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Faith in UK gov plunges, while rising elsewhere in Europe - poll

In 2006, Brits trusted their government far more so than in other major European states. Now the tables have turned.

World News

Meat consumption hits record low in Germany but is everyone on board?

More and more Germans are swapping meat products for plant-based proteins, according to Germany's Ministry for Agriculture, but not everyone is ready to give them up.

Poland

Polish descendants of Nazi victims demand compensation from Germany

Claims of €4.3m are being made against German companies Bayer and Henschel by descendants of two Polish Nazi victims

Germany

Former Audi boss pleads guilty to fraud over emissions scandal

Rupert Stadler is the highest-ranking executive to be convicted over cars that cheated on emissions tests

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German far-right AfD gains first elected official

The populist far-right party has won its first seat in a district council election in Sonneberg. This is despite representatives of the SPD, Greens, FDP and other parties calling for support for his opponent.

Germany

Hoping for compensation after being evicted from former East Germany

Compensation from the German government could be a step closer for some 12,000 people after they were forced to flee their homes in former East Germany in 1952 and 1961 by Communist authorities.

World News

Storms in Europe cause huge damage and disruption

Huge storms and torrential rain across Germany, Austria and Switzerland have caused damage and disruption to houses and roads

Germany

Germany takes aim at skilled labour shortage with new legislation

Germany's parliament on Friday approved plans to attract more skilled workers to Europe's biggest economy and help address labour shortages in a growing number of professions.

Climate

Spanish strawberry farming will 'devastate' wetlands, warn scientists

In March, the regional government passed a bill legalising the informal land occupation for intenstive irrigated strawberry farming.

Culture news

Germany opens biggest Jewish cultural centre since Holocaust

Berlin was once home to Germany's biggest Jewish community.

Europe Decoded

Austria has a period poverty problem. Here’s why

Sanitary products are too expensive for many women while sexual education is also too outdated, NGOs say.

Health news

Pharmacies are closing at an alarming rate in Germany. Why?

More than 120 pharmacies have closed their doors forever in the first three months of the year alone in Germany, as a medicine shortage takes its toll on staff.

Germany

Intel to build €30 billion chip plant in Germany

The German government is to provide a third of the cost. It is also the largest foreign direct investment in the modern history of the country.

Culture news

Salman Rushdie awarded Peace Prize of the German Book Trade

Writer Salman Rushdie was awarded the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade on Monday and will accept the award in Frankfurt in October.

World News

Activists mount pressure on German government to sign heating bill

On Friday, climate activists in Berlin marched to the German Chancellery, calling on the federal government to quit arguing and agree on its proposed climate policy.

Culture news

Inside the relaunch of Berlin contemporary museum Hamburger Bahnhof

For decades, the Hamburger Bahnhof Museum has been a central part of Berlin's contemporary art scene. Little has changed... Until now. The new museum directors have taken artworks down, rebuilt the space, and revamped the permanent exhibition.

Economy

Germany and France still at odds over reform of the EU fiscal rules

Germany and France, the largest economies of the European Union, continue to be at odds over the reform of the bloc's fiscal rules.

Culture news

Germany opens probe into Rammstein singer after sex assault claims

"Preliminary proceedings have been initiated against Till Lindemann," said a spokeswoman for the Berlin public prosecution's office.

Germany

Russia and China singled out in Scholz' new national security strategy

Chancellor Olaf Scholz said the new strategy, which his three-party governing coalition pledged to draw up when it took office at the end of 2021, had gained added importance since Russia attacked Ukraine almost 16 months ago.

New Zealand

Germany returns the remains of 95 Indigenous people to New Zealand

The initiative is part of Germany's plan to return Indigenous artefacts looted or improperly acquired during colonial times to their homelands.