Germany to nominate outgoing top diplomat Baerbock for UN role
The senior Green Party politician could be on track for a position heading the General Assembly.
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One dead after car drives into market in Mannheim, Germany
The driver, a 40-year-old German man, was also injured in the incident.
Germans get out their โfunctional underwearโ to combat election cold
The last time a vote was held in winter was 1987; turnout was the lowest for decades.
Putin ally Schrรถder avoids Nord Stream 2 inquiry after burnout diagnosis
The former German chancellor is suffering from severe exhaustion, lack of energy, concentration and memory problems, his doctor says.
DeepSeek making a splash with EU data protection bodies
Euractiv has mapped all DeepSeek-related open investigations and requests for information from European data protection authorities.
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Germanyโs far-right firewall weakens as Merz pledges migration crackdown
Germany’s conservative candidate, Friedrich Merz, suggested he’d push through tougher migration measures even with AfD support.
Ukraine is trying to get its refugees back from Germany
The war-ravaged country needs to boost its population to get back on its feet.
Germanyโs Scholz under political pressure over โฌ3B Ukraine aid package
Beleaguered chancellor says more aid to Ukraine could mean cuts to pensions and local government funding.
Commission stonewalls criticism after hiding von der Leyenโs week-long hospitalization
The Commission can be run from a hospital bed, an EU spokesperson says.
Two killed and four seriously injured in bus crash on German motorway
Coach en route from Berlin to Polish city of Szczecin ended up on its side near Prenzlau, north-east of German capitalA bus accident on a motorway in north-eastern Germany on Saturday left two people dead and another four seriously injured, police said…
Brussels hushed up Ursula von der Leyenโs week in hospital with pneumonia
Revelation is set to fuel more transparency questions for the EU’s most powerful official.
Magdeburg attack fuels disinformation and mistrust in German leaders
Ahead of the February election, governing politicians are under fire over security failures while the far right is attempting to capitalize.
NATOโs Rutte slams Zelenskyy for criticizing Germanyโs Scholz
Ukrainian president should moderate his complaints about German chancellor, NATO chief says.
Deadly Christmas market car attack in Germany: what we know so far
Witnesses say scenes in eastern German town of Magdeburg โreminiscent of a warโ after vehicle ploughs into crowd, leaving at least two dead and 68 injuredFull report: two killed and scores injured in Germany as car ploughs into crowd at Christmas marke…
Ukraineโs defense procurement problems risk sabotaging war front
Ukraine is trying to clean up its procurement process to better supply its troops and attract foreign funding.
Germanyโs cybersecurity and infrastructure under attack by Russia, chancellor says
Attacks โalso come from China from time to time,โ Olaf Scholz told lawmakers in parliament.
Side of cocaine with that? German police raid pizzeria after finding secret ingredient
Authorities smash drugs gang in North Rhine-Westphalia after learning Dรผsseldorf pizzeria was delivering narcoticsPizza No 40 was long one of the best-selling dishes at a restaurant in the German city of Dรผsseldorf, until police discovered the secret i…
Dutch data protection watchdog hits Clearview AI with โฌ30.5 million fine for misusing facial recognition data
The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) fined Clearview AI โฌ30.5 million on Tuesday (3 September), for illegally building a database with over 30 billion photos.
High-profile politician sprayed with liquid as Germany gears up for key state elections โ Europe live
Sahra Wagenknecht, whose alliance opposes Nato and military aid for Ukraine, said she was โscared but fineโ after incident in ErfurtMy colleague Deborah Cole has written a preview of this weekendโs elections in Saxony and Thuringia, looking at how the …
Uber fined in Netherlands for sending driversโ data to the US
Ride-hailing platform Uber has been fined 290 million euros in the Netherlands for sending the personal data of European taxi drivers to the United States in violation of EU rules, Dutch data protection watchdog DPA said on Monday (26 August).
Russian sabotage threat behind alert at German NATO base, reports say
German security sources tell press agency that Russia planned to use drones against the airfield, which monitors NATO’s eastern theater.
Dutch Data Protection Authority hits Uber with โฌ290 million fine for violating EU data protection rules
The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) fined Uber for transferring European taxi drivers’ personal data to the USย without proper protection forย over two years, violating the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the authority announced on…
Islamic State claims responsibility for deadly knife attack in Germany
The militant group said the killings were carried out โin revenge for Muslims in Palestine and everywhere.โ
More than 20 injured in ferris wheel fire at music festival in Germany
Blaze started in one gondola and spread to another at the Highfield festival near Leipzig on Saturday nightAt least 23 people were injured when two gondolas of a ferris wheel caught fire at a music festival near Leipzig in eastern Germany, the dpa news…
EU Commissionโs GDPR review finds enforcement issues
The European Commission found serious enforcement issues with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and called for clearer guidelines to strengthen data protection across member states in a report published on Thursday (25 July).
Angela Merkel chooses privacy over publicity as she celebrates turning 70
Once seen as the worldโs most powerful woman, the former German chancellor is now immersed in the arts โ and not only as an admirerAt the peak of her career, she was hailed as the worldโs most powerful woman and the de-facto leader of the EU.But as Ang…
NATOโs Stoltenberg rules out Ukraine land-for-peace deal
While Trump advisers mull pushing Ukraine to give up land for peace, the alliance chief pointed at Russia’s refusal to abide by previous cease-fire pledges.
Far-right ID group expels Alternative for Germany
The AfD has been hit by scandals, including potential connections to China and Russia.
EU imposes sanctions on extremist settlers over violence in West Bank
Individuals hit by these sanctions are subject to an asset freeze and EU travel ban.
Germany investigating leak in Russia of audio purportedly showing talks on Ukraine aid
Chancellor Scholz said his government is working to clarify the incident โvery carefully, very intensively and very quickly.โ
American man admits rape and murder of woman near German castle
Defendant, 31, met two US women on path in Marienbrรผcke and pushed them down ravine, prosecutors sayAn American man has admitted to charges of murder and rape after he allegedly pushed two US women down a ravine, fatally injuring one of them, near Neus…
American man admits rape and murder of woman near German castle
Defendant, 31, met two US women on path in Marienbrรผcke and pushed them down ravine, prosecutors sayAn American man has admitted to charges of murder and rape after he allegedly pushed two US women down a ravine, fatally injuring one of them, near Neus…
German vice-chancellor warns of extremism as far-right groups join farmersโ protest โ as it happened
Farmers join railway staff and lorry drivers in threatening strike action in protests over issues including pay and cuts to agricultural subsidies. This live blog is closedGerman farmers block roads with tractors in subsidies protestAbout 550 people pr…
Stoltenberg: Sweden will join NATO by July
Swedenโs bid needs to be approved by Turkey and Hungary.
Wolfgang Schรคuble, former German finance minister, dies at 81
The politician behind Berlin’s controversial austerity measures died after an illness.
German political heavyweight Wolfgang Schรคuble dies aged 81
Former finance minister who survived assassination attempt was key architect of 1990 reunificationWolfgang Schรคuble, who helped negotiate German reunification in 1990 and as finance minister was a central figure in the austerity-heavy effort to drag Eu…
EU data protection authorities ban Meta from personal data usage in behavioural advertising
The European Data Protection Board announced on Thursday (7 December) its binding decision about banning Metaโs platforms from processing personal data for behavioural advertising.