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Security tight across Europe
Europe is on high alert following anti-terror raids and arrests of suspected Islamist militants.
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Bar/fly: Munich's Oktoberfest
Munich's Oktoberfest is the largest festival in Europe and one Josh Martin enjoyed a little too much.
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Far-right on the march
The controversial anti-Islamic Pegida movement and terror attacks in neighbouring France are polarising Germany.
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"They have hatred in their hearts"
Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a stinging attack on Germany’s growing anti-Islamic protest movement, accusing leaders of preaching prejudice and of hijacking positive political slogans.
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Last Nazi death camp guard to face trial
A 93-year-old German man Oskar Groening, who claims he was an accountant at Auschwitz, to go on trial for being an accessory to the murder of 300,000 prisoners.
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Football: Rojas set to exit Germany
Marco Rojas is likely to leave his current club SpVgg Greuther Furth in January - and is almost certain to be playing his football outside Germany next year.
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Cameron's European problems come to a head
After nearly three years of tough talking, British Prime Minister David Cameron is facing a crunch moment in his troubled strategy towards the European Union.
![Kiwis work on smart arm brace](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Kiwis work on smart arm brace
An intelligent arm brace adding extra muscle by flexing, as we do, will be created in a landmark German-Kiwi collaboration.
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111km of secret information
A chilling but illuminating legacy of the former East German state is the archives of its Ministry for State Security, the dreaded Stasi.
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Escape from the world's biggest cage
Imagine growing up not knowing your father because he has been declared an enemy of the people and has to live in another country you are forbidden to visit.
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Merkel delivers speech at uni
Angela Merkel is delivering a lecture to about 260 people at Auckland University's Maidment Theatre.
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Angela Merkel: Germany will back NZ
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she will back a New Zealand push for a free trade agreement with the European Union.
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Merkel coos over grumpy kiwi
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is normally all business, but it didn't take long for a grumpy kiwi to coax a smile out of her - and even a wee coo.
![Brian Fallow: Thrifty Germans urged to spend](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Brian Fallow: Thrifty Germans urged to spend
Germany has come to be seen as the miser among major economic powers, saving too much of its enviable income and spending too little. Germans, naturally, do not see it that way.
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Key holds Merkel in high regard
She might not be Bo Derek but in political terms, John Key rates visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel as high as 10.
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Stephen Diver: Mummy Merkel is here
This month we receive onto our shores the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, undoubtedly the most dominant political figure in the EU.
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Germany: Nazi nest in the sky
Visiting Hitler's holiday home, Jamie Morton is astounded that evil was able to survive and flourish in the peaceful surrounds of the beautiful Bavarian countryside.
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Bitter memories as Hitler's food taster
Margot Woelk was one of 15 young women forced to work at Adolf Hitler's Wolf's Lair headquarters as a food taster.
![100 Kiwi Stories: Kiwi in raid to destroy German terror weapon](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
100 Kiwi Stories: Kiwi in raid to destroy German terror weapon
30: The name of Masterton's Samuel Dawson can be found on a memorial at Archangel, a Russian naval port on the edge of the White Sea.
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The Rhine side of life
Aboard a river ship built for considerable comfort, Albertina Lloyd enjoys the luxurious side of one of Europe's great waterways.
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Making Megaships - how the biggest cruise ships are built
Grant Bradley travelled to Papenburg, Germany to see first-hand the process behind building megaships.
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Meyer Werft shipyard, Papenburg, Germany
Building of Quantum of the Seas and Anthem of the Seas cruise ships at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany.
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Quantum of the Seas photo gallery
Grant Bradley travelled to Papenburg courtesy of Royal Caribbean to tour Quantum of the Seas, the cruise company's newest ship nearing completion at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Germany.
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Tanks for the memory
Sausages, sights - and a novel museum - make Hanover ideal for a husband-and-wife visit writes Judith Woods.
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Spies listened to Clinton's call
German agents intercepted one of Hillary Clinton's phone calls while she was the US Secretary of State and also listened in to a call by John Kerry, her successor.
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German yields near 1pc as Japan-style risks grow
ECB reluctance to adopt full-scale quantitative-easing policies is prompting German comparisons with Japan's stagnation over the past 15 years.
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Max Mosley sues Google over his orgy
Former motorsport boss Max Mosley may serve an injunction on Google over the continued publication of images of him taken at an orgy.