Germany
# germany - Yesterday’s News
98-year-old former Nazi charged with World War II crimes
Laszlo Lajos Csatari has been charged over his role in organising the deportation of an estimated 12,000 Jews to World War II death camps.
# germany - Monday 17 June, 2013
Who’s who: Meet the nine men and one woman who make up the G8 leaders
Eight heads of government, and two EU presidents make up the G8 leaders who are gathering in Northern Ireland today and tomorrow.
# germany - Sunday 16 June, 2013
Germans give Cian O’Connor a Golf GTI but he gifts it to “Frenchy”
The Irishman, who won at bronze medal at London 2012, was ultra generous to his long-time groom.
What has the G8 ever done for us?
Here’s a list of all the topics that have been discussed in the last 38 summits. Has it been worth it?
# germany - Saturday 15 June, 2013
Merkel tells young people with no jobs that they might have to move
Merkel said there will have to be more mobility if the youth unemployment figures are to be reduced.
# germany - Tuesday 11 June, 2013
In pictures: The floods in central Europe that have killed 19 people so far
Swollen rivers in the German states of Saxony-Anhalt and Schleswig-Holstein posed the biggest threat.
# germany - Wednesday 5 June, 2013
Thousands of homes evacuated as floods threaten more cities
Eight people have been killed in the Czech Republic alone, and police are searching for four others.
# germany - Tuesday 4 June, 2013
Floods peak in Czech Republic – Germany now on alert
The high waters forced the evacuation of Prague Zoo overnight.
# germany - Monday 3 June, 2013
PICS: Six dead, thousands evacuated in central Europe floods
Water levels in Germany on the Danube, Inn and Ilz rivers have already surpassed records from previous heavy floods in 1954 and 2002.
Germany conceded a comical own goal in their defeat to the US
Marc-Andre ter Stegen and Benedikt Howedes – hold your heads in shame.
# germany - Friday 31 May, 2013
‘Blockupy’ protestors block access to ECB headquarters in Frankfurt
Demonstrators were expressing concerns about the ECB’s role in enforcing austerity throughout the eurozone.
# germany - Thursday 30 May, 2013
Man had pencil lodged in his head for 15 years
Before having it surgically extracted. OW.
# germany - Saturday 25 May, 2013
How to throw a Champions League final party in 9 easy steps
Get the beer, sausages and spare kit ready.
# germany - Thursday 23 May, 2013
Merkel, Obama, Clinton, Gates: here’s who topped the list of most powerful women
The Forbes list of the world’s most powerful women ranks them by money, media presence and impact. Here’s who’s in.
# germany - Tuesday 21 May, 2013
After his spread in German Playboy, Danny Healy-Rae set for German TV
Danny said he was not worried about how he was representing Ireland internationally in the German documentary.
Scientists have figured out what caused the Irish Famine
The fatal pathogen was uncovered in dried potato plant samples that were over 120 years old.
# germany - Friday 17 May, 2013
Turkey and US demand Assad stand down
The US President and Turkish Prime Minister met in Washington to discuss Syria’s ongoing, bloody conflict.
# germany - Thursday 16 May, 2013
Eurogroup chief says Eurozone is much ‘calmer’ now than last year
Jean-Claude Juncker was comparing the Eurozone now to a year ago in Brussels.
# germany - Wednesday 15 May, 2013
Merkel reveals that she likes “nice eyes” on a man
Angela Merkel and the way she might look at you.
# germany - Tuesday 14 May, 2013
Court says Google’s auto-complete ‘can be defamatory’
An entrepreneur said the words ‘Scientology’ and ‘fraud’ came up when he typed his name into the search box of the German version of Google.
Arrogant, uncaring BUT trustworthy – how Europeans see Germany
The prolonged economic crisis has actually separated the French from the Germans, and the Germans from everyone else, says a new report.
# germany - Monday 13 May, 2013
Angela Merkel: ‘No, I was not an East German propaganda official’
A new book has revived suggestions that Merkel was an active trade union official – at a time when the state controlled the unions.
# germany - Monday 6 May, 2013
Major neo-Nazi murder trial starts in Germany
Five people stand accused of being part of a neo-nazi terrorist group, which carried out murders of eight Turks, a Greek and a policewoman between 2000 and 2007.
# germany - Sunday 5 May, 2013
Neo-Nazi trial raises awkward questions for Germany
A case which examines the alleged crimes of a neo-Nazi underground group is bringing forward claims that they were “not lone wolves”.
# germany - Thursday 2 May, 2013
SARS-like virus kills 5 people in Saudi Arabia
The virus, known as novel coronavirus, was first detected in mid-2012 and is a cousin of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).
# germany - Friday 19 April, 2013
Hundreds mark 70th anniversary of Warsaw ghetto uprising
Hundreds of people – including Holocaust survivors – gathered to mark the uprising that saw Jewish people take arms against Nazi forces.
# germany - Tuesday 9 April, 2013
For $100, Darren O’Dea is going to show you how to play football
The Irish defender will teach lucky Canadian youths the footballing basics later this month.
# germany - Monday 8 April, 2013
Five tonnes of Nutella stolen in Germany
Thieves in the region have previously stolen other large quantities of food products including coffee and energy drink.
# germany - Saturday 6 April, 2013
Aaron McKenna: While the Eurozone is floundering, the US is seeing growth – but why?
The EU needs to either get on with integration, proper banking and political union or separate into amicable trading partners and neighbours, writes Aaron McKenna.
# germany - Thursday 4 April, 2013
20 neo-Nazis use tour bus belonging to German pop singer
The bus, with a large picture of Andrea Berg on the side of it, was pictured driving on the motorway in Germany followed by several police escorts.
# germany - Saturday 30 March, 2013
WATCH: Bayern Munich explode in a 9-goal frenzy to rout Hamburg
Who needs Pep Guardiola?
# germany - Friday 29 March, 2013
Lindt loses bid to win legal protection over ‘bunny’ wrapping
Germany’s highest court says the Swiss chocolatier can’t stop other companies from selling chocolate bunnies in foil wrapping.
Merkel ally: Taoiseach told Irish people truth about ‘hardship’ they’d face
German MEP, Elmar Brok, said that Fine Gael’s support for some of the previous government’s policies had made it able to “sell” austerity and financial hardship to the Irish people.
# germany - Wednesday 27 March, 2013
# germany - Sunday 24 March, 2013
Spanish newspaper retracts column comparing Merkel to Hitler
A columnist for El Pais wrote that the German chancellor had “like Hitler, declared war” on Europe in a piece that has now been retracted.
# germany - Saturday 23 March, 2013
Merkel ally admits European authorities underestimated Cyprus ‘mess’
Elmar Brok, the chair of the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, has admitted he can foresee a situation where Cyprus could exit the single currency and said that authorities underestimated the current situation there.
# germany - Friday 22 March, 2013
Group C: Germany continue on road or Rio with win over Kazakhs
Ireland’s Group C rivals made short work of their opponents in Astana.
# germany - Thursday 21 March, 2013
Lufthansa flights cancelled as staff strikes commence
Workers at Frankfurt, Munich, Dusseldorf, Berlin, Hamburg and Cologne have walked out.
The 9 at 9: Thursday
Good morning. Here are the nine stories you need to know as you start your day.


























































