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German poll sees boost in support for Merkel’s coalition

YoopyaApr 10, 20130

(Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives and their junior coalition partners have enough support to win a governing majority in September’s election for the

WWII bomb disrupts commute at main Berlin station

YoopyaApr 3, 20130

The discovery of an unexploded World War II bomb near Berlin’s main railway station has disrupted the morning commute for thousands of workers. Roads have

White Rose: The Germans who tried to topple Hitler

YoopyaFeb 22, 20130

Seventy years ago today, three German students were executed in Munich for leading a resistance movement against Hitler. Since then, the members of the White

German minister Annette Schavan quits over ‘plagiarism’

YoopyaFeb 10, 20130

German Education Minister Annette Schavan has resigned after a university stripped her of her doctorate for plagiarism. Duesseldorf’s Heinrich Heine University voted last Tuesday to

Fire carnage at Black Forest camel farm in Germany

YoopyaFeb 1, 20130

A night-time blaze has swept through a camel farm in Germany’s Black Forest area, killing 86 animals but causing no human casualties, police say. Just

Gay German minister raps Russia on homosexual rights: Spiegel

YoopyaJan 31, 20130

(Reuters) – Germany’s openly gay foreign minister has told Moscow’s envoy to Berlin a Russian draft law banning “homosexual propaganda” contravenes human rights and could

Mursi due in Germany on visit shortened by Egypt crisis

YoopyaJan 30, 20130

(Reuters) – President Mohamed Mursi is to leave Egypt’s political crisis behind on Wednesday with a short trip to Germany to seek urgently needed foreign investment and

France and Germany mark Elysee pact’s 50th anniversary

YoopyaJan 22, 20130

France and Germany are marking the 50th anniversary of a treaty that helped to reconcile the two former foes. The German and French leaders have

AP Exclusive: Documents raise doubts in Nazi probe

YoopyaDec 28, 20120

BERLIN (AP) — The case of an 87-year-old Philadelphia man accused by Germany of serving as an SS guard at Auschwitz has largely centered on

German lawmakers to approve Greek bailout despite unease

YoopyaNov 30, 20120

(Reuters) – Germany’s lower house of parliament will approve a fresh bailout for Greece on Friday in a vote seen as a test of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s