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Earth 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

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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

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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

Germany

German top court dismisses injunction against EU COVID recovery fund

The challenge mostly targeted the issuance of an EU common bond to raise money for the €750-billion recovery fund.

21/04/2021

Germany

Germany's CDU backs Armin Laschet as candidate to replace Merkel

Laschet, the 60-year-old premier for North Rhine-Westphalia was picked over Markus Soder, the popular leader of Bavaria's Christian Social Union.

20/04/2021

Germany

Greens pick Annalena Baerbock as their candidate to replace Merkel

The Greens — in opposition nationally but in 11 of the country's 16 state governments — could hold the key to forming the next government.

19/04/2021

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Germany mourns its 80,000 Covid dead at memorial

Germany, represented by Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, holds a national memorial service in a Berlin concert hall for its nearly 80,000 victims of the coronavirus pandemic.

18/04/2021

Germany

Locals in battle over Tesla's Berlin 'Gigafactory'

Environmentalists are deeply concerned about the new facility's water consumption and its impact on wetlands, an important source of biodiversity in the region.

18/04/2021

Germany

Germany commemorates 80,000 COVID-19 victims with national ceremony

Chancellor Angela Merkel and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier attended a morning mass on Sunday morning before taking part in a televised ceremony.

18/04/2021

Germany

Merkel calls for uniform set of COVID restrictions across Germany

"The situation is serious, very serious, and we need to take it seriously," German Chancellor Angela Merkel told lawmakers. She is trying to pass a bill that would force regions to implement a uniform set of coronavirus restrictions.

16/04/2021

Germany

Berlin's rent cap is illegal, Germany's top court rules

The rent cap was introduced in February 2020 by Berlin's ruling coalition, which argued it was necessary to keep rent affordable in the German capital.

15/04/2021

Germany

Merkel bids for powers to impose a nationwide COVID lockdown

If MPs pass the legislation, restrictions will be automatically introduced in regions with a spike in COVID-19 infections.

13/04/2021

Health Series

Saving food to save the planet: European initiatives take on food waste

In partnership with The European Commission

Around a third of all the food produced for human consumption is thrown away every year. The CO2 emissions created during the production and disposal of this surplus food are damaging the planet. But there are now many European initiatives around to help find solutions for this excess food.

13/04/2021

Health Series

How to reduce food waste (and why it's so important)

In partnership with The European Commission

One-third of all food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted through unsustainable means. In the EU, domestic households are responsible for more than half of that waste.

13/04/2021