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Germany

Jewish athletes gather in Berlin for Maccabi Games

14th European Maccabi Games - a major Jewish sporting event - are being staged in Germany for the first time on the site of the 1936 Berlin Olympics

27/07/2015

Germany

Duisburg marks five years since Love Parade tragedy

The German town of Duisburg has held a memorial service to mark five years since a deadly stampede at the Love Parade techno festival. Twenty-one

24/07/2015

Germany

Germanwings crash families demand apology and payout from Lufthansa

In a letter published the the Bild newspaper victims' families say the firm has ignored them and offered a payout that deeply insulted them and above all their children.

21/07/2015

Culture news

Medieval artwork saved from the Nazis on show in Berlin

A unique exhibition of Medieval artworks saved from the Nazis is currently on display at the Bode Museum in Berlin. Assembled by affluent German art

20/07/2015

Economy

German Parliament approves talks for third Greek bailout

German MPs voted by 439 in favour to 119 against, with 40 abstentions.

17/07/2015

Germany

#Merkelstrokes: the German Chancellor is confronted by a crying refugee

The Twittersphere has lit up with criticism of Germany’s Chancellor after she was confronted on television by a young refugee whose family had been

16/07/2015

Germany

Merkel mocked online over refugee girl's tears

German Chancellor Angela Merkel drew mockery online on Thursday for stroking the back of a Palestinian girl facing possible deportation after she had

16/07/2015

Germany

Nosferatu: creator's skull taken from tomb

The authorities in Germany say the skull of FW Murnau, the director of 1920’s silent vampire classic “Nosferatu”, has been removed from his tomb. The

15/07/2015

Germany

Auschwitz accountant gets four years for working at death camp

A 94-year-old former bookkeeper at Auschwitz has been sentenced to four years in prison in what could be one of the last big Holocaust trials. Oskar

15/07/2015

Sport

Marquez makes it six in a row at the Sachsenring

Yamaha are clearly the team to beat this season in MotoGP as both their riders have been in great form with thirteen podium finishes out of eight

13/07/2015

Sport

Schweinsteiger agrees to join Manchester Utd from Munich

German midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger has agreed to join Manchester United according to Bayern Munich. The Bundesliga champions’ chief executive

11/07/2015

Business Planet

Schweinfurt: European home of electric bikes

This week in Business Planet, we’re in Schweinfurt in Germany, the European home of the electric bike. How to make the most of the e-bike boom? What

11/07/2015

Germany

Police arrest man after shooting spree near Ansbach, Germany

German police have arrested a man following the drive-by shooting of an 82-year-old woman and a 72-year-old cyclist. Police say after shooting the

10/07/2015

Germany

Man held after two killed in German drive-by shootings

In Germany at least two people have been killed in a drive-by shooting in northern Bavaria. A suspect is said to have opened fire from a Mercedes car

10/07/2015

Culture news

Lena Hosheck innovative handicraft at the Berlin Fashion Week

Lena Hosheck showed up at the Berlin Fashion Week with a fresh collection of work that demonstrates her passion for traditional handicraft and

09/07/2015

Germany

Merkel breaks off dealing with Greece to visit Balkans

Angela Merkel is in the Western Balkans, on the first leg of a tour that will also take the German Chancellor to Serbia and Bosnia. Her visit sends a

09/07/2015

Germany

Crazy weather in Europe: from boiling hot to giant hailstones

People in some parts of Germany are scratching their heads, wondering what is going on with the weather. After days of very high temperatures, which

08/07/2015

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05/07/2015

Culture news

Humanoid robot stars in Berlin opera

A small robot, the size as an 8-year-old child, is the unlikely star of the opera ‘My Square Lady’ at Berlin’s Komische Oper. The opera tells the

02/07/2015

Germany

Wikileaks: Top German officials targeted by NSA

A new chapter has opened in the NSA spying scandal in Germany with fresh revelations that the US agency spied on top German officials. Wikileaks

02/07/2015

Germany

Merkel: no talks on new Greece bailout deal until after referendum

The German Chancellor has said there’ll be no negotiations on a new Greek bailout deal until after the country’s referendum on Sunday. But Angela

01/07/2015

Culture news

Karlsruhe's GLOBALE art event begins a dazzling year

The near year-long GLOBALE art event celebrates art in the digital age. Organised in the south western Germany city of Karlsruhe, which is

30/06/2015

Sport

Borussia Dortmund back to work

Thomas Tuchel oversaw his first training session as Borussia Dortmund coach on Tuesday as the Bundesliga title challengers got back to business

30/06/2015

Sport

Brett Rheeder wins FMB Diamond Series second round.

Canada’s Brett Rheeder has claimed victory in the second round of the Freeride Mountain Bike (FMB) Diamond Series. The Belgian trick machine Thomas

28/06/2015

Sport

Dennis Enarson wins Munich Mash BMX

Now to the Munich mash where the best BMX riders in the world are brought together in front of thousands of spectators. Here the US rider Dennis

27/06/2015

Germany

Greek referendum proposal causes ripples in Germany

Alexis Tsipras’ shock proposal for a referendum on accepting a bailout deal has caused ripples throughout Europe. In Germany, the news of a possible

27/06/2015