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EU regulators back Gazprom's increased use of key pipeline

EU regulators have given their green light for Russia’s Gazprom to send more gas through a key pipeline in Germany.

Markets

Surprise profit from Deutsche Bank but still overshadowed by massive US fine

Germany's biggest lender, Deutsche Bank, has posted an unexpected quarterly net profit but CEO John Cryan say no settlement yet on US misselling fine.

World News

Could new petrol cars be banned from EU's roads by 2030?

Banning new petrol and diesel cars from EU roads by 2030 is unrealistic without more incentives to develop electric-powered alternatives, campaigners say.

Germany

German couple go on trial accused of torturing women

A couple have gone on trial accused of luring women to their house in western Germany and torturing them so badly, that at least two of them died.

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Germany

German police launch 13 raids in anti-terror operation

German police launched 13 simultaneous raids on apartments and a refugee centre in a major anti-terrorism operation.

Cinema

The zany world of the Wunderlichs is a crazy comedy

'Die Welt der Wunderlichs'(Wunderlich's World) is a zany family comedy about a single mother on the brink of a nervous breakdown.

Sport

Alpine skiing: Pinturault wins World Cup season opener in Soelden

After Lara Gut kick-started the new women’s World Cup season with victory on Saturday, Sunday saw the men take to the slopes on the Rettenbach Glacier in Soelden, Austria, for a giant slalom…

Germany

German police suspected of involvement in far right group

German authorities admitted they're investigating whether four police officers are members of a far right group which shot dead a police officer on Wednesday.

Sport

EuroLeague: Olympiacos thump Efes Istanbul to register first win of new season

Olympiacos Piraeus thrashed Anadolu Efes Istanbul on Thursday to notch up their first win of the new campaign.

Business Series

Daimler: Cars outperform trucks

Daimler's latest quarterly results showed improvement in sales of Mercedes cars, but falling demand for its trucks.

World News

Four-way talks agree on road map to restart Ukraine's peace deal

Ukraine Germany France and Russia have agreed to draw up a roadmap by the end of November on how to implement the 2015 Minsk peace deal.

Germany

Two German police are badly hurt in 'far-right' shootout

A man said to belong to a far-right group is under arrest after two German police officers were shot and seriously hurt while raiding a house south of Nuremburg on…

Germany

Views of Berlin - from a Syrian tour guide

When city guide Firas Zakri takes you on a tour of Berlin, don’t expect to see the Brandenburg Gate, the city’s famous TV tower or other well-known landmarks of the German…

Ukraine

Normandy group to meet in Berlin to discuss Ukraine peace deal

Normandy group convenes to try and revive Minsk II peace process in Ukraine

Germany

BASF says German chemical plant blast killed two workers, two more missing

The chemical giant is investigating the cause of an explosion at Ludwigshafen which also injured six people.

Germany

Threatening emails send German schools into lockdown

Emails threatening violence sent numerous German high schools into lockdown on Monday.

Austria

'Hitler's house' to be torn down

The house Nazi leader Adolf Hitler was born in is to be demolished by Austrian authorities.

Germany

Germany: one dead and others hurt or missing after BASF chemical plant explosions

Separate blasts at German facilities operated by chemical giant BASF have left one person dead and several injured or missing.

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German bridge blown up for highway construction

A footbridge on Germany’s Autobahn near Stuttgart was demolished in the early hours of Saturday morning to make way for a new stretch of highway with extra driving…

United Kingdom

Descendants of Nazi victims seek German passports post-Brexit

The knock-on effect of Brexit has taken a turn in what would have been an unthinkable direction 80 years ago.