Germany

Germany

Germany to begin partial lockdown from November 2, says Angela Merkel

No more than ten people should convene at one time and contact is set to be limited to two households.

28/10/2020

Germany

Angela Merkel is reportedly considering a nationwide 'lockdown light'

The German Chancellor will push for the strict new measures in a meeting with regional leaders on Wednesday, Bild newspaper reported

26/10/2020

Germany

Germany health institute attacked amid tensions over COVID-19 rules

A building of the agency for disease control, the Robert Koch Institute in Berlin, was attacked with Molotov cocktails this weekend.

26/10/2020

Germany

Germany's CDU party delays electing Merkel's successor for second time

Current party leader Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer had announced in February that she would not run for chancellor in the expected 2021 election and would relinquish the party leadership.

26/10/2020

Germany

Hitler's handwritten speech notes sold at auction 'above asking price'

One speech delivered by the Nazi leader in 1939 is sold despite objections from a European Jewish group

23/10/2020

My Europe Series

QAnon: a dangerous conspiracy boosted by the COVID-19 pandemic

Labelled a terror threat in the US by the FBI, Qanon's pro-Trump social media conspiracy theorists are now on the ground at demonstrations in Europe boosted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Unreported Europe looks into who they are - and why many experts feel the phenomenon is too dangerous to be ignored.

23/10/2020

Musica

Rolando Villazón and Xavier de Maistre explore the soul of Latin America

What happens when a famous tenor and a master of the harp get together? The result is a very special programme: Rolando Villazón and Xavier de Maistre present the 'Serenata Latina' – “Across Latin America”. Latin American melodies intimate – in this edition of Musica on euronews and

22/10/2020

Germany

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