Germany

Will Germany ditch the Balanced-Budget pledge? – FT

Any other country that had run a budget surplus for the last five years and was now facing a recession would have a clear response. Indeed, the pressure on policymakers…

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Germany : Social Democrats mulling wealth tax

Germany's ailing Social Democrats are mulling a move to push for the introduction of a wealth tax that would be used to fund public infrastructure and climate protection measures, according…

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Photo Story: After Merkel, Johnson to meet Macron

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (R) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel talk on a balcony over a glass of wine at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, 21 August 2019. Prior…

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Brexit discussions between Merkel and Johnson focus on backstop

In talks with German Chancellor Merkel, British PM Johnson reiterated a call to renegotiate the UK's divorce from the EU. Both leaders said they want to avoid a no-deal Brexit,…

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Huge operation by German police against organized smuggling of foreigners into the construction industry

Police and customs officers launched a massive human trafficking raid in Berlin on Wednesday morning, prosecutors revealed. Around 1,900 officers are taking part in the operation and have searched over…

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Photo Story: Gamescom 2019 in Cologne

A character of Netflix series 'La casa de papel' (The House of Money) is on display at the Gamescom convention in Cologne, Germany. The Gamescom gaming convention runs from 20…

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No sign of euro zone crisis due to political turmoil in Italy

Olaf Scholz , the German Finance Minister, said that there is no sign of a looming euro zone crisis due to political upheaval in Italy. Asked on Wednesday morning if…

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Boris Johnson to meet Angela Merkel today

Boris Johnson is set to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin later today, where he is expected to reiterate his call for the backstop plan to be scrapped. Johnson…

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Germany, Hungary to mark end of the Iron Curtain

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban will welcome German Chancellor Angela Merkel to the city of Sopron Monday to commemorate a pivotal moment in the fall of the Iron Curtain in…

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Germany ready to ditch balanced budget in case of recession

Germany’s coalition government would be prepared to ditch its balanced budget rule and take on new debt to counter a possible recession, according to a report in Der Spiegel magazine.…

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Crew from German and Greek ships kidnapped by pirates off Cameroon

Pirates have kidnapped eight crew members of a German-owned ship, the MarMalaita, in a raid on the vessel off Douala, off the coast of Cameroon as well from a Greek…

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Merkel calls for restarting EU migrant rescue mission, emphasizes need to fix root cause of migration

Several months after the EU's migrant rescue mission in the Mediterranean was suspended, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for the operation to be resumed once more. The operation was…

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Photo Story: Grand Tattoo farewell ceremony for Ursula von der Leyen

Former German Defence Minister and President-elect of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen (C), is handed a certificate from a German soldier, during a Grand Tattoo military ceremony in…

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German police smash child pornography ring on darknet

German cybercrime experts brought down a child pornography platform on the darknet following months of intensive investigation, authorities in the German state of the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania announced. German police were first…

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Photo Story: Preparations for Oktoberfest 2019

Various instances at the Theresienwiese fair ground during preparations for the Oktoberfest 2019 in Munich, Germany, 14 August 2019. The traditional Munich Beer Festival, the world's largest beer festival that…

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Germany releases gross domestic product quarterly results for 2019

Germany's Federal Statistical Office (Statistisches Bundesamt) announced on 14 August 2019 that the country's gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 0.4 percent in the first quarter of 2019, shrinking by…

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Germany plans to ban use of plastic bags

Germany plans a law to ban the use of plastic bags because voluntary agreements with retailers to curb usage have not yielded good enough results, Environment Minister Svenja Schulze said.…

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13 arrested in Lithuania in €1 million car parts theft ring

An organised crime network originating from Lithuania and specialised in the theft of car parts has been dismantled this week by the German Police of Heilbronn, together with the support…

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Trump threatens undefined retaliation against countries and organisations issuing travel warnings on US because of gun violence

President Donald Trump threatened undefined retaliation Friday against countries and organizations that issue travel warnings on the United States because of gun violence. "If they did that, we'd just reciprocate," Trump said…

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US troops stationed in Germany could go to Poland

Georgette Mosbacher, US Ambassador to Poland in a social media post says that Poland, unlike Germany spends two percent of its GDP on NATO and that it would gladly welcome…

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Photo Story: The 29th Hanse Sail festival

A tall ship sails next to a lighthouse during the Hanse sail maritime festival, Rostock-Warnemuende, Germany. The 29th Hanse Sail maritime festival running from 08 to 11 August 2019.…

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Photo Story: Seal pups released into the North Sea

Helpers release four young seal pups into the North Sea on the beach of Juist island, northern Germany. Four young seals - Freya, Lotte, Mucki and Finchen - were brought…

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German citizen arrested in Turkey for Facebook shares

Another German citizen was arrested in Turkey on charges of spreading propaganda. According to reports from German public broadcasters NDR, WDR and newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, 36-year-old Osman B. from Hesse was arrested…

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Photo Story: Main Festival in Germany ends

People enjoy the show as fireworks illuminate the sky to celebrate the end of the Main Festival or Mainfest in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The Mainfest was originally a…

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Gravestone which inspired Grimm brothers Snow White fairy tale donated to German Museum

Once upon a time a museum in a charming old German town was given a very important, long-lost gravestone. It was that of Maria Sophia von Erthal, a baroness who…

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On this day…

1914 WWI: Serbia declares war against Germany 1916 Malta's former Prime Minister Dom Mintoff was born 1937 Franco's artillery fires on Madrid 1937 US and USSR sign trade treaty 1945…

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Photo Story: Heavy rain in Berlin

Cars produce fountains on a flooded street during heavy rain in Berlin, Germany. Weather that caused minor flooding in various parts of the German capital. Photo: EPA-EFE/ALEXANDER BECHER

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Germany’s largest ever cocaine shipment seized by customs

Customs confiscated a record 4.5 metric tons of cocaine in a shipping container in Hamburg, northern Germany, with a street value of nearly €1 billion, it announced on Friday. The drugs…

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Photo Story: The Offshore-Windpark Nordergruende in the North Sea

A sailing boat transits in front of the Offshore-Windpark Nordergruende, an offshore wind farm in the North Sea, Germany. The Offshore-Windpark Nordergruende is located approximately 15km to the north-east of…

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Salvini accuses Germany of ‘blackmail’ over migration

Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini accused Germany on Thursday of "blackmail" in the latest spat between the two countries over migrants rescued at sea. According to German media, Salvini wrote in…

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Landmark INF nuclear arms treaty is history: What now?

As the US withdrew from the landmark nuclear treaty known as the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, Seda Serdar Deutsche Welle correspondent ask what’s next and gives a German perspective…

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Photo Story: 175 years of the Berlin Zoo

A large cake dedicated to the Berlin Zoo's 175th 'birthday' in Berlin, Germany, on the 01 August 2019. The Zoo opened its doors on 01 August 1844, it is the…

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Photo Story: 30 years of the Wacken festival

Visitors walk towards the entrance of the Wacken Open Air (WOA) music festival, in Wacken, northern Germany, 31 July 2019. The Wacken Heavy Metal festival celebrates its 30th year in…

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Man behind death of German child in Frankfurt station was wanted by Swiss police

A man suspected of pushing an eight-year-old boy and his mother in front of a train at Frankfurt’s main station in Germany, killing the boy, had been receiving psychiatric treatment,…

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German unemployment rises less than expected in July

Data from the German Federal Labour Office showed that German unemployment increased less than expected in July, data showed on Wednesday, suggesting that the labor market in Europe’s largest economy…

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New German law to target money laundering in property market

Germany's government is unveiling a new law aimed at combating money laundering in the real estate sector. It's estimated that billions in illegal earnings are funnelled into the German property…

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Tributes to 8-year-old boy who was killed after being pushed on rail tracks in front of an oncoming train

Photo: A father with his kids put flowers and candles to pay tribute at the main train station in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 30 July 2019, one day after an…

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Photo Story: Child killed in Germany after being pushed onto the tracks

Police officers’ cordon off areas near the platforms at the main train station in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Police say that a child has died after reportedly being pushed onto…

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Photo Story: The Garden of Early Delights

A view of the installation 'With all my love for the tulips I pray forever' by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama. The installation is part of the exhibition 'Garden of Earthly…

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Photo Story: Dinosaurs on the loose in Bochum, Germany

Life size replicas of dinosaurs stand in the city centre of Bochum, Germany. Bochum's city centre is transformed into a 'dinosaur city' during the summer months. Thirty-three life-size dinosaurs were…

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Photo Story: Merkel at the 108th Bayreuth Festival

German Chancellor Angela Merkel enjoys the music during the official reception after the opening of the 108th Bayreuth Festival at the Richard-Wagner-Festspielhaus in Bayreuth, Germany on the evening of the…

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German daycares under police protection after plans to stop serving pork

Plans to no longer serve children pork or gelatin-containing products like gummy bears at two daycare centers in the eastern German city of Leipzig prompted a wave of criticism online…

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Top German blue-chip companies targeted in cyber-attacks

German blue-chip companies BASF, Siemens, Henkel along with a host of others said on Wednesday they had been victims of cyber-attacks, confirming a German media report which said the likely…

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Xenophobic drive-by shooting shocks Germany

A shooting in the central German town of Wächtersbach left a 26-year-old Eritrean wounded, with the shooter fleeing the scene. On Monday afternoon, police found the "apparently lifeless" body of the…

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Photo Story: The Night of 1,000 Lights

Candles are lit at the scene of the 2010 Love Parade disaster at the memorial site at the Karl Lehr Tunnel in Duisburg, Germany, on the night of the 23rd…

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Germany to increase emergency aid for refugees and migrants in Libya

Germany through it’s Foreign Minister Heiko Maas announced that it will be increasing the emergency aid for refugees and migrants in Libya. Foreign Minister Maas said that the situation of…

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Strait of Hormuz incident: UK Foreign Secretary calls with French and German foreign ministers

The Foreign Secretary called both the French foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, and the German foreign minister Heiko Maas to discuss the illegal detention of a British-flagged ship by Iranian…

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Lufthansa resumes services to Cairo

Lufthansa has resumed flights from Cairo, but British Airways says services will still be cancelled for another six days as a "precaution". On Saturday BA alerted passengers who were…

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Sea Watch 3 Skipper Carola Rackete returns to Germany

Sea-Watch3 skipper Carola Rackete has returned to Germany, a spokesman for the German migrant rescue NGO that recently defied Interior Minister Matteo Salvini's closed-ports policy said Friday. Rackete, 31, left…

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Photo Story: Shrimp cutter parade in Germany

Flagged shrimp trawlers (Krabbenkutter in German) leave the fishery port during the annual cutter parade (Kutterregatta) in Neuharlingersiel, northern Germany, on the 20 July 2019. About a dozen of vessels…

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German churches lose 430,000 Catholic and Protestant members in 2018

DW quotes data published on Friday by the German Bishops' Conference and the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) that states that Germany's Catholic Church lost 216,078 members and Protestant churches lost some 220,000…

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Merkel says she is fit for work

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday she was fit to carry on as chancellor after a bout of shaking episodes, and that she hoped to enjoy life after serving…

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Photo Story: The equestrian CHIO Aachen in Germany

Marcus Ehning of Germany on Funky Fred competes in the Nations' Cup team jumping event at the CHIO (Concours Hippique International Officiel) in Aachen, Germany. The CHIO Aachen is a popular…

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Photo Story: Preparation for Oktoberfest 2019 in Munich

Craftsmen prepare for the upcoming Oktoberfest on the Theresienwiese fair ground in Munich, Germany. The famous traditional Oktoberfest, the world's largest beer festival that annually is visited by hundreds of…

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Photo Story: Preparations for Christopher Street Day 2019 in Frankfurt Main

Traffic lights feature illustrations of a homosexual couple in downtown Frankfurt Main, Germany. An annual gay pride parade will take place on 20 July 2019 in Frankfurt to commemorate Christopher…

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Photo Story: Chaos at Duesseldorf Airport

Hundreds of suitcases are left in the check-in area of the international airport in Duesseldorf, Germany, 17 July 2019. A technical malfunction in baggage handling meant numerous travellers had…

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CDU leader Kramp-Karrenbauer appointed German defence minister

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, leader of the German Christian Democrats, has been named as the country’s new defence minister, just as the previous holder of the post Ursula von der Leyen was…

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