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The defining songs you might hear at the Euro 2024 matches

Euronews Culture has listened to the best contenders for songs you might hear in German stadiums during the 2024 European football Championships.

19/06/2024

Germany

Euro 2024 latest: Germany beat Hungary to qualify for round of 16

Germany cement their lead, while in Group B Albania write off Croatia's sensational two-minute comeback with a 95' equaliser.

19/06/2024

Sport

Euro 2024 latest: Portugal crash Czech wall with stoppage time winner

Turkey and Portugal lead Group F following two thriller clashes on Tuesday.

18/06/2024

Europe

German national security ‘tense’, says country’s interior minister

Nancy Faeser said the country was battling internal and external threats — including espionage attempts from a trio of countries — with the department thwarting bomb attempts in the last year.

18/06/2024

Europe

Concentration camp museum director joins campaign to ban AfD

The German far-right party AfD finished well in the European elections, but has also suffered serious legal setbacks.

18/06/2024

Germany

'It's not only about football': Georgia Euros debut reignites EU hopes

Georgia will face Turkey at 6 pm CET in a historic game that's expected to bring the country together after months of social unrest.

18/06/2024

Travel News

Inside Germany’s new airline launching this June

Germany's new airline launches this month. Here’s where it will fly to.

17/06/2024

Culture news

Rod Stewart booed by German crowd for Ukraine support

The legendary singer has been outspoken against Russia's invasion of Ukraine – but concert goers in Germany last week didn’t want to hear it.

17/06/2024

Sport

England has strong start to Euros with 1-0 win against Serbia

Riot police in Germany intervened to stop brawling soccer fans before Sunday’s match.

16/06/2024

Sport

The Netherlands wins first Euros match, England and Serbia fans clash

The Netherlands' win against Poland puts pressure on Group D favourite France, which plays Austria on Monday.

16/06/2024

Germany

French football captain warns against 'extremes' before election

Kylian Mbappé urged people to vote in France's legislative elections saying: "we can see that the extremes are knocking on the door of power.”

16/06/2024

Germany

German police shoot man armed with an axe in Hamburg

German police said on Sunday they shot and wounded a man who was threatening them with an axe and a firebomb in the northern city of Hamburg.

16/06/2024

Sport

Switzerland beat Hungary 3-1 at 2024 Euros

Italy finished 2-1 against Albania in Dortmund while in Berlin it was a 3-0 finish in the Spain-Croatia game.

16/06/2024

Germany

German police shoot dead man who stabbed three people at Euros party

The attacker killed one person in a housing estate before entering a private garden party in the eastern city of Magdeburg.

15/06/2024

Food and Drink

Ten must-have plates for all Euro 2024 host cities

Hopping to Berlin for the final? Make sure to grab currywurst on your way to the stadium.

15/06/2024

Germany

Germany thrash Scotland 5-1 in Euro 2024 opener

The three-time continental champions were hoping to turn the tide of recent poor showings at men's major tournaments.

14/06/2024

Germany

Europe's wonderkids: Ten young players to watch out for at Euro 2024

As Euro 2024 is set to kick off on Friday, we take a closer look at the young players who are expected to set the competition and the transfer window on fire this summer.

14/06/2024

Economy

Why is Germany opposed to EU tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles?

German automobile manufacturers such as BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen could be badly hit by retaliatory tariffs because they all have massive production plants in China.

14/06/2024

Sport

Ready for Euro 2024? Challenge yourself with our football quiz

Feeling ready for Euro 2024? Check out our questions to see how much you know about the tournament and its history!

14/06/2024

Business

Lufthansa close to getting go-ahead for Italy's ITA Airways deal

Lufthansa wants the move to strengthen its position in Europe's fast-growing aviation market. It has assured the EU that the takeover will not have adverse effects on fair competition on long-haul routes.

14/06/2024

Sport

Tartan Army out in force in Munich ahead of 2024 Euros opener

Scotland showed during the qualifying campaign it can surprise, in beating Spain and Norway. However, the side has won only one of its last 13 matches against Germany and that was more than 25 years ago, 1-0 in a friendly in April 1999.

13/06/2024

Europe

Ukraine Recovery Conference pledges support for energy infrastructure

United Nations Development Programme and World Bank discuss how the recovery of Ukraine will look like.

13/06/2024

Nature

German town votes to kill all its pigeons in unusual referendum

Campaigners say the plan to enlist a neck-snapping falconer is unacceptable.

12/06/2024

Business

Energy firm Uniper wins right to claim billions from Gazprom

Gazprom began slowing down its gas supplies to Europe, especially Germany, in June 2022. It finally halted them altogether at the end of August of that year.

12/06/2024

Europe

Germany gears up with massive police effort for Euro 2024

The country is mobilising its largest police deployment since the federal police were established in 1951.

12/06/2024

Economy

German inflation on the rise again for the first time in five months

Increases in services and food costs contributed significantly to May's rise in German inflation, although energy prices continued to fall.

12/06/2024