Germany

Germany

Are you coronamüde? Learn these brand new German (COVID-related) words

It's mostly thanks to coronavirus that another 1,200 words have been added to the German language this year. Here's some of the best.

24/02/2021

Germany

Blow for smugglers as Hamburg makes Europe's biggest cocaine seizure

The cocaine was found in more than 1,700 tin cans that had been filled with putty, Hamburg's customs office said.

24/02/2021

Germany

German court sentences 'IS recruiter' to 10.5 years in prison

A German court in Celle sentenced former imam Abu Walaa to 10.5 years in prison on Wednesday for being a member of the Islamic State terrorist organisation and recruiting for them.

24/02/2021

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Children return to primary schools and nurseries in parts of Germany

The move comes despite signs that the decline in COVID-19 case numbers is flattening out again and even rising in some areas.

22/02/2021

Nature

EU takes Germany to court for failing to protect nature

The country has failed to implement laws that focus on the conservation of wildlife and plants.

22/02/2021

Germany

German police investigate three parcel bombs sent to food companies

Investigators in Germany believe there may be a connection between three mail bombs sent to food and drink companies this week.

19/02/2021

Germany

Germany marks one year since far-right extremist attack in Hanau

The families of the nine victims have repeatedly questioned the authorities over the shootings in Hanau, which heightened concerns of far-right extremism in Germany.

19/02/2021

Germany

New CDU chief Armin Laschet criticises COVID incidence rate policy

The head of Germany's CDU appeared to criticise the government's COVID measures, stating that life should not be dictated by virus incidence rates.

16/02/2021

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Carnival floats wheeled through Dusseldorf's quiet streets

Not quite the normal atmosphere in Dusseldorf this year.

15/02/2021

Germany

Thousands turned back at German border due to COVID controls

Police in Germany have turned back some 5,000 people at the country’s borders with the Czech Republic and Austria’s Tyrol region after controls were imposed on Sunday.

15/02/2021

Germany

Germany tightens border controls over fears of COVID-19 variants

With some exceptions, Germany's border with the Czech Republic is closed along with the frontier with Austria's Tyrol province.

14/02/2021

Germany

Warnings issued for homeless after Arctic blast hits northern Europe

An aid group has said at least four people had been found frozen to death in Germany alone.

13/02/2021

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Car-nival season in Germany as revellers confined to their vehicles

Each car was allowed to hold a maximum of three persons from two different households and the fans were asked to stay inside their cars for the entire concerts.

12/02/2021

Germany

Germany to reinstate border controls over coronavirus variant

The interior minister says border controls and restrictions will be temporarily imposed on neighbouring regions in the Czech Republic and Austria from Sunday evening.

11/02/2021

Germany

Germany extends COVID-19 lockdown until March 7

It comes amid concern that new virus variants could reverse a decline in new confirmed cases.

10/02/2021

Germany

German state to scrap nighttime COVID-19 curfew after court ruling

The Administrative Court in Baden-Wurttemberg ruled the curfew is no longer warranted because the country's epidemiological situation has improved since it was first imposed in mid-December.

09/02/2021

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German bakery offers a different kind of vaccine

A master confectioner in Passau, Germany, has decided to offer his customers a different kind of vaccine, in a bid to counter some negative news about the coronavirus one.

09/02/2021

World

Heavy snowfall hits swathes of western Europe

Winter weather warnings across Northern Europe as snow and flooding cause havoc.

08/02/2021

Germany

Snowstorm brings parts of Netherlands and Germany to a standstill

The Dutch meteorological agency issued an extremely rare "code red" alert on Sunday throughout the country, which was hit by its first snowstorm in more than 10 years.

07/02/2021

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Landslide in southern Germany forces evacuations

Several households were evacuated after a landslide near Wangen, southern Germany, on Thursday.

05/02/2021

Germany

Nazi concentration camp secretary charged with complicity to murder

It is believed to be the first time for several years that a woman has been charged in relation to wartime Nazi atrocities.

05/02/2021

Germany

Merkel says Germany past peak of second COVID wave

“I can see a light shining at the end of the tunnel,” Merkel said, but she also urged Germans to be patient and warned against "false hopes."

04/02/2021

Germany

President Biden freezes withdrawal of US troops from Germany

Donald Trump had defied Congress with plans to redeploy 9,500 US troops from bases in Germany.

04/02/2021

Germany

Germans call for crackdown on COVID-19 vaccine queue-jumpers

It emerged that at some clinics in the country managers were vaccinated ahead of doctors and frontline medical staff.

03/02/2021

Destinations

Why Munich is better than Disneyland

A tour of all the castles in the German fairytale city.

02/02/2021

Germany

We may need COVID vaccines for 'many years to come', says Merkel

Merkel said the situation with COVID-19 is "similar to the flu vaccine, where you re-vaccinate against the new mutation of the virus every time".

02/02/2021