Activists from the 'Last Generation' group glued themselves to a taxiway at Munich airport on Thursday, forcing the closure of at least one runway for approximately 45 minutes.
Police were on Tuesday investigating a motive
behind the fatal stabbing of a 14-year-old girl on her way to school in Baden-WĂĽrttemberg in a case that made national headlines.
Germany's Economy and Climate Minister Robert Habeck has vowed to change the planned gas levy law to stop energy companies from boosting their profits with it.
A huge fire broke out early on Thursday in a popular forest in western Berlin following an explosion in a police munitions storage site, sending plumes of smoke into the skies and setting off intermittent explosions.
German national carrier Lufthansa said it would have to axe more than 1,000 flights because of a strike by ground crew on Wednesday, adding to a summer of travel chaos across Europe.
At least five people were killed and several others injured after a train derailed near a Bavarian Alpine resort in southern Germany near the Austrian border on Friday, police said.
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock during a surprise trip to Ukraine on Tuesday visited Bucha, a suburb of Kyiv where Russian troops have been accused of killing civilians.
Leading German politicians have expressed relief and delight at the result of the French election, which saw centrist Emmanuel Macron returned to power with a clear majority over far-right candidate Marine Le Pen.
Germany on Wednesday raised the alarm level under its emergency gas plan as fears rose that Russia could cut off supplies if Western countries refuse to make payments in rubles.
After a meeting late on Wednesday evening, the German government managed to agree on a package of relief measures for households struggling with energy costs, including cut-price transport tickets and a one-off energy allowance.
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Friday said new sanctions against Russia would personally punish President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov for their responsibility in the invasion of Ukraine.
Two and a half months after the federal elections on September 26th, the three parties of the incoming 'traffic light' coalition - the SPD, Greens and FDP - have formally signed their coalition agreement at a public ceremony in Berlin.
Germany will ban most travel from South Africa to halt the spread of a new Covid-19 variant with a large number of mutations, acting Health Minister Jens Spahn said on Friday.
The three parties set to form Germany's next governing coalition have set out their plans for the next four years, including the introduction of a €12 minimum wage, massive expansion of renewable energy and the legalisation of cannabis.
Deutsche Bahn and the train drivers' union GDL have agreed on a 3.3 percent pay increase for employees, spelling the end of a torturous round of strikes that had wreaked havoc on German railways.
German rail operator Deutsche Bahn said Thursday it will take legal action to end strikes as train drivers began five days of walkouts on passenger services in an ongoing pay dispute.
Germany said Wednesday it had brought around 500 people out of Afghanistan, including 202 Afghans. States are vowing to take in displaced people at short notice.
Rail services across Germany - including between Berlin, Leipzig and Dresden - continue to be heavily impacted by a continuing strike by the German Train Driver's Union (GDL).
