The Local Germany

German boy racks up over €12,000 in roaming charges on cruise ship

Fri, 15 Jun 2018 11:59:58 +0200

After embarking on a cruise with his family to Norway, a boy from Berlin returned home to an unwelcome bill amounting to €12,000, German media reported on Wednesday.

Costa captain 'caused 2010 German accident'

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 11:18:00 +0100

The captain of ill-fated Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia had crashed a luxury liner before while sailing too fast into a German port, according to leaks from an investigation published on Friday.

Biggest German-built cruise ship completed

Sat, 30 Oct 2010 12:22:00 +0200

The "Disney Dream", the largest cruise ship ever built in Germany, is to leave its dry dock in the northern town of Papenburg on Saturday. It is the first of two ships to be built there for the US-based Disney Cruise Line company.

Failed bomb plot to kill Hitler remembered

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:43:00 +0200

Germany on Monday marked the 65th anniversary of a failed attempt by members of the Wehrmacht to assassinate Adolf Hitler in his "Wolf's Lair" eastern military headquarters in 1944.

Pitt and Cruise due in Berlin next week for film premieres

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 12:46:00 +0100

Two of Hollywood’s biggest leading men are due in Berlin over the next two days, with Brad Pitt in the capital to promote his new film, quickly followed by Tom Cruise for the premier of his own flick.

Tom Cruise 'deeply moved' by playing would-be Hitler assassin

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:30:00 +0100

US actor Tom Cruise was "deeply moved" by playing the would-be assassin of Adolf Hitler in the movie "Valkyrie," he said in an interview with a German celebrity magazine this week.

Gigantic cruise ship leaves Papenburg dry dock

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:36:00 +0200

The largest cruise ship ever to be built in Germany has left the dry dock of the Meyer shipyards in the northern city of Papenburg.

Stauffenberg photo allegedly altered to resemble Tom Cruise

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:39:00 +0200

A publicity photo for the upcoming Tom Cruise film in which he plays German WWII resistance hero Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg might have been altered to resemble the Hollywood star, according to the US internet magazine Slate.