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Thunder struck

Organizers of the “Rock am Ring” festival in Mendig, Germany decided to cancel the third and final day of the sell-out concert on Sunday (5 June) after heavy thunderstorms and lightning injured more t

05/06/2016

Germany

Lightning strikes end German rock festival

The third and final day of the mammoth "Rock-am-Ring" festival is cancelled after lightning strikes injure more than 80.

05/06/2016

Germany

Multiple injuries as lightning strikes twice in two years at German rock festival

The myth that lightning never strikes the same place twice has been well and truly disproved at one music festival in Germany.

04/06/2016

Germany

German police arrest three Syrians after terror conspirator turns himself in

German police have arrested three Syrian men with alleged links to the so-called Islamic State.

02/06/2016

Germany

Germany becomes 27th nation to recognise Armenian genocide

Thursday’s vote in the German parliament recognising a genocide of Armenians in Turkey a century ago has enraged the Turks and delighted the…

02/06/2016

Germany

Germany agrees to refer to 1915 massacre of Armenians as "genocide"

The Bundestag voted in favour of a resolution to refer to the killings of up to 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire during the First World War as "genocide".

02/06/2016

Germany

Deadly floods in Bavaria, Germany

A state of emergency is in place in parts of the southern German region of Bavaria after heavy floods caused power cuts and chaos.

01/06/2016

Germany

Turkey warns Germany over vote on Armenian mass killings

Turkey has warned Germany against voting for a parliamentary resolution recognising the mass killings of Armenians as a genocide.

31/05/2016

Business Series

VW Dieselgate damage could have been worse

Despite the diesel emissions test cheating scandal Volkswagen's underlying profit fell less than expected in the first quarter thanks to demand for its Audi and Porsche models.

31/05/2016

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Deadly floods in Germany

At least three people have been killed in heavy floods in southwestern Germany.

30/05/2016

Germany

German weekend football dominated by AfD chief's 'racist' Boateng comment

There is local pride in the Berlin district where German international footballer Jerome Boateng grew up.

30/05/2016

Germany

Germany: Storm leaves several dead including teenage girl and firefighter

At least four people have been killed in a storm in southwest Germany.

30/05/2016

Germany

German MP suffers 'cake attack' over refugee stance

A German MP was hit in the face with a chocolate cake on Saturday, apparently in protest at her stance on refugees.

29/05/2016

Germany

Germany's carrot and stick approach to refugee integration

German Chancellor Angela Merkel presented her government’s new refugee integration law on Wednesday after a coalition summit in Meseberg in eastern…

25/05/2016

Germany

Germany: #Cutesolidarity response to Kinder chocolate controversy

25/05/2016

Business Series

Moody's downgrades Deutsche Bank's credit rating

Moody's has downgraded the rating on Deutsche Bank's unsecured debt. Chief Executive John Cryan said he was "very disappointed".

24/05/2016

Economy

Private consumption and construction investment boost German growth in Q1

Germany's economy just enjoyed its best performance in two years thank to strong private consumption and increased building activity.

24/05/2016

Business Series

Bayer 'confident' Monsanto offer will be accepted

Germany's Bayer has offered to buy US seeds company Monsanto for $62 billion (55 billion euros) in cash trying to gain the top spot in the fast-consolidating farm supplies industry.

23/05/2016

Sport

Niersbach to face two-year ban from football

FIFA’s ethics committee has been told by investigators that a two-year ban from football for the former director of the German football association for violations of the code of conduct is…

20/05/2016

Business Series

Lufthansa boss warns on Brexit

The head of German airline Lufthansa has warned against the "crisis" of Britain leaving the European Union.

19/05/2016

Germany

Watch this space as Merkel pulls out of ESA project announcement

Chancellor Angela Merkel was supposed to announce a major international space co-operation project on Wednesday. She didn't.

18/05/2016

Culture news

Flashmob orchestra floods Berlin shopping centre

The German Symphonic Orchestra, led by honorary conductor Kent Nagano, held an impromptu concert in a Berlin shopping mall.

18/05/2016

Culture news

Addicted to art

He doesn’t necessarily know how to pronounce it, but Christoph Müller certainly has a good nose for Danish art, more precisely the ‘Golden Age’ of Danish…

18/05/2016

Economy

ECB monetary policies face complaint before Germany Constitutional Court - again

Another complaint against the European Central Bank's quantitative easing policies has been made to Germany's Constitutional Court.

17/05/2016

Germany

Bonn climate conference begins on implementing 2015 Paris Agreement

Governments began work on Monday on seeking ways to implement the 2015 Paris Agreement to limit global warming. It’s the first time experts have meet

17/05/2016

Culture news

Finding Nero: Rhineland State Museum looks to rehabilitate emperor

The Roman emperor Nero who ruled from 54AD to 68AD gets a lot of bad press.

16/05/2016