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Germany extends lockdown until mid-April amid third wave of infections

Restrictions previously set to run through March 28 will now remain in place until April 18, with public life largely shut down over Easter.

Germany

Germany poised to extend coronavirus restrictions amid third wave

Chancellor Merkel was due to relax restrictions at a meeting with regional leaders on Monday but a surge in infections has upended those plans.

Germany

Far right protest COVID-19 restrictions in German cities

Several thousand people participated in the protests in Kassel.

Germany

Cologne church child abuse report finds officials guilty of neglect

A long-awaited report into abuse in the Catholic church in Cologne found hundreds of children have been sexually abused since 1975, with high-ranking officials neglecting their duties to report cases.

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German generosity as number of Brits getting nationality in EU soars

Figures released on Monday by Eurostat revealed that 29,800 Britons became EU citizens in 2019, nearly double the roughly 16,200 who did so the previous year.

Germany

Third conservative MP in Germany resigns amid corruption allegations

A third conservative politician from German Chancellor Angela Merkel's bloc has resigned over corruption allegations.

Germany

German coronavirus situation 'remains tense' amid rise in infections

Germany has begun exiting lockdown but health officials warned that the situation remains tense amid a rise in infections.

World

Germany 'super election year' starts with state and regional ballots

On Sunday two German states with a combined population of over 15 million people will elect new regional governments. It's the start of the so-called 'super election year' culminating with federal elections in September.

Germany

Own wurst enemy: Burglar's sausage bite helps police finally trace him

German police say they have solved a nine-year-old burglary using DNA on a half-eaten piece of sausage.

Germany

Former press officer for Angela Merkel convicted of spying for Egypt

Federal prosecutors said he had begun spying in July 2010 on instructions from the Egyptian embassy in Berlin.

Germany

German MP resigns amid claims he used pandemic to enrich himself

It was claimed that a company run by Löbel had earned commissions of €250,000 for brokering face mask contracts between manufacturers and German authorities.

World News

German supermarkets begin selling rapid COVID-19 tests

Europe recorded one million new COVID-19 cases last week, an increase that ended a six-week decline in infections.

Germany

Germany hopes for opening-up by late May

Merkel's chief of staff says Germany can return to full normality in the summer if vaccine manufacturers keep to their delivery pledges and no new coronavirus mutation upends vaccination plans.

Germany

Germany: Experts warn COVID taking heavy toll on youth mental health

While not as at risk to the disease as adults, youths may be more vulnerable to the collateral mental health effects of the pandemic, warned experts.

Germany

Germany charges man with passing Bundestag floor plans to Russia

A German man has been charged with espionage for allegedly passing information on properties used by the German parliament to Russian military intelligence.

Germany

Are you coronamüde? Learn these brand new German (COVID-related) words

It's mostly thanks to coronavirus that another 1,200 words have been added to the German language this year. Here's some of the best.

Germany

Blow for smugglers as Hamburg makes Europe's biggest cocaine seizure

The cocaine was found in more than 1,700 tin cans that had been filled with putty, Hamburg's customs office said.

Germany

German court sentences 'IS recruiter' to 10.5 years in prison

A German court in Celle sentenced former imam Abu Walaa to 10.5 years in prison on Wednesday for being a member of the Islamic State terrorist organisation and recruiting for them.

Syria

‘Historic verdict’: Germany jails Syrian for Assad regime torture

Human rights campaigners hope the landmark ruling will set a precedent for other cases.

Netherlands

German man arrested over three high-profile money heists

The 60-year-old man is alleged to have participated in the robberies in Cologne and Frankfurt between 2018 and 2019.