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Carnival floats wheeled through Dusseldorf's quiet streets

Not quite the normal atmosphere in Dusseldorf this year.

Germany

Thousands turned back at German border due to COVID controls

Police in Germany have turned back some 5,000 people at the country’s borders with the Czech Republic and Austria’s Tyrol region after controls were imposed on Sunday.

Germany

Germany tightens border controls over fears of COVID-19 variants

With some exceptions, Germany's border with the Czech Republic is closed along with the frontier with Austria's Tyrol province.

Denmark

Weapons and IS flag found amid bomb attack arrests, say Danish police

Authorities in Germany and Denmark initially announced eight arrests on Thursday and detained six others on Friday.

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Germany

Germany extends COVID-19 lockdown until March 7

It comes amid concern that new virus variants could reverse a decline in new confirmed cases.

Germany

German state to scrap nighttime COVID-19 curfew after court ruling

The Administrative Court in Baden-Wurttemberg ruled the curfew is no longer warranted because the country's epidemiological situation has improved since it was first imposed in mid-December.

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German bakery offers a different kind of vaccine

A master confectioner in Passau, Germany, has decided to offer his customers a different kind of vaccine, in a bid to counter some negative news about the coronavirus one.

World News

Germany, Poland & Sweden expel Russian diplomats in tit-for-tat action

Moscow expelled three European diplomats last week for attending demonstrations in support in Alexei Navalny. The EU member states say their diplomats were observing the events.

World

Heavy snowfall hits swathes of western Europe

Winter weather warnings across Northern Europe as snow and flooding cause havoc.

Germany

Snowstorm brings parts of Netherlands and Germany to a standstill

The Dutch meteorological agency issued an extremely rare "code red" alert on Sunday throughout the country, which was hit by its first snowstorm in more than 10 years.

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Landslide in southern Germany forces evacuations

Several households were evacuated after a landslide near Wangen, southern Germany, on Thursday.

Russia

Russia expels European diplomats over attending pro-Navalny protests

Russia expels diplomats from Germany, Poland and Sweden amid claims they took part in pro-Navalny protests.

Germany

President Biden freezes withdrawal of US troops from Germany

Donald Trump had defied Congress with plans to redeploy 9,500 US troops from bases in Germany.

Germany

Germans call for crackdown on COVID-19 vaccine queue-jumpers

It emerged that at some clinics in the country managers were vaccinated ahead of doctors and frontline medical staff.

Austria

Rapper arrested in Austria and accused of publishing neo-Nazi songs

One of the suspect's songs was used as a soundtrack by the perpetrator in the terror attack in Halle, Germany, in October 2019, reported AFP news agency.

Germany

Germany recommends AstraZeneca COVID vaccine only for people under 65

Germany will review the order of its coronavirus vaccine priority list following a recommendation from its vaccine authority not to give the #AstraZeneca vaccine to individuals 65 and older.

World News

Europe closes borders in fight against coronavirus variants

Europe's tightening of coronavirus measures includes severe travel restrictions in attempts to keep out new variants

Business Planet

Green economy: powering up hydrogen

In partnership with The European Commission

Business Planet heads to Germany to discover how one firm's hydrogen technology could bridge the gap in the quest for clean energy.

Germany

Germany bans entry from UK and four other nations over COVID variants

From Saturday Germany will close its borders to arrivals from five countries that are affected by COVID-19 variants, in order to "protect the German population" the German health ministry said.

Germany

Berlin man suspected of 'making radio contact with air traffic'

Police say a 32-year-old Berlin man was arrested on allegations he had been making radio contact with air traffic, including police helicopters, and given fake flight orders while impersonating an aviation official.

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