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Germany

'Alone in Berlin', a story of resistance to the Nazis, at Berlin Film Festival

Emma Thompson and Brendan Gleeson play a German couple who start a campaign to resist the Nazis in 'Alone in Berlin' directed by Vincent Pérez and shown at the Berlin Film Festival.

16/02/2016

Germany

Assad criticises Munich deal saying it's 'unenforceable'

Syrian President Assad expresses doubts over Munich deal to the country's top lawyers

16/02/2016

Germany

Germany's ruling coalition clashes over refugee integration

Germany’s ruling coalition is clashing over how best to integrate the more than one million refugees the country has welcomed in recent months. The

15/02/2016

Germany

Art with a purpose: Ai Weiwei brings refugee life jackets to Berlin venue

An inflatable boat hangs down and 14,000 life jackets cover the pillars of a Berlin concert house in an art installation by Chinese dissident Ai

15/02/2016

Germany

'24 Weeks' abortion drama is screened in Berlin

'24 Weeks' - a movie for lovers of German cinema at the Berlin film festival, but where are all the other German films in the competition and why so few female film directors?

15/02/2016

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Ai Weiwei's refugees reminder during Berlin Film Festival

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei’s latest installation has seen life jackets left by migrants on Greek beaches being hung from a Berlin concert hall. His

14/02/2016

Germany

French night at the Berlin Film Festival as Huppert dazzles again

Honours on the Saturday of the Berlin Film Festival went to France; Isabelle Huppert and young director and screenwriter Mia Hansen-Løve, who has the

14/02/2016

Germany

Syria 'cessation of hostilities' deal offers glimmer of hope

Implementation is the key to the new deal struck on Syria, with world powers aiming to bring an end to hostilities in a week. As US Secretary of

12/02/2016

Cinema

Shift of focus: Refugees take the spotlight at the Berlin Film Festival

With a spotlight on the refugee crisis, the Berlin Film Festival is making an extra effort to welcome refugees, some of whom will even be taken behind the scenes.

12/02/2016

Germany

Positive reactions to Syria ceasefire deal, but challenges lie ahead

Delegates in Munich have welcomed the agreement to cease hostilities in Syria. But challenges still lie ahead, as European Union Foreign Policy Chief

12/02/2016

Germany

Tilda Swinton's tip for surviving a George Clooney joke

The 66th edition of the Berlin film festival has opened with the Cohen brother’s latest opus, “Hail Caesar” getting them rolling in the aisles

12/02/2016

Germany

Pessimism plagues Syria peace talks as Lavrov and Kerry meet

US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov are in Munich to discuss Syria. Kerry and Lavrov meet in Munich to discuss

11/02/2016

Germany

Are Europeans spending more on protecting themselves?

Sales of personal self-defence equipment like tasers are said to have increased in some European countries since the end of 2015.

11/02/2016

Germany

Ex-Nazi guard, 94, goes on trial over 170,000 killings at Auschwitz

He is 94 today, at the centre of what is likely to be one of the last ever Nazi war crimes trials. But Reinhold Hanning was 20 years old in 1942 when

11/02/2016

Germany

World powers arrive in Munich hoping to resurrect Syrian peace talks

US Secretary of State John Kerry has arrived in Munich hoping to resurrect Syrian Peace talks . He’s pushing for a ceasefire for humanitarian aid to

10/02/2016

Business Series

Deutsche Bank's shares get boost from bond buyback reports

Deutsche Bank's shares recovered some ground on reports it is considering buying back several billion euros of its debt.

10/02/2016

Business Series

BMW enjoys bumper January sales

BMW reports a 7.5 percent rise in monthly car sales in January with increases in Europe and China and falls in the US as winter storms deterred buyers.

10/02/2016

Germany

Final toll given of deaths and injuries in German train crash

Officials refuse to speculate about what caused led to the head-on collision in Bavaria

10/02/2016

Germany

Human error may be to blame for Bavaria rail collision

Human error is at the centre of an investigation into a train crash that killed 10 people in southern Germany. At least 80 others were injured when

10/02/2016

Germany

'Human error responsible' for deadly Bad Aibling train crash - sources

German media, quoting sources close to investigation, cite human error as cause of collision At least 10 dead 81 injured, 18 in serious condition Two

09/02/2016

Europe News

Varoufakis' new pan-Europe party aims to strengthen democracy

“We want to strengthen democracy and prevent the EU’s disintegration.” The message from former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, as he

09/02/2016

Business Series

TUI shifts destination focus over security concerns in Turkey and North Africa

Tour operator TUI is to develop new destinations as bookings drop to countries like Turkey, Egypt and Tunisia after terrorist attacks.

09/02/2016

Sport

Swiss roll as Janka and Gut grab Super-G wins

Hello snow lovers let mountain guide Vincent Ménard lead us through the weekend's Alpine events.

07/02/2016

Germany

Pegida fails to ignite as Europe-wide anti-Muslim protests fizzle

German anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant outfit Pegida tried to hold a European-wide day of protest on Saturday, with mixed results. In the city of its

06/02/2016

Sport

Vonn the bomb goes on and on

Overall World Cup leader and ski queen Lindsey Vonn stormed to a massive victory in the downhill on the Kandahar piste at Garmisch Partenkirchen in southeren Germany.

06/02/2016

Germany

One of world's biggest container ships stranded on German river

Crews are attempting to pump hundreds of cubic metres of heavy fuel oil from one of the world’s biggest container ships. The CSCL Indian Ocean is

05/02/2016