press

Germany calls in Belarus envoy over foreign media crackdown

Germany will summon the Belarus ambassador after Minsk revoked accreditations of foreign media reporters covering the country's anti-government protests, a government source said on Sunday.

animal

German fire department frees chubby rat from manhole cover

Like many of us, the rat overindulged during the Christmas period and added a little ‘Winterspeck’ to its hips. A team of eight firefighters worked together to free the chubby rodent.

google

60,000 Germans want Google to forget them

Since a top European court ruled people have a right to be forgotten online, Google has received 348,085 requests for tidbits to vanish from search results.

Ukraine

'Liberty isn't free, we need German support'

A former US secretary of state warned Germany on Thursday that liberty came at a price and urged the country to up its defence spending.

human rights

Berlin condemns arrest of Chinese artist

Germany expressed its "great concern" on Monday about the detention of Ai Weiwei, a prominent Chinese artist and outspoken critic of the regime in Beijing who was planning to set up a studio in Berlin.