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Germany

Germany's tighter COVID constraints begin after 'lockdown light' fails

Germany is closing most stores and schools, and further limiting social contacts after Angela Merkel and 16 state governors agreed to tighten measures to curb rising infections.

16/12/2020

Germany

Germany to close businesses and schools in COVID-19 lockdown

German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced that schools and non-essential businesses will close from Wednesday through January 10 to stop the spread of COVID-19.

13/12/2020

Germany

Germany pondering new lockdown amid spike in COVID-19 cases and deaths

Bavarian Minister-President Markus Soeder called for the country to be "shut down" for the next few weeks.

11/12/2020

Germany

Coronavirus: Last orders for Germany's makeshift mulled wine stands?

Some cities in Germany have already banned makeshift Glühwein stands and with growing calls for a tighter pre-Christmas lockdown, last orders could be around the corner for the rest.

10/12/2020

Germany

Germany sets general election date and an end to the Merkel era

Angela Merkel is the second longest-serving German chancellor.

09/12/2020

Germany

German vaccination centres await green light to roll out jabs

Euronews went to a temporary vaccination centre at the Berlin arena where they said they are standing ready to start administering the jabs at the government's signal.

09/12/2020

Germany

Merkel calls for new restrictions across Germany to curb COVID cases

The German Chancellor backs scientists' recommendations for tighter lockdown measures.

09/12/2020

Cinema

Six in the running to win best movie at European Film Awards

The best film award will be presented in Berlin on Saturday, December 12.

08/12/2020

Germany

Germany: Lack of rainfall leaves shipping high and dry on the Rhine

The European Commission said on Monday the average autumn temperatures in Europe this year were the highest since records began.

07/12/2020

Germany

It's 50 years since Willy Brandt knelt to apologise for Nazi crimes

The gesture forms the foundation of modern relations between Germany and Poland.

07/12/2020

Cinema

European Film Awards moves online amid coronavirus pandemic

In this pandemic-blighted year, the award ceremony will be more intimate and spread over five days.

05/12/2020

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Tributes paid to those killed when a car drove into shoppers in Trier

A baby was among five people killed in the incident in western Germany.

02/12/2020

Germany

Trier: Five dead after car hits pedestrians in west German city

A nine-month-old baby is among the victims, police said, adding that the suspect did not appear to have a 'political or religious motive'.

01/12/2020

Germany

Europe's famous Christmas markets fall victim to COVID-19

In Germany, France, Belgium, and the Czech Republic, Christmas markets have been an iconic part of the festive season. Then COVID-19 hit.

01/12/2020

Germany

Vaccine: Frankfurt Airport prepares for huge logistical challenge

As a string of COVID-19 vaccines near approval, Frankfurt Airport is preparing to transport millions of life-saving doses worldwide.

28/11/2020

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German restaurant packed with stuffed pandas in coronavirus protest

A restaurant owner in Germany has been using stuffed toy panda bears as a form of silent protest against the coronavirus lockdown

28/11/2020

Germany

First fully carbon-neutral cargo flight set to take to the skies

Lufthansa Cargo's Boeing 777F's will only use Sustainable Aviation Fuel on its flight to Shanghai.

28/11/2020

Germany

Black Friday: Amazon workers in Germany go on strike

Around 2,500 Amazon workers across the country are predicted to take part in walkouts, according to the union Ver.di.

27/11/2020

Germany

Coronavirus: Germany and Russia report record number of new deaths

Germany's COVID-19 death toll grew by 410 on Wednesday — its highest one-day jump since the beginning of the pandemic.

25/11/2020

Germany

Is anti-Semitism on the rise in Germany among COVID-denial movements?

Groups that would normally have nothing to do with each other are uniting in Covid-denying movements: right-wing groups, left-wing extremists, Islamist groups. And 'anti-Semitism is acting as a binder.'

25/11/2020

Germany

Car with anti-globalisation message crashes into Merkel's office gates

The estate car had the words “Stop Globalisation Politics” written in white on its right side and “You damn killers of children and old people” on the other.

25/11/2020

Germany

Nine German police officers investigated over far-right chat groups

German police have carried out searches in several apartments in Duisburg after nine officers were suspected of being members of extremist WhatsApp groups.

24/11/2020

Germany

German foreign minister blasts 'anti-maskers' over Nazism comparisons

Demonstrators in Germany protesting coronavirus restrictions have compared themselves to resistance fighter Sophie Scholl and diarist Anne Frank, both killed by the Nazis.

22/11/2020

My Europe Series

Nuremberg trials: 75 years on from world's first war crimes tribunal

Nuremberg: How the world's first war crimes trial revealed the scale of the Nazi Holocaust

20/11/2020

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Thousands protest in Berlin over coronavirus restrictions

Police said they used water cannons on the protesters because they refused to wear masks and socially distance.

18/11/2020

World

Anti-lockdown protesters gather at Germany's parliament

Germany's houses of parliament are debating and then voting on providing a legal basis for the current lockdown measures aimed at tacling COVID-19, but some demonstrators are continuing to insist the measures are unconstitutional.

18/11/2020