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Air Berlin plane seized in Iceland over unpaid debts

Fri, 20 Oct 2017 14:08:48 +0200

The Icelandic airport operator Isavia on Thursday refused to let a plane belonging to Air Berlin take off, due to the bankrupt German airline still owing them money.

Germans rescued from sinking ship off Iceland

Fri, 09 Aug 2013 16:02:00 +0200

Twelve Germans, including seven children, were rescued off Iceland overnight after their sailboat took on water in bad weather and later sank, the coastguard said on Friday.

Ash airspace closure possibly unnecessary

Thu, 26 May 2011 13:19:00 +0200

The closure of German airspace due to the threat from a volcano ash cloud may have been unnecessary, with authorities making an off-the-cuff decision on flimsy data, a media report said on Thursday.

Volcanic ash approaches North Sea coast

Tue, 24 May 2011 12:32:00 +0200

German aviation authorities are implementing special supervision of flights as a cloud of volcanic ash is expected to reach the North Sea coast late on Tuesday.

Ash cloud stops six Frankfurt flights

Sat, 08 May 2010 16:57:00 +0200

Six flights to and from Frankfurt airport and Spain were cancelled on Saturday because of another ash-cloud from the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull.

Ash cloud forces Merkel to overnight in Lisbon

Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:13:00 +0200

The giant cloud of volcanic ash disrupting air traffic across Europe has prevented German Chancellor Angela Merkel from getting home on time Friday from her US tour, a government spokesperson said. She will now spend the night in Lisbon.

Lufthansa not insured against volcano impact

Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:33:00 +0200

Europe’s largest airline Lufthansa is not insured against the financial fallout of the volcanic ash cutting off air traffic to much of northern Europe, the company said on Friday.

Crisis-hit Iceland and Greece target German tourists

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:22:00 +0100

Some Germans might be known as finicky and demanding travellers, but crisis-hit European countries like Greece and Iceland are targeting Teutonic tourists in hopes of easing their economic woes.

Bomb scare diverts US-bound German flight

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:24:00 +0100

A false alarm over a suspicious suitcase forced a German airliner bound for Detroit to land in Iceland, national flag carrier Lufthansa said Sunday.

CSU speaks out against Iceland’s EU entry

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 11:32:00 +0200

The Christian Social Union, the Bavarian sister party of Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats, has spoken out against Iceland’s entry to the European Union, the Süddeutsche Zeitung reported Saturday.

Merkel doesn't speak Icelandic

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:09:00 +0100

With Chancellor Angela Merkel telling the nation 2009 is likely to be a hard year for Germany, Roger Boyes, Berlin correspondent for British daily The Times, tries to put the tough times in perspective.

Iceland creates banking pain in told-you-so Germany

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 10:05:00 +0100

German politicians were fast to blame "Anglo-Saxon" excesses for the financial crisis but the country's own banks, particularly state-owned lenders, have been anything but risk-averse.