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Above and beyond: Europeans behind huge air relief effort for Ukraine

Two Germans with a passion for aviation are behind what is claimed to be the largest aerial civilian humanitarian aid operation in history. Here is the story of Ukraine Air Rescue and its pilots.

China

China and Germany should scale up cooperation, Xi tells Scholz

Scholz's one-day visit was welcomed by Beijing, but the EU and the German government coalition, mainly from the Green Party and the Liberals criticised the trip.

World News

Germany calls for Balkans unity at summit in Berlin

In Berlin, the German chancellor Olaf Scholz has called on the nations of the Western Balkans to resolve their conflicts in order to ensure regional stability

Green News

Germany will force companies to pay for cleaning up single use plastic

Germany's Environment Minister says businesses depending on single-use plastic should contribute to collection and cleanup costs.

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Sport

German footballer fined €1.2 million for assaulting ex-girlfriend

The Munich court found the former international guilty of assault, battery, and insult charges.

Europe News

Scholz heads to Beijing amid pressure to take tougher line on China

The German Chancellor will go with a delegation of German business leaders.

Culture news

Penguin Random House blocked merger is ruining Bertelsmann's plans

The German media group has been dealt another blow in its bid to become the undisputed world's biggest publisher.

Germany

Police investigate attack on pro-democracy vigil near Iranian embassy

Three men reportedly attacked a vehicle outside the embassy that was displaying pro-democracy banners.

Art

Rendez-vous: The best of Europe's art and culture

Immerse yourself in Afrobeat in Paris, discover links between magic and surrealism at the Museum Barberini in Germany or discover the Guggenheim museum in Spain during its 25th anniversary and see three collections of its treasures.

My Europe Series

What were the top stories in Europe this week?

Berlin hosted a conference aimed at helping Kyiv rebuild and Olaf Scholz met Emmanuel Macron in Paris.

Culture news

Daniel Brühl: "No one wins in a war – even the winners”

Interview: Daniel Brühl speaks about the new Netflix war movie 'All Quiet on the Western Front'

Germany

Germany agrees to controversial sale of Hamburg port terminal

The purchase could open up the possibility of Beijing politically instrumentalising part of Germany's -- and Europe's -- critical infrastructure.

Europe News

Macron and Scholz try to mend differences in Paris lunch meeting

Both countries have bones to pick with the other on issues ranging from energy to defence.

Art

Does art made by an AI have aesthetic worth?

Mario Klingemann is the artist and architect behind Botto, a decentralised artist that sells its generated artwork on the blockchain for thousands of dollars every week.

Europe News

Rebuilding Ukraine will be a 'challenge for generations', says Scholz

The World Bank has estimated that the cost of damage in Ukraine will be around €350 billion.

Ukraine

Germany's president pledges more support for Ukraine in surprise visit

Frank-Walter Steinmeier said his trip was focused on helping Ukraine repair its destroyed infrastructure, besides bolstering military support.

Ukraine

National leaders gather in Berlin for Ukraine ‘Marshall Plan’

The conference, hosted by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the European Commission, will not involve concrete pledges of cash towards the estimated €750 billion reconstruction cost.

Germany

Two ex-German soldiers convicted over Yemen war mercenary plan

The men had tried to recruit soldiers for a paramilitary unit and were found guilty of forming a terrorist organisation.

Culture news

German climate activists throw mashed potatoes on Monet painting

Climate protesters have thrown mashed potatoes at a Claude Monet painting at Potsdam’s Barberini Museum, to protest fossil fuel extraction.

Euronews Witness

Rising temperatures see beetles and fire ravage European forests

A combination of record-high temperatures and drought saw France lose some 65,000 hectares of forest this summer to rampaging wildfires. These same conditions saw the Bark beetle flourish, devouring a staggering 11,000 hectares, one-quarter, of the Franconian Forest in Germany.