German insurers expect up to $6.5 bln in storm claims
German insurance industry association GDV estimates that there will be up to 5.5 billion euros ($6.5 billion) in claims from storms that brought catastrophic flooding...
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Blast in German industrial park kills two, several missing (update 4)
An explosion in a German industrial park on Tuesday killed at least two people and injured 31, setting off a fierce blaze that sent a...
My Cyprus: A tale of two eras
The memoir of a German ambassador who lived in Cyprus in the 1980s and returned as a tourist in 2012 My Cyprus, a memoir...
Germans question handling of floods as hopes of finding survivors fade
A relief official said on Wednesday rescue crews were unlikely to find any more survivors in the rubble of villages devastated by floods in western...
Flood-hit Germany wants EU help to rebuild infrastructure
The German government aims to rebuild infrastructure damaged by deadly floods in the western part of the country as quickly as possible and hopes for...
German interior minister rejects criticism over lack of flood warnings
German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer rejected criticism the government had failed to sufficiently warn people of last week’s floods, as the death toll from the...
Death toll rises to 168 in Germany and Belgium floods (Updated)
By Petra Wischgoll and David Sahl The death toll in devastating flooding in western Germany and Belgium rose to at least 168 on Saturday after...
Biden, Merkel fail to resolve Nord Stream 2 differences but agree to sanction Russia if necessary
President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Angela Merkel failed to settle their dispute over Russia’s Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline but said they agreed...
German finance minister says global tax reform “will happen very quickly”
German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said on Wednesday he does not expect hurdles to moving ahead with a planned global tax reform at a G20...
One injured in stabbing at Dusseldorf airport – police
A person was slightly injured in a knife fight between two homeless people outside Dusseldorf airport on Tuesday, police said. A spokesperson for Dusseldorf police...
German police arrest hundreds in EncroChat crime crackdown
German police have arrested more than 750 people and seized a large haul of weapons and drugs after infiltrating a communications service used by criminals,...
Germany relaxes restrictions for travelers from UK and other countries
Germany‘s public health institute said late Monday the United Kingdom, India, Portugal and Russia were no longer “areas of variant concern”, reducing travel restrictions for...
Supply chain issues hinder German car production
Germany’s car industry on Monday slashed its forecast for production growth this year, indicating that the recovery from the coronavirus pandemic will be bumpy as...
Germany’s Kroos announces retirement from international football
Germany midfielder Toni Kroos has announced his retirement from international football after his team’s exit from the European Championship, the 31-year-old said on Instagram. Kroos’...
German prosecutors say Islamist background for Wuerzburg attack is likely
A knife attack in the German town of Wuerzburg that killed three people and seriously injured seven others on Friday probably had an Islamist motive, prosecutors said...
Germany knife attack victims were all women -police
Authorities in Germany were investigating on Saturday what prompted a man to go on the rampage with a knife in the town of Wuerzberg on...
German archbishop offers to resign over Church’s sexual abuse ‘catastrophe’
One of Roman Catholicism’s most influential liberal figures, Germany’s Cardinal Reinhard Marx, has offered to resign as archbishop of Munich, saying he had to share...
Germany hopeful that third pandemic wave ‘broken’
The third wave of the coronavirus pandemic appears to be broken, German Health Minister Jens Spahn said on Friday, as social distancing measures and an...
Germany cancels Oktoberfest for second consecutive year due to pandemic
Germany’s Oktoberfest, the world’s largest beer festival hosted annually by Munich, will be canceled for the second consecutive year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Bavaria’s...
German spies monitor anti-lockdown activists for suspected sedition
Germany’s domestic spy agency is monitoring individuals who have joined anti-lockdown protests to decide if their rejection of government curbs amounts to subversion and incitement...