Germany

Sport

Niersbach to face two-year ban from football

FIFA’s ethics committee has been told by investigators that a two-year ban from football for the former director of the German football association for violations of the code of conduct is…

20/05/2016

Business Series

Lufthansa boss warns on Brexit

The head of German airline Lufthansa has warned against the "crisis" of Britain leaving the European Union.

19/05/2016

Germany

Watch this space as Merkel pulls out of ESA project announcement

Chancellor Angela Merkel was supposed to announce a major international space co-operation project on Wednesday. She didn't.

18/05/2016

Culture news

Flashmob orchestra floods Berlin shopping centre

The German Symphonic Orchestra, led by honorary conductor Kent Nagano, held an impromptu concert in a Berlin shopping mall.

18/05/2016

Culture news

Addicted to art

He doesn’t necessarily know how to pronounce it, but Christoph Müller certainly has a good nose for Danish art, more precisely the ‘Golden Age’ of Danish…

18/05/2016

Economy

ECB monetary policies face complaint before Germany Constitutional Court - again

Another complaint against the European Central Bank's quantitative easing policies has been made to Germany's Constitutional Court.

17/05/2016

Germany

Bonn climate conference begins on implementing 2015 Paris Agreement

Governments began work on Monday on seeking ways to implement the 2015 Paris Agreement to limit global warming. It’s the first time experts have meet

17/05/2016

Culture news

Finding Nero: Rhineland State Museum looks to rehabilitate emperor

The Roman emperor Nero who ruled from 54AD to 68AD gets a lot of bad press.

16/05/2016

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Germans celebrate diversity at Carnival of Cultures

Berliners braved the cold to toast cultural diversity at one of Germany’s biggest summer carnivals. Hundreds of thousands of people turned out for

16/05/2016

Germany

Activists occupy Germany coal mine

Thousands of environmental protesters have blockaded a coal mine in Germany as part of a campaign to end the use of fossil fuels. Vattenfall, the

14/05/2016

Economy

German economic strength supports eurozone growth

Germany's economy performed much better than expected in the first three months of this year, making it again the driving force for the eurozone.

13/05/2016

Germany

Germany moves to speed up deportation of failed North African asylum seekers

Germany is set to make it easier to deport failed asylum seekers to North Africa. Its lower house of parliament has approved a draft law declaring

13/05/2016

Business Series

VW still suffering from Dieselgate, European car sales up 9% in April

Volkswagen's share of the European car market remains depressed following its diesel emissions test-rigging scandal.

13/05/2016

Germany

Normandy Format meeting in Berlin

Germany’s Foreign Minister says there has been no breakthrough at today’s meeting of foreign ministers of the Normandy format countries in Berlin

11/05/2016

Sport

Bayern mean business signing Sanches and Hummels

Bayern Munich have pounced early in the transfer market laying down a strong marker for next season under coach new coach Carlo Ancelotti.

10/05/2016

Germany

German train attacker 'had psychological and drug problems'

A man suspected of killing a commuter with a knife at a railway station in Germany had psychological and drug problems, officials say. Three other

10/05/2016

Business Series

ThyssenKrupp cuts profit forecasts amid steel glut

The fall in materials prices - particularly steel - has forced German industrial group Thyssenkrupp to cut its profit forecasts.

10/05/2016

Economy

German industrial output down more than expected in March

German industrial output was down by 1.3 percent in March but still strong for the period from January to March.

10/05/2016

Germany

One dead after knife attack at German station

A man wielding a knife attacked passengers at Grafing, near Munich. Witnesses report shouts of "Allahu akbar"

10/05/2016

Germany

One dead in 'terror' knife attack on passengers at German station

Reports from scene suggest attacker shouted "Allahu Akbar" during rampage at Grafing near Munich

10/05/2016

Economy

'Made in Germany' sees increased international demand

German industrial orders rose more than expected in March with a strong jump in demand from countries beyond the eurozone.

09/05/2016

Sci-Tech

Kiel students take Tetris to a whole new level

It is one of the most successful, and most played, video games of all time, a simple concept that has proved to be of near-universal appeal and which

09/05/2016

Germany

Merkel at centre of refugee row in rival Berlin rallies

Far-right and populist protesters marched through Berlin on Saturday to demand that Chancellor Angela Merkel step down for allowing more than a

08/05/2016

Germany

Syrian refugee wants to change the world through pictures

07/05/2016

Germany

Margot Honecker, widow of ex-East German leader, dies in Chile

Margot Honecker, the widow of the former East German leader Erich Honecker, has died aged 89 in Chile where she had been living for more than 20

07/05/2016

Germany

Cologne attacks: Algerian man acquitted of attempted sexual assault

A Cologne court has acquitted a 26-year-old Algerian man of a charge of attempted sexual assault on a woman during the German city’s New Year’s

06/05/2016