Germany

Germany

The demonstrators taking to the streets to proclaim their European identity

15/02/2017

Germany

The Other Side of Hope - screens in Berlin

Using humour to depict the hardship faced by Syrian refugees might not seem the most obvious approach to take, but that’s exactly what Finnish director Aki Kaurishmaki has done with his latest work “T

14/02/2017

Germany

Tunisia and Germany discuss ways to speed up deportation of illegal migrants

Tunisia’s prime minister has rejected criticism his country was too slow to take back failed asylum seekers from Europe.

14/02/2017

Germany

Ex-foreign minister Steinmeier elected new German president

Ex-foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier was elected Germany’s new president on Sunday.

12/02/2017

Germany

Hamburg airport shut down after passengers made sick by corrosive substance

Hamburg airport was evacuated and flights suspended when dozens of passengers became ill from what appeared to be a discharge of a corrosive substance

12/02/2017

Germany

Trump critic Steinmeier elected as new German president

Germany's former foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, a strong critic of Trump, will take over the largely ceremonial position of president.

12/02/2017

Germany

Germany to elect new president

Former German foreign minister Frank Walter Steinmeier is today expected to be elected as the country’s next president.

12/02/2017

Cinema

Berlinale opens with talk of politics

The 67th edition of the “Berlinale” kicked off on Thursday evening with a star-studded opening ceremony.

10/02/2017

Cinema

New German film addresses Nazi child 'euthanasia'

Director Kai Wessel's film 'Fog In August' ('Nebel im August') addresses a dark period in German history - the Nazis' "euthanasia" programme.

10/02/2017

Germany

Germany's Merkel pushes for faster deportations of failed asylum seekers

The aim is to get more failed asylum seekers out of Germany – and faster.

09/02/2017

Economy

Germany goes for gold

Germany's central bank is moving faster than planned to bring much of its gold reserves to Frankfurt from storage in places like New York and Paris.

09/02/2017

Germany

Islamic terror plot thwarted after raids, say German police

Police in Germany say they have arrested two Islamic extremists during dawn raids in the central city of Goettingen.

09/02/2017

Cinema

Movie fans queue early for the Berlinale

Movie fans arrived early determined not to miss out on tickets for the 67th Berlin International Film Festival – The Berlinale.

09/02/2017

Germany

Politics walks the red carpet in Berlin

Barriers and walls hang over the opening of 67th Berlin Film Festival.

09/02/2017

Sport

Philipp Lahm announces retirement

Germany and Bayern Munich legend Philipp Lahm will retire at the end of the season

08/02/2017

Germany

Dresden: Syrian anti-was sculpture faces wrath of far-right protesters

An anti-war sculpture by a Syrian-born artist has provoked protests by far-right supporters in the German city of Dresden.

08/02/2017

Germany

German launch raids against Third Reich supporters

German police target groups who want to see a return of the Reich

07/02/2017

Germany

Germany: Syrian 'selfie' refugee sues Facebook over fake news

Anas Modamani rose to fame after a selfie with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at a refugee shelter in Berlin.

06/02/2017

Germany

Merkel gets party backing to fight Germany's election

Germany's centre-right political parties have agreed to nominate Angela Merkel as their candidate to run for chancellor in the country's election in September.

06/02/2017

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Smart Fashion: What do our clothes say when they talk to us?

Smart fashion: the clothes and accessories we wear could tell us things we don't already know

06/02/2017

Next Series

Takeaway: Smart fashion

This shirt knows how much you eat Collar sensors feel when your swallow food or liquids Smart fashion can help people live healthier lives These eyeglasses also use textile sensors The sensors measure

06/02/2017

Sport

Austria's Stefan Kraft a high-flyer in Oberstdorf

Austria's Stefan Kraft seals Oberstdorf victory

04/02/2017

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Trump gets his wall

A tourist attraction in Hamburg, Germany that features miniature models of various parts of the world has put up a wall around the United States, in a dig at President Donald Trump’s plan to build a f

04/02/2017

Germany

Germany's biggest ever cocaine haul seized

Customs officials in Germany have put on display the country’s biggest ever cocaine haul.

04/02/2017

Business Series

Deutsche Bank: the worst is behind us

Crisis-plagued Deutsche Bank is insisting the worse of its troubles are behind it even as it announced a Q4 loss of 1.9 billion euros.

02/02/2017

Germany

Man arrested in Germany, 'wanted' by Tunisia over Bardo attack

A Tunisian asylum-seeker arrested in Germany on suspicion of planning an attack, is also wanted by Tunisia over links to an assault on the Bardo museum in Tunis.

01/02/2017