Throughout the nineties and noughties the electro music fest Love Parade epitomized the ramshackle, liberated lifestyle that originated in Berlin and swept across Germany. But a disaster on July 24th 2010 put an end to this ideal in the most traumatic of circumstances.
One of the biggest trials in Germany's
post-war history may end without a verdict, as a court called Tuesday for the
long-running manslaughter case against organisers of the ill-fated 2010 Love
Parade to be halted because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Germany’s iconic Fusion Festival, which has attracted people from across the world for over two decades, is in danger of being cancelled in 2019. The reason? A dispute between the organizers and police.
A German court Wednesday scaled back a marathon trial over the deaths of 21 young people in a stampede at a techno music festival, sparking anger from bereaved relatives.
Organizers of Germany's 2010 Love Parade went on trial on Friday for their roles in the deaths of 21 young people during a catastrophic stampede at the popular street festival.
A court ruled on Monday that ten people will face trial accused of negligently causing a catastrophic stampede at a 2010 "Love Parade" techno music festival that killed 21 people.
A German court on Tuesday threw out criminal charges stemming from a catastrophic stampede at a Love Parade techno street party in 2010 that killed 21 people and injured hundreds.
A firefighter who worked during a deadly crowd crush at Germany's 2010 Love Parade and says he was left traumatized by the disaster will not receive compensation, Duisburg regional court announced on Monday.
July 2015 marked five years since one of the worst tragedies in modern German history. But this week, those affected by the 2010 Duisburg Love Parade disaster will at last see the case come to court.
German prosecutors said Wednesday that 10 people have been charged with negligent manslaughter and causing bodily harm over the 2010 Love Parade stampede in which 21 people were killed.
German scientists are conducting experiments to trace the behaviour and movement of crowds in a bid to prevent catastrophes, such as that seen at the 2010 Love Parade when 21 people were trampled to death in a stampede.
Hundreds of traditional St Martin's day parades had to go without a horse and rider representing St Martin this year, due to stricter health and safety measures introduced following the Love Parade tragedy in 2010.
The mayor of the city where the Love Parade stampede killed 21 people a year and a half ago has been voted out of office in a rare example of German recall democracy.
Nearly 80,000 signatures have been collected to force a special election to recall Duisburg Mayor Adolf Sauerland, who has clung to office since the deadly Love Parade disaster in 2010.
Thousands of people are expected to attend a memorial event at the MSV football stadium in Duisburg on Sunday to remember the 21 people killed in a crush at the Love Parade one year ago.
A report by prosecutors investigating the Love Parade tragedy – in which 21 participants were killed in a mass stampede in Duisburg last year – says the event should never have been approved by authorities at all due to poor security arrangements.
Nearly a year after 21 people were killed in a crowd crush at Germany's Love Parade music festival, the mayor of the host city Duisburg has apologised to victims and families, and acknowledged some blame for the tragedy.
The Love Parade disaster in which 21 people were killed and hundreds injured in Duisburg last July was partly the result of serious police mistakes, media reported Monday.
Around half a year after the Love Parade catastrophe, which killed 21 people and left more than 500 injured, serious allegations have emerged that the police ordered the barriers be opened, leading to the deadly crush.
Duisburg prosecutors have announced they are investigating 16 people in connection with Love Parade stampede that killed 21 and injured hundreds more last July.
Efforts to remove Duisburg Mayor Adolf Sauerland in the wake of the Love Parade disaster in which 21 people were killed and around 500 injured, seem set to fail.
The Berlin Festival was closed early on Friday night and thousands of people sent home after a crowd built up around the entrance to one of the hangers being used as venues at Tempelhof Airport.
A legal inquiry released Wednesday puts blame for the Love Parade tragedy that left 21 people dead squarely with the city of Duisburg and the event’s organisers, who have claimed the police exacerbated the crowd problems.
Organisers of the Love Parade in Duisburg have posted surveillance camera footage of the tragedy that killed 21 people on the internet in an effort to vindicate themselves – but the move has sparked a fresh war of words with the police.
Love Parade organiser Rainer Schaller plans to post surveillance tapes online that he said prove Duisburg police were also to blame in the tragedy that left 21 people dead, news magazine <i>Der Spiegel</i> reported Saturday.
