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Althaus resigns as premier of Thuringia

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:11:00 +0200

Dieter Althaus resigned from his posts as the premier of Thuringia and the head of state’s conservative Christian Democrats on Thursday.

Althaus will keep dead woman out of campaign

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 11:38:00 +0200

One week before facing re-election as state premier of Thuringia, Dieter Althaus has reached a legal agreement to stop talking about the death of a woman he killed in a ski accident collision last winter.

Althaus moots end to 'Soli' tax for East German reconstruction

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:15:00 +0200

Dieter Althaus, the premier of the eastern state of Thuringia, said on Friday an election victory for Chancellor Angela Merkel next month could spell the end of a “solidarity surcharge” levied to help fund the reconstruction of Germany’s economically depressed east.

Back at work Althaus admits ski death guilt

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:40:00 +0200

Heading into a state election campaign, Thuringia premier Dieter Althaus returned to work on Monday some four months after a skiing accident that killed a fellow skier and left him with serious brain injuries.

Althaus set to lead CDU in Thuringia election this summer

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 13:15:00 +0100

Dieter Althaus, state premier of Thuringia, who is currently in hospital following a skiing accident in which a woman died, has been put at the top of his party’s list for the state election in August.

Althaus fined for negligent homicide

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:36:00 +0100

Thuringia’s state premier Dieter Althaus was convicted on Tuesday of negligent homicide and fined €33,300 for a skiing accident leaving one woman dead and him with a severe brain injury on New Year’s Day.

Premier Althaus faces manslaughter charge

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:06:00 +0100

Thuringia’s state premier Dieter Althaus will face a manslaughter charge for a New Year’s Day ski accident that left a woman dead and Althaus with a severe brain injury, Austrian state prosecutors said on Monday.

Althaus will not be questioned in ski death

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:54:00 +0100

Police may not question Thuringia’s state premier Dieter Althaus in their investigation of the New Year’s Day ski accident that left a 41-year-old Slovakian woman dead and Althaus with a severe brain injury, according to daily Süddeutsche Zeitung on Monday.

Althaus was not drunk or speeding in ski accident

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:02:00 +0100

There is no evidence that Thuringia’s state premier Dieter Althaus is guilty of manslaughter under “especially dangerous circumstances” in the New Year’s ski accident that killed a Slovakian woman, an Austrian state prosecutor said on Monday.

Althaus ski crash prompts run on helmets

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:37:00 +0100

The fatal ski accident that killed a Slovakian woman and seriously injured Thuringia’s state premier Dieter Althaus has dramatically increased the demand for helmets in recent weeks.

Althaus could face manslaughter charges over ski accident death

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 14:14:00 +0100

Thuringia’s state premier Dieter Althaus will most likely be charged with negligent manslaughter after the ski accident in which he and a woman collided – and she died.

Alcohol ruled out in Althaus ski crash

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:47:00 +0100

Investigators on Friday said they have ruled out alcohol in the deadly ski collision that seriously injured Thuringia’s state premier Dieter Althaus and killed a Slovakian woman on New Year’s Day in Austria.

Witness emerges in deadly Althaus accident

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:16:00 +0100

Police are questioning a single witness in the ski collision that seriously injured Thuringia’s state premier Dieter Althaus and killed a Slovakian woman on New Year’s Day. Meanwhile doctors have said that the politician can’t remember how the accident occurred.

Althaus conscious and speaking after accident

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 14:09:00 +0100

Thuringia’s state premier Dieter Althaus was successfully revived from his artificial coma on Saturday morning and is able to speak, after his life-threatening collision with another skier in Austria on New Year’s Day.

Thuringia’s premier Althaus in a coma

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:18:00 +0100

Dieter Althaus, the premier of the eastern German state Thuringia, was seriously injured in a skiing accident in Austria on Thursday, leaving one woman dead and him in a coma.