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Couples marry at Duesseldorf's drive-in cinema

Janine and Philip get married by the mayor at a Drive-in cinema in Duesseldorf. The theatre started to register official marriages on a stage, allowing all relatives and friends to attend in their cars, as weddings at the registry office are limited due to the coronavirus pandemic.

05/05/2020

Germany

Euroviews. Global business must follow Germany’s private sector in linking COVID19 aid to climate action ǀ View

COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on the global economy. But it has also caused a respite in global emissions which some have interpreted as the dawn of a new chapter in the fight against climate change. But that new chapter is already taking a turn for the worse.

05/05/2020

Germany

Volunteers search for missing soldiers 75 years after Second World War

Volunteers work to dig up bodies in Klessin, Germany to bring closure to families whose loved ones have only ever been a statistic.

05/05/2020

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Ford's Europe HQ back at work as production restarts in first gear

Ford has restarted production at its main European car plants with strict standards on social distancing and safety precautions.

04/05/2020

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German party-goers dance the night away under lockdown thanks to 'car-disco'

Despite strict social-distancing guidelines currently in place in Germany, people in the town of Schüttorf managed to party the night away as they attended a disco from the safety of their cars.

02/05/2020

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Police keep close eye on May Day gatherings in Germany

In Berlin's Kreuzberg district, anti-capitalist demonstrators try to gather, while 5,000 police officers were mobilised throughout the German capital to enforce the ban on demonstrations involving more than 20 people

02/05/2020

Germany

What is the R value and how might it signal a second wave in Germany?

All eyes are on Germany's R value. But what is it and why is it key in terms of when to lift lockdown?

30/04/2020

Germany

German police arrest over 100 during anti-lockdown protest

Gatherings of more than 20 people are banned in the German capital to prevent the spread of COVID-19 but opposition to the lockdown is growing.

25/04/2020

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Protests over climate change continue in Berlin

In Berlin, activists on Friday collected thousands of protest banners and posters, and placed them in key locations around the government district of the German capital

24/04/2020

Germany

Nein bitter: Oktoberfest beer extravaganza scrapped amid coronavirus

This year’s Oktoberfest has been cancelled. The risk was “simply too great” in the face of the coronavirus outbreak, according to Bavaria’s top politician.

21/04/2020

Germany

Syria refugees to face their torturers in German court

Wassim Mukdad, 34, will testify before a German court in the trial of Anwar R., a former member of Syria's secret police suspected of overseeing the abuse of detainees at a notorious jail near Damascus known as Al Khatib, or Branch 251.

21/04/2020

Germany

Germany eases lockdown restrictions as small shops reopen

Germany is one of the first countries in Europe to begin easing stringent coronavirus lockdown measures after a campaign of widespread testing.

20/04/2020

Germany

Germany mass-testing for coronavirus antibodies

Germany has become the first country in Europe to undertake mass-testing for coronavirus antibodies in an attempt to learn more about the spread of the virus

19/04/2020

Germany

Bavarian brewery closes over covid-19

A brewery in Bavaria is one of many that are being forced out of business as a result of the coronavirus outbreak

19/04/2020

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Let's party! People attend German concert drive-in cinema style

German music fans had a rare opportunity to attend a live performance on Friday evening while complying with the country's social distancing regulations. Local band ''Brings'' in Cologne took to the stage at a drive-in cinema, open to 250 vehicles.

18/04/2020

Germany

UK food firm charters plane to fly in Romanians to help with harvest

Coronavirus lockdowns mean food producers are struggling to find the staff to harvest fruit and vegetables.

16/04/2020

Germany

'There are vultures out there': Police thwart €2.38m face mask scam

€2.38 million euros were paid up front for masks that never arrived. Two arrests have been made in the Netherlands, and more are expected, says Interpol.

15/04/2020

Germany

Coronavirus pandemic 'test of our humanity,' German president says

"No, this pandemic is not a war. Nations do not oppose other nations nor soldiers against other soldiers. It is a test of our humanity," German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in a rare address.

11/04/2020

Germany

German church resurrects prayer with Easter service at drive-in cinema

This church in Germany used a creative way of overcoming coronavirus lockdown restrictions.

10/04/2020

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