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Obama Berlin speech calls for freedom

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President Barack Obama has offered a new twist to John F Kennedy's historic 1963 call for liberty - "Ich bin ein Berliner".

Big expectations for Obama Berlin speech

2013-06-19 10:00

US President Barack Obama's visit to the German capital of Berlin marks his return to a place where he once summoned a throng of 200 000 to share his ambitious vision for American leadership.

Merkel: US helped foil terror plot

2013-06-17 21:38

Germany's Merkel says US spies helped foil terror plot, but questions NSA surveillance scope

Nuclear plants to be tested every 6 years

2013-06-13 22:06

Nuclear power plants in the European Union should be tested every six years for safety shortfalls, the bloc's executive says, in a bid to draw lessons from the Fukushima nuclear meltdown in Japan in 2011.

Germany charges 3 Hutu militiamen

2013-06-11 22:08

German prosecutors have charge 3 with membership of ethnic Hutu militia involved in Congo killings.

UN, Germany discuss resettling Syrians

2013-06-11 14:57

The United Nations refugee agency is talking to Germany about resettling up to 10 000 Syrian refugees, says a UNHCR spokesperson.

Merkel applauds rescue efforts

2013-06-10 21:01

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has praised rescue efforts on her third trip to water-logged regions, as central Europe grappled with historic floods that have killed at least 19 people.

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Europe continues to face floods

2013-06-10 10:49

Severe flooding continued throughout Europe over the weekend. Several countries are affected by heavy rain and swelling rivers. See the latest photos.

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Secrecy cloaks US wireless market deal

2013-06-09 17:41

SoftBank has declined to give details about a possible deal with Deutsche Telekom over the purchase of T-Mobile US involving more than $25bn.

Tense evacuees sit out flood disaster

2013-06-06 22:26

"I just want to go home," says German flood evacuee Karola Teetz, sitting in an emergency centre near what has become a virtual ghost town.

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Central Europe faces massive floods

2013-06-05 15:41

Rising waters have claimed at least 11 lives and forced tens of thousands of evacuations across central Europe in recent days. See photos from the floods.

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Floods sweep through Prague

2013-06-04 12:00

Swathes of suburban Prague are under water after floods which have killed 11 people swept across central Europe, and the deluge is moving towards Germany.

'Dramatic situation' after Germany floods

2013-06-03 14:03

Raging waters from three rivers has poured into the old town of Passau in southeast Germany, one of the cities worst hit by flooding that has spread across central Europe.

Hanover Royal Palace: Germany's garden glory

2013-06-03 09:56

Reduced to rubble by British bombs in 1943 during World War II, Hanover's royal palace was rebuilt and opened this year as the crowning glory of one of Europe's most distinguished baroque gardens.

German protesters clash with cops

2013-06-02 08:57

Police in Germany have used pepper spray and batons against thousands of anti-capitalist demonstrators from the Blockupy movement during a second day of protests in Frankfurt against Europe's austerity policies.

Mini drones to stop German railway graffiti

2013-05-28 09:02

Germany's railway operator plans to deploy mini drones to catch vandals who deface its trains with graffiti, with the aerial vehicles shooting thermal images of its train depots at night.

Germany's Bild to introduce paywall

2013-05-27 20:16

Germany's top-selling tabloid and Europe's biggest, Bild, will introduce a paywall next month.

German and French stocks open firm

2013-05-27 11:34

The German and French stock markets are showing strong gains, while the markets in the US and UK are closed for a holiday.

Source of life running out

2013-05-26 22:21

The majority of people on Earth people will face severe water shortages within a generation or two if pollution and waste continues unabated, scientists warn.

Autistic programmers wanted in Germany

2013-05-22 22:12

German software company SAP is looking to recruit people with autism as programmers and product testers, drawing on skills that can include an ability to solve complex problems.

German energy shift faces headwinds

2013-05-19 16:27

Tense engineers have their eyes peeled on complex colour-coded diagrams on a wall-sized screen that makes their control room look like the inside of a spaceship.

US rejects home-schooling asylum plea

2013-05-16 12:00

An appeals court has denied asylum to a Christian German couple hoping to home-school their children in the United States.

German economy shows modest growth

2013-05-15 09:34

The German economy eked out a return to minimal growth in an unusually cold first quarter a performance that was enough to keep Europe's biggest economy out of recession.

Justin Bieber gives up on pet monkey

2013-05-14 08:08

Teenage pop star Justin Bieber appears to have given up on his pet monkey which was seized by German customs officials in March, according to the shelter looking after "Mally".

Belated justice for Nazi guards weighed

2013-05-08 13:02

The arrest of a 93-year-old alleged former Auschwitz guard on charges of complicity in mass murder has reopened an emotional debate on whether a measure of justice can be too late in coming.

 

Obama defends terrorism tactics in Berlin

2013-06-19 15:47

President Barack Obama has defended US intelligence methods on a visit to Berlin, telling Chancellor Angela Merkel and wary Germans that Washington was not monitoring the e-mails of ordinary citizens.

Germany probes possible neo-Nazi bombing

2013-06-18 13:15

German prosecutors are investigating whether three alleged neo-Nazis suspected of killing 10 people were responsible for a bomb attack not previously linked to the group.

Pen mightier than the tablet

2013-06-14 22:30

Computers, tablets and smartphones have not yet managed to crowd out pens and pencils, says Faber-Castell, the German maker of high-end writing instruments.

China, US to cut greenhouse emissions

2013-06-12 20:38

Phasing out "super greenhouse gases," which mass emitters China and the United States have agreed to restrict, could curb global warming.

Cyber-snooping backlash builds in Berlin

2013-06-11 20:50

German outrage over a secret US internet spying programme is building before a visit by Barack Obama, with senior members of Chancellor Angela Merkel's government demanding a full explanation.

Deadly floods bear down on Germany

2013-06-11 13:01

Deadly floods forging a path of devastation through central Europe for more than a week have born down on northern Germany as troops race to bolster sodden dykes.

Swollen river breaches levee in Germany

2013-06-10 15:00

The Elbe River has breached another levee on its relentless march toward the North Sea, forcing German authorities to evacuate 10 villages and shut down one of the country's main railway routes.

Germany: Farmland flooded to save towns

2013-06-09 22:35

Thousands of people have left their homes in eastern Germany as a dam burst on the swollen River Elbe and swathes of farmland were flooded in an attempt to spare towns.

Berlin police break up Femen protest

2013-06-07 14:01

Three topless Femen protesters have been dragged by police from outside the German chancellery where they were pleading for the release of four fellow activists jailed in Tunisia.

Northern Germany braces for floods

2013-06-06 14:03

Floodwaters have spread towards northern Germany, while damage repair slowly got underway in the southern regions of the country.

German troops deployed to flooded cities

2013-06-04 15:02

Germany has dispatched thousands of soldiers to help cities and towns cope with flooding from the rain-soaked Danube and other southern rivers.

European floods cause havoc

2013-06-03 19:24

Thousands have been forced from their homes and at least nine people were killed as flood waters deluged swathes of Europe.

Amazon workers in Germany strike

2013-06-03 12:45

Workers at internet retailer Amazon.com's German operations are set to hold a third one-day strike in a dispute over pay and benefits.

Four dead, many missing in Europe floods

2013-06-03 08:55

Four people have died and at least eight more are missing as torrential rains lash central Europe, forcing hundreds to evacuate their homes after floods and landslides.

Syria's arms race fuels growing concern

2013-05-28 21:22

Fears grew of a foreign-fed arms race in Syria as EU nations have decided they could give weapons to the outgunned rebels.

Justin Bieber's monkey finds new home

2013-05-28 08:03

Canadian pop singer Justin Bieber's pet monkey Mally has found a new home: the Serengeti wildlife park in northern Germany's Lueneburg Heath, Bild newspaper reported Monday.

The most popular country in the world is...

2013-05-27 14:57

The results of a recent BBC survey seeking to establish the positive and negative influence of 16 countries around the world, revealed a European country to come out tops.

Vintage Apple computer goes for €516 000

2013-05-26 22:22

One of Apple's first computers, a functioning 1976 model, has been auctioned off for €516 000.

Pirates release German ship's crew

2013-05-25 21:01

A German shipping company says four crew from one of its vessels have been released a month after they were kidnapped by pirates off Equatorial Guinea's coast.

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Weekend in pictures

2013-05-20 12:15

Protests in the US and Spain, celebrations in Germany and Brazil, and much more took place over the weekend. See the pictures.

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Snake's ultra-black spots aids high-tech

2013-05-16 22:05

Scientists have identified nanostructures in the ultra-black skin markings of an African viper which could inspire the quest to create the ultimate light-absorbing material.

Germany narrowly scrapes by recession

2013-05-15 15:56

The German economy got off to an unexpectedly weak start this year, as it battled sagging exports and weak investment, official data shows.

Google ordered to change search hints

2013-05-14 21:18

A top German court has ordered Google to act on requests to remove auto-complete entries from the search engine, after a suit claimed the feature made defamatory suggestions.

Turkey - 'rising xenophobia' in Europe

2013-05-12 21:53

Turkey's foreign minister has voiced concern about rising anti-foreigner sentiment in crisis-hit Europe, on a visit to Germany where a neo-Nazi cell's bloody murder spree claimed mostly Turkish migrants among its victims.

Crisis sees rise in German immigration

2013-05-07 15:01

An influx of people from crisis-hit southern European countries like Spain, Italy and Greece has led to the biggest surge in German immigration in nearly 20 years.

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