Germany

Germany

Germany's SPD back coalition talks in narrow vote

Talks to begin reprise of "grand coalition" ending months of political deadlock

22/01/2018

Germany

SPD congress clears leaders to talk coalitions with Angela Merkel

Grassroots party members will get final say on any eventual deal.

21/01/2018

Next Series

10 years of Columbus, Europe's orbiting space lab

Since it blasted off ten years ago, Columbus has been used to grow plants, research new metals and probe astronauts' blood, bodies and brains.

19/01/2018

Next Series

#AskSpace: What's up with ESA's 'village on the Moon' concept?

#AskSpace: What's happening with ESA's village on the Moon concept? Answer from ESA astronaut Frank De Winne

18/01/2018

Germany

Refugee numbers in Germany dropped dramatically in 2017

186,644 asylum seekers were registered last year, a drop of more than 100,000 from 2016. The Germany Interior Ministry says is shows the height of the crisis has been "overcome."

16/01/2018

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24 Hours in Berlin

City guide: where to eat, sleep, drink and think in 2018 in Berlin.

12/01/2018

Germany

Could Germany have a deal?

After 24 hours of talks a blueprint for a coalition has been decided.

12/01/2018

Germany

Last chance for German coalition talks to begin

Chancellor Angela Merkel says her conservative bloc and the Social Democrats still had difficult obstacles to clear before they could agree to enter coalition talks

11/01/2018

Germany

Eleven mafia suspects arrested in Germany to be deported to Italy

Part of group of 200 arrests made in southern Germany and Italy in cross-border joint operation with Italian anti-mafia police.

10/01/2018

Germany

'Alarming' African Swine Fever creeps closer to Germany

Six EU countries are affected. Experts have labelled the situation 'alarming'.

10/01/2018

Germany

German and Italian police smash cross-border Mafia ring

200 arrests of suspected N'drangheta members and 50 million euros in assets seized.

09/01/2018

Germany

Germany's Merkel battles for survival in 'last-ditch' talks with SPD

The CDU-CSU are in preliminary talks with the Social Democrats (SPD) in what some are labelling a last chance to form a stable coalition in Germany.

08/01/2018

Germany

Borussia Dortmund suspect admits bombing team bus 'for money'

A German-Russian man staged bomb attacks on the Borussia Dortmund football team bus for money and meant to harm no-one, his lawyer says.

08/01/2018

Germany

Footballer convicted of terrorism in Turkey shot at on German motorway

Last summer, Kurdish-German footballer Deniz Naki was beaten by a spectator during a match.

08/01/2018

Germany

Angela Merkel launches new round of preliminary coalition talks

Some think this is Angela Merkel's last chance at forming a coalition.

07/01/2018

Germany

Germany's would-be coalition partners optimistic before talks

The coming days could prove decisive for Angela Merkel's future as chancellor.

03/01/2018

Germany

Berlin's newest polar bear dies after 26 days

A polar bear cub at Germany's Tierpark zoo has died after 26 days.

03/01/2018

Germany

Jobs boom in Germany

Despite an ageing population, increased immigration has seen a jobs boom in Germany with more people in work than ever before

02/01/2018

Germany

AfD tests Germany's new social media law as police probe Von Storch

Party leader Alice Weidel pours fuel on the fire and backs her deputy.

02/01/2018

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Polar bear cub opens her eyes

A baby polar bear born at the Berlin zoo has opened her eyes for the first time.

29/12/2017

Germany

Prison break in Berlin

Four detainees have escaped from a Berlin jail. The city's justice ministry said that the men escaped via a car workshop on the grounds of the Ploetzensee prison

29/12/2017

Germany

German boy electrocuted in snowball fight

A 16-year old German boy has died after starting a snowball fight with friends and touching an electric line above a train

29/12/2017

Germany

The toddler and the toilet seat

Firefighters in Munich were called upon to free a baby girl from a plastic toilet seat that had become stuck over her head.

28/12/2017

Germany

Cruise ship crashes in Germany

A cruise ship has crashed into a pillar in Germany

27/12/2017

Germany

Car driver rams SPD party's Berlin HQ

In an apparent suicide attack, a man has rammed a car into the Berlin headquarters of Germany's SPD headquarters

25/12/2017

Sport

Trial begins for man accused of bombing Borussia Dortmund team bus

He's being charged with 28 counts of attempted murder after he set off a device that damaged the team's vehicle and wounded one of Dortmund's players in April.

21/12/2017