Sources: CBC
Germany issues an indefinite ban on requesting or providing new military aid to Ukraine that has not already been approved in order to reduce federal budget spending. The moratorium results in a "tangible dispute" within the Scholz coalition government. 2024-08-17
Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom formally join the genocide case at the International Court of Justice against Myanmar, accusing Myanmar's military junta of committing genocide against the Rohingya people. 2023-11-17
A knifeman stabs and seriously wounds two women in Berlin, Germany. Authorities are investigating if the attacker was motivated by Islamic extremism. He targeted the first victim claiming that "he didn't like that a woman was working". 2021-09-5
The German Standing Committee on Vaccination recommends that all children between the ages of 12 and 17 receive a COVID-19 vaccine due to increased risks posed by the highly transmissible SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant. 2021-08-16
Voters in Bavaria, Germany go to the polls for electing the 180 members of the 18th Landtag of Bavaria, with the Christian-democratic conservative CSU party suffering significant losses. 2018-10-14
German Chancellor Angela Merkel defends her stance regarding the European migrant crisis despite her party losing in the key election. 2016-09-6
German police are investigating 26 sexual assault reports from this weekend's Schlossgrabenfest music festival near Darmstadt. In one case, three women reported being groped by groups of men Saturday. Police have detained three Pakistani immigrants, and expect more reports following this announcement. 2016-06-1
The United Kingdom commemorates the 100th anniversary of its declaration of war against Germany in the First World War. 2014-08-4
Roman Catholic child sexual abuse investigation: The Dutch Catholic Church apologises and the country's religious leaders request an independent inquiry. A monastery head in Salzburg admits abuse of a boy more than four decades ago. The brother of Pope Benedict XVI admits physically disciplining students at a school in Germany before corporal punishment was banned in 1980. 2010-03-9