Germany

Germany

Last of Soviet soldiers who liberated Auschwitz dies at 98

As a young Red Army soldier, David Dushman flattened the forbidding electric fence around the notorious Nazi death camp with his T-34 tank on Jan. 27, 1945.

07/06/2021

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Heavy rainstorms cause flooding in western Saxony

Roads were flooded, underpasses filled with muddy waters and waterways broke their banks as heavy rain battered parts of Germany on Saturday.

06/06/2021

Germany

Merkel's party fends off far-right AfD challenge in Saxony-Anhalt vote

Angela Merkel's centre-right CDU won 37%.1 of the vote, final results showed, in regional elections in Saxony-Anhalt seen as a last test before the national election in September.

06/06/2021

Germany

German cardinal resigns over Catholic Church's sexual abuse crisis

Cardinal Reinhard Marx, the Archbishop of Munich and Freising, said that the church had hit a "dead end" but that he hoped there would be a "turning point".

04/06/2021

Germany

Germany-Russia flights to resume after suspension amid Belarus row

Flights were suspended on Tuesday and Wednesday amid escalating tensions between Russia and the West after Belarus diverted a passenger jet to arrest a dissident journalist.

02/06/2021

Germany

Germany probes allegations of COVID-19 test fraud

The government's scheme to pay for one free test per citizen per week has led to a proliferation of businesses offering rapid antigen tests.

01/06/2021

Germany

Euroviews. Germany did not fully recognise Namibia killings as genocide | View

"Contrary to what the majority of global media reports suggest, there is no question of full recognition of the genocide in the legal sense and with consequences under international law."

01/06/2021

Germany

Human smuggling ring busted in Germany and Slovakia

Vietnamese people were brought to Europe on fraudulent visas, then forced to work in brothels

31/05/2021

Germany

Germany agrees to recognise colonial killings in Namibia as genocide

As well as recognising the killings and asking descendants of victims for forgiveness, Germany has committed to spend 1.1 billion euros on mostly development projects over the next 30 years.

28/05/2021

Health news

Why are COVID vaccines linked to blood clots? Scientists have answers

A group of scientists in Germany claims they have cracked the code as to why AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson vaccines are causing blood clots.

27/05/2021

Germany

Germany pulls out of track cycling championships in Belarus

The German Cycling Association said Tuesday it had contacted the European Cycling Union (UEC) “and made it clear that the German national track cycling team’s participation in the European Championships is not possible after the events of the weekend."

26/05/2021

Ocean

The ticking environmental time bombs lying on Europe's seafloor

In partnership with the European Commission

Relic munitions and unexploded ordnance are a global problem, ubiquitously affecting European coastal waters. The risk of possible detonations and environmental contamination hinders the development of many sectors of the blue economy — including offshore energy, shipping, aquaculture and tourism.

25/05/2021

Germany

Dane in court over grisly murder on board a German ferry in 1987

A German couple was attacked on board the MS Viking Sally. Three decades on, nobody has ever been convicted of the crime.

24/05/2021

Germany

Germany bans all non-essential travel to UK over Indian variant

The German Embassy in the UK said the new classification is due to "local outbreaks occurring again, including cases of more infectious variants such as the Indian variant at present."

22/05/2021

Germany

Man convicted of deadly homophobic attack on couple in Dresden

A Syrian national has been sentenced to life in prison for stabbing two gay men in Dresden last year, killing one and seriously injuring his partner in an attack that prosecutors said was motivated by anti-LGBT Islamic extremist beliefs.

21/05/2021

Germany

German soldier who posed as refugee on trial over planned attack

A German army officer who posed as a Syrian asylum-seeker has gone on trial accused of plotting to kill prominent politicians and blame the attack on refugees.

20/05/2021

Germany

Germany carries out raids after banning groups linked to Hezbollah

Germany's Interior Ministry said the banned groups are suspected of raising funds for families of killed Hezbollah fighters, under the guise of humanitarian purposes.

19/05/2021

Germany

US waives sanctions on Nord Stream 2 operator

Angela Merkel on Thursday said talks would continue with the United States over future relations with Russia after the U.S. waived sanctions on Nord Stream 2 AG.

18/05/2021

Germany

Fifth suspect arrested in Germany over Dresden jewellery heist

A 22-year-old man was detained in Berlin on suspicion of the high-profile gang theft of 18th-century from Dresden's Green Vault Museum in November 2019.

18/05/2021

Sport

German Football Association President resigns over Nazi comments

During an April meeting, Fritz Keller had compared a DFB vice-president to a Nazi-era judge, prompting widespread criticism.

17/05/2021

Germany

Attacks on police and Israeli reporter at Berlin pro-Palestinian rally

A firecracker was thrown at an Israeli reporter covering pro-Palestinian protests in the German capital while four men were also arrested in London over an antisemitic incident.

16/05/2021

Germany

German vaccine tsar: everyone may need a third dose next year

The head of Germany's Standing Committee on Vaccination says the country must prepare for the possibility that all citizens will need a third 'booster' dose of vaccine in 12 months' time.

16/05/2021

Germany

German billionaire declared dead three years after going missing

Karl-Erivan Haub was one of the richest men in the world as head of retail group Tengelmann.

14/05/2021

World

Germany's emissions will be reduced to 'net zero' by 2045

The German government has adopted a new ambitious plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 'net zero' by 2045, five years earlier than initially planned.

13/05/2021

World

Germany staycation: domestic tourism on the rise in Schleswig-Holstein

Several German states are already preparing to reopen to domestic tourists. Four trial projects in the northern state of Schleswig-Holstein have already been welcoming them back.

13/05/2021

Green News

Why ‘green envelopes’ would transform the future of cities

Arup architect Rudi Scheuermann explains why if 20% of each building was covered in plants, in 20% of the city, we would see reducing temperatures and improved air quality.

13/05/2021