Germany

Germany celebrates 25th anniversary of fall of Berlin Wall

Germany is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Concerts and exhibitions are being staged in…

10 years ago

Germany spied on John Kerry and Hillary Clinton

Germany recorded calls of US Secretary of State John Kerry and his predecessor Hillary Clinton, German media reports say. According…

10 years ago

WWI centenary: Francois Hollande and Joachim Gauck to mark commemoration

French President Francois Hollande and German President Joachim Gauck will commemorate the 100th anniversary of Germany's declaration of war on…

10 years ago

Germany issues stamp celebrating World Cup win

Germany has issued a stamp celebrating its soccer team's victory at the 2014 World Cup championship. Five million were printed…

10 years ago

World Cup 2014: Germany beats Argentina 1-0 in Rio de Janeiro’s Maracana stadium

Germany’s soccer team were crowned world champions for the fourth time as Mario Gotze's extra-time winner beat Argentina in the…

10 years ago

Germany orders expulsion of CIA representative in US spy row

Germany has expelled a CIA official in Berlin in response to two cases of alleged spying by the US. The…

10 years ago

World Cup 2014: Dilma Rousseff urges Brazilians to bounce back after 7-1 defeat against Germany

President Dilma Rousseff has urged Brazilians to bounce back after the national soccer team devastating 7-1 World Cup defeat against…

10 years ago

Germany to charge foreign drivers for using its roads

Germany is planning to tax the millions of foreign drivers who use its roads, including the famous autobahn highway, from…

10 years ago

Germany summons US ambassador in Berlin over spying scandal

Germany has summoned the US ambassador in Berlin after a man was arrested on suspicion of spying for the NSA.…

10 years ago

German agent arrested for spying for US

Germany's intelligence service has arrested one of its employees on suspicion of spying for the US, reports say. The man…

10 years ago

German parliament approves first national minimum wage

Germany has approved its first minimum wage, in a vote in the Bundestag on Thursday. The wage will be set…

10 years ago

Germany opens investigation into NSA tapping of Angela Merkel’s phone

German federal prosecutor Harald Range will investigate allegations by Edward Snowden that the US government bugged Chancellor Angela Merkel's phone.…

10 years ago

Cornelius Gurlitt dies aged 81

Cornelius Gurlitt, known as the “Nazi art hoarder”, has died aged 81, with no definitive answer on what will happen…

11 years ago

Cornelius Gurlitt’s art collection to be released by German prosecutors

German authorities are to release 1,280 works of art confiscated two years ago from the Munich apartment of collector Cornelius…

11 years ago

Bundesbank raises Germany’s economic growth forecasts

The Bundesbank has raised its forecasts for Germany’s economic growth from 0.3% to 0.5% for 2013 and from 1.5% to…

11 years ago

Edward Snowden meets German MP Hans-Christian Stroebele in Moscow

Germany is keen to hear directly from NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden about the US spy agency's activities. "If the message…

11 years ago

Germany summons US ambassador John Emerson over Angela Merkel’s mobile phone row

John Emerson - the American ambassador in Berlin - has been summoned over claims that the US monitored German Chancellor…

11 years ago

Bashar al-Assad indicates Germany as possible mediator

Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad has raised the possibility of Germany acting as a mediator to try to end his country's…

11 years ago

German language loses longest word following EU law change

The German language has lost its longest word following a change in the law to conform with EU regulations. Rindfleischetikettierungsueberwachungsaufgabenuebertragungsgesetz…

11 years ago

High flood alert across Central Europe

Hundreds of homes have been evacuated across southern Germany, the Czech Republic, Austria and Switzerland as rivers reach dangerously high…

11 years ago

Tropical Islands Resort Krausnick, Germany: world’s largest indoor beach

The Tropical Islands Resort in Krausnick,  Germany, is the world’s largest indoor beach with 400 sunloungers - and not a…

12 years ago

Tiger mauls to death zookeeper in Germany

A tiger has mauled to death a female keeper at a zoo in the western German city of Cologne. Police…

12 years ago

German dignitary gives “Nazi” salute to Olympic team at the Opening Ceremony

A German dignitary at the Olympic Opening Ceremony appeared to greet his country's athletes with a Nazi salute. The elderly…

12 years ago

International German Beard and Moustache Championships 2012 in Bad Schussenried

The 2012 International German Beard and Moustache Championships have been held in Bad Schussenried. Beards from around the world have…

13 years ago

Die Weltwoche sparks outrage in Germany with racist Gypsies story

The Central Council of German Sinti and Roma (Gypsies) has gone to court to get Swiss magazine Die Weltwoche banned…

13 years ago