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EU honours Merkel as her legacy remains deeply divisive

The former German chancellor receives the new European Order of Merit this week. Yet, her policies are facing fresh scrutiny amid global instability and a changing world order.

Business

Nvidia vs Europe: how Big Tech compares to European economies

Nvidia’s market capitalisation ($5.7 trillion) has overtaken Germany’s GDP ($5.45 trillion). The combined value of the five largest US companies now exceeds the total GDP of Europe’s five largest economies.

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"Super Mario" celebrated for defending the euro and European unity

Former European Central Bank president Mario Draghi received the 2026 Charlemagne Prize on Thursday, 14 May, in Aachen, Germany, in recognition of his contributions to European unity and his leadership during the eurozone debt crisis of the 2010s.

Europe News

Germany plans 'active cyberdefence' as online attacks rise

In 2025, around 334,000 cases of cybercrime were registered in Germany, two-thirds of them from abroad or unknown locations, with many more cases thought to be unreported.

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Berlin and Kyiv unveil 'Brave Germany' arms programme

With "Brave Germany," Berlin and Kyiv aim to jointly develop new defence technologies, AI-enabled weapons and deep-strike capabilities.

Travel News

Europe is home to some of the world's longest pedestrian walkways

Some of the world's longest pedestrian suspension bridges are not in Asia, but Germany, Hungary and the Czech Republic. Here's a list of these spectacular, world-breaking structures and where to find them.

Germany

Trump: US troops may be moved from Germany to Poland

Will US troops withdrawn from Germany be moved to Poland? When asked, US President Donald Trump said Warsaw favours the idea, and it is feasible.

Europe News

German police announce end to hostage-taking crisis at bank in Sinzig

Police said a situation which saw armed robbers taking several people hostage at a German bank in the town of Sinzig earlier on Friday has ended, adding that none of the victims were hurt in the incident.

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Bejewelled skeletons on display in German monastery fascinate visitors

Decorated catacomb saints at Bavaria's former Banz monastery continue to attract visitors centuries after arriving from Rome.

Culture news

The gilded dead: Germany's eerie catacomb saints revealed

Known as Vincenzius, Valerius, Benedictus, and Felix Benedictus, these catacomb saints were brought to the Bavarian town of Bad Staffelstein from Rome during the late 17th and 18th centuries. The remains are believed to be those of early Christian martyrs.

Europe News

Why more Israeli and American Jews are seeking German citizenship

A German passport as protection in uncertain times: Driven by fear, pragmatism and a changing relationship with Germany, growing numbers of Israeli and American Jews are applying for German citizenship.

Travel News

German tourist wins €900 in ‘sunbed wars’ case

A tourist has won compensation after claiming towel-hogging guests made sun loungers impossible to use on a Greek holiday – and the ruling could spell trouble for resorts that fail to tackle the “sunbed wars”.

Europe News

Germany's golden years are over, Reinhold Würth warns

Reinhold Würth, who has made the Würth Group the global market leader in the trade of assembly and fastening materials for trade and industry, sees an opportunity above all in the fields of electronics, IT and artificial intelligence.

Europe News

German billionaire Würth warns of 'deindustrialisation spiral'

According to Forbes, Reinhold Würth is one of the three richest Germans with a fortune of $41.9 billion. In an opinion piece for Euronews, Würth explains how Germany can get back on track.

Earth News

Timmy the humpback whale presumed to have died

The entrepreneur-funded rescue effort said that it had fitted the previously stranded whale with a tracking device but this is suspected to be untrue.

Europe News

Meloni -Trump tensions tested, can the US - Italy alliance hold?

Tensions between Meloni and Trump do not seem to threaten the privileged axis between Rome and Washington, shored up by US bases in Italy and Italian contracts.

Earth News

Moose return to Germany thanks to Polish conservation efforts

Moose were hunted to extinction in Germany. Now they're returning thanks to Polish conservationists. Moose can cover distances of up to 30km a day.

The Cube

Can US law stop Trump from withdrawing troops from Europe?

A 2026 US defence law does not prevent troop withdrawals from Europe, but imposes consultations and justifications for major cuts that make such a move more difficult.

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Mourners lay flowers and candles in Leipzig after deadly car rampage

People gather in Leipzig to lay flowers and light candles near the site where a car ploughed into a crowd in the historic centre, killing two people and injuring several others.

Germany

This is what we know about the man arrested for killing two in Leipzig

Two people have been confirmed dead while two others remain hospitalised and in critical condition after a man rammed a vehicle into a crowd of people in a busy shopping district in the eastern city of Leipzig.

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