Merkel’s coalition given thumbs down in state poll
May 10th, 2010 - 12:09 pm ICT by IANS
Dusseldorf/Berlin, May 10 (DPA) German Chancellor Angela Merkel was facing the loss of her majority in the upper house of parliament, following the poor showing by her Christian Democrat (CDU) allies in ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Synagogue opens in German town after 70 years
March 15th, 2010 - 3:19 am ICT by IANS
Herford, March 15 (DPA) A new synagogue was opened Sunday in the north-western German town of Herford, more than 70 years after the old synagogue was destroyed under Nazi rule.
"I wish you ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Germany commemorates tsunami victims
December 27th, 2009 - 12:27 am ICT by IANS
Dusseldorf, Dec 26 (DPA) German survivors and relatives of victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami gathered for a memorial service in Dusseldorf Saturday, five years after the catastrophe which claimed ... Read more...
Posted in World |
German group stirs global Muslim anger with ”anti-Islamisation” conference
September 19th, 2008 - 3:03 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept.19 (ANI): A German far right group has stirred Muslim anger worldwide by holding a three-day "Anti-Islamisation Conference" to protest against the construction of mosques and Muslim immigration. Prominent members ... Read more...
Posted in National |