Germany

Germany

'We must protect Jewish life' says German president after attack

A gunman livestreamed an anti-Semitic attack outside a German synagogue on Wednesday, leaving two people dead.

10/10/2019

Germany

Amateur footage emerges of gunman opening fire in Halle, Germany

Amateur footage emerges of gunman opening fire in Halle, Germany

09/10/2019

Germany

Hundreds caught riding electric scooters drunk during Oktoberfest

Police in Germany cracked down on drunk electric scooter drivers at this year’s Oktoberfest, seizing 254 driving licences.

09/10/2019

Germany

Shooting which killed two in Germany was 'anti-Semitic attack'

Two people were killed and several injured in a shooting in the eastern German city on Wednesday, which including the targeting of a synagogue.

09/10/2019

Germany

Syrian man arrested after truck rams into traffic in Limburg, Germany

Eight people were injured after a stolen truck was driven into vehicles at an intersection.

08/10/2019

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Bayern Munich players go full Bavaria at Oktoberfest

Wearing traditional leather trousers and buttoned blazers, the football stars posed for photographs with their families.

07/10/2019

Germany

Watch: Bonn museum examines German view of the British

The exhibition "Very British: A German Point of View" includes a Brexit countdown clock.

04/10/2019

Musica

Rolando Villazón's Wild Western wows Leipzig

There's plenty of action at the opera Leipzig in Donizetti's comedy "The elixir of love," where the extra Nemorino is passionately in love with the movie star Adina, as the opera is transformed into a cowboy movie set.

03/10/2019

Germany

'They murdered our zebra': Trainers distraught over escaped animal

One zebra was shot dead after it escaped from a circus in Germany and was unable to be brought under control - but people have since asked if this was a necessary use of force?

03/10/2019

Germany

Oktoberfest: Five things not to miss at world's largest beer festival

Oktoberfest: five things not to be missed at world's largest beer festival

01/10/2019

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Watch: Footage of first giant panda cubs to be born at Berlin Zoo

Footage has been released of the first giant panda cubs to be born at Berlin Zoo.

01/10/2019

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Knights participate in jousting contest on bikes in Berlin

For the first time in the history of the so-called Berlin pedal battle women took to the "battlefield"

30/09/2019

Germany

Trial opposing VW to 400,000 'Dieselgate' plaintiffs opens in Germany

The Dieselgate scandal, which broke out in 2015, has so far cost the German carmaker more than €30 billion.

30/09/2019

Germany

What is 'secondary migration' and how do Germany plan to control it?

German police are to intensify border checks to stop non-EU migrants from illegally crossing into the country, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer announced on Sunday.

30/09/2019

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'French Spiderman' scales a 39-storey skyscraper in Frankfurt

Alain Robert is known for climbing some of the world's tallest structures without safety ropes... or permission

28/09/2019

Germany

Oktoberfest: What's it like to don a dirndl and work as a waitress?

Of course, there are times when the wait staff at Oktoberfest have to deal with difficult customers. "I think if you just have good banter, or a 'mouth like a sword' as they say in Bavaria, you can actually get by quite well with that."

28/09/2019

Germany

German car lovers mock Greta's climate movement with new hashtag

The Fridays For Hubraum movement has branded the climate activist movement a 'kindergarten'.

27/09/2019

Germany

EU negotiator Barnier says UK's Brexit stance is 'unacceptable'

EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said talks with the UK were in a "very sensitive and difficult phase" as he criticised the UK government's position.

23/09/2019

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'O zapft is!': Munich's world-famous Oktoberfest beer festival opens

The festival brings more than six million people to the southern German city.

21/09/2019

Germany

'Lack of ambition': Green groups slam Germany's new climate package

A new domestic carbon pricing scheme, more incentives for buying electric cars, and lower railway passes are part of the new package.

21/09/2019

Sci-Tech

From smart trousers to flying taxis, Japan drives innovation at Berlin IFA exhibition

In partnership with The Government of Japan

What are the next trends in consumer electronics and home appliances? The answers are easy to find at one of the world’s leading trade shows - IFA in Berlin.

20/09/2019

World

Germany's Climate Cabinet meets ahead of protests and summit

Germany's so-called climate cabinet to meet on Friday to come up with concrete climate change legislation, to coincide with the call for a day of global climate strike.

19/09/2019

Germany

German generosity to migrants highlighted in report

Among some of the world's richest countries, Germany is one of the most generous when it comes to granting permanent residency to migrants.

19/09/2019

World

Green initiatives 'good for the economy', climate expert tells leaders

A climate change expert has said world governments must realise that green climate initiatives are actually good for the economy. Bob Ward, from the London School of Ecoomics’ Grantham Institute on Climate Change said the two aims need each other.

19/09/2019

World

Scotland's Sturgeon gets award for being 'voice of reason' on Brexit

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been given an award by the German media for being "the voice of reason" in the Brexit crisis.

18/09/2019

Germany

‘An open door’: Millions of health records ‘unprotected online’

Investigative journalists have found poor security has left the medical records of millions of patients worldwide totally out in the open.

17/09/2019