsburg

Sport: 6 Nov 11
Japan star Shinji Kagawa and Germany teenager Mario Götze turned on the style on Saturday, as Borussia Dortmund hammered VfL Wolfsburg 5-1 to keep the pressure on German league leaders Bayern Munich. READ »

German team offered big bonus for Euro2012 win

Sport: 4 Nov 11
The German Football Association (DFB) has increased its win bonus for the European Championships in Poland and Ukraine next year. Each player will get €300,000 should Germany carry home the title. READ »

Kitting out babies the German way

Lifestyle: 4 Nov 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 outfits her baby the German way. READ »

Woman may be 'grounded' after copious coffee theft

Society: 3 Nov 11
A German woman is being accused of stealing thousands of jars of coffee by stuffing them in leggings under her skirt. READ »

What's on in Germany: November 3 - 9

Lifestyle: 3 Nov 11
This Week's Highlights: Japanese culture in Frankfurt, contemporary theatre in Leipzig, and music days in Berlin. READ »

Schweinsteiger hurt in Bayern win over Napoli

Sport: 3 Nov 11
Bayern Munich suffered a second-half scare before sealing a 3-2 win over Napoli in the Champions League to stay top of Group A on Wednesday. But Bastian Schweinsteiger was stretchered off with a broken collar bone. READ »

The Local's English-language movie listings for Germany

Lifestyle: 2 Nov 11
Find movies playing in English in Germany with The Local's cinema guide. READ »

Qaddafi son's Munich mansion in limbo

Society: 1 Nov 11
A mansion formerly lived in by Muammar Qaddafi youngest son, killed in April, is in limbo in Munich, partly because his eccentric revamp of the interior could make the luxury property difficult to sell. READ »

Munich named Germany's fastest city

Society: 31 Oct 11
Munich’s motorists have the quickest commutes, a new survey revealed Monday. Düsseldorf, meanwhile, was deemed to have Germany's slowest transport network. READ »

‘If the CDU loses in 2013, it will lose its identity’

Analysis & Opinion: 31 Oct 11
Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives performed a dramatic U-turn this weekend by proposing a minimum wage in Germany. The Local’s media roundup explores the cause and implications of her party's leftward swerve. READ »

Ballack breaks nose after scoring for Leverkusen against Freiburg

Sport: 29 Oct 11
Former Bayern Munich and Chelsea star Michael Ballack could miss his side’s Bayer Leverkusen’s Champions League game against Valencia on Tuesday after suffering a broken nose on Friday after scoring the winning goal against Freiburg. READ »