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Erdogan satire video: Merkel clears path for prosecution

The German government will not block the prosecution of a satirist who mocked Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Chancellor Angela Merkel said

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Berlin Artemis brothel raided by 900 police officers

About 900 police officers were involved in a raid on one of Germany’s biggest brothels: Artemis in Berlin. Six people were arrested in connection

Germany

New five euro coin released in Germany

Hundreds of people have queued at the Bundesbank in the German city of Frankfurt to get their hands on one of the new five euro coins. A collector’s

World News

Lawsuit filed against US flight school over Germanwings crash

The flight training school in Arizona is a unit of the Germanwings parent company Lufthansa

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Germans divided amid frenzy over comic Böhmermann's satirical Erdogan poem

Jan Böhmermann's satire of Turkey's president has been condemned as vulgar abuse. But Germany has been accused of pandering to a bullying leader.

Germany

Police swoop on "criminal families" in Berlin

Eight people arrested in connection in dawn raids across the German capital

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Germany train crash: police arrest controller 'distracted by mobile phone games'

The 39-year-old is accused of being distracted by video games on his mobile phone when two trains collided head-on outside Bad Aibling, killing 11 people and leaving dozens seriously injured.

Germany

No joking matter: legal row brews between Ankara and Berlin over German comedian

Germany's Chancellor has underlined the importance of freedom of expression after the Turkish president called for a comedian to be prosecuted over reciting a satirical poem on German channel ZDF.

Germany

First NYE sexual assault case comes to trial in Germany

The first sexual assault case relating to a string of alleged attacks on New Year’s Eve in Cologne, Germany has come to trial. A 33-year-old Moroccan

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VW to slash board bonus package in the wake of emissions scandal

The scandal hit car manufacturer Volkswagen looks set to dramatically reduce management bonuses.

Germany

Germany registers 112% jump in asylum applications

Officials say the year-on-year from 2015 is due to a backlog in paperwork and the number of arrivals is going down.

Germany

Questions raised about German secret service links in neo-Nazi murder case

What did the secret service know? That is the shock question raised by the German press on Thursday as the trial of the lone surviving suspect in a

World News

France and Germany back EU-Ukraine deal despite Dutch 'No' vote

France and Germany are to continue to back the EU agreement on closer ties with Ukraine, despite Dutch voters’ rejection of the pact. The pledge came

Sport

Wolfsburg feast on Real Madrid Man City draw in Paris

Unfancied Wolfsburg welcomed Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter-final first leg.

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Armenia urges international community to recognise 'autonomy' of Nagorno-Karabakh

Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan has called on the international community to recognise the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh’s right to

Sport

Paris St Germain are Champions League underdogs against Manchester City, says manager

With a kind quarter-final draw and high hopes of reaching the Champions League semis, Paris St Germain manager Laurent Blanc says Man City have more

Germany

First Syrian refugees arrive in Germany under EU-Turkey exchange deal

The first group of Syrian refugees to be sent to Europe in exchange for those returned to Turkey arrived in northern Germany on Monday. The first

Germany

Former German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher dies aged 89

The man who helped bring down the Berlin Wall, former German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher, has died at the age of 89. Genscher, a one-time

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The swimmer who fled Syria: One refugee's story

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Germanwings tragedy: "Life has resumed, but traces of the catastrophe endure"

“In those first weeks, residents were stopped by the police when returning home and their vehicles searched… some told me that they had the