Thursday 29th July, 2010
Nazi indicted in Germany was involved in all levels of death camp work, court told
Polish soldiers holding eternal flames stand in front of a wall during the inauguration at the vast new memorial for the victims of the Belzec Nazi death camp in Belzec, Poland, Thursday, June 3, 2004...
German Investors Suggest 101 Law Amendments to Bulgarian PM
Bulgarian PM Borisov (middle) had a working breakfast with members of the German-Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Photo by DBIHK
German prosecutors reveal charges against Nazi suspect
BERLIN — The world's third most wanted Nazi suspect was involved in the entire process of killing Jews at the Belzec death camp: from taking victims from trains to pushing them into gas chambers ...
The Price of Saving Jobs in Germany
Business WeekGermany's "short-work" policy, which allows companies to put workers on reduced schedules rather than lay them off, showed the world how to survive a recession without losing jobs. It turns out there'...
German ISAF general calls Wikileaks document release 'a crime'
Expatica GermanyBrigadier General Josef Blotz has criticized the recent online leak of 92,000 mostly classified documents on the Afghan conflict. He said the information could put soldiers and civilians in danger.
German bonds return twice the euro-zone index: S&P
Market WatchNEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- German government debt returns came in double the S&P Eurozone Government Bond Index total return of 2.67% in the first half of the year, Standard & Poor's said in a ...
Hamburg attracts about 30 Chinese firms every year
People's DailyHamburg's participation in Expo 2010 Shanghai and its warming relationship with China will help the German city shake off the shadow of the global economic downturn, city officials and scholars said.H...
No stopping rampant Germany
FIFAThe host nation turned on the style to reach the final of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in impressive fashion as they recorded a 5-1 victory over Korea Republic. Once again Germany had no trouble ...
Germany's fatal Love Parade : Death in Duisberg
The EconomistIN THE end the Love Parade had little to do with love and was no longer a parade. At the first parade, in 1989, 150 people cavorted down West Berlin’s Ku’damm to the blare of techno from a single ...
Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations 29 July 2010
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UNESCO: German bridge OK near enchanting Lorelei - Summary
Earth TimesUNESCO panel has given the green light to German officials for a controversial bridge near the World Heritage site of the legendary Lorelei rock on the Rhine River, according to the Rhineland-Palatina...
Lufthansa Quarterly Profit Doubles on Traffic, Yields
Business WeekJuly 29 (Bloomberg) -- Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Europe’s second-biggest airline, more than doubled quarterly profit, topping analysts’ estimates, as rising travel demand boosted a recovery i...
Germany Charges 90-Year-Old in Nazi-Era Murders
General SourcesGermany has filed charges against the No. 3 man on the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s list of most-wanted Nazis for helping to murder 430,000 Jews during World War II. Samuel Kunz, 90, was charged i...
Stronger sales, weaker euro good news for VW
Expatica GermanyVolkswagen, Europe's biggest automaker, benefited from strong sales and favourable exchange rates as it posted Thursday a second quarter profit more than four times the previous year's figure. VW's n...
The World from Berlin: Love Parade Blame Game Gets Ugly
Expatica GermanyWith Germany still reeling from the tragic deaths of 21 people after a mass panic at last weekend's Love Parade, officials, politicians, organizers and police continue to foist the blame on each other...
State government moves to keep extremists out of pre-schools
Expatica GermanyAfter a member of a far-right party nearly took over a cash-strapped pre-school in northern Germany, the state government moved quickly to stop it from happening again. But the government is treading ...
Global demand drives earnings for German chemical groups
Expatica GermanyGerman chemical groups posted solid results Thursday on sustained demand worldwide and a weaker euro, giving confidence a boost after last year's difficult times. Although company executives warned t...
German, 90, facing death camp charges
The AustralianFOR decades, Samuel Kunz has been cultivating his garden in the Rhineland. Now, at the age of 90, he has been charged as an accomplice in the murder of 430,000 Jews in Belzec camp.
Blame game after German concert tragedy
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Surge in German consumer confidence
Financial TimesGermans have become less worried about unemployment than at any time in the past two years, triggering a surge in consumer confidence in Europe’s largest economy that could help the continent withst...
Elderly woman robbed by fake relative after weekend reunion
The LocalPolice are searching for a woman who robbed a retiree after she claimed to be a relative and spent the weekend at her home along with a child and dog, police said on Thursday.
Weatherman Kachelmann released from jail
The LocalNeo-Nazis hack into Buchenwald concentration camp website - A court in Karlsruhe ruled that there were now no immediate grounds for holding Kachelmann, 52, and ordered that the Swiss-born former telev...
Germany: Hackers attack Buchenwald website
The Miami HeraldBERLIN -- Officials at the Buchenwald concentration camp memorial say neo-Nazis hacked its website, erasing a list of victims and replacing it with far-right slogans and links to Holocaust denial sit...
German Man Who Posed as OKC Police Officer Faces Deportation
Fox 23OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A German national who falsely claimed to be a police officer and trained with Oklahoma City police before being found out now faces deportation.Twenty-eight-year-old Maziar Golc...
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