German sues Macedonia for CIA rendition
Khaled el-Masri, a Lebanese-born German national abducted by the CIA in Macedonia in 2004 and flown to Afghanistan for interrogation on terrorism charges, is claiming €50,000 in damages from Skopje.
Day: January 26, 2009
Berlin’s KaDeWe hit by huge jewellery heist
Thieves stole over €1 million in jewels from Berlin’s KaDeWe luxury department story during a spectacular burglary over the weekend, according to the Berliner Zeitung newspaper.
Abandoned East German flat discovered 20 years later
An architect has discovered a Leipzig apartment left untouched for the last 20 years after being abandoned by its East German occupants as the communist state crumbled, daily Berliner Morgenpost reported on Monday.
Failing integration not about ethnicity, Turkish group says
A new study revealing that Turks are Germany’s most poorly integrated group is not a problem of ethnicity, but a socio-economic one, the head of the German Turkish Association (TGD) Kenan Kolat said on Monday in Berlin.
Ex Deutsche Post boss Zumwinkel avoids jail
Klaus Zumwinkel, the former head of German logistics giant Deutsche Post, received a suspended jail sentence of two years on Monday and was fined €1 million ($1.3 million) for tax evasion.
Economic crisis worries Bundesbank’s Weber
Bundesbank President Alex Weber on Monday expressed concern at the extent of the global economic crisis, which he called the worst since World War II.
Germany hikes aid to Afghanistan
Germany will give an additional €2.6 million in aid to Afghanistan this winter to help residents in rural provinces, the Foreign Ministry reported on Monday.
Speeding car launches into church roof
A 23-year-old man launched his car off a steep slope into the roof of a Limbach-Oberfrohna church in a high-speed accident that left the driver seriously injured, police in the state of Saxony reported on Monday.
Man trapped in recycling bin while diving for keys
A Mönchengladbach man was stuck with his feet in the air for hours after diving into a paper recycling container to retrieve his keys, police in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia reported on Monday.
Berlin to cut export aid for trade with Iran
The German government will no longer offer credit guarantees to companies exporting to Iran – a clear reaction to US criticism that a recent spike in trade goes against international strategy to fight the country’s nuclear programme, financial daily Handelsblatt reported on Monday.
Bayern gets ready to take on Stuttgart after winter break
Bayern Munich are to begin their 2009 campaign with a testing last-16 German Cup tie at Stuttgart, the same team who held the German champions to a 2-2 draw in their last match of 2008.