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Earth News

365-metre giant: World's tallest wind turbine built in Germany

Winds are stronger at higher altitudes, allowing for twice as much energy to be produced.

Europe News

Can this German company help end Europe's lithium dependence on China?

China produces up to 70% of the battery-grade lithium chemicals used in Europe. A German recycling firm hopes its new plant can help reduce that dependence, but significant obstacles remain.

Tech News

3D-printed food: from niche technology to a potential future

3D printers can now transform more than two dozen types of food into edible shapes. While the technology remains costly and impractical for everyday use, experts see significant potential in clinics, care homes and personalised nutrition.

Europe News

Would you rather own your own village or a city flat?

In Thuringia, Germany, an entire mini-village is up for sale for €390,000, including 15 buildings, but the dream comes with a catch.

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Culture news

Europe's strangest delicacies: When disgust becomes cultural heritage

Fermented fish, maggot cheese and slippery comfort food: Europe’s cuisines offer dishes that repel some and fascinate others, as Berlin’s Disgusting Food Museum shows.

Health news

Every minute counts: how air ambulances safeguard emergency care

When an emergency call comes in, every minute counts. Air rescue can reach the scene within minutes and supports ground services, but a planned law to curb health insurance costs could put this rapid help from the air under pressure.

Europe News

Baby boom after summer fairy tale: Can football boost birth rates?

If an entire country is celebrating, does that mean more babies are born nine months later? Following the 2006 and 2014 World Cups, this theory persisted. A look at the statistics, maternity wards and research reveals what truth there really is to it.

Europe News

Almost like minefields: Europe's peatlands gain military importance

Peatlands are more than carbon sinks and havens for rare species. Amid rising security tensions, they are seen across Europe as natural barriers to attackers.

Europe Today

Floating hotels in vogue: why river cruises are booming

River cruises are evolving from a niche product into a key part of Europe's travel market. Rising demand on the German Rhine is increasing pressure on infrastructure.

Europe News

How smartphone use is linked to falling birth rates

Birth rates across Europe have been falling for years. A new study highlights a possible cause.

Earth News

Europe's biggest beach? Endless sand on Germany's North Sea

A sandbank the size of 1,400 football pitches: Kniepsand on the North Frisian island of Amrum looks like a slice of desert and shields the island, while its vast beach could give tourism further inland a boost.

Culture news

Jewish raid in Paris: 98 photos give victims of the Nazi era a face

85 years after the first major roundup of Jews in occupied Paris, an exhibition at the French Embassy in Berlin is showing 98 photographs that were lost for decades. The find is particularly significant for 91-year-old Holocaust survivor Liliane Ryszfeld.

Business

Telekom and Rheinmetall build anti-drone defence system

Suspicious drone flights over airports, barracks and critical infrastructure are increasing. German companies Telekom and Rheinmetall plan to jointly develop a system capable of detecting, disrupting and intercepting drones in emergencies.

Europe News

Climbing instead of praying? More and more churches repurposed

A church is being turned into a bouldering centre: in Würzburg, a former place of worship will host sport, a café and meetings. Painful for the parish, it offers the building a fresh start and highlights the dilemma facing many churches in Germany.

Europe News

Why more Israeli and American Jews are seeking German citizenship

A German passport as protection in uncertain times: Driven by fear, pragmatism and a changing relationship with Germany, growing numbers of Israeli and American Jews are applying for German citizenship.

Earth News

Europe's largest artificial lake landscape is being created in Germany

Eastern Germany's mega complex of artificial lakes created from disused coal mines will reach a new milestone this summer.

Economy

Iran war slashes Germany's growth outlook by 50%, with deficit at 4.2%

Germany's top economic institutes say the Iran war is exposing structural weaknesses that predate the conflict — and warn that without reform, the country risks permanently underperforming its growth potential.

Germany

German company wants to cooperate with Putin's nuclear group

A factory in Lingen, Lower Saxony, is to produce fuel elements for Russian reactor types in future - in cooperation with Rosatom, the Russian state nuclear corporation. The project is politically and legally controversial.

Germany

Europe's fertilizer crisis: war-driven price surge, Russia dependency

The fertilizer market is facing a double crisis: the Iran war is driving up prices, the Strait of Hormuz is blocked - and at the same time it is becoming clear how dependent Europe still is on Russian supplies.

Travel News

The colossus next door: Will Usedom survive Poland's mega hotel?

The tourism industry in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is looking nervously across the border: in Pobierowo, a "little Dubai" is growing on the Baltic Sea with the Gołębiewski mega hotel. There is great concern that guests and workers are moving away, while the Polish side is investing heavily.

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