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German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz talks about Europe's economic future

According to the latest European forecast, Germany could see a slight contraction in GDP growth for the third quarter of 2019

08/11/2019

Germany

Berlin: From divided city to tourist hot spot

Hardly any other European city has undergone such rapid change in the past 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall

08/11/2019

World

Meet the man who tunnelled under the wall to help East Germans escape

Tunnels were just one of the creative ways East Germans tried to escape to freedom in the West.

08/11/2019

Germany

Macron to meet Merkel for anniversary weekend of the Berlin Wall fall

French President Emmanuel Macron is to meet Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel this Sunday to coincide with the 30th anniversary weekend of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

08/11/2019

Germany

The tragic fate of Winfried Freudenberg

Winfried decided to risk everything to escape East Germany to West Berlin just months before the fall of the Berlin Wall. This is his tragic story

07/11/2019

Germany

Remembering the last person killed trying to escape to west Berlin

Winfried Freudenberg died after falling from the hot air balloon he used to fly over the Berlin wall

07/11/2019

Germany

Meet the flying taxi that could revolutionise how we move around

Meet the flying taxi that could revolutionise how we move around.

06/11/2019

Germany

Watch: Former West German prisoner tells a Stasi love story

Hans Schulze was imprisoned by the East German secret police in 1986, accused of spying. He never imagined he would voluntarily return to the Stasi prison, where he now gives guided tours.

06/11/2019

Business

Germany could ban Huawei from 5G build-out, says defence minister

Germany's defence minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said on Tuesday that it still hadn't ruled out whether to block Huawei from the country's 5G build-out.

06/11/2019

Germany

Watch: Augmented reality keeps Berlin Wall memories alive

The MauAr app shows how the Wall changed and grew over the years and what life was like beside it.

05/11/2019

Germany

Watch: German pupils discover Berlin Wall by bike

School pupils from western Germany have been discovering the Berlin Wall on a cycling tour. Their route took them through areas where prior to 1989 they would have been shot on sight.

05/11/2019

Business

German minister casts doubt on Huawei participation in 5G build-out

Heiko Maas told reporters in Berlin that Huawei was a company dependent on the Chinese state, which meant Huawei was obliged to pass on information to the government there.

05/11/2019

Germany

Dresden declares 'Nazi emergency' over far-right threat

The German city has seen the rise of extremism in recent years and was the birthplace of Pegida.

04/11/2019

Germany

What was the Berlin Wall? | Euronews answers

An idiot's guide to exactly what went down 30 years ago - and why it matters.

04/11/2019

Germany

Breaking the mould: Handshake project marks Berlin Wall anniversary

A special art project is trying to get thousands of Berliners to shake hands to symbolise German reunification.

02/11/2019

Germany

Decline of insects in Germany is 'frightening', scientists warn

Insect biomass in the forest the scientists studied decreased by approximately 40% since 2008 and the situation is "even more alarming" in grasslands where it has decreased to only one-third of its former level.

31/10/2019

Germany

Farmers fail in bid to sue German government over climate change

A lawsuit filed against the German government for its alleged failure to meet climate change targets has been dismissed, say authorities.

31/10/2019

Germany

Funeral guests in Germany get high after accidentally eating hash cake

A police investigation found a mix-up with the cakes led to 13 people needing medical treatment for dizziness and nausea.

30/10/2019

Germany

First trial over Syrian state-sponsored torture looms in Germany

Human rights activists applauded as Germany charged two alleged former Syrian secret service officers with participating in crimes against humanity,

29/10/2019

Germany

Far-right AfD beats Merkel's party in regional election

The incumbent far-left Die Linke party won in Thuringia's state election, according to exit polls, while the AfD came ahead of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives.

27/10/2019

Germany

Far-right tipped to make more election gains in former East Germany

Last month the AFD made big gains in two other regional elections in former communist east Germany.

26/10/2019

My Europe Series

At the frontline of an Extinction Rebellion climate protest in Berlin

Euronews embeds with the group at a planned civil disobedience mission called “Rebels Ark” which blocked the city’s Grosser Stern – a huge five-lane roundabout linking north to south and east to west.

25/10/2019

Business

Mario Draghi's final ECB meeting

Mario Draghi's final assessment on the state of the eurozone economy.

25/10/2019

Next Series

Walking through time: how AI is rebuilding centuries-old Europe

In partnership with The European Commission

A European project seeks to digitally read old documents to help recreate the continent's diverse history

21/10/2019

Germany

Distressing footage: Animal cruelty activist films undercover at lab

Distressing footage: Animal cruelty activist films undercover at German testing laboratory

18/10/2019

Germany

Lonely in Berlin: German capital mulls Commissioner for Loneliness

Half of all households in Berlin are made up of only one person.

18/10/2019