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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.

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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.

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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.

Travel News

Italy, Germany tighten rules for EU travel amid third wave of pandemic

Italy plans to introduce a five-day quarantine for travellers from EU countries, while Germany will strengthen border checks.

Europe News

The German Constitutional Court has blocked the EU's recovery fund. What happens now?

In a surprising decision, the court prevented the German President from signing off the ratification of the legal text that would enable the Commission to raise funds on the capital markets.

Germany

Germany suspends use of AstraZeneca COVID vaccine for under-60s

Germany has paused the use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for people under the age of 60 following concerns about rare blood clots.

Earth News

A tenth of the world’s electricity now comes from wind and solar power

EU countries are leading the way on renewables but more needs to be done to reach Paris Agreement targets.

Germany

Chancellor Angela Merkel urges German states to issue tougher measures

Merkel criticised some of her country's regional states for not issuing tougher virus restrictions and says Germans need to be a little more flexible.

Sport

Germany wear human rights t-shirts before Qatar World Cup qualifier

The move came just hours after FIFA said it would not punish Norway for a similar gesture on Wednesday.

Germany

Germany extends lockdown until mid-April amid third wave of infections

Restrictions previously set to run through March 28 will now remain in place until April 18, with public life largely shut down over Easter.

Germany

Germany poised to extend coronavirus restrictions amid third wave

Chancellor Merkel was due to relax restrictions at a meeting with regional leaders on Monday but a surge in infections has upended those plans.

Germany

Far right protest COVID-19 restrictions in German cities

Several thousand people participated in the protests in Kassel.

Germany

Cologne church child abuse report finds officials guilty of neglect

A long-awaited report into abuse in the Catholic church in Cologne found hundreds of children have been sexually abused since 1975, with high-ranking officials neglecting their duties to report cases.

World News

German generosity as number of Brits getting nationality in EU soars

Figures released on Monday by Eurostat revealed that 29,800 Britons became EU citizens in 2019, nearly double the roughly 16,200 who did so the previous year.

Germany

Third conservative MP in Germany resigns amid corruption allegations

A third conservative politician from German Chancellor Angela Merkel's bloc has resigned over corruption allegations.

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