Germany

Germany

Berlin attack: what happened

Just after 8pm local time, when the Christmas market would have been packed with tourists and locals, a lorry ploughed into the crowd.

20/12/2016

Germany

Berlin: police say 'truck deliberately targeted crowds' in deadly crash

Hours after a lorry ploughed into a crowded Christmas market in Berlin, German police are now saying it was a deliberate act and possibly an act of terror.

20/12/2016

Germany

Berlin: "Truck simply drove over people" says witness

By midnight there was still a heavy police presence on streets across the German capital.

20/12/2016

Germany

Berlin truck crash: 'early indications point to attack' - German Interior Minister

Thomas de Maiziere says it is too early to speculate over the cause of the Berlin truck crash, but early indications point to an attack.

20/12/2016

Germany

What we know about Christmas market attack in Berlin

What we know At around 8pm CET on Monday, December 19, a lorry ploughed into a Christmas market in Berlin’s Breitscheidplatz in a deliberate attack.

19/12/2016

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Skyscraper Santa surprises Berlin kids

Santa made an impromptu appearance at the Kollhoff Tower on Potsdamer Platz in Berlin.

19/12/2016

Germany

'Casual kicker': Berlin metro attack suspect detained by police

Authorities in Berlin say they have arrested the man suspected of kicking a woman down a flight of stairs in an underground station in the German capital.

17/12/2016

Germany

Boy, 12, 'tried to bomb' German Christmas market, City Hall

A 12-year-old boy tried to detonate a bomb at a Christmas market in the western town of Ludwigshafen, German prosecutors have said.

16/12/2016

Germany

12 year-old boy 'attempts nail bombing' in Ludwigshafen Christmas market, City Hall

A 12 year old German-Iraqi boy in Ludwigshafen, Germany attempts a double nail-bomb attack

16/12/2016

Germany

Immigrant who lied about age suspected of rape and murder

An immigrant accused of raping and murdering a German student is the same man who was convicted of a separate attack in Greece.

14/12/2016

Cinema

Looking for the meaning of life with the help of Toni Erdmann

'Toni Erdmann' - a fierce critique of financial capitalism and the world of contemporary work - was a big winner at this year's European Film Awards.

13/12/2016

Germany

Police close on man who kicked woman down Berlin subway stairs

German police are questioning a man who is believed to have been part of a group filmed attacking a woman in a Berlin subway station.

12/12/2016

Germany

Watch: horrific attack on the Berlin metro

Shocking footage has emerged of the moment a thug kicked a woman in the back as she walked down the stairs in a metro station in Berlin.

11/12/2016

Economy

German exports struggle on slow factory output

German exports rebounded by less than expected in October, according to latest official figures.

09/12/2016

Germany

German court rules energy firms can be compensated for nuclear phase-out

The court in Karlsruhe says utilities should not foot the bill alone for the government's decision to phase out nuclear power.

06/12/2016

Germany

Germany's CDU reelects Angela Merkel leader with lowest support since she became chancellor

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has won reelection as the leader of the Christian Democratic Union.

06/12/2016

Germany

Germany warns against anti-refugee incitement following student murder

The rape and murder of a 19-year-old German student has raised concerns over a possible anti-refugee backlash.

06/12/2016

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Christmas magic for German children

German youngsters enjoyed an early taste of Christmas during a special train ride.

05/12/2016

Germany

Formula One champion Nico Rosberg announces shock retirement

Newly crowned Formula One champion Nico Rosberg has announced he’s quitting the sport less than a week after winning his first world title with Mercedes.

02/12/2016

Germany

Europol 'Operation Avalanche' strikes at global online crime network

Europol says a giant network of hijacked computers suspected of attacking online banking customers has been dismantled.

01/12/2016

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Tiger feat - dog at German zoo helps raise abandoned cubs

A dog at a German zoo is helping to rear twin Bengal tiger cubs which were abandoned by their mother soon after birth, Safaripark Stukenbrock in northern Germany said on…

30/11/2016

Germany

German 'mole' is arrested over Islamist plot

An employee of Germany’s domestic intelligence service (BfV) has been arrested over a suspected Islamist plot to bomb the agency’s Cologne Headquarters.

29/11/2016

Germany

Refugee postcards for sale in Berlin

It costs 90 cents to send a postcard from Germany to Syria, and Zero Ninety is a chance for Berliners a chance to buy postcards from artists and refugees at silent auction

29/11/2016

Germany

More turbulence for Lufthansa

The German flag carrier says an estimated 1,706 flights will be cancelled on Tuesday and Wednesday due to a long-running pay dispute between management and pilots.

29/11/2016

Germany

Deutsche Telekom 'hack' affects nearly a million customers

Hundreds of thousands of Deutsche Telekom customers in Germany had their broadband service cut off following a hack-attack on its hardware.

29/11/2016

Germany

'Mr. Flirt' teaches new migrants how to approach women in Germany

Horst Wenzel, dubbed ‘Germany’s number one love expert’, has been volunteering his services to teach new migrants how to flirt and approach women.

28/11/2016