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After years of house arrest, widow of Chinese Nobel dissident arrives in Berlin

Wed, 11 Jul 2018 10:54:25 +0200

Liu Xia arrived in Germany Tuesday evening after she was released from de facto house arrest in China - for being married to protest leader Liu Xiaobo.

German physics Nobel laureate Peter Grünberg dies

Tue, 10 Apr 2018 10:35:02 +0200

German physicist Peter Grünberg, a joint Nobel Prize winner whose work revolutionized digital data storage, has died aged 78, his research centre said Monday.

Nobel Prize winner Südhof yearns for home

Thu, 10 Oct 2013 14:12:00 +0200

German scientist Thomas Südhof won the Nobel Prize for Medicine this week. Thirty years after he left for the US, the Stanford professor who says he would love to return to Germany is our German of the week.

Helmut Kohl a favourite for Nobel Peace Prize

Thu, 07 Oct 2010 13:36:00 +0200

Former Chancellor Helmut Kohl was named by Norwegian media on Thursday as a favourite to win the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in Germany’s reunification and the creation of the European Union.

Merkel: Obama's Nobel prize ‘incentive’ for peace

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:56:00 +0200

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday welcomed the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to US President Barack Obama, calling it an "incentive to the president and to us all" to do more for peace.