Germany

Business Series

Deutsche Bank posts a record €6.7bn loss for 2015

Deutsche Bank shares plummeted some ten percent after warning it would report a record loss for 2015.

22/01/2016

Germany

Germany: Migrant crisis on agenda as Merkel hosts Turkish PM Davutoglu

How to tackle Europe’s migrant crisis is the big topic again, for Germany and Turkey, this Friday. Turkish PM Ahmet Davutoglu has arrived in Berlin

22/01/2016

Europe News

EU urges VW to compensate European 'dieselgate' customers

The EU executive has called on Volkswagen to compensate European customers affected by the firm’s diesel scandal. VW is offering compensation to tens

21/01/2016

Culture news

Homes are smart and green at Cologne Furniture Fair

The IMM furniture fair in Cologne is one of the world’s leading platforms for new ideas, innovations and trends when it comes to interior design

21/01/2016

Germany

Austrian 'cry for help' as it considers border closure

Austria says it’s ‘testing a new system of border management’, reducing the number of crossing points to one in a bid to stem the flow of migrants

21/01/2016

Cinema

Plunging to 'The Dark Side of the Moon'

‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ might be a familiar title for music-lovers, but the name is where the similarities stop. German director Stephan Rick’s

20/01/2016

Germany

Cologne police sweep Kalk district in search for New Year's Eve attackers

Police in Cologne have raided a number of games arcades and betting shops as part of their investigations into the New Year’s Eve sexual attacks in

20/01/2016

Germany

Ex-leftist German radicals' DNA found after failed robbery

Three members of Germany’s defunct radical leftist Red Army Faction carried out a failed armed robbery last year to finance their life on the run

20/01/2016

Germany

Germany plans tougher asylum rules for Algerians and Moroccans

German lawmakers are pushing for tougher rules for asylum seekers from Morocco and Algeria, with plans to set up one-stop reception and deportation

17/01/2016

Germany

'We respect the values of German society' say Syrian refugees

Syrian and other refugees gathered in Cologne on Saturday to demonstrate their willingness to accept the German way of life, in an effort to ease

16/01/2016

Germany

German victims of Istanbul suicide bombing repatriated

The bodies of those who died in a bomb attack in Istanbul have been repatriated. All ten of the victims were German, making the suicide bombing the

16/01/2016

Germany

"Refugees, welcome" spirit wanes after Cologne attacks

Public support for Angela Merkel and her open arms policy has dropped in the wake of the Cologne sex attacks that were blamed on migrants.

15/01/2016

Business Series

Volkswagen's market share declines for the first time in eight years

Another blow for Volkswagen. The German carmaker has seen its market share decline for the first time in eight years. It comes in the wake of the

15/01/2016

World

Cologne fears undermine refugee security in Germany

The fallout after New Year’s Eve in Cologne, Germany continues. People’s fear creates a political predicament for the authorities, concerned over

15/01/2016

Germany

Angry German politician buses dozens of refugees to Merkel

An angry German politician has bused dozens of refugees to Chancellor Angela Merkel’s office in Berlin. District administrator Peter Dreier arranged

14/01/2016

Germany

German official buses dozens of migrants to Merkel's office

An irate local politician in Germany’s southern state of Bavaria has bused dozens of refugees to Chancellor Angela Merkel’s office in Berlin as a

14/01/2016

Germany

Germany's Merkel offers condolences to families of Istanbul bomb victims

“Terrorists are the enemies of freedom:” a powerful statement from German Chancellor Angela Merkel following the suicide bomb attack in the Turkish

12/01/2016

Germany

Leipzig counts the cost of anti-Muslim protest

A massive clean-up operation is underway in the eastern German city of Leipzig after hundreds of right-wing supporters went on a rampage. Dozens of

12/01/2016

Germany

Majority under investigation for Cologne sex attacks of 'migrant origin'

A record number of allegations of group assaults in Berlin, Hamburg and other German cities on New Year’s Eve has shocked the nation. Of 19 people

11/01/2016

Germany

German Chancellor Angela Merkel under pressure over attacks in Cologne

Of all the countries of Europe in 2015, Germany accepted the most asylum-seekers: more than one million last year. Some one half of these are thought

11/01/2016

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Clashes in Cologne

Riot police in the German city of Cologne broke up a largely right-wing crowd protesting against the country’s so-called open door migration policy.

10/01/2016

Germany

Women take to the streets of Cologne

Women protest in Cologne city centre Follows 200 assault complaints “We want to move around freely” The news Pictures of the Day: A flashmob of

09/01/2016

Germany

Germany: Merkel backs deportation for law-breaking asylum seekers

Thousands gather for a day of protests in Cologne

09/01/2016

Germany

Cologne police chief 'retires' after New Year's Eve mass assaults

The police chief of Cologne has been “relieved of his duties” following criticism of his handling of a wave of attacks in the German city on New

09/01/2016

Germany

Mein Kampf returns: read-between-the-lines version

Hitler’s opus ‘Mein Kampf’ is back in stores in Germany now for the first time since 1945, one of history’s most notorious works, republished with a

08/01/2016

Germany

Cologne violence: 31 suspects named, police chief 'suspended'

The German Interior Ministry has identified 31 people suspected of playing a part in alleged incidents of theft and causing bodily harm in Cologne on

08/01/2016