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Watch: Postwoman in Germany makes all of her deliveries by boat

"In the winter months, everything ran over the ice. Sometimes the postman came with the ice skates when it was frozen" remembers barge ferryman Gunter Brandt.

My Europe Series

How has the result of the European election affected Italy and Germany

Months after the European Elections, we’re back to talk about its main takeaways, namely gains for the greens and the strengthening of anti-immigrant far-right parties. We bring you two reports on Insiders Unreported Europe – Euronews’ current affairs magazine. One from Italy and one from Germany.

My Europe Series

Watch: What are the main takeaways from the European Election?

Watch the interview to hear viewpoints from two different countries, Italy and Poland, about why Italy’s League Party scored so high and why the Law and Justice Party in Poland did so well.

Germany

German Chancellor Angela Merkel seen shaking for second time this month

German Chancellor Angela Merkel was again seen shaking as she met President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, her second such bout within two weeks

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Germany

German far-right suspect confesses to killing politician

A German far-right suspect confessed to killing a pro-immigration politician, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said on Wednesday.

Italy

German rescue ship Sea-Watch 3 enters Italian waters, defying ban

Italy's Matteo Salvini issued a strict warning to Germany and the Netherlands after the Sea-Watch 3 migrant rescue ship entered Italian waters despite a ban

Germany

Eleven men, mostly migrants, on trial in over rape of woman, 18

Eleven men, mostly from Syria, have gone on trial in Freiburg, Germany over the gang rape of an 18-year-old woman outside a nightclub last October.

World News

Watch: Zoo animals share techniques to keep cool in heatwave

To keep cool, some animals have taken matters into their own hands (or trunks). At these zoos in Austria and Germany, worm ice lollies are on the menu too.

Germany

Fridays for Future climate protesters in Aachen call for action now

Some 20,000 protesters from 15 countries rallied in the German city of Aachen as part of a student movement demanding bold action to combat climate change

Europe Decoded

Protesters occupy German coal mine

Protesters near the RWE Garzweiler coal mine have set up camp in preparation for their occupation of the area.

Germany

German teenagers teach school children about digital stress

While their parents grew up without smartphones, two-thirds of kids in Germany have them by the age of 11.

Germany

Start of a trend? Germany elects two foreign-born mayors on same day

Claus Ruhe Madsen, from Denmark, and Octavian Ursu, originally from Bucharest, were both elected mayors on Sunday of their respective German cities of adoption.

Germany

Europe's top court rules that German toll proposal is discriminatory

Under the planned toll, those driving on German motorways would have been charged an annual fee of up to 130 euros, but those with cars registered in Germany would have been given a corresponding reduction in motor vehicle tax.

Germany

Deutsche Bank is planning to create a so-called 'bad bank' in overhaul

Germany's Deutsche Bank is planning to create a so-called 'bad bank' that will undertake poor-performing assets and non-performing or bad loans

Germany

Angela Merkel's CDU wins Gorlitz Mayor race, beating far-right AfD

The German city of Gorlitz backed Angela Merkel's Christian Democrat candidate Octavian Ursu as mayor in a run-off vote against the far-right AfD party

Germany

Far-right sympathiser suspected of murdering German politician

A far-right sympathiser is suspected of killing German pro-migrant politician Walter Luebcke, said the Federal Prosecutor's Office said on Monday.

Germany

German police make arrest in connection with Lübcke shooting

German police make arrest in connection with Lübcke shooting

Germany

Egg production farms continue practice of mass culling of male chicks

The mass culling of male chicks is widespread at egg hatcheries around the world because they don't lay eggs and industrial farming has no use for them

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China’s Qingdao strengthens its blooming cultural and economic friendship with Germany

Partner content presented by Information Office of Qingdao Municipal Government

"China's open door will not be closed, but will only be opened wider and wider," said China’s President Xi Jinping. Central to China’s opening up to the world is Qingdao - the city whose name means “Green Island” is the main node in the New Asia Europe continental bridge and economic corridor.

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Stunning hail balls hit Lake Ammersee near Munich

This video posted by a passenger on Lake Ammersee shows the hail storm that hit the lake on Monday afternoon.