41st Annual Oktoberfest

Friday & Saturday, October 2nd and 3rd, 2009

Lisbon Treaty ratification endangered by demands from Bavaria's CSU
Germany’s drive towards ratifying the EU’s reforming Lisbon Treaty may have one more obstacle to overcome after Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative sister party in Bavaria demanded more concessions for Berlin.

Bar owner guilty of promoting binge-drinking
A German court in Berlin has sentenced a bar owner to three years and five months in jail for giving a 16-year-old teenager so much alcohol that he later fell into a coma and died.

German parliament approves Afghan deployment
As US and Afghan forces launched a major offensive against Taliban insurgents in Helmand province, Germany's parliament has voted to expand Berlin's own involvement in Afghanistan.

Experts see increased terror risk in Germany
Security experts have warned of a possible terrorist threat in the run-up to September's general election. An al-Qaeda commando unit, they say, is believed to be planning attacks in Western Europe, including Germany.

Liberal Party fined for former campaign donation scandal
The German Free Democrats has been slapped with a hefty fine for illegal donations made between 1996 and 2002. The man behind the money, Jürgen Möllemann, died during a parachute jump in 2003.

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