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# germany - Yesterday’s News
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.
10 great products to make more of your garden
Say no to gnomes this summer with IKEA garden furniture.
# 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.
# germany - Thursday 7 March, 2013
Bolshoi dancer admits ordering attack on ballet chief
Pavel Dmitrichenko says, however, that he didn’t specifically ask for hot acid to be thrown in the ballet chief’s face.
# germany - Wednesday 6 March, 2013
Eurozone sinks further into recession in last quarter of 2012
Figures from Eurostat confirm initial estimates in February that the eurozone economy shrank by 0.6 per cent in Q4 of 2012 with the EU shrinking by 0.5 per cent.
# germany - Tuesday 5 March, 2013
Suspect detained in Bolshoi ballet director acid attack
Sergei Filin of the Bolshoi Ballet had sulphuric acid thrown in his face in mid-January and has been receiving treatment that may last for months.
# germany - Friday 1 March, 2013
Over 26 million people unemployed across the EU
Meanwhile, eurozone unemployment hit a record 11.9 per cent in January with just under 19 million now out of work in the 17-member bloc.
# germany - Wednesday 27 February, 2013
Sniffing His Own Arse Pic of the Day
One of the perks of being a giraffe, right?
# germany - Sunday 24 February, 2013
Trap wants you… to shop! Irish boss enjoys himself on trip back to Munich
Trapattoni was presented a toy digger by a man in a Playmobil pirate costume.
# germany - Wednesday 20 February, 2013
Amazon being investigated by competition watchdog
The German competition watchdog has launched an investigation into the company’s policy which prevents third-party traders from selling their products cheaper elsewhere.
# germany - Monday 18 February, 2013
Draghi: ECB hasn’t yet considered whether Irish deal is legal
Mario Draghi tells MEPs that the European Central Bank only checks ‘monetary financing’ operations once a year
German central bank says promissory note deal is ‘problematic’
In its monthly report the Bundesbank says the deal illustrates problematic overlaps between fiscal and monetary policy.
# germany - Thursday 7 February, 2013
German FA sets up group to help gay players
German Chancellor Angela Merkel told gay footballers they should have no fear of revealing their homosexuality
# germany - Saturday 2 February, 2013
Russia remembers Stalingrad 70 years on
Today Russia marks the 70th anniversary of a brutal battle in which the Red Army defeated Nazi forces and changed the course of World War II.
# germany - Friday 1 February, 2013
Icelandic girl allowed to keep ‘masculine’ name after winning court case
Blaer Bjarkardottir, 15, had been referred to as ‘girl’ by officials before winning her case.
# germany - Wednesday 30 January, 2013
Hitler’s rise to power a ‘constant warning’, says Merkel
Angela Merkel says freedom should never been taken for granted, on the 80th anniversary of Hitler’s rise to power.
# germany - Sunday 27 January, 2013
Failure on debt deal would have ‘catastrophic effect on Ireland’ – Tánaiste
Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore will address world leaders – including Angela Merkel – in Chile today as hopes for a deal on Ireland’s bank debt took a blow last night and the opposition criticised the government’s lack of openness.























































