The Local Germany

Village brings in traps from USA in turtle search

Thu, 12 Sep 2013 11:15:00 +0200

A giant rake, boats, and night cameras have all failed in the hunt to catch a snapping turtle which bit a boy in a Bavarian lake. The village is now filling the lake up with water again and laying traps brought in from America.

Your guide - the Christian Social Union (CSU)

Tue, 10 Sep 2013 12:43:00 +0200

The Local is running a guide each day this week to Germany's biggest political parties, ahead of the election on September 22nd. Today we turn to Chancellor Merkel's Bavarian allies - the Christian Social Union (CSU).

Spaniards queue nine hours to learn German

Wed, 04 Sep 2013 10:15:00 +0200

German is on its way to surpassing French as the second most in-demand language in Spain after English.

Hotels boycott David Irving's Berlin plans

Tue, 16 Jul 2013 14:04:00 +0200

Notorious Holocaust-denier David Irving is planning to visit Berlin in September - but may have to sleep on a friend's a couch, and hold his meeting in a living-room, as hotels in the German capital have united to boycott him.

Thousands stranded as Spanish air traffic controllers strike

Sat, 04 Dec 2010 15:35:00 +0100

Thousands of travellers were stranded at airports across Germany and the rest of Europe at the weekend after Spanish air traffic controllers went on a surprise wildcat strike.

Bayern's Ribery breaks silence over sex scandal

Sun, 02 May 2010 17:52:00 +0200

Bayern Munich player Franck Ribery has addressed the media storm raging around him about an underage prostitute. The 27-year-old Frenchman admitted to relations with the call girl, but said he didn't know she was so young.

Potholes could be filled with federal cash as Greens mull city car toll

Sat, 17 Apr 2010 14:33:00 +0200

Municipal councils across Germany struggling to pay for repairs to their roads have been told they could apply for federal funding to fill in the potholes by defining the work as noise reduction measures.

Kroos takes Leverkusen back to top of Bundesliga

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:00:00 +0100

Rising star Toni Kroos was both chief playmaker and goalscorer on Sunday in Leverkusen's 3-0 win over Hoffenheim that knocked his parent club Bayern Munich off the top of the table.

Bayern thumps Juventus to reach knock-outs

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:06:00 +0100

Bayern Munich qualified for the Champions League second round after dominating Juventus for 90 minutes in Turin, Italy, thumping their hosts 4-1 to knock them out of the competition.

Deutsche Bahn offers eco-tickets for corporate customers

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:08:00 +0100

National rail operator Deutsche Bahn is now offering eco-tickets for corporate customers to encourage sustainable travel, the company announced on Monday.

Bayern Munich try to hold Ribery as Real Madrid salivate

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:31:00 +0200

Real Madrid are ready to shell out another €55 million ($76 million) for French star Franck Ribery, although his club Bayern Munich have again insisted the playmaker is not for sale.

Super-rich families lose billions in crisis

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 10:27:00 +0100

Germany's 20 wealthiest families have lost about €40 billion in the economic crisis in share values alone, the financial magazine WirtschaftsWoche reported in its latest edition.

Clergy blames global financial crisis on capitalist greed

Thu, 25 Dec 2008 17:51:00 +0100

Germany’s two main Christian churches used traditional Christmas sermons to lambaste unbridled greed and an inhumane capitalist system for supposedly leading to the global financial crisis this year.

Munich Re to buy US insurer HSB Group

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:01:00 +0100

German reinsurance group Munich Re on Monday said it has agreed to buy the specialty insurer HSB Group from troubled US giant AIG for $742 million (€531 million).