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North Rhine-Westphalia

Borussia Dortmund player Mats Hummels participates in a Holocaust education program at the San Diego Jewish Academy, July 28, 2023. (Courtesy of Borussia Dortmund via JTA)
August 2, 2023, 11:04 am
German soccer team joins US Jewish school to honor children murdered in Holocaust
Students and pro soccer players paint ceramic butterflies together to commemorate victims from Westphalia, where team is based, as part of The Butterfly Project education program
By jacob gurvis
Police secure a synagogue in Essen, Germany, October 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
May 11, 2023, 7:44 pm
German-Iranian charged over Tehran-directed plans to burn down synagogue
Handler told suspect Babak J. to commit arson attack on temple; he then tried to set fire to adjoining school, also tried to recruit acquaintance
By AFP
Two trucks overturned after a storm in Paderborn, Germany, May 20, 2022. (Lino Mirgeler/dpa via AP)
May 21, 2022, 12:36 pm
Tornadoes spread destruction across Germany, killing 1 and injuring dozens
Severe weather system tears out trees and damages buildings in central, western regions; 38 people taken to hospital in Paderborn, some of them ‘gravely’ injured
By AFP
People place their ballots in a ballot box at a polling station in Essen, Germany, May 15, 2022. (Fabian Strauch/ dpa via AP)
May 15, 2022, 11:21 pm
Heavy defeat for Scholz’s SDP as conservatives win key German state election
Christian Democrats take over 37% of the vote in North Rhine-Westphalia; drubbing comes amid criticism of chancellor’s stance on war in Ukraine and tackling of pandemic fallout
By AP
Senior German politician Armin Laschet, center, the minister-president of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, attends the opening of his state's new cultural and business office in Tel Aviv, March 1, 2020. (Ralph Sondermann/ NRW)
March 1, 2020, 9:19 pm
Germany’s most populous state opens culture and trade office in Tel Aviv
Office inaugurated by North Rhine-Westphalia’s minister-president Armin Laschet, leading contender to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel as head of country’s ruling party
By Raphael Ahren
North Rhine-Westphalia leader Armin Laschet (left) is welcomed to Jerusalem by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, September 2018 (Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO)
September 5, 2018, 5:06 pm
Seeking deeper tech ties, German state to open office in Israel
North Rhine-Westphalia hub in Tel Aviv will be state’s first ever venture of its kind
By Raphael Ahren
In this Dec. 29, 2016 file photo, released by the semi-official Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA), a long-range S-200 missile is fired in a military drill in the port city of Bushehr, on the northern coast of Persian Gulf, Iran. (Amir Kholousi, ISNA via AP, File)
October 10, 2017, 12:26 pm
Iran tried obtaining missile, nuclear tech 32 times in 2016 — report
Fox News cites Germany intelligence assessments that claim Tehran used front companies to bypass international restrictions
By Stuart Winer
Armin Laschet, top candidate of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) celebrates during an election party on May 14, 2017 in Duesseldorf, western Germany, after North Rhine-Westphalia state elections. (AFP PHOTO / dpa / Oliver Berg)
May 14, 2017, 11:29 pm
Merkel’s party bags key victory in regional vote
Chancellor receives huge boost in reelection bid as CDU wins 34.4% in North Rhine-Westphalia, for decades held by SDP
By Richard HEISTER and Hui Min NEO
Neo-Nazis recently assaulted two fans of Borussia Dortmund who had volunteered to help prevent racism and intolerance at games. (Photo credit: CC BY/ funky1opti via Flickr.com)
February 26, 2013, 6:58 pm
German soccer squad battles neo-Nazi violence
Extreme right-wing fans increasingly use Borussia Dortmund games to attack enemies and spread messages of hate
By Ciaran Fahey
Police in plain clothes load into a vehicle items which they found in an apartment-sharing community of alleged neo-Nazis in Dortmund, Germany, Wednesday (AP/dapd, Sascha Schuermann)
August 23, 2012, 6:39 pm
Germany cracks down on neo-Nazis
Authorities raid 146 buildings in North Rhine-Westphalia
By David Rising
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