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Five people are killed and 22 others are injured in a fire at a hospital in Uelzen, Lower Saxony, Germany.
2024-01-4

Three people are killed and one person is injured when a train collides with a car near Neustadt am Rübenberge, Lower Saxony, Germany.
2023-04-23

Germany and French rail transport manufacturer Alstom inaugurate the world's first fleet of hydrogen fuel-powered trains in Lower Saxony. The 14 hydrogen trains will replace a fleet of diesel locomotives on 100 km of track in the German state.
2022-08-24

In Lower Saxony, Germany, a Bundeswehr helicopter crashes, killing one of the pilots.
2019-07-1

German politician Frank Magnitz, a member of the AfD party, was beaten unconscious by three masked assailants in the city of Bremen on Monday. AfD party leader Alice Weidel calls the attack an "assassination attempt" and politicians from other German parties condemn the attack.
2019-01-8

The world's first commercial hydrogen-powered passenger train enters service in Lower Saxony, Germany. The Alstom developed train uses a hydrogen fuel cell which emits no carbon dioxide.
2018-09-17

The University of Düsseldorf strips German Minister of Education and Research Annette Schavan of a doctorate and degree following allegations of plagiarism.
2013-02-5

German Nobel laureate Günter Grass's poem, that accuses Israel of plotting to "wipe out" Iran, generates controversy.
2012-04-4

Nine Germans are convicted "in absentia" in Verona Italy for killing hundreds of civilians during World War II.
2011-07-6

German health officials report 365 new cases of the E. coli outbreak as it continues to spread throughout Europe.
2011-06-1