Germany

Germany

Merkel offers positive view of German handling of 2015 migrant crisis

Looking back on her legacy, Merkel said the 2015 migrant crisis was one of the most challenging events during her time as German chancellor.

08/11/2021

Germany

COVID cases hit record high in Germany

Germany has struggled to find ways to boost its much-slowed vaccination campaign.

08/11/2021

Germany

Three people injured in knife attack on train in Germany

Three people have been injured in a knife attack on a train near Nuremberg in Germany on Saturday, local police said.

06/11/2021

My Europe Series

On abortion, Germany is not as liberal as you may think

Campaigners say Germany's abortion restrictions are tougher than many people think. Now, with a socially liberal coalition set to govern, there is hope laws will be relaxed.

05/11/2021

Germany

Embassy worker in Berlin died in 'tragic accident', says Russia

Der Spiegel has reported that the man was a 35-year-old Russian diplomat who fell from the embassy building in Berlin.

05/11/2021

Germany

German mother given life sentence for murdering five of her children

The bodies of five of her children were found at an apartment in the western city of Solingen in September last year.

04/11/2021

Germany

Germany reports a record number of new COVID-19 cases

The Robert Koch Institute said 33,949 new cases had been registered in the last 24 hours, up from 28,037 daily cases a week ago.

04/11/2021

Germany

German rail firm Deutsche Bahn kept on track with €2.1 billion bailout

Deutsche Bahn racked up more than €4 billion in losses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

03/11/2021

Germany

Germany in midst of 'massive pandemic mainly among the unvaccinated'

"We are currently experiencing a pandemic mainly among the unvaccinated and it is massive," Germany's health minister Jens Spahn said

03/11/2021

Germany

Germany says more than 5,000 migrants arrived from Belarus in October

German police say that they registered more than 5,285 unauthorised border crossings last month by people who had arrived from Belarus.

01/11/2021

Germany

German judiciary worker accused of leaking information to conspiracist

A former employee at Berlin's public prosecutor's office allegedly told Attila Hildmann that an arrest warrant had been issued for him, allowing the conspiracist to flee the country.

01/11/2021

Germany

Berlin police apologise for Holocaust memorial press-up images

The images were reportedly taken in May as police were dispersed across the German capital.

01/11/2021

Work

Amazon workers in Germany strike over pay rises

The Verdi trade union claims that Amazon workers don't receive the same pay increases as colleagues in other parts of the retail industry.

01/11/2021

Mobility

Global supply chain issues could hit Tesla as hard as German carmakers

Elon Musk's company has just built Germany's newest car factory but it could soon face by the same problems affecting German carmakers.

29/10/2021

Germany

Man in Germany goes on trial for castrating 8 men on his kitchen table

The defendant told the court that he castrated, or partially amputated the genitals of, eight men between July 2018 and March 2020.

29/10/2021

Germany

Angela Merkel in Greece for talks on last visit post-financial crisis

Relations between Greece and Germany were often thorny during Merkel's tenure due to the financial crisis.

29/10/2021

My Europe Series

How migration is fuelling the remarkable rise of cricket in Germany

Germany made history recently by moving a step closer to qualifying for next year's T20 World Cup.

28/10/2021

Germany

German man convicted of passing Bundestag floor plans to Russia

Federal prosecutors said the suspect had sent details and floor plans of the Bundestag building in Berlin to Russian military intelligence.

28/10/2021

Travel News

These photos from the ‘Beard Olympics’ will really grow on you

Participants from around the world make their way to Bavaria for the 2021 World Beard and Moustache Championships.

28/10/2021

Germany

Dismissed: Germany's Merkel becomes caretaker chancellor

Angela Merkel received her formal dismissal certificate from the post of chancellor after 16 years in office.

26/10/2021

Health news

Is the world ready for the next pandemic?

At the World Health Summit 2021 in Berlin, experts discussed lessons to be learned from the COVID pandemic, and how to implement them to better prepare for the next ones to come.

26/10/2021

Germany

First aider dies of injuries five years after Christmas market attack

An organisation representing relatives of the victims has called for the man's name to be added to a memorial to the attack.

26/10/2021

Germany

Germany's newly elected Bundestag meets for first time since election

The German parliament is expected to elect Baerbel Bas of the centre-left Social Democrats as its new speaker.

26/10/2021

Health news

COVID-19 pandemic 'far from over', warns WHO chief

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned there will be more pandemics in the future.

25/10/2021

Sport

Bayern Munich midfielder Joshua Kimmich admits he is not vaccinated

Kimmich and four other unnamed Bayern Munich players are yet to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

25/10/2021

Germany

German police guard Polish border over migrant influx from Belarus

Germany has recorded 5,700 illegal entries it says are linked to Belarus.

25/10/2021