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'What does it mean to be German nowadays?': Yazidi activist on integration and refugees

Wed, 20 Feb 2019 17:21:03 +0100

The genocide of Yazidi communities by Islamic State turned journalist and filmmaker Düzen Tekkal into a human rights activist. She wants to empower survivors and call out racism, as well as extremism in Germany.

Mesut Özil: Germany's €50-million footballer

Thu, 05 Sep 2013 14:40:00 +0200

His last-minute deal on transfer deadline day shocked British football and made him Germany’s most expensive footballer. It also made Mesut Özil our German of the Week.

German Amazon workers vote to strike

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:25:00 +0200

Workers at Amazon's Leipzig logistics warehouse voted on Friday to go on strike to protest for higher wages. They are fighting to get a minimum wage of €10.66 an hour from the online retail giant.

'There is an urgent desire for social change'

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 08:08:00 +0100

A national debate over sexism in Germany took a twist after women used Twitter to describe the casual discrimination they faced. Anne Wizorek, creator of the #aufschrei hashtag, is The Local's German of the Week.

Sarrazin remains SPD member

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 12:00:00 +0200

Thilo Sarrazin, former Bundesbank board member and author of a book on immigration which caused controversy and outrage, will remain a member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) it was decided on Thursday night.

O2 opens networks for VoIP use on mobile phones

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:52:00 +0200

O2 Germany announced plans on Monday to be the first major mobile phone provider in the country that would no longer block internet voice (VoIP) applications on devices.

Police probe gunman's internet threat

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 08:49:00 +0100

German police said late on Thursday they were probing whether a supposed internet threat from the teenager who went on a deadly rampage at his old school this week might be fake.

First eastern German mosque opens in Berlin

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:59:00 +0200

Members of the Ahmadiya Muslim minority have inaugurated eastern Germany's first mosque after years of controversy over its construction in a Berlin neighbourhood.

Parents lose custody of daughter after attempted honour killing in Trier

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:06:00 +0200

A German court in Trier has revoked the custodial rights of the Iraqi parents of a girl whose brother attempted an honour killing this week.

Turks in Germany mourn loss

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:05:00 +0200

Hope turned to sadness for Germany's huge Turkish minority on Wednesday as their team was denied a place in the finals of the Euro 2008 football championship by none other than their host country.