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Search for an EU budget crime prosecutor begins

The European Parliament has made a short list of candidates for the new position.

26/02/2019

Austria

Austrian farmer handed enormous fine over deadly cow stampede

A court in Austria has handed a huge fine to a farmer over a cow stampede that killed a German woman back in 2014.

25/02/2019

Germany

One dead, one missing in Bavaria avalanche

A person is dead and another is missing after an avalanche in Bavaria, southern Germany.

23/02/2019

World News

EU dual national loses heart with the UK, feeling it's 'time to leave'

Sonja Morgenstern has been on the frontline of the campaign against Brexit. As a dual national EU citizen, she was hoping to convince the British to change their minds over Brexit.

22/02/2019

Europe News

Electrifying politics? The new candidates vying for your votes

"Bad politics brought us were we are," says Colombe the co-founder of Volt - a pan-European party hoping to win at least 25 seats across seven EU countries in May's elections. We met three of the members, who met as students, in Brussels this week.

22/02/2019

Russia

Russia says EU sanctions are outside framework of international law

Russia's foreign minister said EU sanctions against Russia are outside the framework of international law, referring to stricter rules for Nord Stream 2

21/02/2019

World

Raw Politics in full: check out tonight's full episode

All this and more in Thursday night's full episode of Raw Politics.

21/02/2019

Germany

German hospital apologises for 'false hope' over breast cancer test

A German university hospital has apologised for a controversial PR campaign surrounding a breast cancer blood test it publicised in February

21/02/2019

Germany

Watch: Take a look inside Europe's largest virtual reality lab

While the dome would be a gamer's paradise, it is used by businesses to create virtual replicas of workplaces, from factories to oil rigs.

21/02/2019

World

Raw Politics: Will EU leaders allow ISIS fighters to return?

Donald Trump is demanding European leaders take back and prosecute over 800 jihadists captured in Syria.

20/02/2019

France

Choupette Lagerfeld: the world's most pampered cat?

Who is Choupette, the cat that could be heir to German designer Karl Lagerfeld's fortune?

20/02/2019

Belgium

Germany 'still pays UK and Belgian pensioners who served in SS'

Those who pledged loyalty to Hitler are still being rewarded more than 70 years on.

20/02/2019

Cinema

Women take centre stage at 69th Berlin Film Festival

Female filmmakers feature prominently at 2019 Berlin Film Festival.

19/02/2019

Germany

Germany to stop extradition of citizens to UK after Brexit

Berlin will stop extraditing Germans to Britain immediately after Brexit, even if it leaves the European Union with a deal.

17/02/2019

Germany

Germany responds to Trump appeal to take back ISIL fighters from Syria

Germany can take back so-called Islamic State fighters captured in Syria only if the suspects have consular access, the interior ministry said on Sunday. Some 1,050 people have travelled from Germany to the warzone in Syria and Iraq since 2013 and about a third have already returned to Germany.

17/02/2019

Germany

Smurf fans sets new world record

Ten-year-old record for most people dressed as Smurfs is broken in southern Germany.

17/02/2019

Germany

German town ‘breaks world record’ for largest Smurfs meeting

A small German town was turned blue when it tried to break the world record for the largest meeting of Smurfs.

17/02/2019

Germany

'Synonymes' wins Golden Bear for Best Film at Berlinale Awards

The Franco-German-Israeli co-production, "Synonymes" (Synonyms) has won the Golden Bear for Best Film at the Berlinale Awards. The film was made by Nadav Lapid.

16/02/2019

Germany

Watch: Lavrov calls British defence secretary 'minister of war'

"If you listen to some people like (the) minister of war — or, sorry, minister of defence of the United Kingdom, then you might get an impression that nobody except NATO has the right to be anywhere," he added.

16/02/2019

Germany

Breathe again: Lung doctor's errors in study slamming dirty air limits

Speaking to German newspaper Die Tageszeitung, which uncovered the error, Dieter Köhler said: “I practically do everything by myself and, as a pensioner, I don't even have a secretary anymore.”

15/02/2019