Europe News 'A total mess': Opposition mounts against the EU's gas reduction plan Southern countries argue the European Commission's proposed plan is disproportionate and unfair. 25/07/2022
Germany Germany bails out gas branch of Finnish state-owned energy supplier The German government will take a roughly 30% stake in energy supplier Uniper as part of a rescue package prompted by surging prices for natural gas and reduced Russian deliveries, 22/07/2022
Travel News Italy unveils new high-speed trains from Rome Fiumicino airport These are all the high-speed railways you need to know about in Europe, including new lines from Rome to Florence and Milan. 21/07/2022
Travel News Could Germany launch €1 a day train tickets to ease cost of living? Around 31 million of Germany’s special €9 tickets were sold last month, signalling a strong interest in cheap train travel. 19/07/2022
Germany Scholz: Germany's fossil fuel power plants reactivation is 'temporary' In a video address on Saturday, the German chancellor stated that his government remains committed to doing "everything" to combat the climate crisis. 16/07/2022
Germany Ex-German soldier jailed for planning attack posed as Syrian refugee Prosecutors had described him as a "far-right terrorist" who had been inspired by extremist ideologies "for several years". 15/07/2022
Green News Activists blocking Berlin's roads say they aren’t here to be liked 'Uprising of the Last Generation' claims the world has only a few years left to avoid catastrophic levels of global warming. 15/07/2022
Culture news Telegram has a Holocaust denial problem A new survey by UNESCO has found a shocking amount of Holocaust denial and distortion across social media platforms, with Telegram the worst offender. 14/07/2022
Russia Nord Stream begins annual maintenance, putting EU leaders on edge The biggest single pipeline carrying Russian gas to Germany starts annual maintenance today, with European leaders worried the shutdown might be extended past 10 days due to the war in Ukraine. 11/07/2022
Europe News Treat Syrian refugees the same as Ukrainians, says UN commission chair More than 300,000 Syrian civilians have died in the last ten years of war in the Middle Eastern country. 04/07/2022
Germany Gas shortage emergency 'would push Hamburg to ration hot water' Germany has already called on citizens and companies to cut back on energy use amid concerns over supplies from Russia. 04/07/2022
My Europe Series Does Germany's popular €9-a-month rail pass mask a bigger problem? From June to August, travellers can enjoy unlimited use of local and regional trains for just €9 a month. 01/07/2022
Germany Boy, 8, found alive in rainwater sewer eight days after going missing The boy had disappeared from his family garden on June 17. 28/06/2022
Germany Nazi camp guard, 101, jailed for 'complicity' in 3,518 murders Josef Schütz was given a five-year jail term on Tuesday for complicity in the murder of 3,518 prisoners at the Sachsenhausen camp, north of Berlin, between 1942 and 1945. 28/06/2022
No Comment Demonstrators gather outside G7 venue in Germany Dozens of anti-G7 protesters demonstrate near Elmau Castle in the Bavarian Alps, where the G7 summit is being held. 27/06/2022
Germany German police confiscate dozens of poisonous snakes after owner bitten The 35-year-old had told doctors there that one of her rattlesnakes bit her finger. 27/06/2022
Germany Knife attacker kills one and wounds five at German asylum shelter Police officers have detained a 31-year-old man after the stabbing attack. 27/06/2022
Europe News Russian economy 'degrading slowly' due to sanctions, claims VDL Von der Leyen told Euronews that Russia was using food "to blackmail all of us, and this is really atrocious." 27/06/2022
Germany German lawmakers vote to end Nazi-era ban on ‘advertising’ abortions Doctors will be no longer be prosecuted if they give prospective patients information about abortions. 24/06/2022
Travel News Urgent warning to Lufthansa passengers with booked flights Lufthansa’s own low-cost carrier, Eurowings, is also announcing "several hundred fewer flights" in July. 24/06/2022