How Germany intends to track down infected people
Germany has proposed using big data and location tracking to isolate people with coronavirus once social distancing measures now in force have slowed its spread,...
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German prosecutors urge security review for carnival parades
German prosecutors urged carnival organisers to review their security arrangements on Tuesday after a local man ploughed his car into a parade in the western...
Suspected shisha bar gunman published racist manifesto – German prosecutor (Update)
A man suspected of shooting dead nine people in shisha bars in a German town before killing himself and his mother had posted a manifesto...
Goethe Institute offering prizes for best quotes
Goethe-Institut Cyprus is offering free German language courses and other prizes to participants in a European-wide competition on high and pop culture, it announced on...
Man shoots parents and family in German pub
A 26-year-old man shot his parents and four other members of his family dead with a semi-automatic weapon in southwest Germany before calling the police...
Cyprus, Germany discuss strengthening cooperation
Cyprus and Germany on Wednesday discussed cooperation between the two countries and explored ways of bolstering it on bilateral and European levels. Relations between the...
Angelides to meet German counterpart on Wednesday
Defence Minister Savvas Angelides will brief his German counterpart Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer on Wednesday about Turkey’s illegal activities in Cyprus` Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and the...
Three decades on, Germans remember surprise fall of Berlin Wall
Sascha Moellering witnessed the fall of the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate on Nov. 9, 1989. But it took about another 10 years for the border between...
Turkey’s operation in northern Syria splits Germany’s migrant communities
Turkey’s military offensive in neighbouring Syria is raising tensions among Germany’s large Turkish, Kurdish and Syrian Arab communities, who are bitterly divided over the operation...
Condor to lay on eight extra flights between Paphos and four German cities
An agreement has been reached by the ministry of tourism and Hermes Airports with the German airline Condor for the launch of eight new flights...
Berlin city rent cap plans hit real estate shares
BERLIN, Aug 26 (Reuters) – Shares in German property companies fell on Monday after media reported the Berlin city government plans a tougher-than-expected cap on...
Weaker economy gives us reason to try to stimulate domestic economy, says Merkel
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday that Europe’s largest economy was in a “somewhat more difficult phase” after a decade of growth, adding that...
Lufthansa plane evacuated at Belgrade airport after bomb threat call
A Lufthansa plane bound for Frankfurt was evacuated at Belgrade airport on Thursday after police received a call saying a bomb was on board, the...
Germany calls on Turkey to refrain from illegal drilling
Germany on Wednesday called on Turkey to avoid escalation and refrain from illegal drillings off Cyprus. German foreign ministry`s deputy spokesman Christofer Burger told the...
Kramp-Karrenbauer takes over as defence minister in Germany
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s protegee, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, took over as defence minister on Wednesday, entering the cabinet in a move likely to make or break her...
Merkel says new German defence minister will quickly succeed von der Leyen
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said a new defence minister would be found quickly after Ursula von der Leyen announced she would resign regardless of the...
Merkel’s health is a private matter, Germans say after shaking bouts
Most Germans believe Angela Merkel’s health is a private matter, a poll showed on Saturday, after the chancellor suffered the latest in a series of...
Cyprus court refuses to approve extradition of Kurdish man to Germany
The Larnaca district court on Friday rejected the request by German authorities for the extradition of Kurdish Turkish national Cerkez Korkmaz. “The request by the...
Merkel sits at public ceremony, following shaking bouts
German Chancellor Angela Merkel sat down rather than standing at a public ceremony on Thursday, a day after a third bout of shaking in three...
Merkel says she is fine and ‘working through’ shaking after third bout
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she was “working through” a bout of shaking that first occurred in mid-June and struck for the third time on...
