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November 25
Thieves grab priceless jewels in German museum heist
Thieves smashed display cases and grabbed priceless jewels from an eastern German museum in the early hours of Monday in a lightning raid on one of Europe’s greatest collections of treasures, police said.
World
June 24
Pilot killed in jet collision over Germany
One pilot was killed and another managed to parachute to safety after two unarmed German Eurofighter jets collided over northeastern Germany on Monday, officials said.
World
April 4
Mosque attack suspect also sent money to French group
The suspected Christchurch mosque gunman sent money to a French far-right group and once bought a ticket to Bavaria's "fairytale castle," German police said.
World
December 29
Hanover airport reopens after car intruder overpowered
Germany's Hanover airport temporarily suspended flights on Saturday after a man drove onto the apron area before police stopped his car and overpowered and detained him, they said.
World
October 30
Germany's deadliest post-war murderer killed 100
A German nurse admitted in court to being post-war Germany's deadliest serial killer, murdering 100 patients with lethal injections so that he could play the hero by trying to revive them.
World
October 29
Germany's Merkel plans era-ending exit
Germany's Angela Merkel said that her fourth term as chancellor would be her last and that she would step down as leader of the Christian Democrats (CDU), heralding the end of a 13-year era.
World
July 21
Man arrested after knife attack on German bus
A man armed with a knife attacked people on a bus in the northern city of Luebeck, injuring 10 including one seriously before he was arrested, police said.
World
July 3
Killer of German teen raped another girl: Prosecutor
An Iraqi man suspected of the rape and killing of a 14-year-old German girl is also under investigation for raping an 11-year-old German girl in a refugee shelter in the town of Wiesbaden.
News
June 18
Jubilant Mexico fans set off quake sensors after win
Mexicans jumping in jubilation shook the ground hard enough to set off earthquake detectors and throngs danced in the streets after their team scored a surprise victory over World Cup defending champs Germany.
World
April 7
Two killed after van driven into German restaurant
A German man drove a van into a group of people sitting outside a restaurant in the old city centre of Muenster in western Germany, killing two of them before taking his own life, police and state officials said.
World
February 3
Pressure mounts on Poland to veto Holocaust bill
Poland is seeing a resurgence of anti-Semitism over pending legislation that would impose jail terms for suggestions that the nation was complicit in the Holocaust, local minority groups warned.
World
December 12
Man charged with plot to kill politicians, frame refugees
A German soldier was charged with plotting to kill senior politicians because of their support for refugees and trying to make it look like asylum seekers carried out the murders.
World
November 23
German politicians outraged over Twitter ban
German lawmakers have protested after Wolfgang Schaeuble, the new president of the Bundestag, announced a ban on sending tweets from inside the parliament chamber.
World
November 1
Nazi art trove goes on display
Some 150 art works from a massive trove amassed by a German collector during the Nazi era went on public display for the first time in the Swiss capital, amid lingering questions about the origins of the collection.
Sport
October 9
Woman gets Olympian's heart, vows to be active
A 67-year-old woman has pledged to pursue an active lifestyle, including even canoeing, after receiving the heart of the coach of Germany's slalom canoe team who died following a car crash during the 2016 Olympics.
World
October 2
First 'I do' as same-sex marriage comes to Germany
Same-sex couples married in Germany for the first time, with several dozen couples tying the knot at civil registry offices that opened specially to mark the coming into force of a law passed by parliament in June.
World
September 24
Germany votes as history beckons for Merkel, and far-right
Germans began voting in a national election on Sunday night (NZ time) that is likely to see Chancellor Angela Merkel win a historic fourth term and a far-right party enter parliament for the first time in more than half a century.
World
August 30
WW2 bomb sparks Frankfurt evacuation
Around 60,000 inhabitants of Germany's financial capital Frankfurt will be ordered to leave their homes on while a large World War Two bomb discovered at a building site is made safe, the police said.
World
August 10
Dutch police make arrests in contaminated eggs case
Dutch police arrested two suspects as part of an investigation into the illegal use of a potentially harmful insecticide in the poultry industry, the Dutch prosecution service said.
Entertainment
August 8
Artist targets Twitter with hate speech tweets
A German-Israeli artist who accuses Twitter of failing to delete hate speech tweets has taken matters into his own hands - by stencilling the offending messages on the road in front of the company's Hamburg headquarters.
World
July 28
Migrant kills man in Hamburg stabbing, six hurt
A 26-year-old migrant to Germany who was supposed to leave the country went on a stabbing spree with a kitchen knife in a Hamburg supermarket killing a 50-year-old man and leaving six others injured, police and city officials said.
World
July 9
Germans angry over violence at G20
Germans expressed anger over violence that hit a G20 world leaders' summit in Hamburg, raising awkward questions for Chancellor Angela Merkel less than three months before an election.
World
July 3
German tour bus crash kills 18
Eighteen people were killed when a tour bus burst into flames after colliding with a lorry on a motorway in the German state of Bavaria, police said.
World
June 30
Germany legalises same-sex marriage
Germany's parliament has voted to legalise same-sex marriage, and introduced fines of $77 million on social media sites for not removing hate speech and fake news.
World
June 22
Teen suspected of shooting toy gun at Thai king
German prosecutors said they were investigating a 14-year-old boy suspected of shooting plastic bullets from a toy gun at the King of Thailand who was cycling near Munich this month.
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