May 22, 2012
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Lifestyle: 2 May 12
This Week's Highlights: Animated films in Stuttgart, a surfing and skateboarding festival in Hamburg, and opera in a Berlin museum.
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Lifestyle: 1 May 12
Burlesque is not just a naked lady in a cocktail glass - that is just one style of a complex movement in which Berlin has reclaimed its pre-war global top spot for radical naughtiness. Jessica Ware spoke with one of the capital’s performers.
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Politics: 26 Apr 12
German President Joachim Gauck has cancelled a visit to Ukraine planned for next month in protest at the violent treatment of opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko in prison.
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Science & Technology: 24 Mar 12
Archaeologists have started unearthing human remains from a mass grave near the German town of Lützen, a find that dates back to the Thirty Years' War.
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Science & Technology: 16 Mar 12
Elephants in captivity are becoming too inbred, so a German researcher has amassed a sperm bank of wild elephant semen for zoos to draw on. There’s just one small problem – sperm is not a commodity bull elephants give up lightly.
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Society: 29 Feb 12
Bavarian police chiefs are ordering thousands of racist and tasteless calendars printed by the police union be taken down from the walls of cop shops across the state – a full two months after the German media pointed out its faults.
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Sport: 19 Feb 12
British boxer Dereck Chisora was arrested on Sunday by Munich police after an out-of-ring brawl with ex-champion David Haye. Chisora had just lost to Vitali Klitschko.
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National: 11 Feb 12
Angelina Jolie says it was only natural that her directorial debut should tackle some of the toughest issues facing humanity and after wartime Bosnia, Afghanistan is likely to be her next subject.
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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.
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Society: 6 Aug 11
Officials in Bonn are counting pennies after raiding a woman thought to have hoarded around €40,000 in small-denomination coins she earned looking after public toilets – and failed to declare to the tax office.
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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.
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Business & Money: 6 Jun 11
As Apple prepared to launch on Monday an eagerly awaited service that lets consumers listen to their music collection on any Apple device, a German music-streaming site has lodged an anti-trust claim against the technology giant.
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Society: 16 Apr 11
The remaining artists of the art complex Tacheles organized a protest Saturday against the impending clearance of Berlin's trendy tourist trap and former squat.
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Society: 8 Apr 11
The media have the right to publish the estimated fortunes of the super-rich, a Munich court ruled this week in a landmark decision pitting privacy against the public’s right to know.
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Society: 5 Apr 11
The hip artists' squat Tacheles is slimming down. The Berlin icon will be a quieter and more modest affair after half the occupants announced on Tuesday they had accepted €1 million to leave.
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Society: 11 Feb 11
The Berlin film festival will honour dissident Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi, who was sentenced to prison in December, on the anniversary of the Islamic revolution Friday.
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Politics: 4 Feb 11
In the race for the key state of Baden-Württemberg, the centre-left opposition is within striking distance of taking power in the March election after more than half a century of conservative rule, a poll showed Friday.
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Society: 20 Jan 11
As Berlin’s Fashion Week hits full swing, The Local’s Ruth Michaelson tries to parse the importance of haute couture in Germany’s famously “poor but sexy” capital.
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Society: 14 Jan 11
A prize-winning lifelike sculpture of a squatting policewoman urinating has whipped up a storm of protest in the eastern German city of Dresden, where it went on prominent display last week.
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Lifestyle: 13 Jan 11
The Culture Ministry of Lower Saxony has launched a song competition to promote Low German, or Plattdeutsch, in a bid to keep the regional language alive among younger people.
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Society: 7 Jan 11
The Cologne Cathedral's St. Peter's Bell, said to be the largest functioning free-swinging bell in the world, has fallen silent after its clapper broke abruptly.
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Sport: 17 Nov 10
Argentina midfielder Javier Pinola has apologised to Germany star Bastian Schweinsteiger for spitting at him during a Bundesliga match.
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Politics: 6 Nov 10
A leading light of Germany's opposition Greens said Friday she was ready to stand for mayor of Berlin next year. Opinion polls show she could become the party's first state premier – pitting her against Social Democratic incumbent Klaus Wowereit.
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Lifestyle: 22 Oct 10
Bollywood heartthrob Shah Rukh Khan spoke of his love for Berlin Friday as he presented his new film in the city, which hopes his huge pulling power will lure more Indian tourists to its attractions.
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Society: 19 Sep 10
Around 15,000 Mozambicans were sent to work in East Germany under a labour scheme between the then-communist allies. Now they are unemployed and marginalized at home.
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Sport: 17 Sep 10
The northern port city of Hamburg is bracing for a heated football derby pitting HSV against FC St Pauli this weekend. Joseph Corcos reports on a potentially violent rivalry packed with ideology.
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Society: 30 Aug 10
A woman in the eastern German city of Jena was flung across a field by a hungry elephant looking for a snack in her purse, according to the police on Monday.
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Society: 27 Jun 10
Germany's second city Hamburg is building a dazzling new concert hall intended to rival the Sydney Opera House as a global attraction, but little has gone according to plan.
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Sport: 22 May 10
Defending champions Russia battled from a goal down to book a place in the world icehockey championship's final with a hard-fought 2-1 win over hosts Germany here on Saturday.
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Society: 30 Apr 10
A pensioner from the state of Rhineland-Palatinate has reportedly been fined €14,000 for repeatedly doing Arschbomben, or “ass bombs,” the German equivalent of cannonballs, at a public swimming pool.
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Politics: 5 Apr 10
The nation’s top union boss has claimed that the pro-business Free Democrats are showing right-wing populist tendencies and even compared them in a Monday interview to Austria’s notorious Freedom Party founded by the late Jörg Haider.
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Politics: 22 Mar 10
European heavyweights pressured German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday to back down over Greece, which accused Berlin of profiteering amid a euro currency slump.
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Lifestyle: 1 Mar 10
If you’ve ever been titillated by typeface or fascinated by fonts, then Rebecca F. Miller doesn’t have to spell out the allure of Berlin’s quirky Letter Museum.
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National: 30 Dec 09
Poland's supreme court has agreed to consider whether the Polish survivor of a Nazi World War II massacre can sue Germany for compensation in a Polish court, a court spokeswoman said Tuesday.
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Society: 15 Dec 09
The 2010 Berlinale film festival will premiere the latest film by director Roman Polanski, who is under house arrest in Switzerland awaiting deportation to the United States on unlawful sex charges.
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Lifestyle: 5 Dec 09
Bored in Bonn? Confused in Cologne? Depressed in Düsseldorf? Not anymore. This month we inaugurate our partnership with Rhine-online, an English-language guide to what’s going on in the Rhineland.
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National: 11 Nov 09
French and German leaders stood side by side to honour the fallen of World War I on Armistice Day for the first time on Wednesday, laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
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Politics: 6 Nov 09
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday she will attend ceremonies in Berlin next week to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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Business & Money: 25 Sep 09
German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrück called Friday for a global tax on financial transactions as the Group of 20 developed and developing economies met in Pittsburgh.
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National: 24 Sep 09
German Chancellor Angela Merkel headed to the G20 summit in the United States on Thursday determined to demand stricter regulations for the global financial markets.
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Business & Money: 23 Sep 09
German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrück says Britain wants to hamper financial system reform proposals to be discussed at the Group of 20 summit in Pittsburgh later this week.
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Business & Money: 9 Sep 09
Commerzbank, Germany's second biggest bank, is returning billions of euros in state guarantees and redrafting its models for staff pay, chief executive Martin Blessing said on Wednesday.
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Business & Money: 4 Sep 09
The head of the European Central Bank stressed on Friday that the global financial crisis was not yet over, requiring eurozone monetary officials in Frankfurt to maintain special support measures despite growing optimism for a recovery in Germany and Europe.
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Business & Money: 31 Aug 09
Bankers should stump up for the consequences of the global financial crisis, Germany's finance minister said to his G20 counterparts in an letter obtained by AFP on Monday.
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Business & Money: 28 Aug 09
Germany Friday threw its weight behind a scheme to limit bonuses for bankers as part of a drive towards greater financial market regulation to be debated at a key Group of 20 meeting next month.
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Lifestyle: 21 Aug 09
While US-director Quentin Tarantino’s new Jewish revenge film “Inglourious Basterds” has garnered mixed reviews elsewhere, German critics are exalting the bloody fantasy as a cathartic departure from typical World War II films.
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Lifestyle: 19 Aug 09
Find the latest movies in English playing in Germany with The Local's cinema guide.
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Politics: 25 Jun 09
German Chancellor Angela Merkel flew to Washington Thursday for talks with US President Barack Obama on the international economic crisis and climate protection.
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Society: 11 Jun 09
A piece of German art has found its way into Brad Pitt’s home: The actor bought Neo Rauch's "Etappe" for €710,000 at Art Basel.
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Lifestyle: 9 Jun 09
This Week's Highlights: Exberliner Magazine throws a birthday bash in Berlin and Düsseldorf celebrates Japan Day.
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Society: 31 May 09
Maß-craving Manhattanites will soon be able to quench their thirst for Bavarian brew when the world-famous Hofbräuhaus opens a branch in New York next year, the brewery’s director said in an interview published Sunday.
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Analysis & Opinion: 4 May 09
Lean times have come to Germany. But Roger Boyes, the Berlin correspondent of British daily The Times, believes that doesn’t mean the country has to go all flabby.
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Society: 27 Apr 09
German celebrities aren’t worth talking about – even in Germany – according to an online media study published this week. Madonna and other foreign celebs ranked well above the country’s dimly shining stars for web gossip.
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National: 4 Apr 09
The United States has begun moves to expel an 84-year-old man alleged to have been a top guard in several Nazi concentration camps in Germany, the US Justice Department said Friday.
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Society: 28 Feb 09
A new exhibition at Nazi concentration camp Ravensbrück near Berlin details the fate of women forced to work as sex slaves for fellow prisoners during World War II.
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Lifestyle: 26 Feb 09
This week's highlights: Katy Perry comes to Munich, it's Bach Week in Stuttgart, and twelve world music bands vie for the prize in Hamburg.
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Business & Money: 29 Jan 09
German unemployment jumped 387,000 to just under 3.5 million in January, as the world economic crisis took its toll on Europe's biggest economy.
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Lifestyle: 27 Jan 09
Berlin has become a hotbed for young designers in recent years – even if it still can’t contend with the likes of Paris, Milan or London. But has it ousted Düsseldorf as Germany’s fashion mecca? Laura Schweiger investigates.
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Society: 18 Jan 09
Two of Hollywood’s biggest leading men are due in Berlin over the next two days, with Brad Pitt in the capital to promote his new film, quickly followed by Tom Cruise for the premier of his own flick.
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Analysis & Opinion: 16 Dec 08
As the departure of Berlin's world famous polar bear Knut appears imminent, Roger Boyes, correspondent for British daily The Times, muses why the German capital needs more Bowie and less bear.
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Society: 26 Nov 08
Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie has attended a scholarly lecture at the American Academy in Berlin, daily Die Welt reported on Wednesday.
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Analysis & Opinion: 23 Oct 08
Worried about the global economic meltdown? Roger Boyes, the Berlin correspondent for British daily The Times, has come up with a simple A to Z survival guide for the hard times in Germany.
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Society: 22 Oct 08
A Berlin film about hype over last year's rumours that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie might buy a flat in Berlin will premiere on Thursday.
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Society: 9 Oct 08
US actress Angelina Jolie has reportedly praised Berlin for being so accommodating to her massive family while her husband Brad Pitt is filming in the German capital.
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Society: 24 Sep 08
Hollywood couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have arrived in Berlin for a three-month stay while Pitt stars in “Inglorious Basterds” directed by Quentin Tarantino.
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National: 22 Sep 08
A German national and his Somali wife who were kidnapped over the weekend in the northern Somali breakaway state of Puntland were released on Monday, officials said.
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National: 21 Sep 08
A German national and his Somali wife were kidnapped by gunmen in the northern Somali breakaway state of Puntland, according to local officials.
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Society: 9 Sep 08
A German casting agency has called for extras to try out in late September for the new Quentin Tarantino film “Inglorious Basterds,” but only those who fit Aryan stereotypes need apply.
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Society: 2 Sep 08
German heartthrob Til Schweiger has been added to the list of German actors who will be in Quentin Tarantino's upcoming World War II film, “Inglorious Basterds.”
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Society: 1 Sep 08
German actor Daniel Brühl will be joining an all-star cast this autumn when cult Hollywood director Quentin Tarantino begins filming his World War II drama “Inglorious Basterds” in Berlin.
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Society: 15 Aug 08
Berlin will host Hollywood star Brad Pitt and action director Quentin Tarantino this autumn, as filming starts on what could be a controversial nazi-themed movie.
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Business & Money: 2 Jun 08
European finance and political chiefs in Frankfurt toasted the European Central Bank's tenth anniversary on Monday even as record inflation cast a pall over the party.
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Society: 26 Apr 08
An investigation has been launched into the baby monitor bugging of Porsche chief Wendelin Wiedeking.
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Lifestyle: 20 Mar 08
The upcoming week promises excitement with Bogie and Bergman in Berlin, a Mozart opera in Frankfurt, a spoken word artist in Hamburg, and much more.
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