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Germany puts anti-lockdown activists under surveillance

The country's domestic security agency can now monitor people and groups within the so-called 'Querdenker' movement.

Germany

Bomb squad scrambled to German forest for sex toy

A suspected WWII hand grenade found in a Bavarian forest was actually a rubber sex toy, German police have said.

Germany

Angela Merkel defends 'tough' emergency COVID-19 measures

Germany's parliament passed new nationwide rules to limit the spread of COVID-19.

Germany

Angela Merkel denies lobbying for Wirecard on 2019 trip to China

Wirecard collapsed last June amid a major accounting scandal that left a €1.9 billion hole in its books.

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Germany

Germany to buy 30 million doses of Russia's Sputnik V this summer

The agreed purchase will be made pending the vaccine's approval by the European Medicines Agency, a German minister has said.

Germany

German top court dismisses injunction against EU COVID recovery fund

The challenge mostly targeted the issuance of an EU common bond to raise money for the €750-billion recovery fund.

Denmark

Denmark loans 55,000 AstraZeneca vaccines to Germany

The Danish Foreign Ministry said they were still deciding what to do with the remaining 145,000 unwanted doses of AstraZeneca.

Russia

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to be transferred to hospital

France said further EU sanctions on Russia could be imposed while the White House warned of "consequences" if jailed dissident Alexei Navalny's health deteriorates any further.

Germany

Germany commemorates 80,000 COVID-19 victims with national ceremony

Chancellor Angela Merkel and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier attended a morning mass on Sunday morning before taking part in a televised ceremony.

Travel News

What is vaccine tourism and is it ethical?

It has been called the "travel trend of 2021" But is it fair to travel to get a jab?

Germany

Merkel bids for powers to impose a nationwide COVID lockdown

If MPs pass the legislation, restrictions will be automatically introduced in regions with a spike in COVID-19 infections.

Germany

Germany's COVID-19 cases top 3 million amid calls for tighter rules

The number of confirmed cases in Germany passed the three-million mark as federal and state politicians struggled to agree on tougher coronavirus rules.

Germany

German conservatives Laschet and Soeder both in race to succeed Merkel

Bavarian leader Markus Söder and Merkel loyalist Armin Laschet have both thrown their hats in the ring to run as the conservative bloc's candidate for German chancellor.

Germany

Germany remembers victims 76 years since Buchenwald's liberation

"We the survivors are fading away but I hope that this process of remembrance will continue, said Alex Hacker, who was a prisoner at the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp.

Turkey

Four accomplices of 2016 Istanbul bombing sentenced to life in prison

Four accomplices of 2016 Istanbul bombing that killed 13 people, including 12 German tourists, were sentenced to life in prison.

Germany

This east German town is COVID-19 testing daily so tourism can reopen

Anyone wanting to visit tourist sites or hotels and restaurants in Augustusburg must register to receive a QR code, then take an antigen test on arrival.

Germany

As lockdown bites, Germans hope dogs can help them through ruff times

But animal welfare experts warn the Instagram generation that a dog is for life, not just for lockdown.

Germany

German president calls for unity amid COVID-19 'crisis of trust'

"We must all pull together, my dear fellow Germans," urged President Frank Walter Steinmeier in a rare televised address on Saturday.

United Kingdom

UK regulator says AstraZeneca vaccine safe despite 7 clot deaths

UK medicines agency confirms seven deaths from rare blood clots from 18m people who received the AstraZeneca vaccine but says benefits still far outweigh risks.

Travel News

What are the newly-announced travel restrictions in Europe?

Italy, Germany and Portugal are the latest European countries to tighten travel restrictions during a third wave of COVID-19.