Germany

Germany

Germany launches anti-trust investigation into Apple

The German competition watchdog announced that it was opening an investigation against US giant Apple for "possible anticompetitive practices".

21/06/2021

Tech News

German union calls for Amazon strike over pay and working conditions

The three-day strike will coincide with Amazon's "Prime Day" which the company uses to boost its summer sales.

21/06/2021

Germany

Germany arrests research assistant on suspicion of spying for Russia

Federal German prosecutors said the suspect worked at a university in Germany and accuse him of meeting three times with Russian intelligence.

21/06/2021

Germany

Berlin museum centering on Germans expelled after WWII opens

The project centers on the millions of Germans who fled from advancing Soviet forces or were kicked out of parts of eastern and central Europe as Germany's borders were moved westward after the war.

21/06/2021

Sport

Munich Mayor seeks rainbow-coloured stadium for Hungary match

The city council wants to light up the Allianz Arena in rainbow colours to protest anti-LGBT legislation passed in Hungary last week.

20/06/2021

Germany

Euro 2020: Two own goals secure Germany's 4-2 win over Portugal

Portugal's Rúben Dias and Raphaël Guerreiro both scored own-goals to put the Germans ahead 2-1 at halftime.

19/06/2021

Germany

New museum in Berlin focuses on German suffering after World War II

A new museum dedicated to German civilians forced to flee eastern Europe at the end of World War II opens next week after decades of wrenching debate.

19/06/2021

Ocean

The dumped munitions in our oceans causing serious pollution

In partnership with the European Commission

During the course of the 20th century, many countries routinely dumped munitions of all kinds and chemical weapons into the ocean to get rid of them. Today they are decaying and causing untold harm to the marine environment and human life.

18/06/2021

Tech News

This is Europe’s most powerful quantum computer ever

Angela Merkel unveiled the new IBM Quantum System One, a machine that its backers hope could play a role in solving society’s biggest issues.

16/06/2021

Germany

EURO 2020: 'Several' hurt in parachute protest, Greenpeace apologises

UEFA said that “this inconsiderate act ... caused injuries to several people attending the game who are now in hospital."

16/06/2021

Germany

Rising number of far-right extremists in Germany, says government

Authorities in Germany say the number of far-right extremists in the country increased last year as neo-Nazis sought to join protests against pandemic-related restrictions.

15/06/2021

Germany

Germany seeks to fine operators of Telegram messenger app

German authorities have launched proceedings against Telegram that could see the messenger app’s operators fined for failing to abide by laws.

14/06/2021

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Nightclub reopens for a few days in Leipzig

The "Distillery" nightclub in Leipzig reopens for a few days as a pilot project: 200 people are allowed to party there without masks and without distance.

13/06/2021

Germany

Nazi swastika daubed on Torah ark inside Frankfurt airport synagogue

Germany recorded over 2,400 antisemitic attacks last year.

12/06/2021

Sport

EURO 2020: This is your quick guide to Germany

Germany's head coach Joachim Löw will step down after UEFA Euro 2020. Can his country give him a parting gift?

11/06/2021

Germany

Pope Francis rejects resignation of German archbishop Reinhard Marx

Pope Francis has refused to accept the resignation of German archbishop Reinhard Marx over the mishandling of the church sex abuse scandal.

10/06/2021

Germany

Germany drops quarantine requirement for Euro 2020 workers

The news will be welcome to workers coming from the United Kingdom, who would otherwise have faced a 14-day quarantine period on arrival in Germany.

08/06/2021

Sport

VfB Stuttgart footballer was playing under false name and identity

German football club VfB Stuttgart say their Congolese forward Silas Wamangituka has been playing under a false name and age after being tricked by his agent.

08/06/2021

Germany

Germany calls for abolition of EU member states foreign policy veto

Germany's top diplomat, Heiko Maas, told reporters on Monday that the bloc "can no longer be held hostage by those who paralyse European foreign policy with their vetoes."

08/06/2021

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