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Porsche faces fresh fine over 2015 diesel cheating scandal

Tue, 19 Feb 2019 09:04:40 +0100

German prosecutors on Monday said they have launched new legal proceedings over Porsche's role in the diesel emissions cheating scandal that erupted in 2015, which could leave the luxury carmaker facing a large fine.

German officials blast IOC over Russia verdict

Sat, 06 Aug 2016 18:42:32 +0200

Prominent German sports figures blasted the "cowardly" IOC on Friday over its decision to allow 271 Russian athletes to participate in the Rio Games despite a rampant state-run doping programme.

German TV says Russian athletics doping still ongoing

Wed, 08 Jun 2016 20:04:16 +0200

Russia hasn't stopped its state-sponsored sports doping despite an international ban against its track and field athletes, German public television ARD reported Wednesday.

US sues VW for $20b. over emissions cheating

Tue, 05 Jan 2016 09:22:15 +0100

The US government sued Volkswagen Monday for installing equipment on nearly 600,000 diesel cars that intentionally subverted clean-air regulations, resulting in excess harmful emissions.

EU officials ratted out VW to US: reports

Fri, 13 Nov 2015 16:12:12 +0100

Frustrated European officials alerted the US to Volkswagen's emissions cheating scam after the European Commission failed to act on the intel for years, German media reported on Friday.

VW 'will need bigger cash pile to pay fines'

Tue, 06 Oct 2015 18:04:28 +0200

The new chief of scandal-hit Volkswagen braced his workforce for tough times ahead on Tuesday, admitting that billions laid aside for fines and damages arising from a massive pollution cheating scam will not be enough.

Grade inflation blows up German universities

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 07:22:00 +0100

Germans might fear inflation of the economic variety, but grade inflation has become rampant in the academic world. Pippa Wentzel reports.

Guttenberg more popular despite plagiarism flap

Wed, 23 Feb 2011 20:01:00 +0100

German Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg has grown more popular despite a plagiarism scandal, according to a new poll. His alma mater stripped him of his doctorate Wednesday, as he offered a mea culpa in parliament.

Guttenberg 'used Dr. title before earning it'

Wed, 23 Feb 2011 11:26:00 +0100

As plagiarism allegations against Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg continue to scandalize Germany, a former military officer has now accused him of using the Dr. title well before he earned it. But his alma mater denied the charge.

Guttenberg gives up Dr. title for good

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 08:58:00 +0100

Germany's Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, embroiled in a plagiarism scandal, has asked for his doctorate to be scrapped and admitted "serious errors" in his dissertation.

Website finds huge parts of Guttenberg's thesis plagiarized

Mon, 21 Feb 2011 13:33:00 +0100

Embattled German Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg plagiarized huge chunks of his legal thesis, according to a new internet site.

The education of Dr. Googleberg

Thu, 17 Feb 2011 13:25:00 +0100

With Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg under suspicion of plagiarizing parts of his doctoral dissertation, ZEIT ONLINE’s Dagny Lüdemann wonders whether the incident is a symptom of a broader malaise at German universities.

'Germans are fixated on earning titles'

Thu, 17 Feb 2011 11:22:00 +0100

Accusations Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg plagiarized his doctoral thesis highlights Germany's unhealthy obsession with academic titles, anti-cheating expert Prof. Debora Weber-Wulff told The Local.

Cheating rumours plague Berlin math exam retake

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:42:00 +0200

Not 24 hours after the Berlin city administration reported that things had gone smoothly, reports on Tuesday surfaced that the mathematics final exam 28,000 Berlin 10th grade students had to retake due to a massive cheating scandal was likely plagued by more dishonesty.