https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Disgraced former Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg is taking his first steps towards a political come-back, less than a year after his plagiarised doctorate forced him to resign. https://www.thelocal.de/20120108/39985 Sun, 08 Jan 2012 13:11:00 +0100 39985 Bavaria's state premier Horst Seehofer said on Friday he would do his best to bring disgraced former Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg back into German politics in 2012. https://www.thelocal.de/20111230/39827 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:45:00 +0100 39827 For a country where politics sometimes seems to move at a glacial pace, Germany was practically a hotbed of drama in 2011. https://www.thelocal.de/20111230/39807 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 08:46:00 +0100 39807 Former Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg has defended himself against new plagiarism accusations, this time related to an article he wrote in 2004. https://www.thelocal.de/20111204/39297 Sun, 04 Dec 2011 12:50:00 +0100 39297 Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, Germany’s former defence minister who resigned in March after being found to have plagiarised his doctoral thesis, has returned to the political stage with a scathing attack on his former colleagues. https://www.thelocal.de/20111120/38983 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 13:26:00 +0100 38983 Former Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, brought down by an academic plagiarism scandal earlier this year, is moving to the United States with his family and will write a book, media reported Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20110728/36589 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 18:40:00 +0200 36589 The father of former Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg has spoken out for the first time about his son's plagiarism scandal. In his new book, Enoch zu Guttenberg says the episode hit his family "like a tsunami." https://www.thelocal.de/20110710/36197 Sun, 10 Jul 2011 16:25:00 +0200 36197 The coalition parties are backing former Defence Minister Karl Theodor zu Guttenberg’s over his firing of a general and a civil servant after a 2009 airstrike in Afghanistan which killed up to 142 people including dozens of civilians. https://www.thelocal.de/20110702/36029 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 13:43:00 +0200 36029 The internet site which exposed the massive plagiarism in the then Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg’s doctoral thesis, forcing his resignation, has won a prestigious media award. https://www.thelocal.de/20110623/35845 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:59:00 +0200 35845 Germans’ trust in their politicians has plunged to a new low following a series of plagiarism scandals reaching the top echelons of German politics, according to a survey released on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20110617/35721 Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:51:00 +0200 35721 Silvana Koch-Mehrin, once a leading members of the Free Democrats (FDP), on Wednesday became the latest public figure in Germany to be stripped of her doctorate for plagiarism after the country's defence minister was forced to quit earlier this year. https://www.thelocal.de/20110615/35689 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:40:00 +0200 35689 The chances for former defence minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg to return quickly to German politics seemed effectively buried on Wednesday after his alma mater said his thesis was full of other people’s work that he had deliberately copied. https://www.thelocal.de/20110511/34943 Wed, 11 May 2011 16:04:00 +0200 34943 The University of Bayreuth Friday said former German Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg deliberately plagiarised his doctoral thesis, a charge which led to his resignation in March. https://www.thelocal.de/20110506/34855 Fri, 06 May 2011 19:04:00 +0200 34855 Silvana Koch-Mehrin, a leading light of Germany's Free Democratic Party and vice president of the European Parliament, has been accused of widely plagiarising her doctoral dissertation. https://www.thelocal.de/20110420/34507 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 10:34:00 +0200 34507 The Bundestag will not pursue a complaint for breach of copyright against Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, a spokesman said Wednesday in the first piece of good news for the former defence minister mired in a plagiarism scandal. https://www.thelocal.de/20110413/34351 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 10:44:00 +0200 34351 Chancellor Angela Merkel this week asked former Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg to explain the plagiarism of his doctoral thesis, and he has agreed. But he is also trying to block a report by his alma mater that details the extent of his alleged academic violations. https://www.thelocal.de/20110412/34341 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:43:00 +0200 34341 A report by the University of Bayreuth concludes that ex-Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg purposefully copied passages of his doctoral thesis, according to an article published on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20110409/34283 Sat, 09 Apr 2011 11:32:00 +0200 34283 One of Germany’s most famous living philosophers, Jürgen Habermas, has accused Chancellor Angela Merkel of “Berlusconizing” the political landscape with her brazen efforts to hold power at all costs. https://www.thelocal.de/20110408/34275 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 16:07:00 +0200 34275 A commission has apparently dismissed accusations against the Gorch Fock's commander, who was suspended amid scandalous revelations involving misconduct onboard the elite navy training vessel, according to a new report. https://www.thelocal.de/20110313/33691 Sun, 13 Mar 2011 14:38:00 +0100 33691 Ex-defence minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, who resigned last week amid revelations he copied large portions of his doctoral thesis, has issued an apology to the German parliamentary research service, according to a Saturday report. https://www.thelocal.de/20110312/33677 Sat, 12 Mar 2011 14:19:00 +0100 33677