Germany

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

Germany

German jailed in one of first trials for war crimes against Yazidis

An estimated 7,000 Yazidi women and girls, some as young as nine, were enslaved and forcibly transferred to locations in Iraq and eastern Syria.

25/10/2021

Euronews Witness

The coal war: the battle to close Germany's lignite mines

Euronews' Hans von der Brelie heads to one of the world’s largest opencast pits, Garzweiler II, to witness for himself the battle to close the country's lignite mines.

22/10/2021

Climate

German climate activists call for faster exit from coal production

Germany plans to quit coal by 2038 but the possibility of bringing the deadline forward by 8 years is on the negotiation table. And climate activists want to see that happening.

22/10/2021

Germany

German petrol station worker assaulted after face mask row

A 67-year-old man was hospitalised near Bremen after he was punched and kicked by a customer after an argument about wearing a facemask. The incident comes one month after another German petrol station worker was fatally shot by a man who refused to wear a face mask.

21/10/2021

Germany

Germany's would-be coalition planning to form government in December

The three parties started coalition negotiations on Thursday and aim to finish talks in late November.

21/10/2021

My Europe Series

Is the Gorillas food delivery app the future for Europe's gig economy?

Berlin's food delivery app rejected the idea of hiring gig workers. Did it work?

21/10/2021

Culture news

World's biggest book fair opens its doors in Frankfurt

From 20 to 24 October, Frankfurt Book Fair will welcome visitors from all around the world, but in a smaller edition due to the pandemic.

20/10/2021

Germany

Germany proposes joint border patrols with Poland to curb migration

Authorities in Germany say around 4,500 migrants have crossed from Poland without documentation since August.

20/10/2021

Mobility

New driverless train driving innovation on Germany’s railways

Hamburg scored a world first when they unveiled an autonomous train as part of a €60 million modernisation project for its S-Bahn.

20/10/2021

Germany

Two ex-soldiers arrested in Germany accused of forming mercenary group

German police detained two former soldiers on Wednesday who are alleged to have attempted to form a mercenary group with the aim of intervening in the military conflict in Yemen.

20/10/2021

Germany

German prosecutors probe three people over deadly factory explosion

Three employees at the industrial park are suspected of negligent homicide and negligently causing an explosion.

19/10/2021

Germany

Ex-Nazi camp secretary appears in court on war crimes charges

The 96-year-old woman faces more than 11,000 charges of accessory to murder.

19/10/2021

Climate Now

What was the role of climate change in Germany's fatal floods?

In partnership with Copernicus

In this episode of Climate Now we explore what role climate change played in this year's deadly floods in Germany and Belgium.

18/10/2021

Art

Berlin highlights art from female sculptor banned under Nazi Germany

Louise Stomps' woodwork went beneath the radar in Berlin for decades. Now, the Verborgne Museum are displaying her little known works to reimagine her influence in a different time.

18/10/2021

Germany

German Greens vote to support formal coalition talks in party congress

Germany's Greens voted in a party congress to support formal coalition talks with the Social Democrats and Liberals.

17/10/2021

Germany

CDU leader Armin Laschet takes 'responsibility' for election loss

The Christian Democrats obtained the worst result in their history in Germany's September legislative elections.

16/10/2021

Germany

Germany's traffic light coalition moves closer to forming a government

If the talks are successful, Olaf Scholz will likely replace German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

15/10/2021

Earth News

Germany to slash renewable energy fees to ease burden of higher bills

A typical German household has seen bills rise by 9.3% over the past 12 months.

15/10/2021

Destinations

This German island embraces nature and nudism

The island is known as the Queen of the North Sea and has been a popular wellness destination for more than 100 years.

14/10/2021

Germany

Girl, 8, found alive after two days lost in German-Czech border forest

An eight-year-old German girl has been found alive after being lost for two days in a forest on the German-Czech border.

13/10/2021

Germany

Germany sees sharp rise in migrants arriving via Belarus

From January to July this year, 26 people travelling via the “Belarus route” arrived in Germany without authorisation. The number grew to 474 in August, 1,914 in September and 1,934 during the first 11 days of October.

13/10/2021