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'New Cold War with China' demands US-Europe united front: Germany
With just five weeks to go until the US election, the German government's coordinator for relations with the United States and Canada, Peter Beyer, insisted there were more shared interests than differences.
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German Church to pay abuse victims up to €50,000
A study commissioned by the German Bishops' Conference and released in 2018 showed that 1,670 clergymen had committed some form of sexual attack against 3,677 minors, mostly boys, between 1946 and 2014.
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France, Sweden confirm Novichok poisoning in Navalny case: Germany
The 44-year-old Kremlin critic and anti-corruption campaigner fell ill after boarding a plane in Siberia last month and was hospitalised there before being flown to Berlin.
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Russian police seek to question Navalny in Germany
The 44-year-old Kremlin critic and anti-corruption campaigner fell ill after boarding a plane in Siberia and was hospitalised there before being flown to Berlin.
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UN urges 'independent' Russian probe of Navalny poisoning
Michelle Bachelet stressed the need to get to the bottom of the poisoning, after German specialists said they had 'unequivocal proof' that the weapons-grade nerve agent Novichok was used in the attack.
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Mother kills five of her children in German town: 'Bild'
'Bild' reported that the children’s grandmother had called police to tell them her daughter, aged 27, had killed five of her children and was out of her home with a further child.
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Outrage after Germany says Putin critic Navalny poisoned with Novichok
The 44-year-old last month became the latest in a long line of Russian defectors and critics of President Vladimir Putin to be poisoned in suspicious circumstances, and is now in hospital in Berlin.
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Germany says Putin critic Navalny poisoned with Novichok
"It is a shocking event that Alexei Navalny has become the victim of an attack with a chemical nerve agent in Russia," said government spokesman Steffen Seibert in a statement.
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France, Germany, and Spain beef up COVID-19 measures to combat surge
Countries worldwide are struggling to balance the need for populations to get back to work and study with keeping cases under control - fearing above all a return to draconian lockdowns.
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Putin critic Navalny under guard after likely poisoning, says Germany
Navalny collapsed on a plane on Thursday last week after drinking tea that his allies said they believe was laced with poison. He was flown to Germany for treatment on Saturday.
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Plane carrying Kremlin critic Navalny arrives in Germany - flight tracking data
German doctors had flown on Friday to the Siberian city of Omsk to evacuate Navalny, a long-time opponent of President Vladimir Putin, at the request of his wife and allies who said that the hospital treating him was badly equipped.
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New dog walking rule in Germany leaves owners scratching their heads
The country is introducing a law to ensure dogs go for a walk or run in the garden at least twice a day for a total of an hour.
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Germany, France want more funding, power for WHO as part of sweeping reforms
The move shows the two countries’ keen interest in an overhaul aimed at strengthening the WHO, despite talks on the matter with the United States collapsing earlier in August at G7 level over differing views about the reform.
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Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 1,510 to 226,914: RKI
The reported death toll rose by seven to 9,243, the tally showed.
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Namibia rejects German genocide reparations offer
Germany has acknowledged that atrocities occurred at the hands of its colonial authorities and some officials have even recognised it as a genocide, it has repeatedly refused to pay direct reparations, citing millions of euros in development aid to the Namibian government.
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Germany voices 'great concern' at virus spike, issues Spain warning
Germany has fared better than many of its neighbours in suppressing the virus, but Robert Koch Institute head Lothar Wieler urged citizens not to squander the progress following a spike in numbers in recent weeks.
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Small plane crashes into house in Germany, killing three people
The roof of the apartment building in the town of Wesel caught fire after the microlight plane crashed into it, a police spokesman said.
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Dozens detained as German 'corona party' escalates
Some 3,000 mainly young people filled the square again on Saturday evening but only around 500 to 800 were still there when the unrest started.
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SAA to repatriate 45 SA citizens left in Germany following door malfunction
The airline left the passengers stranded in Frankfurt on Saturday when the emergency door of the aircraft they were booked on malfunctioned.
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Berliners form socially-distanced human chain against racism
The capital's human chain was slated to stretch from the world-famous Brandenburg Gate past the landmark Communist-era TV tower at Alexanderplatz and down into the ethnically diverse Neukoelln district.
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German police identify 'murder' suspect in Madeleine McCann case
The suspect, who was not named, is serving a 'long prison sentence' for an unrelated matter, said Germany's federal criminal agency.
