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Germany's newly elected Bundestag meets for first time since election

The German parliament is expected to elect Baerbel Bas of the centre-left Social Democrats as its new speaker.

Health news

COVID-19 pandemic 'far from over', warns WHO chief

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned there will be more pandemics in the future.

Sport

Bayern Munich midfielder Joshua Kimmich admits he is not vaccinated

Kimmich and four other unnamed Bayern Munich players are yet to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

Europe News

9 EU countries say no to market reform to tackle energy crunch

Led by Germany, the nine countries argue the current energy crisis is temporary and the existing rules are the most competitive and efficient.

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Health news

COVID-19: UK resists new restrictions as Romania looks to EU for help

According to AFP, COVID-19 has killed at least 4.9 million people worldwide since the end of December 2019.

Germany

German police guard Polish border over migrant influx from Belarus

Germany has recorded 5,700 illegal entries it says are linked to Belarus.

Germany

German jailed in one of first trials for war crimes against Yazidis

An estimated 7,000 Yazidi women and girls, some as young as nine, were enslaved and forcibly transferred to locations in Iraq and eastern Syria.

World News

At least five people killed as storms sweep across central Europe

A train driver in Germany and four others in Poland have died after storms swept across central Europe.

Euronews Witness

The coal war: the battle to close Germany's lignite mines

Euronews' Hans von der Brelie heads to one of the world’s largest opencast pits, Garzweiler II, to witness for himself the battle to close the country's lignite mines.

Germany

German petrol station worker assaulted after face mask row

A 67-year-old man was hospitalised near Bremen after he was punched and kicked by a customer after an argument about wearing a facemask. The incident comes one month after another German petrol station worker was fatally shot by a man who refused to wear a face mask.

Germany

Germany's would-be coalition planning to form government in December

The three parties started coalition negotiations on Thursday and aim to finish talks in late November.

Culture news

World's biggest book fair opens its doors in Frankfurt

From 20 to 24 October, Frankfurt Book Fair will welcome visitors from all around the world, but in a smaller edition due to the pandemic.

World News

Eleven mafia suspects arrested on suspicion of luxury car tax evasion

Police in Germany, Italy, and Bulgaria conducted raids against suspected members of the 'Ndrangheta mafia organisation.

Germany

Germany proposes joint border patrols with Poland to curb migration

Authorities in Germany say around 4,500 migrants have crossed from Poland without documentation since August.

Mobility

New driverless train driving innovation on Germany’s railways

Hamburg scored a world first when they unveiled an autonomous train as part of a €60 million modernisation project for its S-Bahn.

Germany

Two ex-soldiers arrested in Germany accused of forming mercenary group

German police detained two former soldiers on Wednesday who are alleged to have attempted to form a mercenary group with the aim of intervening in the military conflict in Yemen.

Germany

German prosecutors probe three people over deadly factory explosion

Three employees at the industrial park are suspected of negligent homicide and negligently causing an explosion.

Germany

Ex-Nazi camp secretary appears in court on war crimes charges

The 96-year-old woman faces more than 11,000 charges of accessory to murder.

Climate Now

What was the role of climate change in Germany's fatal floods?

In partnership with Copernicus

In this episode of Climate Now we explore what role climate change played in this year's deadly floods in Germany and Belgium.

Germany

German Greens vote to support formal coalition talks in party congress

Germany's Greens voted in a party congress to support formal coalition talks with the Social Democrats and Liberals.