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Greece

Greek police arrest suspect in 1985 TWA aircraft hijacking

The 1985 hijacking of the flight from Athens became a multi-day nightmare for passengers and crew members and included the slaying of a US Navy diver.

22/09/2019

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'O zapft is!': Munich's world-famous Oktoberfest beer festival opens

The festival brings more than six million people to the southern German city.

21/09/2019

Germany

'Lack of ambition': Green groups slam Germany's new climate package

A new domestic carbon pricing scheme, more incentives for buying electric cars, and lower railway passes are part of the new package.

21/09/2019

World

Germany's Climate Cabinet meets ahead of protests and summit

Germany's so-called climate cabinet to meet on Friday to come up with concrete climate change legislation, to coincide with the call for a day of global climate strike.

19/09/2019

Germany

German generosity to migrants highlighted in report

Among some of the world's richest countries, Germany is one of the most generous when it comes to granting permanent residency to migrants.

19/09/2019

World

Green initiatives 'good for the economy', climate expert tells leaders

A climate change expert has said world governments must realise that green climate initiatives are actually good for the economy. Bob Ward, from the London School of Ecoomics’ Grantham Institute on Climate Change said the two aims need each other.

19/09/2019

Business

OECD: Humanitarian migration falls while labour and family migration rises

Europe had a decrease in the number of asylum applications by 10% in 2018. Family migration, where people migrate with, or to join, family members, increased by 9% and labour migration by 6%.

18/09/2019

World

Scotland's Sturgeon gets award for being 'voice of reason' on Brexit

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been given an award by the German media for being "the voice of reason" in the Brexit crisis.

18/09/2019

Germany

Climate protesters demonstrate outside Frankfurt car show

Hundreds of climate protesters blocked the main entrance of Frankfurt's IAA car show on Sunday.

15/09/2019

Sport

Netherlands shock Germany in topsy-turvy 4-2 win

Netherlands scored four times in 32 second-half minutes to secure a remarkable 4-2 comeback victory against hosts Germany in their Euro 2020 Group C qualifier on Friday.

07/09/2019

Sport

Dutch coach Koeman says Euro 2020 qualifier vs Germany 'not crucial'

The Netherlands take on Germany on Friday night in a qualifier for the Euro 2020 football championships.

06/09/2019

Germany

German fashion photographer Peter Lindbergh dies, aged 74

Lindbergh's Vogue cover of Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Tatjana Patitz, Christy Turlington and Cindy Crawford kickstarted the supermodel phenomenon.

04/09/2019

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New-born panda cubs feed for the first time

After having only slept, cuddled and occasionally taken a sip for the first couple of days, the little panda cubs are now very hungry.

04/09/2019

Europe News

Brussels marks 75th anniversary of liberation from German occupation

The liberation of Brussels took only a few hours and saw only a little combat. Freeing the city was symbolic, but its historic importance lives on in the Belgian capital.

04/09/2019

Germany

Currywurst at 70: The surprising British link to Germany’s street food

It is estimated 800 million currywurst are eaten ever year, 70m in Berlin alone, but this German staple has a surprising British connection

04/09/2019

Germany

Bavarian MPs who don't enforce environmental rules 'could face jail'

The European Court of Justice will advise whether to impose heavy penalties over vehicle pollution.

02/09/2019

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Berlin zoo celebrates the birth of two panda cubs

A zoo in Berlin celebrated the arrival of two panda cubs, the first time one of the rare mammals has given birth in Germany.

02/09/2019

Germany

Watch: Panda gives birth to rare twins at Berlin Zoo

Keepers only confirmed last week that mother Meng Meng was pregnant and she gave birth to twins on Saturday – the first pandas to be born in Germany.

02/09/2019

Germany

Merkel, allies weather far-right surge in German state elections

Merkel, allies weather far-right surge in German state elections

01/09/2019

Germany

Why are this weekend's state elections in Germany so significant?

"It is possible these two results shake up the political system nationwide. But if the SBD stays in power in Bradenburg and the CDU stays in power in Saxony, this could be, as we say in German, a storm in a water bottle (storm in a teacup)."

30/08/2019