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Russia

Russian pro-Putin bikers set off on controversial "Victory Ride" to Berlin

Russian pro-Putin bikers are revving up controversy, as they take part in what’s described as a “Victory Ride” to Berlin. The ride has been organised

25/04/2015

Sport

Following in his father's footsteps: Mick Schumacher shines in debut F4 race

Mick Schumacher is following in his father’s footsteps. The 16 year old was named champion of the rookies after his first German Formula Four race in

25/04/2015

Armenia

Armenian killings 'genocide' says German President

As commemorations begin to mark the 100th anniversary of the massacre of up to 1.5 million Armenians, the German President Joachim Gauck has described the killings at the hands Ottoman Turkish forces

24/04/2015

Germany

German rail strike causes major disruption nationwide

German rail union GDL has extended a 66-hour strike to passenger routes, causing hundreds of commuter and long-distance trains to be cancelled. Some

23/04/2015

Sport

Bayern and Barcelona through to Champions League semi-finals

German giants Bayern Munich booked their place in the semi-finals of the Champions League with an emphatic 6-1 win over FC Porto at the Allianz Arena

21/04/2015

Germany

Auschwitz accountant 'morally guilty' for his work at Nazi death camp

A 93-year-old former bookkeeper at Auschwitz has told a German court that he felt morally guilty for his work at the Nazi death camp. Oskar Groening

21/04/2015

Cyprus

Remembering Gallipoli, the grinding WWI battle to take the Dardanelles

Soldiers’ descendants have come to commemorate the British allied forces in WWI landing in Gallipoli, Turkey, 100 years ago. The 25th April is known

21/04/2015

Germany

'Accountant of Auschwitz' Holocaust trial begins in Germany

A former Auschwitz concentration camp guard has admitted to being “morally guilty” but says he committed no crime. Oskar Groening, 93, is before a

21/04/2015

Sport

Champions League: Bayern face uphill task

Bayern Munich will be looking to overturn a two goal deficit when they take on Porto in the second leg of their quarter-final clash at the Allianz

20/04/2015

Culture news

Street art takes pride of place in Germany's Urban Art Biennale show

The World Cultural Heritage site at the Völkingen Ironworks in Germany is hosting the third Urban Art Biennale. Some 10,000 square metres of

20/04/2015

Germany

'Game of Drones': heart of US strike operations 'in Ramstein, Germany'

New evidence purporting to detail how the large U.S. military base at Ramstein provides crucial relay information for drone operators in America's Southwest could embarrass the German government.

17/04/2015

Germany

Families of Germanwings crash victims attend memorial in Cologne

Almost a month on: family members gather in Cologne to remember the 150 who died in the Germanwings crash.

17/04/2015

Sport

Klopp to leave Borussia Dortmund

Borussia Dortmund manager Jurgen Klopp will leave the Bundesliga club in the summer after both parties agreed to terminate his contract. The

15/04/2015

Germany

G7 foreign ministers have 'world peace' top of their agenda

A meeting of G7 foreign ministers in the German city of Lübeck gets down to business today focusing on world conflicts. Those taking part represent

15/04/2015

Germany

Ministers meet in Berlin to try and preserve Ukraine's fragile truce

Ministers meet for talks in Berlin to discuss Ukraine's fragile truce and to focus on how to implement the political elements of the Minsk peace deal.

14/04/2015

Germany

Right-wing Dutch politician speaks at anti-Islam rally in Dresden.

Right wing Dutch politician Geert Wilders spoke at a meeting in Dresden of the anti-Islam PEGIDA movement on Monday. The crowd fell far short of the

13/04/2015

Germany

German author Günter Grass, the Nobel Prize-winning writer of The Tin Drum, has died

Controversial German author Günter Grass has died at the age of 87. His publisher said he passed away at a clinic in Leubeck in northern Germany on

13/04/2015

Germany

German novelist Guenter Grass dies

German novelist and Nobel Prize winner Guenter Grass has died, aged 87. He was best known for works such as “The Tin Drum.” Grass was born in the

13/04/2015

Germany

Lufthansa doctors 'recommended continued treatment for Lubitz'

The German newspaper Bild says Lufthansa doctors had recommended that pilot Andreas Lubitz should be given psychological treatment, despite

12/04/2015

Germany

Germanwings to sue woman who claimed to be a grieving relative

Germanwings parent company Lufthansa is considering taking legal action against a woman it says took several free flights from Germany to southern

09/04/2015