Germany

Green News

World leaders close in on Paris Agreement goals ahead of COP26

Current projections for global warming have put a 2 degree Celsius limit within reach.

06/05/2021

Germany

Belarusians file 'state torture' case against Lukashenko in Germany

The German judiciary applies the principle of "universal jurisdiction" which allows any person to be tried in Germany for the most serious offences committed anywhere in the world.

05/05/2021

Germany

Islamic aid group banned in Germany over 'terror financing'

Police searched 10 offices of Islamist aid group Ansaar International on Wednesday as the group was banned by the German Interior Ministry for allegedly funding terror overseas

05/05/2021

Germany

German police arrest man suspected of neo-Nazi hate mail campaign

The letters were allegedly signed with the acronym of a far-right extremist group that was responsible for a string of violent crimes in Germany between 1998 and 2011.

04/05/2021

Germany

Germany's Oktoberfest cancelled for the second successive year

The health situation remains too "uncertain" for the "most comprehensive gathering of all" to be held in the autumn, Bavarian Minister-President Markus Söder said at a press conference.

03/05/2021

Germany

Germany busts one of world's biggest darknet platforms for child porn

Prosecutors in Germany make arrests and take down international porn ring on darknet containing "images of most severe sexual abuse of toddlers".

03/05/2021

Germany

Gemany agrees to repatriate Nigerian bronzes looted in colonial times

In an historic move Germany has agreed to repatriate hundreds of Benin Bronzes in the Humboldt-Forum museum in Berlin to Nigeria next year.

01/05/2021

Germany

Germany to return Benin Bronzes looted during colonial era

Germany’s minister for culture, Monika Gruetters, said the Benin Bronzes were a key test for the way the country deals with its colonial past.

30/04/2021

Sport

Ex-German footballer given suspended sentence for sharing child porn

The former international defender admitted some of the charges against him as his trial began in Dusseldorf.

29/04/2021

No Comment

German start-up collects dog hair to make high-end clothes

A German start-up collects dog hair to make high-end clothes. It is a local production for the moment.

29/04/2021

Germany

German police arrest disability hospital worker over four deaths

The four victims were found dead in separate hospital wards by police on Wednesday night. A fifth resident was seriously injured.

29/04/2021

Green News

German top court orders government to set post-2030 climate goals

The Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday that current legislation doesn't go far enough in ensuring that climate change is limited to acceptable levels.

29/04/2021

Germany

Germany puts anti-lockdown activists under surveillance

The country's domestic security agency can now monitor people and groups within the so-called 'Querdenker' movement.

28/04/2021

No Comment

Rare collared lemur born at Berlin zoo

Berlin zoo showed its latest addition, a collared lemur named Elodie and her newborn baby, on Wednesday.

28/04/2021

Germany

Bomb squad scrambled to German forest for sex toy

A suspected WWII hand grenade found in a Bavarian forest was actually a rubber sex toy, German police have said.

27/04/2021

My Europe Series

'Madness': Berliners count the cost after rent cap law is scrapped

A ruling earlier this month overturned a law that had capped rents in a bid to make the German capital more affordable.

27/04/2021

Sport

Bayern appoints Leipzig's Nagelsmann to replace Flick

Bayern Munich has appointed Leipzig coach Julian Nagelsmann to replace Hansi Flick on a five-year contract.

27/04/2021

Cult

Polka dots and pumpkins: Artist Yayoi Kusama showcases seventy years of her work

Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama is exhibiting sculptures and art inside and outside in Berlin and in New York, with her signature polka dots and infinity rooms.

25/04/2021

Germany

Angela Merkel defends 'tough' emergency COVID-19 measures

Germany's parliament passed new nationwide rules to limit the spread of COVID-19.

24/04/2021

Business Planet

Space startups: nurturing the next generation

In partnership with The European Commission

Business Planet ventures into orbit to explore the EU’s big plans to boost startups working in Europe’s Space economy.

23/04/2021

Business Planet

Interstellar vision: Europe's space business plan

In partnership with The European Commission

Business Planet explores the EU's big plan to make sure Europe stays ahead in the global space race.

23/04/2021

Germany

Angela Merkel denies lobbying for Wirecard on 2019 trip to China

Wirecard collapsed last June amid a major accounting scandal that left a €1.9 billion hole in its books.

23/04/2021

Germany

Germany to buy 30 million doses of Russia's Sputnik V this summer

The agreed purchase will be made pending the vaccine's approval by the European Medicines Agency, a German minister has said.

22/04/2021

No Comment

Germans protest virus 'emergency brake' bill

Several thousand protesters gather in central Berlin, waving flags and placards, as German lawmakers prepare to vote on a law amendment giving Angela Merkel's government power to impose tougher measures to curb the coronavirus pandemic.

21/04/2021

Germany

Talks underway over early Afghanistan withdrawal, says Germany

Deliberations are underway over the possible withdrawal of the NATO-led Resolute Support Mission in Kabul by July 4, the German defence ministry said.

21/04/2021

Germany

Protests in Berlin as Bundestag approves COVID rules overhaul

German legislators have given the green light to an overhaul of coronavirus restrictions as police clashed with demonstrators near the Reichstag.

21/04/2021