Germany

Germany

German watchdog tells parents to destroy 'My Friend Cayla' doll over hacking fears

Parents in Germany have been told to destroy the talking toy called ‘My Friend Cayla’ after it was revealed it can be hacked.

17/02/2017

Germany

Trudeau and Merkel share common goals in Berlin

Trudeau and Merkel meet in Berlin and talk NATO and CETA

17/02/2017

Germany

Syria dominates at the G20 as next round of Geneva talks loom

Syria on the menu as G20 foreign ministers meet

17/02/2017

Germany

German Chancellor Merkel testifies on NSA spy scandal

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has admitted to technical and organisational errors pertaining to the 2013 NSA spying scandal, but denies knowing the extent of US-German cooperation in the affair unti

16/02/2017

Germany

Which country is leading the EU on wind power?

Germany is charging ahead with investments in wind energy as momentum stalls in large parts of the EU, a new report has revealed.

16/02/2017

Germany

Volker Schlöndorff returns to Berlinale with a romantic drama

Oscar winning director Volker Schlöndorff has made a welcome appearance at this year’s Berlin Film Festival.

16/02/2017

Cinema

'The Lost City of Z' at the Berlin Film Festival

They came from ‘The Lost City of Z’ – the film that is to the fervour of the red carpet at the Berlinale.

15/02/2017

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