Germany

Germany

66th Berlin Film Festival: "Fuocoammare" wins golden bear for best film

20/02/2016

Germany

Actor Gerard Depardieu speaks about 'Saint Amour' and Russia

Actor Gerard Depardieu speaks about 'Saint Amour' and Russia

20/02/2016

Germany

Germany rethinks Middle East arms deals

Germany doubled the amount of arms it exported last year to eight billion euros, despite the government having a stated policy of reducing it. With

19/02/2016

Sport

Bo Kyeong Jeong strikes gold in Dusseldorf

The Dusseldorf Grand Prix got underway on Friday with Bo Kyeong Jeong proving unstoppable in the women’s under 48 kilo category. The 24-year-old made

19/02/2016

Cinema

'Goat' and 'Road to Istanbul' latest Panorama offerings in Berlin

Nick Jonas stars in Goat' about the darker side of US student fraternities, and 'Road to Istanbul' charts the human dimension of parents seeking their daughter, a recruit to Islamic State in Syria.

19/02/2016

Cinema

Israeli-Palestinian hip-hop takedown 'Junction 48' storms Berlin

The Berlinale's Panorama programme gives us 'Junction 48' focused on a mixed Jewish-Arab crime-ridden ghetto outside Tel Aviv.

19/02/2016

Germany

Lifetime achievement award for German cinematographer Micheal Ballhaus

German cinematographer Micheal Ballhaus has received a lifetime achievement award at the Berlin International Film Festival, the Berlinale. In the

19/02/2016

Sport

Beckenbauer sanctioned by FIFA over failure to cooperate

FIFA’s ethics committee has warned and fined Germany’s World Cup-winning captain and coach Franz Beckenbauer for stonewalling an investigation. The

17/02/2016

Cinema

Berlin Film Festival pays tribute to shooting stars of the future

Europe’s most talented young actors were invited to tread the red carpet of the Berlin Film Festival. It was part of Shooting Stars, a unique

17/02/2016

Germany

Train controller admits responsibility for Bad Aibling crash

A train area controller has admitted responsibility for a rail crash near Bad Aibling, Bavaria, which killed 11 men, aged 24-59, and wounded dozens

16/02/2016

Germany

Cologne sex attacks: Prosecutor issues clarification

The majority arrested are from Algeria and Morocco and not Syria or Iraq.

16/02/2016

Cinema

'Crosscurrent' cinematic poetry on the Yangtze River

'Crosscurrent' by Chinese director Yang Chao finally gets the red carpet treatment in Berlin.

16/02/2016

Germany

'Alone in Berlin', a story of resistance to the Nazis, at Berlin Film Festival

Emma Thompson and Brendan Gleeson play a German couple who start a campaign to resist the Nazis in 'Alone in Berlin' directed by Vincent Pérez and shown at the Berlin Film Festival.

16/02/2016

Germany

Assad criticises Munich deal saying it's 'unenforceable'

Syrian President Assad expresses doubts over Munich deal to the country's top lawyers

16/02/2016

Germany

Germany's ruling coalition clashes over refugee integration

Germany’s ruling coalition is clashing over how best to integrate the more than one million refugees the country has welcomed in recent months. The

15/02/2016

Germany

Art with a purpose: Ai Weiwei brings refugee life jackets to Berlin venue

An inflatable boat hangs down and 14,000 life jackets cover the pillars of a Berlin concert house in an art installation by Chinese dissident Ai

15/02/2016

Germany

'24 Weeks' abortion drama is screened in Berlin

'24 Weeks' - a movie for lovers of German cinema at the Berlin film festival, but where are all the other German films in the competition and why so few female film directors?

15/02/2016

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Ai Weiwei's refugees reminder during Berlin Film Festival

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei’s latest installation has seen life jackets left by migrants on Greek beaches being hung from a Berlin concert hall. His

14/02/2016

Germany

French night at the Berlin Film Festival as Huppert dazzles again

Honours on the Saturday of the Berlin Film Festival went to France; Isabelle Huppert and young director and screenwriter Mia Hansen-Løve, who has the

14/02/2016

Germany

Syria 'cessation of hostilities' deal offers glimmer of hope

Implementation is the key to the new deal struck on Syria, with world powers aiming to bring an end to hostilities in a week. As US Secretary of

12/02/2016

Cinema

Shift of focus: Refugees take the spotlight at the Berlin Film Festival

With a spotlight on the refugee crisis, the Berlin Film Festival is making an extra effort to welcome refugees, some of whom will even be taken behind the scenes.

12/02/2016

Germany

Positive reactions to Syria ceasefire deal, but challenges lie ahead

Delegates in Munich have welcomed the agreement to cease hostilities in Syria. But challenges still lie ahead, as European Union Foreign Policy Chief

12/02/2016

Germany

Tilda Swinton's tip for surviving a George Clooney joke

The 66th edition of the Berlin film festival has opened with the Cohen brother’s latest opus, “Hail Caesar” getting them rolling in the aisles

12/02/2016

Germany

Pessimism plagues Syria peace talks as Lavrov and Kerry meet

US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov are in Munich to discuss Syria. Kerry and Lavrov meet in Munich to discuss

11/02/2016

Germany

Are Europeans spending more on protecting themselves?

Sales of personal self-defence equipment like tasers are said to have increased in some European countries since the end of 2015.

11/02/2016

Germany

Ex-Nazi guard, 94, goes on trial over 170,000 killings at Auschwitz

He is 94 today, at the centre of what is likely to be one of the last ever Nazi war crimes trials. But Reinhold Hanning was 20 years old in 1942 when

11/02/2016