#Germany

At least seven people were killed and more than a dozen others injured when a suspected human smuggler lost control of a van carrying migrants, German police said on Friday. ...

Berlin introduces border controls, eclipsing open-door policy Partly due to electioneering ahead of Sunday votes -analysts Authorities struggle with influx as asylum requests up 80% By Sarah Marsh and Riham Alkousaa ...

German authorities raided dozens of locations nationwide on Wednesday after interior minister Nancy Faeser banned a right-wing extremist group accused of spreading Nazi ideology. The headquarters of the group, dubbed “...

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has written to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz telling him she learned with “astonishment” of a German government initiative to finance migrant charity groups operating in ...

The Cyprus issue was one of the topics discussed on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York by the foreign ministers of Germany and Turkey. In a ...

Germany has long benefited from an era of cheap money that fuelled a decade-long boom in real estate, but now the sector is grappling with a major turn of fortune. ...

A public health group has recommended the introduction of siestas in Germany as temperatures soar in a sizzling summer heatwave. Johannes Niessen, the head of the BVOeGD public health officers ...

Climate protests at two German airports led to travel disruptions early on Thursday at the height of the busy summer holiday season, with Hamburg airport saying dozens of flights had ...

Willingness to compromise on the Cyprus issue is important to move forward, German Ambassador to Cyprus, Anke Schlimm, said in an interview published in the Sunday edition of Politis newspaper. ...

The German economy will contract more than previously expected this year as sticky inflation takes its toll on private consumption, the Ifo Institute said on Wednesday while presenting its forecasts. “...

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is riding high in the polls to the alarm of mainstream parties and is on track to win three state votes in the east ...

Germany is launching a programme that will make available tens of billions of euros for firms facing substantial energy costs, in a bid to help its challenged industrial sector fund ...

Kurdish activist Kenan Ayaz has arrived in Germany and is expected to appear in court, the Kurdish cultural centre Theofilos said on Saturday. “We are fighting to prevent a further ...

Cypriot MPs and visiting parliamentarians from Germany on Thursday discussed the beefing up of cooperation between the two nations’ armed forces, and the replacement of the Republic’s weapons systems. ...

Turkey can be part of a network of friendship in the Eastern Mediterranean, the chairman of the House foreign affairs committee, Harris Georgiades, said on Wednesday. His comments came after ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will have a significant opportunity to exchange views on his proposal for the more active involvement of the EU in efforts to restart Cyprus talks during his ...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled it will not initially get involved in the extradition of Kurdish activist Kenan Ayaz to Germany, lawyer and MP Kostis Efstathiou ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will be paying an official visit to Berlin on May 25 to meet with the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, it was announced on Wednesday. According to deputy spokesperson ...

Robust growth in tourist arrivals in Cyprus reaffirms post-pandemic recovery Tourist arrivals in Cyprus experienced an increase of 18.5 per cent in April 2023, compared to the same period last year, according ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the appeal of Kurdish activist Kenan Ayaz against his extradition to Germany, as President Nikos Christodoulides said he will raise the issue with German ...

A suspect was detained after a shooting at a Mercedes-Benz MBGn.DE plant in southwestern Germany left two people dead on Thursday, adding to pressure on Germany to tighten its ...

German industrial production fell more than expected in March, partly due to a weak performance by the automotive sector, spurring again recession fears in Europe’s largest economy. Production decreased ...

Since 1976 I have been interested in Cyprus and travelled several times to this beautiful island since 1977, and recently also spent a few days in the north to get to know ...

German and Italian police arrested more than 100 people on Wednesday in a crackdown on the Italian ‘Ndrangheta organised crime group, German public prosecutors and police authorities in the two countries ...