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At least fifteen schools are closed in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, due to violent threats from unknown far-right extremist individuals, totaling at least 17,000 children affected.
2025-04-7

A light aircraft crashes into a garden in Plettenberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, killing the pilot on board.
2025-03-4

Six people are wounded in a stabbing attack on a bus in Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
2024-08-30

Twelve people are injured in an explosion at an apartment complex in Ratingen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. A 57-year-old man is arrested.
2023-05-11

North Rhine-Westphalia minister-president Armin Laschet is elected leader of the Christian Democratic Union, one of the ruling parties in the Bundestag and the party of incumbent Chancellor Angela Merkel. Laschet's election makes him a front-runner to be the party's candidate in the federal election in September.
2021-01-16

Three people are killed when a microlight aircraft crashes into a home in Wesel, NRW, Germany.
2020-07-25

Two underground trains collide in Duisburg, Germany, injuring at least 35.
2018-04-3

Voters in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia head to the polls for an election, with the Social Democratic Party of Germany winning the most votes, allowing it to continue in government with the support of the Greens. [http:--www.abc.net.au-news-2012-05-14-merkels-party-routed-in-state-polls-4008830 (Reuters via ABC Australia)]. [http:--www.cleveland.com-newsflash-index.ssf-story-merkel-risks-setback-in-german-state-vote-c6fdf6b2aa684b2c92405ef8176379ca (AP via "Cleveland Plain-Dealer")]date=August 2019
2012-05-13

Survivors blame officials for yesterday's death stampede at the Love Parade in Duisburg.
2010-07-25

The regional coalition of Christian-Democrats (CDU) and Free Democrats (FDP) are voted out of office in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), which may lead to the federal government of Chancellor Angela Merkel losing its majority in the upper house.
2010-05-9