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Climate change blamed for death by beetle of German trees

In the Harz region in the middle of Germany, dead spruce trees stand like white ghosts on the hilltops. They are victims of the bark beetle – a small insect that is causing major destruction across Germany.

21/10/2020

Germany

Berlin museum artefacts damaged with mysterious stain

More than 60 artworks and artefacts at some of Berlin's best-known museums were smeared with an oily liquid earlier this month. Police have launched an investigation but say the motive for the vandalism was a mystery.

21/10/2020

Germany

Coronavirus cases increase in Bundesliga after international break

COVID-19 cases are causing concern that football may be put on hold again as Germany appears to be dealing with a second wave of the virus.

19/10/2020

Germany

Germany's nuclear power regions fear for the future when plants close

Whilst the German government has pledged 40 billion euros to help coal regions as mines close, those living and working in nuclear power are not seeing the same support.

19/10/2020

Germany

German water utility pulls plug on Tesla over unpaid bills

Tesla is building its first European factory outside the German capital and aims to eventually build 500,000 electric vehicles there.

16/10/2020

Germany

COVID-19: Germany hit by record hike in new cases

More than 6,600 new COVID-19 infections were reported by authorities on Thursday morning, beating a previous record set on March 28.

15/10/2020

Germany

Lewis Hamilton wins his 91st F1 race to match Schumacher's record

The British driver now leads the championship by 69 points with six races to go after victory in Germany.

11/10/2020

Germany

Berlin bar shutdown: 'No time to party' says mayor as virus cases rise

Bars and restaurants must close by 11pm from Saturday, but the industry has slammed a 'disastrous' move for business.

10/10/2020

Green News

World’s biggest Arctic expedition brings back 1000 ice samples

It has been in stuck in the Arctic ice for a year.

10/10/2020

Germany

Swastikas painted on artwork honouring victims of anti-Semitic attack

The vandalism comes on the first anniversary of the attack in Halle, which left two people dead.

09/10/2020

Germany

Police clear out famous Berlin squat Liebig 34

Inhabitants say they have grown angry with soaring rents in the German capital.

09/10/2020

Germany

Warning Germany could see 10,000 cases a day amid COVID-19 spike

Germany on Thursday recorded its highest daily number of reported COVID-19 cases since late March and early April.

08/10/2020

Europe News

AfD falls from first to third place in eastern German states

The far-right party has lost some of its support in states that have been a stronghold for them in recent years.

05/10/2020

Germany

Student assaulted outside Hamburg synagogue in 'anti-Semitic attack'

A Jewish student was "seriously injured" on Sunday outside a synagogue in Hamburg, northern Germany, in what police have described as "anti-Semitic motivated attack".

05/10/2020

Germany

'A defining moment': Germany marks 30th anniversary of reunification

East Germany joined the western federal republic on October 3, 1990, following the collapse of the Soviet regime less than a year before.

03/10/2020

Germany

German reunification: Thirty years on, is the job done?

Less than a year after the Berlin Wall came down, Germany was a united country again.

03/10/2020

Germany

German Reunification: archive pictures show Unity Day 1990

The signing of the Reunification Treaty, the celebrations and the protests on Germany’s first Unity Day, and other events in this selection of archive photographs.

03/10/2020

Germany

Kremlin critic Navalny says 'Putin was behind' poisoning

"I claim that Putin was behind the crime, and I have no other version of what happened," Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said in an interview.

01/10/2020

Germany

Study: Neanderthal genes could increase risk for severe COVID-19

A study by European scientists examined a cluster of genes that have been linked to a higher risk of hospitalisation in patients who are infected with coronavirus.

30/09/2020

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Camping nostalgia in Germany ahead of reunification anniversary

It's 30 years since German reunification on 3 October.

30/09/2020

World

Germany’s search for permanent nuclear waste sites

Germany has published a list of 90 potential nuclear waste repository sites

29/09/2020

Germany

AfD official said migrants ‘could be shot or gassed’ - reports

Christian Lueth was fired by the far-right #AfD party in #Germany after he was reportedly caught on camera saying migrants coming to the country “could still be shot later on...or gassed."

28/09/2020

Germany

Angela Merkel visited Berlin sickbed of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny

The opposition figure was in hospital in Berlin being treated for Novichok poisoning when Merkel came to the hospital for "a private meeting".

28/09/2020

Germany

Town in former East Germany offers to take in 75 migrants

Despite the popularity of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AFD) in the region, the German town of Neuruppin has said it is keen to welcome migrants to move to and settle in the town.

27/09/2020

Germany

Greens win mayoral runoffs in Germany's most populous state

Germany's Greens won several mayoral races in North Rhine-Westphalia, the country's most populous state.

27/09/2020

Germany

Germany marks 40 years since neo-Nazi attack on Oktoberfest

The bombing on the evening of Sept. 26, 1980, claimed 13 lives and injured more than 200 people.

26/09/2020