» Germany Wants European Athletic Championships
05/07/08 13:43 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - Germany
Germany has set its sights on hosting the 2012 or 2014 European athletics championships in Nuremberg, the nation's athletics supremo Clemens Prokop said on Saturday.

» Man Tears Off Hitler Head at Berlin Wax Museum
05/07/08 13:05 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - Germany
A man tore the wax head off an effigy of Adolf Hitler in Berlin on Saturday, July 5, just minutes after a new branch of the Madame Tussauds wax museum chain opened for the first time to the public.

» German Cheese Factory Shut Down Amid Probe
05/07/08 11:42 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - Germany
A German cheese factory has been ordered to suspend sales amid a wider inquiry into claims that mouldy Italian cheese had been passed off as new, police said Saturday.

» Merkel to G8: Food Crisis is Global Security Risk
05/07/08 09:48 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - Germany
Days ahead of the summit of leading industrial nations in Japan, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged G8 members to act on the current food crisis. She plans to set an example by bringing a major donation to the tab

» New US Embassy Opens in Berlin on Historic Pre-War Site
04/07/08 17:56 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - Germany
The United States opened its new embassy in Berlin on Friday, returning to its old home before World War II on the historic Pariser Platz, next to the city's iconic Brandenburg Gate.

» Top Court Orders Change to German Election Law by 2011
04/07/08 14:27 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - Germany
Germany's top court ruled on Thursday, July 3 that a feature of federal election law was unfair and ordered an amendment by 2011, after the next general election.

» Readers Discuss Mugabe, Assisted Suicide and President Reagan
04/07/08 09:59 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - Germany
Readers wrote in this week to discuss Mugabe's re-election in Zimbabwe, assisted suicide in Germany and the proposal to build a monument to US President Reagan in Berlin.

» Opinion: US Embassy Opening in Berlin Marks New Beginning
04/07/08 06:50 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - Germany
The new US embassy opens in Berlin Friday with a festive ceremony and George Bush, senior, one of the fathers of German reunification. DW's Uta Thofern says the occasion merits a positive look back at US-German ties.

» Merkel Speaks Out Against Assisted Suicides, Proposes New Laws
03/07/08 11:10 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - Germany
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has spoken out in the strongest terms against euthanasia as the heated debate over a former Hamburg government official's involvement in the assisted suicide of a pensioner gathers pace.

» Merkel Remains Strongly Opposed to Assisted Suicide
03/07/08 09:26 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - Germany
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has spoken out in the strongest terms against euthanasia as the heated debate over a former Hamburg government official's involvement in the assisted suicide of a pensioner gathers pace.