Germany

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

Earth 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

Germany

German government makes hate-motivated insults a crime

The new law comes as hate crimes and attacks against minorities have been on the rise in Germany in recent years.

12/05/2021

Tech News

Germany bans Facebook from handling WhatsApp data

The regulator suggested that the decision wasn’t just about protecting users' privacy but also to avoid the use of data "to influence voters' decisions to manipulate democratic choices", citing the upcoming 26 September parliamentary elections in Germany.

11/05/2021

Germany

German Catholics to bless gay couples despite a Vatican ban

Some Catholic priests in Germany are defying the Vatican by blessing same-sex couples in a move set to increase tensions between conservatives and progressives.

10/05/2021

Germany

Germany pushes back against COVID-19 patent waiver proposal

A government spokesperson said the main issue affecting poor countries' equal access to vaccines was "not patents, but production capacity".

07/05/2021

Earth 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