Germany

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

No Comment

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

No Comment

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

Germany

Human smuggling ring busted in Germany and Slovakia

Vietnamese people were brought to Europe on fraudulent visas, then forced to work in brothels

31/05/2021

Germany

Germany agrees to recognise colonial killings in Namibia as genocide

As well as recognising the killings and asking descendants of victims for forgiveness, Germany has committed to spend 1.1 billion euros on mostly development projects over the next 30 years.

28/05/2021

Health news

Why are COVID vaccines linked to blood clots? Scientists have answers

A group of scientists in Germany claims they have cracked the code as to why AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson vaccines are causing blood clots.

27/05/2021

Germany

Germany pulls out of track cycling championships in Belarus

The German Cycling Association said Tuesday it had contacted the European Cycling Union (UEC) “and made it clear that the German national track cycling team’s participation in the European Championships is not possible after the events of the weekend."

26/05/2021

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