» German Central Bank wants board member removed over race comments
02/09/10 18:58 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - Germany
Germany's Central Bank has initiated proceedings to remove one of its board members, Thilo Sarrazin, for controversial remarks he made on race and immigration.

» Money laundering to finance crime, terrorism grows
02/09/10 11:34 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - Germany
German police and financial authorities have warned of an increase in money laundering. The numbers have more than tripled in recent years and the methods are becoming ever more sophisticated.

» US seizes German terrorist suspect in Afghanistan
02/09/10 08:07 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - Germany
US Forces in Afghanistan have detained a German man they suspect is a member of a Hamburg-based terror cell. The suspect attended the same mosque as 9/11 hijacker Mohammed Atta, according to a German daily.

» Peruvian priest, German anti-racist group receive Aachen Peace Prize
02/09/10 05:57 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - Germany
The Aachen Peace Prize and its 2,000-euro award have been given to a German anti-racist society as well as a Catholic priest and human rights advocate from Peru.

» US stings German-Chinese honey-smuggling scam
02/09/10 05:31 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - Germany
In what officials say is the biggest food smuggling case in American history, US prosecutors have announced charges against 10 German executives for illegally importing tainted Chinese honey.

» Turkish-German political author held on charges of murder and robbery
01/09/10 20:34 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - Germany
Award-winning, Turkish-German political author Dogan Akhanli returned to native Turkey for the first time in two decades to see his ailing father. Instead, the former refugee got arrested on 20-year-old charges.

» Charges that unification was really an annexation stir up memories
01/09/10 00:00 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - Germany
Germany marked the 20th anniversary of the signing of the treaty that sealed German unity, even as some eastern politicians were questioning the deal, which they say was more like annexation than unification.

» Germany rethinks organ donation after Steinmeier gives kidney
31/08/10 13:56 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - Germany
Around 12,000 Germans are waiting for an organ donation. Some politicians think that a model where everyone is presumed to be a donor unless they have said otherwise could give a much-needed boost to organ donation.

» What's in a name? Coping with job rejections as a foreigner
24/08/10 08:45 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - Germany
German companies and ministries are testing new ways of screening job applications to prevent immigrants and other minorities from being being discriminated against.