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Berlin offers free entry for tourists who help pick up litter Read the full article here
Germany’s intelligence agency warns of espionage and sabotage In March, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution is said to have approached the defence industry to press for stricter security standards. 14/04/2026 Read the full article here
About 120,000 drones pledged by the UK, alongside additional funding for PURL and the Czech ammunition initiative, were announced at a meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group in Berlin on Wednesday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The 34th gathering of the group took place at Germany’s defence ministry, co-hosted by the German…
German pilots’ union announces further strikes at Lufthansa this week Read the full article here
Published on 13/04/2026 – 14:18 GMT+2 Union Berlin condemned sexist comments on social media after appointing Marie-Louise Eta as the first female head coach in Europe’s “big five” football leagues, pledging the club “has her back”. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT After the announcement of Eta’s appointment on Sunday, a series of critical…
Germany’s ruling coalition has agreed an emergency energy package after a weekend of marathon negotiations, cutting the mineral oil tax on diesel and petrol by around 17 cents per litre for two months in response to surging fuel prices. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU), Vice Chancellor and Finance…
By Sertac Aktan with AP Published on 14/04/2026 – 15:25 GMT+2 Fatou is now the oldest gorilla living in captivity, worldwide, as she celebrated her 69th birthday in the Berlin zoo. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT For this special day, she was presented with a feast of cherry tomatoes, beets, leeks and lettuce, an all-you-can-eat buffet.…
Published on 14/04/2026 – 18:29 GMT+2 The UK government gave the green light on Tuesday for German media group Axel Springer to buy the British daily newspaper The Telegraph, ending a drawn-out pursuit of the 170-year-old title. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The Labour government’s Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said in a statement…
Park-goers in Germany’s capital Berlin were treated this past weekend to stunning pink cherry blossoms, as the Gärten der Welt (Gardens of the World) hosted its annual Cherry Blossom Festival. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Many visitors snapped photos with the iconic blossoms, while the park offered a range of programmes across its…
By Sertac Aktan with AP Published on 14/04/2026 – 15:25 GMT+2 Fatou is now the oldest gorilla living in captivity, worldwide, as she celebrated her 69th birthday in the Berlin zoo. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT For this special day, she was presented with a feast of cherry tomatoes, beets, leeks and lettuce, an all-you-can-eat buffet.…
A decades-long project to transform Germany’s former coal mines into a massive lake complex will reach completion this April – creating a watery landscape almost as large as Italy’s Lake Como. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Lake Sedlitz – the final addition to the 14,000 hectare Lusatian Lakeland – will be open for…
An Israeli restaurant in Munich was targeted in a suspected antisemitic attack overnight on Friday, with police looking into the unidentified perpetrators and their motive, authorities said. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Witnesses reported hearing three loud bangs around 0:45 am local time. According to police, unknown individuals threw pyrotechnic devices into the…
By Kirsten Ripper & Euronews Published on 12/04/2026 – 18:20 GMT+2 “There is no point in carrying an animal that is too weak to swim out into deeper water. It’s like throwing a bird that has hit the windscreen into the air and hoping it will fly again. Then the bird dies somewhere…
By Sertac Aktan with AP Published on 14/04/2026 – 15:25 GMT+2 Fatou is now the oldest gorilla living in captivity, worldwide, as she celebrated her 69th birthday in the Berlin zoo. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT For this special day, she was presented with a feast of cherry tomatoes, beets, leeks and lettuce, an all-you-can-eat buffet.…
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has the lowest approval rating among 24 democratically elected world leaders, with just 19% of Germans saying they are satisfied with his work, according to US-based opinion research institute Morning Consult. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT French President Emmanuel Macron ranked second-lowest, with 18% approval and 75% disapproval, in…
According to the zoo and Guinness World Records, Fatou, the world’s oldest known gorilla, was born around 13 April 1957 and brought to Berlin Zoo in 1959, when she was still very young. She has lived far beyond the 35 to 40 years typically seen in the wild, underlining the…
The battlefield is becoming increasingly transparent: drones and sensors are generating a constant stream of data and the side that can process it fastest holds the advantage. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In an interview with Euronews, the Inspector of the German Army, Lieutenant General Dr Christian Freuding said that modern warfare is…
By Sertac Aktan with AP Published on 14/04/2026 – 15:25 GMT+2 Fatou is now the oldest gorilla living in captivity, worldwide, as she celebrated her 69th birthday in the Berlin zoo. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT For this special day, she was presented with a feast of cherry tomatoes, beets, leeks and lettuce, an all-you-can-eat buffet.…
German Bundestag President Julia Klöckner travelled to Estonia and Lithuania this week to discuss security threats and cyber defence with Baltic leaders on NATO’s eastern flank. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Klöckner met Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal and Riigikogu Speaker Lauri Hussar on Wednesday during her inaugural visit to the Baltic states.…
Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Thursday that Germany had resumed talks with Iran after a fragile truce was reached between Tehran and Washington that could lead to peace negotiations. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “After a long period silence, which we had serious reasons for, we are now as a government restarting talks…
Pilots’ union calls for two-day Lufthansa strike action this week Read the full article here
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