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Germany demands EU ban on Nazi symbols
- Proposes jail terms of up to three years
(47 replies)
Leipziger Baumwollspinnerei
- Leipzig School in the UK national press
(0 replies)
Bundesregierung pulls the props on mining industry
- Last of the German coalmines to close
(0 replies)
No general ban on smoking in bars and restaurants
- German government gives in to the tobacco industry
(391 replies)
German air traffic control strike averted, for now
- Deal struck between ATC company and union
(6 replies)
Santa Claus models doing the Nazi salute
- Withdrawn from sale in Germany
(8 replies)
€75,000 thrown into a crowd in Kaiserslautern
- A competition winner gives away his prize money
(5 replies)
Old Man Winter arriving, supposedly
- Update: He's arrived
(70 replies)
Watch what you wear during Fasching
- Dressing up as a policeman is illegal
(14 replies)
Ready-made curries on sale at Aldi
- Chicken vindaloo and tikka masala
(26 replies)
Caffeine cures baldness
- Those crazy German scientists
(0 replies)
Rent a Protester
- New service available in Germany
(10 replies)
First signs of spring 2007
- They seem to have come early this year
(39 replies)
Interesting German-themed news items
- Germany related, but not Germany specific
(4 replies)
Hurricane warning for Germany (18-20.Jan.2007)
- Hurricane Kyrill, winds of 120-150 km/h expected
(324 replies)
Lack of women in the former East Germany
- Men there are struggling to find girlfriends
(197 replies)
Rail travel disruption due to Hurricane Kyrill
- Updates on what trains are operating at the moment
(13 replies)
Germany considers putting video gamers in jail
- Violent games said to be cause of recent rampages
(23 replies)
22 million German credit cards scanned by police
- ...in raid on a child pornography ring
(20 replies)
Motorist crashes on navigation system command
- ...near Bremen
(14 replies)
Marlene Dietrich's lost earring found...
- ...at Blackpool Pleasure Beach
(7 replies)
Human tissue not for private patent profit
- German Federal Patent Court sides with Greenpeace
(15 replies)
New film portrays Hitler as a bedwetter
- Germany's first Hitler comedy - out January 2007
(12 replies)
German air traffic controllers to strike
- Prepare for short-term notice (24 hours prior)
(94 replies)
Kapitalismus debate - five million unemployed
- Politicians fiddle while Germany burns
(38 replies)
Germany enjoys biggest economic upturn in a decade
- Springtime for Angela Merkel and Germany
(8 replies)
Police save poor German family's Christmas
- Sad story of a burglary has fairy tale ending
(15 replies)
German health insurance premiums to increase
- Starting in January 2007
(17 replies)
Oliver Kahn says Germany would have won...
- ...the World Cup had he been playing, is he right?
(21 replies)
Stephanie - the teenage kidnap victim in Dresden
- Update: Captor now sentenced to 15 years jail
(28 replies)
ShotCodes
- Have you spotted one yet?
(36 replies)
Car toll for the German Autobahnen
- Are you in favour of it?
(40 replies)
Wild boars on rampage in German village
- Revenge for Bruno and White Bambi
(11 replies)
Klinsmann not to coach national U.S. soccer team
- Update: Ex-German team manager withdraws name
(22 replies)
Fewer young Germans are enrolling at university
- Dropping numbers of highly qualified graduates
(38 replies)
School shootings threatened across Germany
- Copycat teenage killing sprees
(7 replies)
Hitler race car could fetch $12 million
- Designed by Porsche, the 485-hp Auto Union D-type
(0 replies)
German national football team in Nike boots?
- Offer made to switch from Adidas
(3 replies)
Scandal involving German troops in Afghanistan
- Photographs showing inappropriate behaviour
(6 replies)
Deutschland - Ein Sommermärchen
- Movie about the German World Cup 2006 team
(18 replies)
Acrylamide in gingerbread
- Bah humbug, but really, it's true
(7 replies)
Deutsche Bahn to show holocaust exhibitions
- ...at various stations across Germany
(1 replies)
Ackermann and Esser get away with fines
- The Mannesmann and Vodafone lawsuit
(8 replies)
Germany plans to raise retirement age
- State pension at 67 years instead of 65
(0 replies)
The Anti-Germans
- ...and their curious politics
(18 replies)
Firefighting robots - developed in Magdeburg
- New technology against forest fires
(5 replies)
German court rejects ban on halal slaughter
- Federal ruling on Islamic butchery techniques
(30 replies)
Michael Schumacher to quit Formula One racing
- ...at the end of the 2006 season
(193 replies)
Pupil goes on armed rampage at school in Germany
- Masked gunman commits suicide in Emsdetten - NRW
(23 replies)
Germany made $116 million from World Cup
- ...now police want a share to pay their overtime
(18 replies)