Germany

Germany

Germany flies in seasonal workers with strict coronavirus precautions

On Thursday two planeloads of Eastern European farmhands arrived in Berlin and Dusseldorf, undergoing health checks before departure and upon arrival.

10/04/2020

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Baker makes toilet paper cakes in satirical poke at panic-buyers

What started out as a joke on Instagram and Facebook has now become the bakery's lifeline.

01/04/2020

Germany

More French COVID-19 patients flown to Germany and Switzerland

France's Defence Minister, Florence Parly, thanked "Germany for mobilising to take care of French people and for embodying even greater solidarity: Europe watching over Europeans".

28/03/2020

Germany

Germany 'increases its COVID-19 tests to 500,000 per week'

Germany has one of the lowest death rates of COVID-19: 0.5%.This maybe explained by the high number of tests it carries out.

27/03/2020

Germany

'We are constantly exposed': Could doctors be spreading COVID-19?

Germany has been spared the death toll of its European neighbours - but for how long?

25/03/2020

Germany

Germany's nuclear power regions fear for the future when plants close

Whilst the German government has pledged 40 billion euros to help coal regions as mines close, those living and working in nuclear power are not seeing the same support. .

23/03/2020

Germany

Angela Merkel: Coronavirus is biggest challenge for Germany since WW2

'It is serious,' Merkel told the nation, 'take it seriously.'

19/03/2020

Germany

Germany: Bavaria's municipal elections go ahead despite coronavirus concerns

The calls to the polls came even as officials imposed a drastic nationwide shutdown to limit the spread of the COVID-19.

15/03/2020

Germany

Why does Germany have so few coronavirus deaths?

Germany has more than 3,000 COVID-19 cases and six deaths so far. Much fewer in comparison to other affected countries.

13/03/2020

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Wolves back from the brink of extinction in Germany after 100 years

The population is doing well, they're no longer threatened by poachers in the country's forests.

10/03/2020

Germany

Court approves statue of Soviet leader Lenin in Germany

The Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany got the go-ahead to erect a statue of Lenin in the city of Gelsenkirchen, despite city authorities trying to block it.

06/03/2020

Germany

Measles vaccination becomes mandatory in Germany

Starting now, all children in Germany must be vaccinated against measles. Their parents can face large fines if they don't follow the new law.

02/03/2020

Germany

Drone sighting causes flight chaos at Frankfurt airport

Flights were severely disrupted at Frankfurt airport — one of Europe’s busiest hubs — because of a drone, police and air traffic controllers said.

02/03/2020

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Whip it! A cracking tradition comes alive at Bavarian contest

Whipcracking is a Bavarian tradition that goes back to coachmen who used to announce their arrival in a village with their whip.

02/03/2020

Germany

Iranian film wins top prize at Berlin Film Festival

Mohammed Rasouof's Iranian drama 'There Is No Evil,' a powerful rebuke to the brutal and repressive regime in Tehran, has won the Golden Bear for best film at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival.

29/02/2020

Living

‘I decorated a vintage apartment with furniture from the street'

Nadine Ahya is dispelling the myth that social media influencers are showered with freebies.

27/02/2020

Germany

German court rules assisted suicide ban violates citizens' rights

A judge said in a ruling that a 2015 law, which banned assisted suicide when being conducted on a “business basis”, was unconstitutional

26/02/2020

Germany

Angela Merkel’s CDU to elect new leader in April

The centre-right Christian Democrats are in disarray following recent electoral setbacks and Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer’s decision to stand aside.

24/02/2020

Germany

Investigation continues as injury toll rises in Germany car ramming

Police say the driver was arrested at the scene in Volkmarsen, after around 60 people including children, were injured at Carnival in the German town.

24/02/2020

Sport

Continued Georgian & Japanese judoka success at Düsseldorf

Uzbekistan and Cameron also claim medals on the last day of the event

23/02/2020

Germany

Hamburg election: Greens make major gains, AfD support falls

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) may be out of the Hamburg state legislature after failing to gather the required 5% of votes.

23/02/2020

Germany

Thousands rally in Hanau against 'barbaric ideology' of fascism

Police said over 6000 people joined the march which included families of the victims killed in a mass shooting on Wednesday.

23/02/2020

Germany

Berlin starts controversial rent freeze on 1.5 million homes

The rent freeze is supposed to keep rents for apartments that were built before 2014 at the current level for the next five years.

23/02/2020

Sport

Continued success for Japan's judoka and young Georgian in Düsseldorf

Tashiro Miku, Shohei Ono and Tato Grigalashvili all triumph in day two of the competition

22/02/2020

Sport

Abe siblings star on Day 1 of the 2020 Dusseldorf Grand Slam

Judoka brother and sister Hifumi and Uta Abe dazzled with their performances in Germany

22/02/2020

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Vigil held for victims of Hanau shooting

About 300 people gathered for a vigil and a solidarity march in the German town of Hanau, two days after a racially motivated shooting in the town left nine dead.

21/02/2020