Berlin blocks Bulgaria, Romania from Schengen
France and Germany decided Tuesday to block Bulgaria and Romania from joining Europe's borderless 25-nation Schengen area next year, a move denounced by the Romanian president as discriminatory.
Day: December 21, 2010
Police raid neo-Nazi youth group
Police in Germany staged nationwide raids Tuesday on members of a far-right group suspected of trying to organise a camp to train young extremists, seizing neo-Nazi material.
Helmut Schmidt slams ‘foolish’ US pursuit of Wikileaks
Former Chancellor Helmut Schmidt has blasted as “foolish” the United States’ pursuit of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.
European court bolsters fathers’ rights
The European Court of Human Rights granted a Nigerian man access to his children on Tuesday, overturning a series of German court rulings and potentially strengthening unmarried fathers’ rights.
Bilfinger Berger unloads Aussie construction unit
German construction firm Bilfinger Berger said Tuesday it would sell Australian unit Valemus to development group Lend Lease for €801 million.
Harsh winter set to cost €3 billion
The brutal start to winter is set to cost Germany’s recovering economy billions of euros as industries such as construction and logistics slow down or even grind to a halt.
Raising a toast to a Hamburg icon
The Local’s series Made in Germany presents the best the country has to offer, including Hamburg’s celebrated beer Astra.
Man beats neighbour to death with snow shovel
A dispute over snow-clearing reached a tragic end when a man beat his neighbour to death with a snow shovel in North Rhine-Westphalia, police said Tuesday.
Westerwelle under pressure to resign
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle is under mounting pressure to step down as head of his Free Democratic Party (FDP), as the latest poll showed the party scoring an abysmal 3 percent approval.
Snow briefly shuts down Frankfurt Airport
Germany’s transport chaos deepened Tuesday morning with the temporary suspension of all flights in and out of the key hub of Frankfurt Airport.
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