Bishops Back New Guidelines on Abuse Claims

Tue, 08/31/2010 - 10:49 —

Germany's Catholic bishops have approved new guidelines for handling claims of sex abuse by church personnel to facilitate cooperation with law enforcement bodies.

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Germany Weighs Bill to Bar Employer Spying

Wed, 08/25/2010 - 17:17 —

Employers have turned to Facebook and other social networking sites to ensure its employee's behavior is on the up and up. In Germany, that practice may become illegal.

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Why Germans Don't "Heil" Taxis

Tue, 08/10/2010 - 08:01 — Walter

The next time you visit Germany, don't try hailing a cab by stretching out your right arm. You'd risk being arrested for displaying a Nazi symbol. Take the Charlie Chaplin approach. 

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Hamburg Shuts Down Mosque Linked to 9/11

Mon, 08/09/2010 - 08:42 — Walter

Hamburg has shut down a mosque frequented by the suicide hijackers from the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, along with an adjacent cultural center, and banned the cultural organization behind it.

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U.S. Blacklists 13 EU Firms for Iran Ties

Wed, 08/04/2010 - 07:47 —

The United States has announced it will sanction 13 European companies it suspects of being controlled by the Iranian government. Nine of the firms are German-based.

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Novel Idea: Turkish Cops on German Streets

Tue, 08/03/2010 - 10:22 — Walter

Imagine policemen from Jamaica patrolling New York neighborhoods where immigrants from the Carribean nation are concentrated. Crazy idea? Perhaps, but the German police union wants just that.  

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No Mercy for U.S. Tax Cheats

Tue, 08/03/2010 - 06:50 — Walter

The U.S. is wasting no time in meting out swift punishments on tax cheats who used Switzerland’s UBS bank to hide their assets. Even whistle blower Birkenfeld (left) was jailed.

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Schiele Painting Handed Back to Austrians

Tue, 07/27/2010 - 22:09 — Walter

A painting by Egon Schiele was formally handed over to an Austrian museum during a ceremony in New York on Tuesday after a settlement had been reached in the 12-year old dispute.

By Walter Pfaeffle 

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Berlin to Buy More Stolen Data to Catch Tax Cheats

Thu, 07/22/2010 - 19:54 — Walter

The German government  has ruffled relations with Switzerland and Liechtenstein over the purchase of tax data from thieves.

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Nazi Looted Painting to Return to Austria

Thu, 07/22/2010 - 09:27 — Walter

Vienna’s Leopold Foundation has agreed to pay 20 million Euros for the return of a masterpiece by Egon Schiele after it was confiscated in the United States more than 10 years ago.

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Bayern München Player Detained in Sex Affair

Tue, 07/20/2010 - 11:48 — Walter

French football international Franck Ribery was placed under formal judicial investigation Tuesday on allegations he had sex with an under-age prostitute.
The 27-year-old midfielder plays for top-ranked Munich soccer club Bayern München.

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Germany, UK Refuse Refueling Iranian Plane

Mon, 07/05/2010 - 09:37 — Walter

US jawboning her allies into submission doesn't always succeed, as evidenced by President Obama's recent call on Germans to spend their money. But it worked today as Germany and Britain refused to allow Mahan Air and IranAir planes to refuel after US Congress passed sanctions. 

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Court Acquits Lawyer in Euthanasia Case

Fri, 06/25/2010 - 05:29 —

Cutting off a patient's life support is not a criminal offence if the dying person has willed it, Germany's highest civil court said on Friday in a landmark ruling on assisted suicide.

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Swiss Bid Bye-Bye to Bank Secrecy

Thu, 06/10/2010 - 18:20 — Walter

Switzerland is well on the way to getting itself removed from a “grey list” of tax havens, after parliament approved a series of tax agreements.

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New Hunt for Tax Cheats With Stolen CD

Wed, 06/09/2010 - 14:24 — Walter

German authorities bought another CD containing stolen data on some 20,000 Swiss bank accounts from an unidentified seller, raising the stakes in their pursuit of tax evaders that has ruffled relations with neighboring Switzerland.

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Austria Bans Google From Its Roads

Thu, 05/27/2010 - 09:40 — Walter

Austrian data protection watchdogs have stopped Google from filming the country’s streets for its controversial Street View service, 
The Federal Data Protection Commission (DSK) said Thursday.

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German Off Death Row in Florida

Sun, 05/16/2010 - 05:05 —

Dieter Riechmann, a German convicted of murder in the US, has left death row after 22 years. His sentence has been commuted to life in prison by a court in Florida.

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Berlin Kicks Off Campaign Against Child Abuse

Fri, 04/23/2010 - 14:07 —

A round-table forum aimed at preventing child abuse convened for the first time on Friday in Berlin, chaired by government commissioner Christine Bergmann. The forum intends to break the silence on the issue, she said.

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Germany May Move Against Goldman Sachs

Sat, 04/17/2010 - 14:31 —

The German government may consider taking legal action in a case in which Goldman Sachs & Co. is accused of defrauding investors, a newspaper reported.

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Germany Gets "A" For Prosecuting Nazis

Tue, 04/13/2010 - 06:44 —

The Simon Wiesenthal Center has awarded Germany the highest possible grade for its efforts to bring formerr Nazis to justice.

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Daimler Settles US Bribery Charges

Wed, 03/24/2010 - 10:05 —

US prosecutors say Daimler AG paid tens of millions in bribes to secure government contracts around the world. The company will pay $185 million in fines.

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Germany Targets Credit Suisse on Tax Cheats

Fri, 03/19/2010 - 15:23 —

The state prosecutor in Düsseldorf has opened investigations into 1,100 clients and staff of Swiss bank Credit Suisse suspected of tax evasion.

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Austrian State Invested $60 million with Madoff

Fri, 03/12/2010 - 09:52 — Walter

Lower Austria has invested 60 million dollars in Bernard Madoff’s Alpha Prime fund, says a report in Der Standard newspaper. It said that Fibeg, the provincial investment office, had invested the money with Madoff on June, 30, 2008.

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Terror Cell Sentenced to Up to 12 Years

Thu, 03/04/2010 - 08:26 —

A court has sentenced four Islamic militants for a failed plot to attack US targets in Germany. The attacks were planned to punish Germany for its role in Afghanistan.

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Court Rejects German Data Storage Law

Tue, 03/02/2010 - 08:16 —

Germany‘s constitutional court has rejected a law
on requiring telephone and internet providers to retain all communication data for six months.

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German State Buys Stolen Swiss Bank Data

Sat, 02/27/2010 - 10:17 —

The German state of North-Rhine Westphalia is buying a CD with data on German tax evaders in Switzerland days before the finance ministers from both countries are set to meet.

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German High Court Nixes Welfare Law

Tue, 02/09/2010 - 06:26 —

The High Court has ruled that the Hartz IV a social welfare program is unconstitutional.
The ruling means that the current benefits paid out to those who qualify must be adjusted.

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US Jails, Deports German Pop Starlet

Tue, 01/19/2010 - 09:09 —

A former member of German pop group Bro’Sis was arrested in Miami, locked up for 24 hours in a jail cell and then deported. Customs officials said she was trying to work in the US illegally.

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Coffee Roasters Hit With Huge Anti-Trust Fine

Mon, 12/21/2009 - 19:24 —

Three German coffee roasters face huge fines for price fixing, with more investigations underway. They worked together to keep their prices artificially high, a watchdog agency ruled.

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Salzburg Police Probes Tom Cruise Laser Incident

Thu, 12/03/2009 - 07:14 —

Salzburg police are investigating claims by two Austrian paparazzi they were hit by laser shots as they snapped filming on Hollywood star Tom Cruise’s latest movie in the city last month.

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