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How this year's Berlinale is bursting open the gender binary

Gender has been a major theme of the festival, which opened with Francois Ozon’s gender-flipped film Peter von Kant, adapted from Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 1972 movie ‘The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant’.

17/02/2022

Culture news

Women win big at Berlinale as 'Alcarràs’ takes home Golden Bear

The prize list at one of Europe's biggest festivals was dominated by female talent with gold and silver bears going to a host of female directors and actors.

17/02/2022

Europe News

Storms kill four people and disrupt travel across northern Europe

Gusts of up to 152 kilometres per hour were recorded in northern Germany as Storm Ylenia swept through.

17/02/2022

Europe News

Germany and Austria eye end to most COVID rules in March

Germany saw infections caused by the highly contagious omicron variant surge later than in several other European countries.

17/02/2022

Germany

German dictionary updates definition of 'Jew' after outcry

The Duden dictionary has stated that the word could occasionally be perceived as discriminatory.

16/02/2022

Germany

Schools in western Germany to shut on Thursday amid storm warnings

The education minister in North Rhine-Westphalia has urged parents to keep children at home due to high winds.

16/02/2022

Germany

One person killed after two passenger trains collide near Munich

At least 10 others were injured in the accident near Ebenhausen-Schäftlarn station.

14/02/2022

Germany

One dead and 8 hospitalised after contaminated drinks in Bavarian bar

When police arrived at the bar, they found people lying on the ground with cramps.

14/02/2022

Germany

Steinmeier elected for second term as German president

A special parliamentary assembly met on Sunday, electing Steinmeier as president for another five-year term.

13/02/2022

Germany

German court won't stop vaccine mandate for healthcare workers for now

The Constitutional Court declined to issue an injunction before the new law takes effect in mid-March.

11/02/2022

Germany

Germany's gas reserves are at 'worrying' levels, admits government

Gas reserves have fallen to 35-36% from 40% recently and 80% in 2020.

09/02/2022

Germany

Blaze after drunken lorry driver jumps red light and crashes into cars

Emergency services said it was "really lucky" no one was seriously injured.

09/02/2022

Culture news

Oscars 2022: What are European film's best hopes for an Academy Award?

Flee, Hand of God, and The Worst Person in the World are three of the five international films nominated for an Oscar. Here's more about them.

09/02/2022

Germany

Czech millionaire investigated for racing at 417 km/h on German road

The incident was reportedly filmed and uploaded to YouTube earlier this year.

08/02/2022

Germany

Germany argues over vaccine mandates for health workers

The opposition bloc says the mandate should be suspended nationwide “until central legal and practical questions are answered”.

08/02/2022

The Cube

Online hate speech probe over 'celebrating police killings' in Germany

“We will not accept people downright celebrating the cold-blooded killing of our two police colleagues and mocking the victims."

07/02/2022

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70 foot-high Autobahn bridge in Germany demolished

A 485-metre-long and 70-metre-high old Autobahn bridge was brought down near Wilnsdorf, in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, on Sunday

06/02/2022

Germany

Large container ship freed after running aground off German island

Initial attempts to free the 400-metre long vessel were unsuccessful.

03/02/2022

Health news

German researchers plan to breed pigs for human heart transplants

The first pig will be ready this year with its heart tested in a baboon before it's hoped clinical trials can begin for future use in humans.

03/02/2022

Germany

'Unacceptable': EU slams Russia's expulsion of Deutsche Welle

Russia has announced retaliatory against broadcaster Deutsche Welle after Germany banned RT over licence issues.

02/02/2022

Germany

UEFA sees fungi side of Champignons League pizza

A lawyer acting for UEFA had asked the Champignons League pizza name to be dropped as it was too close to Champions League. But the football body has now had a change of heart.

02/02/2022

Germany

Suspect in Berlin motorway attack detained in psychiatric hospital

Judges said the incident was not an Islamist attack but ruled that the man still posed a danger to society.

01/02/2022

Germany

Hamburg school briefly closed after 'armed youth' seen near building

A school in the German city of Hamburg was locked down by police after a gunman was seen nearby.

01/02/2022

Tech News

Twitter files lawsuit in Germany over criminal content reporting rules

Meta and Google filed similar lawsuits in the summer against the rules that come info force on Tuesday.

31/01/2022

Germany

Suspects detained for murder of police officers in Germany

The two suspects, both male, were apprehended on Monday afternoon, some 12 hours after the shooting following a routine police stop.

31/01/2022

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Storm tide hits Germany's North Sea coast

Northern Germany was hit by strong winds and a tidal surge overnight into Sunday as storm Nadia moved in, severely restricting rail and road travel.

30/01/2022