Tag: German
14 members of German armed forces classified as extremists in 2019
Berlin - Germany’s Military Counter-intelligence Service (MAD) listed 14 soldiers and employees of the armed forces to be extremists in 2019, a...
Alleged Hanau shooter in contact with German prosecutors in November
Berlin - The alleged assailant in the shooting in Hanau made contact with German prosecutors in November, attempting to lay a...
Memorial to Nazi massacre victims in turmoil after director ousted
Prague - The work of a memorial site in Lidice, the site of a World War II massacre in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia, has...
EU opens investigation into German suspected of spying for China
Brussels - The European Union’s diplomatic service has launched an internal investigation against a former German senior official suspected of spying...
BMW posts record sales in China
Beijing - BMW said on Friday that it sold more than 720,000 vehicles in China in 2019, a record number since the...
Germany mourns Iran crash victims, refugee family and PhD student
Dusseldorf - Tributes were paid in Germany on Friday to a doctoral student andan Afghan family that had been granted asylum, after...
Number of women in top jobs at German coys slowly rising...
Frankfurt (Germany) - German companies still have a long way to go before achieving gender equality in their boardrooms, but a study shows...
German household waste per capita down in 2018
Berlin - The German Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) said on Friday, that its volume of household waste per capita fell by 1.5 per...
Italy decriminalises growing cannabis at home for personal use
Rome - In Italy, growing cannabis in your home is no longer illegal, as long as it is in small amounts for...
Germans urged to consume less to protect climate
Berlin - President of the German federal parliament, Wolfgang Schaeuble, on Tuesday urged Germans to cut back on their consumption for climate protection.
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Video: Disappointed Man Destroys His N120m Mercedes SUV By Dropping It...
A Russian vlogger has taken a controversial step to show his displeasure with German automaker Mercedes. The vlogger identified as Igor Moroz destroyed his...
I’m the wrong person to ask Qatar politics question, Klopp says
Doha - Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp says it is wrong that managers and players are asked to make judgments on the suitability of...
One dead, 15 injured after an explosion in German town
Leipzig (Germany) - Police on Friday reported that an explosion in an apartment building in Germany, Blankenburg, has left one man dead...
German cancer expert urges yet higher taxes on cigarettes
Heidelberg (Germany) - Taxes on cigarettes in Germany should rise sharply in order to discourage smoking among the young in particular, cancer...
Murdered son of former German president buried in Berlin
Berlin - Fritz Von-Weizsaecker, the son of a former German president, was buried in Berlin on Monday after being murdered during a lecture...
Thousands of German farmers to renew protest action on Tuesday
Berlin - Farmers from across Germany will drive their tractors to the centre of Berlin again on Tuesday, to call for a greater...
76-year-old punched to the ground in anti-Semitic attack in Berlin
Berlin - A teenager hurled anti-Semitic insults at a 76-year-old man in Berlin before punching him to the ground, police in the...
24-year-old Held By German Authorities For Planning Terrorist Attack
Frankfurt - German authorities have remand in custody one suspect after three men were detained in the Western...
Queen of Halloween, Heidi Klum keeps her 2019 costume under wraps
Los Angeles - U.S television personality Heidi Klum, known for her annual Halloween party in New York City, won’t reveal the costume...
German Photographer Peter Lindbergh Dies Aged 74
Paris - Famed German fashion photographer, Peter Lindbergh, has died aged 74, his studio in Paris confirmed on...