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GfK expects its household confidence index to edge up to 5.8 points in July from 5.7 points for June
More than 4,400 police were deployed ahead of the far-right demonstration
Brazil's midfielder Anderson Hernanes (L) and Denmark's striker Michael Krohn-Dehli jump for the ball
Neymar
German director Fatih Akin
Gerry and Kate McCann have never abandoned their high-profile campaign to find their eldest daughter
Gerry and Kate McCann have spent almost five years searching for missing Madeleine
Gerry and Kate McCann have spent almost five years searching for missing Madeleine
Gerry and Kate McCann have spent almost five years searching for missing Madeleine
Gerry and Kate McCann have spent almost five years searching for missing Madeleine
Gerry and Kate McCann have spent five years searching for missing Madeleine
A brown bear, similar to the one pictured here in Hamburg, escaped from captivity in Latvia
Author Gunter Grass was hospitalised in Hamburg following heart problems
Germany had the biggest trade surplus in January, of 13.1 billion euros, the Eurostat data agency said
Thompson (right) suffered his career's last defeat with an 11th round knock-out at the hands of Klitschko in July, 08
A demand from outside Europe was behind the export growth
German consumers' income expectations took a hit from high petrol and diesel prices, GfK found
Ifo president Hans-Werner Sinn saw the data as a sign that the German economy "is losing some of its momentum"
Employers reckon a 10% cut in non-tariff barriers could boost growth by $31.6 bn in the EU and $10.6 bn in the US
Containers wait to be loaded on a ship at the harbour in the northern German city of Hamburg
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Lufthansa cancels 670 due to strikes

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Mar 21, 2013 06:35 EDT
German airline Lufthansa said Thursday it has cancelled more than 670 European flights owing to warning strikes by ground staff and other divisions within the group.
 

Lufthansa cancels 670 flights due to strikes

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Mar 21, 2013 03:51 EDT
German airline Lufthansa said Thursday it has cancelled more than 670 European flights owing to warning strikes by ground staff and other divisions within the group.
 

Wladimir Klitschko puts titles on line against Pianeta

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Mar 05, 2013 07:04 EST
World heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko will defend his four belts against cancer survivor Francesco Pianeta on May 4 in Mannheim, Germany, Klitschko's management has announced.
 

Celebrated German conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch dead at 89

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Feb 24, 2013 18:46 EST
Wolfgang Sawallisch, one of Germany's greatest conductors, has died at the age of 89, the Bavarian State Opera, where he was general music director and manager for 20 years, announced on Sunday.
 

Beatles collaborator and 'teacher' Sheridan dead: family

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Feb 17, 2013 19:20 EST
British rocker Tony Sheridan, best known as an early collaborator of The Beatles and mentor during the Fab Four's legendary spell in Hamburg, has died aged 72, his family announced.
 

German financier named new Vatican bank chief

by Dario Thuburn  AFP Global Edition
Feb 15, 2013 13:27 EST
The Vatican on Friday named a German financier as head of its scandal-hit bank to help overhaul the secretive institution, but the news was overshadowed by his ties to a warship builder.
 

Strike cripples two German airports

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Feb 14, 2013 11:33 EST
A strike by security staff over pay paralysed airports in the German cities of Duesseldorf and Hamburg on Thursday, with nearly half of all domestic and European flights scrapped.
 

PKK founder among three Kurds 'executed' in Paris

by Rory Mulholland  AFP Global Edition
Jan 10, 2013 11:52 EST
A co-founder of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and two other militants were found shot dead Thursday in Paris, a day after Turkey and the jailed leader of the banned group were reported to have agreed on a peace plan to end a three-decade-old insurgency.
 

Top seeds Isner, Simon out of Sydney International

by Robert Smith  AFP Global Edition
Jan 09, 2013 03:59 EST
Big guns John Isner and Gilles Simon tumbled out of the Sydney International on Wednesday as Jarkko Nieminen stayed on course to defend his title.
 

Jewish provocateur skewers Germans in new book

by Deborah Cole  AFP Global Edition
Dec 22, 2012 23:34 EST
Israeli-born, New York-based writer Tuvia Tenenbom likes to provoke and has landed his biggest bombshell yet with a book arguing that the vast majority of Germans today are secret anti-Semites.
 

Jewish provocateur skewers Germans in new book

by by Deborah Cole  AFP Global Edition
Dec 22, 2012 23:24 EST
Israeli-born, New York-based writer Tuvia Tenenbom likes to provoke and has landed his biggest bombshell yet with a book arguing that the vast majority of Germans today are secret anti-Semites.
 

Argentina to send sailors to collect ship in Ghana row

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Dec 18, 2012 14:05 EST
Argentina will fly 98 seamen to Ghana Tuesday to retrieve a navy tall ship ordered released by an international tribunal after being caught up in a more than two-month tussle over unpaid debt, a naval source said.
 

Ghana weighs next steps over Argentine ship

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Dec 16, 2012 10:33 EST
Ghana said on Sunday it would study an international tribunal order to free an Argentine navy ship "with a view to ensuring that it is given effect" in accordance with the country's constitution.
 

Tribunal calls on Ghana to release Argentinian frigate

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Dec 15, 2012 14:25 EST
An international tribunal in Hamburg on Saturday called on Ghana to immediately release an Argentine navy tall ship, which it has held for more than two months in a debt dispute.
 

Tribunal calls on Ghana to release Argentine ship

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Dec 15, 2012 11:51 EST
An international tribunal in Hamburg on Saturday called on Ghana to immediately release an Argentine navy tall ship, which it has held for more than two months in a debt dispute.
 

Tribunal tells Ghana to release Argentinian ship

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Dec 15, 2012 11:15 EST
An international tribunal in Hamburg on Saturday called on Ghana to immediately release the Argentinian frigate Libertad, which it has held for more than two months in a debt dispute.
 

Britain seeks appeal over terror suspect Abu Qatada

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Dec 03, 2012 09:21 EST
Britain's interior ministry said on Monday that it has applied for permission to appeal against a decision by judges to block the extradition of terror suspect Abu Qatada to Jordan.
 

May launches Abu Qatada appeal

By Staff Reporter  AFP European Edition
Dec 03, 2012 09:20 EST
The Home Office said on Monday that it has applied for permission to appeal against a decision by judges to block the extradition of terror suspect Abu Qatada to Jordan.
 

Chicken salad floors world champion Klitschko

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Nov 27, 2012 14:58 EST
A chicken salad has managed to do what none of his opponents has recently achieved in the boxing ring -- to floor world heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko.
 

Rocky the Musical premieres with Klitschko, Stallone

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Nov 18, 2012 18:15 EST
"Rocky - The Musical", the song-and-dance version of the iconic movie boxer's rise to the world title, hit the stage in Germany Sunday with both reigning champion Wladimir Klitschko and Hollywood heavyweight Sylvester Stallone in its corner.
 
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Facts from the Wikipedia page:

Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg
—  State of Germany  —

Flag
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 53°33′55″N 10°00′05″E / 53.56528°N 10.00139°E / 53.56528; 10.00139
CountryGermany
Government
 - First MayorOle von Beust (CDU)
 - Governing partiesCDU / Green Alternative List (GAL)
 - Votes in Bundesrat3 (of 69)
Area
 - City755 km2 (291.5 sq mi)
Population (2007-10-31)[1]
 - City1,769,117
 - Density2,343.2/km2 (6,068.9/sq mi)
 - Metro4,300,000
Time zoneCET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST)CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code(s)20001–21149, 22001–22769
Area code(s)040
ISO 3166 codeDE-HH
Vehicle registrationHH
GDP/ Nominal€ 86.153 billion (2006)[citation needed]
NUTS RegionDE6
Websitehamburg.de