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Breweries 'fixing beer prices for decades'

Wed, 21 Aug 2013 11:25:00 +0200

Germany's breweries have allegedly been conspiring to fix beer prices for the past 20 years in a scandal more widespread than initially thought, a report has revealed. They could now face hundreds of millions of euros in fines.

Vatican bank appoints German head

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:11:00 +0100

The Vatican on Friday named a German financier as the new head of its scandal-hit bank, saying he would help overhaul the secretive institution to comply with anti money laundering rules.

Germany's biggest political scandals

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:06:00 +0100

Following the resignation of President Christian Wulff amid accusations of impropriety, The Local decided to look at post-war Germany's biggest political scandals.

President to face TV grilling on loan scandal

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:53:00 +0100

German President Christian Wulff said Wednesday he will submit to a TV interview on the spiralling loan scandal threatening to engulf him. The interview will be aired the same evening.

‘The right speech at the wrong time’

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 12:55:00 +0100

German President Christian Wulff gave a public apology Thursday for the personal finance scandal that has hounded him. But as The Local’s media roundup finds, most pundits think the speech was too little too late.

Schleswig-Holstein CDU unveils new leadership

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:26:00 +0200

Just nine months before the state election, the Christian Democratic Union in Schleswig-Holstein has decided on a new leadership duo after the party leader and top candidate resigned over a love affair with a teenager.

Conservative MP admits alcohol problem after car accident

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:15:00 +0200

A senior MP from Angela Merkel’s conservatives has admitted he is an alcoholic and checked himself in for treatment after fleeing the scene of a minor car accident on Saturday night.

Arms dealer Schreiber jailed for eight years

Wed, 05 May 2010 13:52:00 +0200

A court in Augsburg on Wednesday sentenced Karlheinz Schreiber, an arms dealer who was a key player in a party funding scandal that helped propel Chancellor Angela Merkel to power, to eight years in prison.

Trial of CDU slush fund figure Schreiber begins

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:34:00 +0100

Arms dealer Karlheinz Schreiber went on trial in Augsburg on Monday for tax evasion, fraud and bribery. Extradited from Canada, he is a key figure in slush fund scandal involving Chancellor Merkel's Christian Democrats.

Ministries outsourced laws 60 times since 2000

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:55:00 +0100

Germany's federal ministries have consulted external companies for drafting laws some 60 times since 2000, daily Saarbrücker Zeitung reported on Wednesday.

Ulla Schmidt won't be audited in car scandal

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:01:00 +0200

The government budgetary committee has opted not to have Germany’s Federal Court of Auditors review Health Minister Ulla Schmidt’s controversial use of her official car while on holiday in Spain.

Airbus admits to spying on employee bank details

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:12:00 +0200

Airplane manufacturer Airbus has announced that it is the lastest in a string of German companies to have spied on its own employees.