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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06DUSSELDORF15 |
AL-QAIDA TRIAL OPENS IN DUESSELDORF [...] (U) Summary: A trial against suspected members of the Al-Qaida terrorist network opened in Duesseldorf May 9. One Iraqi and two Palestinian defendants have been charged with violating post-9/11 German legislation prohibiting membership in or support of a foreign terrorist organization, as we [...] |
2006-05-12 13:36:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KCRM ASEC MNUC ETTC KTFN KNNP PARM GM |
| 06DUSSELDORF47 |
GERMAN BUSINESS COMMUNITY DISAPPOINTMENT WITH FEDERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: German business leaders are expressing disappointment with the lack of economic reforms under the Merkel government. Some executives go so far as to say that the previous SPD-led government was more active in pushing reforms and paid greater attention to business' concerns. T [...] |
2006-12-14 11:22:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB BEXP GM |
| 06DUSSELDORF48 |
GERMAN COURT CONVICTS TWO IN ILLEGAL EXPORTS CASE TO IRAN [...] (U) In a December 15 decision, the Duesseldorf Regional Court convicted two defendants on charges of illegally exporting sensitive technology to Iran. The first defendant, Ali Mobaraki, an Iranian businessman resident in Duesseldorf, was sentenced to two years and two months in prison. The [...] |
2006-12-20 08:15:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MASS KOMC ETTC IR GM |
| 06DUSSELDORF49 |
RUSSIAN INTEREST IN INVESTMENTS IN GERMANY [...] (SBU) Summary: Russian interest in buying into German/European companies, including Deutsche Telekom and energy companies has been a front page story. At the moment, in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and other parts of Germany, the level of actual transactions has not come close to equaling th [...] |
2006-12-20 17:11:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG PGOV RS GM |
| 07DUSSELDORF10 |
MUSLIM COORDINATION COUNCIL EMERGING [...] (SBU) Summary: The 2006 initiative by Federal Interior Minister Schaeuble to set up a "German Islam Conference" as an official forum for exploring ways to achieve a better integration of Muslims in German society (reftel) has spurred efforts among major Muslim groups to form a single, overarc [...] |
2007-03-29 07:57:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KISL GM |
| 07DUSSELDORF13 |
A VISION AND A WAY FORWARD FOR CG DUESSELDORF [...] Summary: After a thorough review of CG Duesseldorf operations, we have developed a roadmap for the long run that differs radically from the past and implements the Secretary's transformational diplomacy directives. Our vision is to continue advancing vital US interests in Germany and Europe [...] |
2007-04-20 15:30:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ECON CMGT PGOV BEXP GM |
| 07DUSSELDORF16 |
REQUEST FOR A NEW CONSULAR AGENCY -- COLOGNE [...] Summary: Mission requests the establishment of a new consular agency to be located in Cologne, North-Rhine Westphalia (NRW), the most populous and politically and economically important state in Germany. The American Citizen Services (ACS) unit of the U.S. Consulate General Duesseldorf will c [...] |
2007-05-09 13:13:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT CASC AFIN GM |
| 07DUSSELDORF2 |
NRW SPD TRIES TO EMERGE FROM CRISIS WITH A NEW LEADER: [...] (SBU) Summary: The SPD in North-Rhine Westfalia (NRW) has placed its hopes in Hannelore Kraft, SPD floor leader in the Landtag, to lead the party out of the crisis it has been in since being ejected from power in 2005 after 39 years. The party chose Kraft, its third leader since 2005, at a s [...] |
2007-01-25 17:47:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON GM |
| 07DUSSELDORF22 |
A TALE OF TWO MOSQUES: A SNAPSHOT OF MUSLIM INTEGRATION IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The ongoing dispute surrounding the construction of a new mosque in Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), the "capital of Islam" in Germany, has become a symbol for the challenges that continue to exist between Muslims and mainstream German society. While all the main poli [...] |
2007-06-25 15:53:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KISL GM |
| 07DUSSELDORF24 |
COLOGNE "TRAIN BOMBER" INDICTMENT REACHES D\SSELDORF HIGHER [...] (U) Almost eleven months after two Lebanese nationals unsuccessfully tried to blow up two regional trains originating in Cologne, the Federal Public Prosecutor on June 11 brought criminal charges against one of the men, Youssef Mohammad El-Hajdib. German police arrested the 22-year old El-Haj [...] |
2007-06-29 13:55:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KCRM MASS KOMC IR GM |
| 07DUSSELDORF30 |
DUESSELDORF COURT CARVES OUT NICHE IN TERRORISM CASE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Duesseldorf Higher Regional Court has emerged as one of Germany's major legal institutions for trying high profile terrorism and other sensitive cases (e.g. mafia, espionage). Following the "Caliph of Cologne" and al-Tawhid trials in recent years and an Al-Qaeda insurance f [...] |
2007-10-05 16:05:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KJUS KLIG KISL KCRM KOMC IR GM |
| 07DUSSELDORF31 |
NATIONAL MUSLIM GROUP SPOKESMAN WELCOMES GERMAN GOVERNMENT'S [...] (U) In an October 16 conversation with Duesseldorf Pol/Econ Officer, Bekir Alboga, the new spokesperson for the Muslim Coordination Council (KRM) commented positively on a dinner he attended in Berlin the day before hosted by Federal Interior Minister Schaeuble, to celebrate the end of Ramadan [...] |
2007-10-17 15:46:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KISL GM |
| 07DUSSELDORF32 |
USING COMIC BOOKS TO COMBAT EXTREMISM [...] (U) As part of its expanding efforts to combat Islamic extremism and to educate German Muslim youth about western style democracy, the North-Rhine Westphalia (NRW) Office for the Protection of the Constitution (OPC) recently released its second manga style comic book "Andi 2" (http://www.andi [...] |
2007-11-20 12:44:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KISL PTER KPAO GM |
| 07DUSSELDORF33 |
THE SPD AFTER ITS HAMBURG CONVENTION: THE VIEW FROM NRW [...] (SBU) Summary: In the weeks following the national convention in Hamburg, senior NRW SPD leaders are projecting a renewed sense of confidence as the state party retained its major national role and emerged more unified after a period of internal dissonance. State SPD chair Hannelore Kraft spu [...] |
2007-11-27 08:11:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV GM |
| 07DUSSELDORF34 |
IN LANDMARK CASE, DUESSELDORF COURT CONVICTS THREE FOR [...] (U) After a trial lasting more than 18 months, the Duesseldorf Higher Regional Court on December 5 convicted Syrian national Ibrahim Mohamed Khalil (32) and the Palestinian brothers Yasser Abu Shaweesh (34) and Ismail Abu Shaweesh (30) for belonging to and/or supporting al-Qaeda -- AQ (Ref B). [...] |
2007-12-06 16:26:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KJUS KLIG KISL GM |
| 07DUSSELDORF37 |
CIVIL LIBERTIES ADVOCATE TO CHALLENGE EU DATA RETENTION LAW [...] (SBU) Former Federal Interior Minister Gerhart Baum (FDP) told Pol/Econ Off that he plans to challenge the German law that implements the EU data retention directive this coming January. The law itself extends the amount of time personal data can be kept and was approved on November 10, 2007, [...] |
2007-12-17 15:00:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KISL PTER KPAO GM |
| 07DUSSELDORF38 |
HIGH PROFILE ISLAMIC TERRORIST TRIAL OPENS IN DUESSELDORF [...] (U) Summary: A high profile Islamic terrorist trial opened before the Duesseldorf Higher Regional Court on December 18. With the help of an accomplice, Lebanese national Youssef Mohamad El-Hajdib, known as the "suitcase bomber," has been charged with attempted murder in an undetermined number [...] |
2007-12-18 15:13:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KISL PTER KPAO KVPR GM |
| 07DUSSELDORF4 |
NRW MINISTER-PRESIDENT RUETTGERS TO WASHINGTON: MAKING NRW A [...] (SBU) Summary: North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) Minister-President Juergen Ruettgers will travel to Washington DC, Pittsburgh, and New York City February 12-17 to follow-up on his 2006 trip to the U.S. His primary goals there are to make and renew political contacts and to expand cooperation on [...] |
2007-02-08 12:15:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON ENRG ELAB GM |
| 07DUSSELDORF6 |
CDU NRW MINISTER PRESIDENT RUETTGERS PLEASED WITH US VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) Minister-President Juergen Ruettgers told the CG his recent visit was "very successful." His second trip in 12 months, he signed an agreement on energy and environmental cooperation with Pennsylvania. He was pleased with his meetings with Senators [...] |
2007-03-01 11:06:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV ECON PGOV GM |
| 08DUSSELDORF10 |
GERMAN STATE MAINTAINS COMMITMENT TO COMBAT FORCED [...] (SBU) Summary: North-Rhine Westphalia (NRW), Germany's most populous state, appears to be successfully combating trafficking in persons for the purposes of sexual exploitation. Using both traditional and innovative methods, NRW experienced a decrease in the number of trafficking in persons ca [...] |
2008-02-25 14:05:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM ELAB KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG GM |
| 08DUSSELDORF11 |
CONSTITUTIONAL COURT SETS HIGH HURDLES FOR ONLINE SEARCHES, [...] (SBU) Summary: In a long-awaited landmark February 27 decision, the German Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe declared unconstitutional parts of a law allowing online searches, introduced in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) in 2006. The court ruled that such searches interfere in an i [...] |
2008-02-29 16:32:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV KISL KPAO GM |
| 08DUSSELDORF13 |
VIDEO SURVEILLANCE IN GERMANY: PERSPECTIVES FROM NRW [...] (SBU) Summary: The Duesseldorf Police Chief recently discussed in considerable depth with CG the use and limitations of video surveillance. The North-Rhine Westphalia (NRW) law, under which he operates, places much stricter limits on such surveillance by the police than by non-police cameras, [...] |
2008-03-17 18:36:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER KCRM GM |
| 08DUSSELDORF17 |
THE LEFT PARTY IN NRW: AN EMERGING FACTOR IN STATE POLITICS [...] (SBU) Summary: Barely six months after forming its North-Rhine Westphalia chapter in October 2007, the Left Party is changing the political landscape in Germany's most populous state. The party is gaining in membership and in the opinion polls and already has its first state parliament (Landt [...] |
2008-04-16 09:50:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON ELAB GM |
| 08DUSSELDORF18 |
BELEAGUERED NRW SPD REELECTS CHAIRWOMAN; DELEGATES DOUBTFUL [...] (SBU) Summary: At a state party convention on April 5, the North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) Social Democrats (SPD) reelected chair Hannelore Kraft by a landslide, setting her up to lead the party in four important elections in the state over the next 18 months. As the party strives to return to p [...] |
2008-04-16 09:50:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON ELAB GM |
| 08DUSSELDORF2 |
ONLINE SEARCHES: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT LIKELY TO OVERTURN KEY [...] (SBU) Summary: Well informed sources in North-Rhine Westphalia (NRW) expect the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe in early 2008 to overturn path-breaking amendments to NRW legislation allowing online searches in terrorism and other cases. The online language, which amended an earlier [...] |
2008-01-03 12:39:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV KISL KPAO GM |
| 08DUSSELDORF20 |
CORRECTED VERSION: BELEAGUERED NRW SPD REELECTS CHAIRWOMAN; [...] (SBU) Summary: At a state party convention on April 5, the North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) Social Democrats (SPD) reelected chair Hannelore Kraft by a landslide, setting her up to lead the party in four important elections in the state over the next 18 months. As the party strives to return to p [...] |
2008-04-18 14:33:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON GM |
| 08DUSSELDORF21 |
REGIONAL CHAMBER OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO PUSH BACK ON IRAN [...] (SBU) As part of the Mission's ongoing dialogue with the German business community on Iran-related issues, EMIN, CG and Pol/Econoff met with a senior Duesseldorf Chamber of Commerce (IHK) official on April 17, who expressed "fear" that the German government and the Federal Agency of Economics [...] |
2008-04-23 14:11:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PTER PGOV KNNP ETTC MNUC PREL IR GM |
| 08DUSSELDORF22 |
THE WORD FROM GERMANY'S INDUSTRIAL HEARTLAND: IMPACT OF U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior interlocutors in North-Rhine Westphalia (NRW) told EMIN April 16-17 that the international financial crisis and the weakening U.S. economy have had a limited impact on the real economy. There would, however be "indirect impacts" as growth in Asian and other developing e [...] |
2008-04-23 14:16:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV EU GM |
| 08DUSSELDORF23 |
THE WORD FROM GERMANY'S INDUSTRIAL HEARTLAND: IMPACT OF U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior interlocutors in North-Rhine Westphalia (NRW) told EMIN April 16-17 that the international financial crisis and the weakening U.S. economy have had a limited impact on the real economy. There would, however be "indirect impacts" as growth in Asian and other developing e [...] |
2008-04-23 14:36:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV EU GM |
| 08DUSSELDORF24 |
ANOTHER DUESSELDORF-BASED BANK RESCUED [...] (SBU) After German state institutions intervened in 2007 to save the well known WestLB and IKB banks, the "Duesseldorfer Hypothekenbank" (DHB), this week also required a rescue operation. In a "forced sale" on April 21, a fund controlled by the German Association of Private Sector Banks (BdB) [...] |
2008-04-24 14:51:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV GM |
| 08DUSSELDORF25 |
BONN-VIBRANT: A GROWING CITY AFTER CAPITAL MOVES TO BERLIN [...] (U) Summary: The gloom that descended upon Bonn in the wake of the German government's 1991 decision to move the capital back to Berlin has lifted as the city booms economically and retains its strong international orientation. Through the Bonn-Berlin Law and other initiatives introduced in t [...] |
2008-04-29 13:15:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON GM |
| 08DUSSELDORF27 |
GERMAN MUSLIM LEADER FLAGS ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION AS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a recent conversation, the new spokesperson for Germany's Muslim Coordination Council (KRM), Ali Kizilkaya, stressed to us that his priority for his six month term is to advocate for the introduction of Islamic religious instruction in the public schools. He also expressed [...] |
2008-05-20 11:42:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KISL GM |
| 08DUSSELDORF3 |
GERMAN REGULATORS PAYING SPECIAL ATTENTION TO EUROPE-IRAN [...] (SBU) German federal banking regulators report they have placed the Hamburg-based Europe-Iran Commercial Bank (Europaeisch-Iranische Handelsbank) under "special supervision." As part of Mission Germany's ongoing dialogue with the Federal Finance Ministry in Berlin and Bonn-based German federa [...] |
2008-01-10 13:37:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PTER PGOV KNNP ETTC MNUC PREL GM IR |
| 08DUSSELDORF32 |
COUNCIL OF EX-MUSLIMS CHALLENGES GERMAN GOVERNMENT'S ISLAM [...] (SBU) Summary: At its first conference May 31-June 1, the German "Council of Ex-Muslims" challenged the annual Islam Conference hosted by Federal Interior Minister Schaeuble, criticizing him for approaching the question of integration of immigrants in terms of religion and attempting to streng [...] |
2008-06-27 11:54:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KISL IR GM |
| 08DUSSELDORF34 |
FOOTNOTE TO AN OLD CONTROVERSY: "LOCUST" BECOMES MODEL [...] (SBU) Summary: Germany watchers will recall the politicization surrounding the takeover in 2004/2005 of the well known North Rhine Westphalia-based company Grohe by the U.S.-based Texas Pacific Group (TPG), which prompted former SPD party chair Franz Muentefering to coin the term "locusts" (H [...] |
2008-07-11 08:09:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON ELAB PGOV GM |
| 08DUSSELDORF35 |
ANATOMY OF A CRISIS: EXPULSION PROCEEDINGS VS. CLEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The controversy in the SPD that has dominated Germany's domestic political news since the North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) party decided on July 30 to expel ex-NRW Minister President and Federal Economics Minister Wolfgang Clement has abated somewhat after he issued something of an [...] |
2008-08-08 14:22:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON ELAB GM |
| 08DUSSELDORF36 |
BROAD OPPOSITION FORMS AGAINST "ANTI-ISLAMIZATION CONGRESS" [...] (U) Summary: Plans by the anti-immigrant, far right group "Pro Koeln" to hold a so-called "Anti-Islamization Congress" on September 19-20 in Cologne have provoked broad opposition from all major political parties, trade unions, and churches, as well as radical leftist and anarchist groups. Or [...] |
2008-09-17 15:37:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KISL CASC ASEC GM |
| 08DUSSELDORF37 |
IMPRESSIVE SHOW OF SOLIDARITY WITH MUSLIMS IN COLOGNE; RALLY [...] (SBU) Summary: The September 19-20 so-called "Anti-Islamization" Congress held by the local right-wing, anti-immigrant group "Pro Koeln" fizzled, after an impressive show of opposition by civil society groups and relatively few clashes. Local and regional politicians claimed "victory against [...] |
2008-09-24 14:57:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KISL PHUM GM |
| 08DUSSELDORF38 |
RWE SEEKING POLITICAL SUPPORT FOR NABUCCO PROJECT [...] (SBU) In a September 26 meeting with CG, RWE Chief Commercial Officer Stefan Judisch and Nabucco expert Jeremy Ellis made a strong plea for USG support in encouraging the German government to give up its "fence-sitting attitude" and to take over the role of "moderator" in lining up political s [...] |
2008-09-30 08:08:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET EU TU TX AJ GM |
| 08DUSSELDORF4 |
TRIAL ON ALLEGED ILLEGAL EXPORTS OF MILITARY GOODS TO IRAQ [...] (U) An Iraqi-born businessman from Essen, Aso Salih Koyie (47), has been charged with violating an EU arms embargo against Iraq through the 2004 delivery of 78 power generating sets formerly used by the German Army. The trial, which opened before the Essen Regional Court on January 3, continu [...] |
2008-01-11 12:35:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP PARM KJUS KISL PTER KPAO KVPR IZ GM |
| 08DUSSELDORF40 |
OUTGOING MUSLIM LEADER COMMENTS ON HIS TENURE AS KRM [...] (SBU) Summary: Outgoing Muslim Coordination Council (KRM) Spokesman Ali Kizilkaya on September 22 gave us a critical view of progress in relations between Germany's Muslims and the German state. Reviewing his six month tenure, which ended September 29, he asserted that the KRM had made progre [...] |
2008-10-08 04:09:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KISL GM |
| 08DUSSELDORF41 |
OUTGOING MUSLIM LEADER COMMENTS ON HIS TENURE AS KRM [...] (SBU) Summary: Outgoing Muslim Coordination Council (KRM) Spokesman Ali Kizilkaya on September 22 gave us a critical view of progress in relations between Germany's Muslims and the German state. Reviewing his six month tenure, which ended September 29, he asserted that the KRM had made progre [...] |
2008-10-08 04:10:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KISL GM |
| 08DUSSELDORF43 |
LIFE IN PRISON FOR "SUITCASE BOMBER" IN LANDMARK DECISION [...] (SBU) Summary: In a landmark December 9 decision, the Duesseldorf Higher Regional Court sentenced Youssef Mohamad El-Hajdib, aka the `suitcase bomber' of Cologne, to life imprisonment for attempted murder in an undetermined number of cases in connection with a failed terrorist attack on two [...] |
2008-12-09 16:43:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV KISL KPAO KVPR KCRM LE GM |
| 08DUSSELDORF5 |
VIEWS FROM AN EPICENTER OF THE SUBPRIME CRISIS IN GERMANY [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior bankers and regulators involved in the subprime crisis in North-Rhine Westphalia (NRW) told a Treasury delegation led by DAS Mark Sobel on January 9 that the crisis is not yet over in Germany. After the bailouts of Duesseldorf-based IKB and Leipzig-based SachsenLB, seni [...] |
2008-01-14 14:20:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV GM |
| 08DUSSELDORF6 |
COURT FINES BUSINESSMAN FOR ILLEGAL EXPORTS OF MILITARY [...] (U) After a month-long trial (reftel), the Essen Regional Court on January 25 found Aso Salih Koyie guilty of having violated section 34 of the German Foreign Trade and Payments Law (restrictions on the export of military goods) through the 2004 delivery to Iraq of 78 power generating sets for [...] |
2008-01-28 14:17:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP PARM KJUS KISL PTER KPAO KVPR IZ GM |
| 08DUSSELDORF7 |
GERMAN BANKING REGULATORY FEUD RESOLVED [...] (U) On February 5, the two chief German banking regulatory bodies ended a long-standing feud over who will have ultimate oversight in the German banking sector. In a much anticipated decision, the Bundesbank in Frankfurt ceded most regulatory authority (banking supervision, sanctions, etc) to [...] |
2008-02-06 18:12:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV GM |
| 08DUSSELDORF9 |
GERMAN COURT REJECTS SCIENTOLOGY APPEAL AGAINST [...] (U) Summary: The Higher Administrative Court in Muenster rejected an appeal by the Church of Scientology (COS) of Germany February 12 to end surveillance of the Church by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (OPC). The court found that COS maintained "ambitions against Ge [...] |
2008-02-21 14:31:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRF PHUM PGOV GM |
| 09DUSSELDORF10 |
IJU/"SAUERLAND CELL" TERRORISM TRIAL OPENS IN DUESSELDORF [...] (SBU) Summary: The trial of the "Sauerland Cell" charged with membership in the Islamic Jihad Union (IJU) and planning terrorist attacks in Germany against American and other targets began on April 22 amidst strict security and enormous media attention at the High Security Court in Duesseldorf [...] |
2009-04-22 17:46:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KISL PGOV KCRM KZ PK UZ GM |
| 09DUSSELDORF16 |
TRIAL OF GERMAN PKK LEADER HUESEYIN ACAR BEING [...] (U) The trial of alleged Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) Germany leader Hueseyin Acar (aka Hueseyin Colak), began on April 27 in Duesseldorf, the latest in a series of high profile terrorism cases at the city's Higher Regional Court. German authorities have charged Acar (49) with leading an inte [...] |
2009-04-27 16:14:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KISL PGOV KCRM TU GM |
| 09DUSSELDORF17 |
CORRECTED COPY: TRIAL OF GERMAN PKK LEADER HUESEYIN ACAR [...] (U) The trial of alleged Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) Germany leader Hueseyin Acar (aka Hueseyin Colak), began on April 27 in Duesseldorf, the latest in a series of high profile terrorism cases at the city's Higher Regional Court. German authorities have charged Acar (49) with leading an inte [...] |
2009-04-27 16:34:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KISL PGOV KCRM TU GM |
| 09DUSSELDORF19 |
LEADERSHIP CHANGES IN GERMAN MUSLIM COUNCIL; LITTLE PROGRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Concluding his six-month rotating leadership of Germany's Muslim Coordination Council (KRM), spokesman Erol Puerlue called for patience in judging its work. He said it was a challenge to deliver tangible results, partly because of differences within the KRM but also because the [...] |
2009-05-08 15:19:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KISL GM |
| 09DUSSELDORF27 |
FORMER PKK LEADER IN GERMANY SENTENCED TO PRISON TERM [...] (U) Former Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) leader for Germany, Hueseyin Acar (aka Hueseyin Colak), was sentenced on July 31 to three years and nine months in prison on charges of leadership of a criminal organization and coercion by the Higher Regional Court in Duesseldorf. The coercion cha [...] |
2009-08-03 16:21:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KISL PGOV KCRM TU GM |
| 09DUSSELDORF29 |
NEW EDITION OF ANTI-EXTREMISM COMIC BOOK "ANDI 3" EXPECTED [...] (U) Continuing their series of comic books designed to combat extremism amongst German youth in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), the state's Office for the Protection of the Constitution (OPC) is expecting to release a third volume of the Andi series, Andi 3 (see reftel), by the end of the [...] |
2009-08-07 14:45:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KISL PTER KPAO GM |
| 09DUSSELDORF3 |
REGULATORY OFFICIAL REJECTS BUNDESBANK-BAFIN MERGER RUMORS [...] (U) Summary: A senior financial regulator at BaFin in Bonn recently confirmed to us that plans to merge BaFin with the Bundesbank have been dropped. He predicted that more Landesbanken would merge, leading ultimately to only two or three such banks nationally. He commented that WestLB, the [...] |
2009-01-23 15:12:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON GM |
| 09DUSSELDORF30 |
U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL IN GERMANY WERE PRIME TARGETS, IJU [...] (U) Summary: The leader of the "Islamic Jihad Union" (IJU) Sauerland cell, Fritz Gelowicz (29), made a full confession in the ongoing terrorist trial at the Duesseldorf Higher Regional Court (reftels) on August 10, confirming that U.S. military personnel in Germany were the primary target for [...] |
2009-08-12 15:44:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PREL KISL KCRM PK UZ GM |
| 09DUSSELDORF32 |
RIGHT-WING PARTIES IN NRW ELECTIONS FULL OF SOUND AND FURY [...] (U) Summary: While right-wing extremist parties are likely to make gains in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) state-wide municipal elections at the end of August, their electoral success will actually be meager in the grand scheme of things. Despite historic difficulty in the region, extreme right [...] |
2009-08-19 16:04:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KISL CASC ASEC GM |
| 09DUSSELDORF35 |
ATTACK ON RAMSTEIN AFB PLANNED FOR ITS SYMBOLIC VALUE, [...] (U) Daniel Schneider, one of the defendants in the ongoing terrorist trial of the "Islamic Jihad Union" (IJU) Sauerland cell (reftel), testified before the Duesseldorf Higher Regional Court on September 15 that the group considered attacking the U.S. Air Force Base in Ramstein for its symbolic [...] |
2009-09-21 07:57:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PREL KISL KCRM PK UZ GM |
| 09DUSSELDORF36 |
CANDIDATES STUMP HEAVILY IN GERMANY'S MOST POPULOUS STATE [...] (U) During the last week of the Bundestag election campaign, the leaders of all major parties campaigned heavily in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), Germany's most populous state with almost 22 percent of the German electorate. With 13.5 million eligible voters, the state has often played a deci [...] |
2009-09-25 09:57:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GM |
| 09DUSSELDORF37 |
DECREASE IN REPORTED TIP CASES IN NRW COULD HIDE ADDITIONAL [...] (U) Summary: The number of human trafficking perpetrators and known victims in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) decreased significantly from last year, but the statistics likely do not capture the full numbers of trafficking perpetrators and victims. Most victims are non-German with many coming [...] |
2009-09-25 10:46:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GM |
| 09DUSSELDORF38 |
STEPPED-UP SECURITY IN NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA; TAKING THE [...] (U) Security has been further ratcheted up in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) as a result of the pre- and post-Bundestag election alerts. Armored personnel carriers and stepped up armed police presence are in evidence at airports, and there is a visible increase in police presence at the Duesse [...] |
2009-09-25 14:08:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC GM |
| 09DUSSELDORF39 |
SPD RECEDES DRAMATICALLY IN TRADITIONAL STRONGHOLD: NORTH [...] (U) Summary: Until now, North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and its industrial Ruhr region were Germany's Social Democratic heartland. No longer. The CDU is now the strongest party in NRW. The Bundestag election returns in Germany's most populous state of NRW, with few exceptions, reflected the na [...] |
2009-10-02 15:18:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GM |
| 09DUSSELDORF44 |
WHAT IS STIRRING NRW M-P RUETTGERS ON HIS ROAD TO ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: During an October 28 introductory call by the Consul General, North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) Minister-President Juergen Ruettgers, newly returned from hosting federal coalition negotiations at the NRW representation in Berlin, took stock of national topics and the state of major pol [...] |
2009-11-03 10:15:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB SENV PL GM |
| 09DUSSELDORF46 |
COLOGNE MOSQUE/CULTURAL CENTER CORNERSTONE LAYING - A [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 7, the cornerstone for the Turkish Islamic Union's (DITIB) Cologne mosque and cultural center was laid in the presence of 2,000 guests, including senior representatives from the German and Turkish governments, and representatives of major religious communities Afte [...] |
2009-11-16 14:23:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KISL PHUM TU GM |
| 09DUSSELDORF47 |
NRW STATE MINISTER EXPLAINS GERMANY'S INTEGRATION CHALLENGE [...] (SBU) Summary: North Rhine-Westphalia's (NRW) Minister for Generations, Women, Families and Integration Armin Laschet told the Ambassador and Dusseldorf CG November 18 that Germany has a multi-faceted integration problem that must be immediately addressed. The Minister noted Germany's long-t [...] |
2009-11-24 11:30:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KISL |
| 09DUSSELDORF48 |
GERMAN POLITICAL ICON COUNT OTTO LAMBSDORFF PASSES AWAY [...] (U) Summary: Germany's political establishment remains in shock after Count Otto Lambsdorff -- a strong force in transatlantic relations and one of the country's most prolific politicians in the post-World War Two era -- passed away on December 5. Lambsdorff served as the Free Democratic Par [...] |
2009-12-07 17:38:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL GM |
| 09DUSSELDORF50 |
RUETTGERS LOOKING TO THE EAST AFTER SUCCESSFUL CHINA TRIP [...] (U) Summary: A recent visit to China by North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) Minister-President Juergen Ruettgers (CDU), the first by a NRW Minister-President since 1988, focused on trade, economics, science and cultural matters, but political issues, such as the role of the Dalai Lama, were also rai [...] |
2009-12-22 09:54:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV ECON EINV ETRD CH GM |
| 09DUSSELDORF51 |
NRW'S SPD LEADER SEES DAYLIGHT AT END OF LANDTAG OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) Summary: North Rhine-Westphalia's (NRW) opposition leader and SPD national vice chair Hannelore Kraft sees the May 2010 NRW Landtag election as wide open; the current black/yellow government does not have a lock on the state. She believes she was named national vice chair for a reaso [...] |
2009-12-22 21:08:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON GM |
| 10DUSSELDORF10 |
NRW Election Campaign: SPD's Kraft Taking Aim, [...] (SBU) Summary: Hannelore Kraft, the head of the opposition Social Democrats (SPD) in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), laid out her party's program for the May 9 state election to a February 22 consular corps gathering. Buoyed by recent WDR polling that shows Minister-President J????rgen R????t [...] |
2010-02-23 12:56:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON GM |
| 10DUSSELDORF12 |
NRW Election Chessgame: Ruettgers Sacrifices His Queen as [...] (U) Summary: Juergen Ruettgers, Minister-President (M-P) of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) forced his prot????g???? and the General-Secretary of the NRW Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Hendrik Wuest to resign his post February 22 after a scandal broke over the weekend involving the possible se [...] |
2010-02-23 13:15:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV GM |
| 10DUSSELDORF14 |
NRW Election Chess Game II: Ruettgers Castles His Rook [...] (U) Summary: North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) Minister-President (M-P) Juergen Ruettgers, tried to quickly mend political damage from his party's financing scandal by announcing February 23 his close advisor Andreas Krautscheid as the new NRW Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Secretary-General, th [...] |
2010-02-24 17:02:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV GM |
| 10DUSSELDORF16 |
NRW Election Chess Game III: Ruettgers' Rook In Action - [...] (U) Andreas Krautscheid, the new Secretary General of the North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) Christian Democrats (CDU), testified February 25, in his capacity as Minister for European and Federal Affairs, to a special session of the State Parliament's Main Committee. Krautscheid strongly rejected ac [...] |
2010-02-25 16:50:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV GM |
| 10DUSSELDORF3 |
FIRST MUSLIM PARTY IN GERMANY PREPARING TO GO NATIONAL [...] (U) Summary: Germany's first and only Muslim-oriented political party, Alliance for Peace and Fairness (BFF) -- up until now only active in Bonn -- will run in the North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) state elections this May and ultimately aims to form party organizations in other states and on the [...] |
2010-01-26 12:21:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KISL GM |
| 10DUSSELDORF4 |
FEARS OF AFGHANISTAN DEBATE EMERGE MONTHS BEFORE NRW STATE [...] (U) Summary: North Rhine-Westphalia Party leaders for the governing Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) coalition fear the issue of sending more troops to Afghanistan could hurt their chances in the May 2010 state elections if the opposition or the Left Party makes [...] |
2010-01-26 16:20:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GM AF |