Germany

The German airline Lufthansa sees the pace of aviation recovery from the corona crisis gloomy and is therefore going to cut costs even more deeply. Lufthansa announced in a new restructuring program that it would no longer put at…

There is "unequivocal evidence" that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been poisoned with a nerve agent from the Novichok group. A spokesman for the German government said this on Wednesday. Navalny is in a coma in a…

German Chancellor Angela Merkel received well-known young climate activists on Thursday, including Swedish Greta Thunberg (17). The young people believe that too little progress is being made in the fight against climate change.…

Germany is banning almost all of Spain, including the trendy holiday island of Mallorca, because of the corona. The German authorities have declared the country, except for the Canary Islands, a risk area because the number of…

The German police have arrested the so-called Rambo of the Black Forest. The man disarmed four officers last weekend, then hid in the woods. That led to a manhunt. The 31-year-old man managed to stay out of the hands of the police…

Both houses of the German parliament have approved a proposal to end the use of coal energy. That should happen in the next eighteen years. "The era of fossil fuels is coming to an end with this decision," said Minister of Economic…

Anyone who makes general derogatory comments about women can be convicted of sedition. Judges find that in Cologne. The court ruled about a man who repeatedly refers to women on his website as "second class people" and "closer to…

The German Länder practically adopt the corona policy, but the government in Berlin continues to monitor the development of the new coronavirus closely. Chancellor Angela Merkel said this on Wednesday as more and more state…

After the forced closure in mid-March due to the corona crisis, German politicians want to gradually re-open the catering industry from 9 May. For tourists, beds should be available again from the end of May. The plan comes from…

Germany extends the strict corona measures until May 3. Only then are some relaxations possible, such as in schools. Smaller stores may open next week. Chancellor Angela Merkel said this at a press conference on Wednesday after…