Europe

New “signal for Europe” as VW starts up battery production in Germany

December 18, 2025

Volkswagen has launched its own in-house battery cell production, with manufacturing officially beginning on Wednesday at the first plant operated by its battery subsidiary PowerCo. Production began at the Salzgitter [..]

Guardian

Police raid in Germany over hundreds of threats to schools, stations

November 26, 2025

German police have searched properties across several states to investigate hundreds of emails threatening bomb attacks against schools, train stations and other public places, the Federal Criminal Police Office said [..]

Sport

Survey: Most Germans don’t believe Germany can win 2026 World Cup

November 26, 2025

An overwhelming majority of Germans do not believe that the Germany national team can win the World Cup next year, according to a survey conducted by market research institute Forsa [..]

Europe

Cannabis consumption continues to rise in Germany, survey finds

November 15, 2025

Cannabis consumption in Germany has continued to increase, according to newly published survey data. Data from the 2024 Epidemiological Survey of Substance Abuse (ESA), published in the journal Deutsches Ärzteblatt [..]

Lithuania

Germany’s Finoa opens office in Vilnius to expand crypto services

November 12, 2025

By LRT.lt. German cryptocurrency custody and staking services group Finoa is opening a branch in Vilnius, the country’s investment promotion agency Invest Lithuania announced Wednesday. The new office will work [..]

World

Last Hamas hostage with German nationality buried in Tel Aviv

November 11, 2025

By Sara Lemel, dpa. Tel Aviv (dpa) – The last hostage held by the Palestinian militant organization Hamas who also held German nationality has been buried in Israel. Thousands of [..]

Europe

German steel sector in ‘existential crisis,’ Merz warns after summit

November 7, 2025

By Helge Toben and Andreas Hoenig, dpa. Berlin (dpa) – Germany’s steel industry is in an “existential crisis,” Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Thursday, after a meeting with top leaders [..]

Europe

Women fill 29% of leadership positions in Germany, below EU average

November 4, 2025

By Jörn Bender, dpa. Frankfurt (dpa) – Women are seriously under-represented in leadership positions in Germany, official figures showed on Monday. The Federal Statistical Office said 29.1% of top managing [..]

Europe

German government extends control over Rosneft subsidiaries

September 8, 2025

Berlin (dpa) – The German government has decided to retain control over the local units of the Russian state-owned company Rosneft, including a major oil refinery in the north-eastern German [..]

Europe

German union warns Ryanair’s strict bag checks fuel tensions on board

September 4, 2025

Berlin (dpa) – German cabin crew union UFO has warned that Ryanair’s stricter hand luggage checks could create new tensions on board, after the airline announced higher rewards for staff [..]

Europe

German coalition leaders visit Kiev wreckage, Bucha in show of unity

September 2, 2025

By Andreas Stein, dpa. Kiev (dpa) – Top lawmakers from Germany’s ruling coalition made a surprise visit to Ukraine on Monday in a show of cross-party solidarity for Kiev – [..]

Europe

Germany’s car numbers hit record high as mobility shift lags

August 22, 2025

Frankfurt (dpa) – Despite ongoing efforts to promote a shift to more sustainable transport, the number of cars in Germany continues to rise. At the beginning of this year, Germany’s [..]

Europe

Berlin aims to boost civil defence, tells Germans to prep for crisis

July 14, 2025

German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt has called for strengthening Germany’s civil protection systems in response to changing threat landscapes – and urged citizens to prepare themselves for potential disaster scenarios. [..]

Europe

Rents in major German cities boom despite price controls

June 19, 2025

Renting a place to live in Germany’s major cities is becoming increasingly expensive despite rent control, an analysis by the government’s Housing Ministry showed. Advertised rents in the 14 largest [..]

World

Germany bolsters protection of Jewish and Israeli sites, minister hesitant on arms for Israel after Iran strikes

June 14, 2025

Germany is strengthening the protection of Israeli and Jewish institutions following Israel’s attacks on Iran, Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced after a security Cabinet meeting on Friday. They had also agreed [..]

Europe

Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko to receive German human rights award

June 2, 2025

Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko is set to be honoured with the Franz Werfel Human Rights Award 2025 at a ceremony in Frankfurt on Sunday. The 53-year-old former world heavyweight boxer [..]

Europe

German residents back weekly limit on working hours, survey suggests

May 20, 2025

German workers narrowly support shifting to a weekly limit on working hours, instead of a daily cap, according to a survey released on Monday. The study, conducted by pollsters YouGov [..]

Europe

Germany criticized by neighbours as police step up border checks

May 9, 2025

Police in Germany on Thursday stepped up border checks, drawing criticism from the country’s neighbours. A spokesman for the federal police in the southern state of Bavaria said more checks [..]

Europe

Reporters Without Borders: Attacks on media in Germany double in 2024

April 9, 2025

Attacks on journalists and media professionals in Germany more than doubled in the past year, an analysis by the press freedom organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF) showed on Tuesday. In [..]

Estonia

Net Group Expands into Germany and Acquires Cybersecurity Company

April 4, 2025

Net Group, a leading Estonian business and software development company, is proud to announce its expansion into Germany with the acquisition of Cloud Ahoi GmbH, a technology company specializing in [..]

World

Germany calls for investigation into killing of paramedics in Gaza

April 3, 2025

By Sara Lemel and Axel Hofmann, dpa. Germany has called for an investigation after eight paramedics were reportedly killed in the Gaza Strip. “We believe that a comprehensive investigation into [..]

Europe

German authorities raise charges against climate activist group

March 25, 2025

Munich prosecutors said on Monday that charges of forming a criminal association have been laid against five members of the former Last Generation (Letzte Generation) climate activist group. A prosecutors’ [..]

Estonia

Analysts: Germany’s billion-euro injection to also reach Estonian economy

March 23, 2025

The German government will invest one trillion euros in its economy over the next 12 years, with half allocated to the defense industry and the other half to infrastructure. Analysts [..]

Europe

Germany’s central bank says accessing cash is becoming tougher

March 17, 2025

Germany’s supply of cash remains secure, despite the removal of thousands of ATMs and the closure of bank branches, but the future looks less certain, the German central bank said [..]

Europe

Germany’s Scholz continues to count on NATO’s nuclear deterrence

March 7, 2025

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday expressed caution regarding the idea of using French nuclear weapons to protect other European countries, as he arrived at an EU summit in Brussels. [..]

Guardian

Germany sees sharp rise in lower-denomination counterfeit cash

February 21, 2025

The number of counterfeit banknotes discovered in Germany rose again sharply in 2024, and reached the highest level since 2017, according to figures released on Friday by the German Bundesbank [..]

Europe

Germany extends border controls by another six months

February 13, 2025

By Michael Fischer, dpa. The German government has extended controls at all of the country’s land borders by another six months in an effort to further reduce irregular migration, Chancellor [..]

Europe

Twelve injured as train collides with semi-trailer near Hamburg

February 12, 2025

By Christiane Bosch, dpa. Twelve people were injured when a high-speed train collided with a semi-trailer outside the northern German city of Hamburg on Tuesday afternoon, according to the fire [..]

Europe

Postal workers across Germany hold one-day strike over wage demands

January 29, 2025

Postal workers at German mail service Deutsche Post went on strike on Tuesday to underline their demands for higher wages in ongoing collective bargaining strikes, according to the verdi trade [..]

Europe

80,000 Syrians work in Germany in jobs with labour shortages

December 19, 2024

Sending Syrian refugees back to their country of origin could have negative effects on the German economy, widen the skills gap and be troubling for industries where labour shortages are [..]

Europe

Germany headed for early elections after Scholz loses confidence vote

December 17, 2024

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote in parliament on Monday, paving the way for early elections on February 23 that could end his time at the helm of [..]

Europe

Germany’s 2030 electric car target to fall short, projection shows

December 12, 2024

Projections from management consultancy Deloitte show that Germany’s electric car market will grow much more slowly than the government had hoped. By 2030, only 11.2 million fully electric vehicles are [..]

Lithuania

Germany’s Datagroup to provide IT services in Lithuania, hire 30 employees

July 19, 2024

Datagroup Operations Lithuania, a newly established business of German IT company Datagroup in Lithuania, will provide IT services to the German company. According to Melanie Held, marketing consultant at Datagroup [..]

Latvia

Innovation Club of Latvia, Germany, Estonia and Lithuania urges EC to improve digital identity system

May 28, 2024

The Innovation Club of Latvia, Germany, Estonia and Lithuania has urged the European Commission (EC) to enhance the digital identity system, Latvian Environmental Protection and Regional Development Minister Inga Berzina [..]

Lithuania

Lithuania mulls buying Iris-T air defense systems from Germany – minister

May 22, 2024

Lithuania is considering acquiring Iris-T medium-range air defense systems from Germany, Lithuanian Defense Minister Laurynas Kasciunas said after meeting with his German counterpart Boris Pistorius in Lithuania’s Baltic Sea resort [..]

Lithuania

New Vilnius campaign will invite Brits, Germans to break stereotypes

April 5, 2024

Vilnius is set to launch a new advertising campaign in the UK and Germany next week, worth around 0.5 million euros, and will invite people in the two countries to [..]

Latvia

Germany is ready to defend every inch of NATO territory – Scholz

March 28, 2024

Germany stands shoulder to shoulder with the Baltic states and is ready to defend every inch of NATO territory, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said today after a meeting with Latvian [..]

Estonia

Riigikogu speaker to discuss cooperation, open Estonian honorary consulate in Germany

February 19, 2024

The speaker of the Riigikogu, Lauri Hussar, began an official visit to Germany on Monday, as part of which he will meet with the leaders of the German parliament, participate [..]

Europe

Germany, Baltics to collaborate on innovation to compete with China and other innovation giants

November 24, 2023

Germany will collaborate with Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia in the field of innovation through the new Innovation Club, an initiative launched by German Minister for Digitaland Transport Volker Wissing. “We [..]

Lithuania

Germany to send around 4,800 troops, 200 civilian staff to Lithuania – ambassador

November 23, 2023

With Berlin planning to deploy a brigade in Lithuania, Cornelius Zimmermann, Germany’s ambassador in Vilnius, said on Thursday that about 4,800 troops and 200 civilian personnel will arrive in the [..]

Latvia

Latvia is open to German investment in innovative technologies and renewable energy – Karins

November 3, 2023

Latvia is open to German investment in innovative technologies and renewable energy, especially the development of offshore wind farms, Foreign Minister Krisjanis Karins (New Unity) told his German colleague Annalena [..]