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  • 01 February
    • Let’s be careful before we talk about rising anti-Semitism in Germany
    • Hasselhoff says he never had anything to do with fall of Berlin Wall
    • Everything that changes in Germany from February 2018
    • Far-right distribute tear gas on streets as tensions in Cottbus remain high
    • Duisburg pensioner lies dead in flat for three years before being found
    • Bundestag votes to sharply cap refugee family reunions
    • Goodbye, Xing: the growing success of LinkedIn in Germany
    • 10 reasons why you really should visit North Rhine-Westphalia
  • 02 February
    • Holograms and mermaids: top trends at Nuremberg toy fair
    • Social Democrats hit record low in popularity, survey shows
    • Man who killed granny and two police officers sentenced to life in jail
    • North German states set to get extra public holiday
    • The rise, fall and open road of Germany's former 'Stalin City'
    • Digitalization will destroy every tenth German job within five years: survey
    • 'Abuse of power': black travellers describe their ordeals with German customs
    • 'Serious differences' still blocking government deal, says Merkel
    • Head of far-right AfD ‘mistakenly’ votes for refugees to bring families to Germany
    • Half of cancer cases in Germany are preventable, experts say
  • 04 February
    • North Korea 'using Berlin embassy to supply nukes': spy chief
    • Merkel enters final stretch in coalition-building marathon
  • 05 February
    • Vietnamese oil exec 'kidnapped' in Berlin gets second life sentence
    • German police association calls for complete legalization of cannabis
    • ‘Reality check’: Police union head criticizes uni after string of sexual assaults
    • Confidence grows for deal on new government as deadline draws near
    • The wink face emoji - are Germans flirting with you or not?
    • Woman hospitalized after scalding legs in witch’s cauldron at carnival parade
    • IN PICS: Snow and frost over the weekend in Germany
    • 'Germany’s network agency should stop telling parents to smash their kids’ toys'
    • Inflated pigs’ bladders vs. jesters: the difference between Fastnacht and Karneval
  • 06 February
    • Parties in final push to seal coalition deal under new Merkel government
    • 'My daughter and I got dual citizenship to secure her future after Brexit'
    • Metalworkers win ’milestone’ 28-hour week concession from bosses
    • Braunschweig could soon get Germany’s first 'floating crosswalk'
    • Far-right AfD almost as popular as Social Democrats: poll
    • Munich named traffic jam capital of Germany (again)
    • Berlinale film festival to spotlight #MeToo moment
    • LG Buchheim: the multi-talented and irascible genius behind Das Boot
  • 07 February
    • Conservatives and Social Democrats agree on a new coalition deal
    • Meat production drops ‘significantly’ as Germans spurn the sausage
    • Mercedes issues grovelling apology to Chinese after quoting Dalai Lama
    • Merkel, the eternal Chancellor now past her zenith
    • The moment you know you’re in Germany for the long haul
    • In Germany, the risk of poverty rises with every child a couple has: study
    • What you need to know about the coalition deal for new Merkel government
  • 08 February
    • Hero to 'loser': the broken promises of SPD leader Schulz
    • Can’t make amends: China receives second Tibet apology from Mercedes Benz
    • AfD calls for end to English in NRW primary schools so kids can focus on German
    • Fears for tourism as huge hole in north German autobahn doubles in size
    • 100 people die in Germany each year due to risky sex practices
    • Man found guilty of racial hatred jailed for running neo-Nazi website
    • Visiting Germany: why is tourism continuously booming?
    • Here's why it is becoming ever harder to create stable German governments
    • Public sector unions demand six percent pay increase
  • 09 February
    • ‘It caused a real shitstorm’: meet the man who skewered Trump at last year’s Karneval
    • Snubbed Foreign Minister lashes out at 'lack of respect' in SPD
    • Far-right AfD to launch own ‘newsroom’ in order to bypass German media’s ‘fake news’
    • Young lovers sink into river Elbe after releasing handbrake in throes of passion
    • Afghan gets life term for killing Christian mother in southern Bavaria
    • Schulz abandons bid for Foreign Ministry as SPD power struggle heats up
    • Long-term Brits in Germany to get back vote, as London vows end to time limit
    • How I made friends during my first year in Germany
    • Newspaper editor sacked for describing Martin Schulz's 'perfect murder'
  • 10 February
    • Airbus to pay €81 million to end German corruption probe
    • New finance minister Scholz: Germany won't lecture EU economies
    • Ties strained over refugees and war reparations, Merkel eyes 'new chapter' in Poland relations
    • Dahlmeier's biathlon win gives Germany its first gold at Winter Olympics
  • 11 February
    • Abused South Korean actress slams 'hypocritical' Berlin filmfest
    • Syrian refugee teacher starts job at German school
  • 12 February
    • Merkel defies critics, vows to govern for full four-year term
    • 5 things to know about this year's Berlinale film festival
    • Young woman dies after being run over by tractor at carnival parade
    • Karneval: satirical floats in Rhine region ready to make Rose Monday parade debut
    • In eastern Germany, the gender pay gap favours women
    • Facebook can’t force Germans to use their real names, court rules
    • Several injured after horses bolt at Cologne Karneval
    • Abortion in Germany - 'where providing information is a crime'
    • From a freak Brexit baby to dancing little rocket man: Karneval in pics
  • 13 February
    • Here’s how a woman could be about to lead the SPD for the first time
    • Police search for young Scot missing in Hamburg since weekend
    • Frankfurt mayoral election: which candidate shares my political views?
    • Electronic Music Museum to open in Frankfurt this summer
    • Germany considers free public transport in fight to banish air pollution
  • 14 February
    • Social Democrats head Schulz quits amid party rift over his successor
    • The 8 most beautiful places to get married across Germany
    • One year on and German journalist still sits in Turkish jail without charge
    • Amazon unveils plans for new crime drama based around Berlin club scene
    • Then and now: how Valentine's Day has blossomed in Germany
    • German economic growth will remain constant or speed up in 2018: analysts
    • German government plays down 'free public transport' plan
    • Germany’s controversial rent control law works after all (at least in central Berlin)
    • Talking about sex: does Germany need more training in Sexology?
  • 15 February
    • Police call drivers to caution as thick snow falls in western Germany
    • Why you should consider becoming an English teacher in Germany
    • Germany not very ready to take over NATO’s very ready task force
    • How one piece of paper holds the key to your future in Germany
    • Berlinale slammed for inviting Korean director who assaulted actress
    • Manhunt underway over alleged 'heinous and brutal' rape of schoolgirls
    • Deutsche Bahn ‘exploited climate change’ to duck blame for train delays
    • AfD leader faces legal action for saying ‘camel driver’ Turks should ‘go back to where they belong’
  • 16 February
    • Hurdles remain to rebuild damaged relations with Turkey, says Merkel
    • Clue found in hunt for Scot missing in Hamburg since Saturday
    • Turkey frees German journalist held for a year without charge
    • Your reactions to Germany’s ‘free public transport’ idea
    • Suicide in art: what Goethe can tell us about Netflix series 13 Reasons Why
    • Daimler, VW face thousands of further recalls over emissions cheating: report
    • 'Innovation and creativity': German army in need of startup founders
    • Ghanaian king who lives in southern Germany gifts his people a jail
    • Seven things to know about weed in Germany
  • 17 February
    • German and French spy chiefs plead for post-Brexit security cooperation
    • Merkel's fate in SPD hands as members vote on power pact
    • May uses Munich speech to plead for 'urgent' post-Brexit EU security deal
    • Freed German-Turkish journalist says Ankara held him 'hostage'
  • 18 February
    • Netanyahu slams 'outrageous' Holocaust remark by Polish PM in Munich
    • Russia and US trade barbs in Munich over election meddling claims
    • A movie a day for 60 years: cinema sustains a Berlin love
    • 'Do not test Israel's resolve', Netanyahu warns Iran in Munich
  • 19 February
    • Merkel picks ‘mini Merkel’ and heir apparent for top party role
    • Police suspect bank robbers after internet cut in 40,000 Berlin homes
    • Pensioner injures three refugees in knife attack outside church
    • High court to rule on whether banks can keep addressing women as men
    • The easiest visa to get for your first year in Germany (if you're young)
    • Far-right AfD now the second most popular party in Germany: poll
  • 20 February
    • Germany's top court could open way to bans on diesel cars
    • Oasis singer’s claim that Munich police pulled his teeth is ‘complete rubbish’
    • 8 German words that are impossible to translate into English
    • Prosecutors in TĂźbingen seek to fine scientists over monkey experiments
    • Munich set for major S-Bahn disruption as network gets ‘biggest overhaul in history’
    • Crisis-hit Social Democrats start ballot on grand coalition with Merkel
    • Fire crews called out after pro footballer forgets to turn off stove before match
    • Underequipped German army ever less ready for battle, damning report concludes
    • What working parents in Germany need to know when their child is sick
    • Doctor wins landmark legal case against rating website’s ‘protection racket’
  • 21 February
    • German court jails Sweden's 'laser man' shooter for life
    • In rural Germany, 'mobile banking' means a bank on a truck
    • The young Scot missing for 11 days in Hamburg - what we know so far
    • Germany remains ‘best country for international students,’ above UK and France
    • Volkswagen workers in Germany secure 4.3 percent pay bump
    • Frankfurt authorities are ‘trying to drive homeless Roma out of town’, says rights group
    • Cold snap: lows of -20C set to hit Germany starting at the weekend
    • Germany’s biggest newspaper under fire for publishing fake Russian email story
  • 22 February
    • 75 years since the White Rose siblings were killed for resisting Hitler
    • Berlinale: Soderbergh unveils ‘Unsane’ thriller shot only on iPhone
    • Bomb find set to bring disruption to Frankfurt's suburban rail system
    • Food bank in Essen bars new migrant clients 'to ensure reasonable integration’
    • Pensioner rearrested after stabbing three refugees in 'politically motivated' attack
    • Bavarian court jails ex-priest for 108 counts of child sex abuse
    • The 10 things that you really love about living in Germany
  • 23 February
    • Where the flu outbreak has been hitting Germany the hardest
    • Germany recorded record budget surplus of €36.6 billion last year
    • Train driver avoids head-on collision at station west of Munich
    • Study: fear of social decline motivates Alternative for Germany voters
    • Swimmers take plunge as Germany’s first open air pool of season opens
    • Costs of finishing Berlin’s disaster airport to swell to over €7 billion
    • WATCH: Germany picks heartfelt ode to dead father as Eurovision song
    • Bielefeld man given six-month jail term for “cheeky Jewish functionary” slur
  • 24 February
    • Volkswagen profit roars back two years after 'dieselgate'
    • Row at German art fair over 'Erdogan with banana' painting
    • Chinese billionaire Li Shufu buys biggest single stake in Daimler
    • 'Don't gloat': Germans get Canada travel advice after Olympic hockey shock
  • 25 February
    • Merkel quells party rebellion ahead of coalition deal vote
    • Romanian sex docudrama 'Touch Me Not' wins Berlin Golden Bear
    • Russia beat Germany 4-3 to win Olympic men's hockey gold
    • Germany, France urge Russia to pressure Syria for 'immediate' ceasefire
  • 26 February
    • Craft beer drives surge in new German breweries
    • Coldest night of year has Germans shivering, from Hamburg to Bavaria
    • German tourists trapped overnight in Tenerife cave as Canary Islands hit by storms
    • Roma and Sinti: Germans for centuries, but still considered outsiders
    • 'Nazi' sprayed on food charity which refused to take new migrant clients
    • Meet the gay-rights champion gunning for Merkel’s job from the right-wing of her party
    • Deutsche Bahn pilots illuminated platform in effort to improve train punctuality
    • Merkel's Christian Democrats approve coalition deal with Social Democrats
    • Sitting Frankfurt mayor just misses out on outright election victory
  • 27 February
    • German prosecutors drop case against Facebook involving 'hate speech'
    • Village in southwest Germany votes to keep 'Hitler bell' as memorial
    • Ice cold and lots of snow: slippery roads and rail disruptions in Hamburg
    • How a food charity has sparked a furious debate about refugees, poverty and racism
    • Coldest late February night on Germany’s highest peak in over a century
    • Federal court gives green light for diesel ban in German cities
    • Education Minister violated constitution by criticizing AfD, top court rules
  • 28 February
    • 10 pictures that show just how freezing Germany is right now
    • The seven best events taking place across Germany this March
    • Extreme cold wreaks havoc on suburban trains in Munich and Berlin
    • Here’s how you could be affected by diesel bans in German cities
    • Unemployment in Germany stays steady at historic low
    • Bochum police take heat for keeping brutal rape by serial offender secret
    • Freezing temperatures pose constant danger to Germany's homeless
    • Everything you need to know about having a baby in Germany
    • Security crisis: hackers invade German government's data network
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