Sources: CBC
In Bochum, NRW, Germany, police arrest a fifth suspect in relation to a car bombing at Cologne Cathedral which Islamic State – Khorasan Province had planned for today. 2023-12-31
Israel receives permission from the United States to sell its "Arrow 3" missile defense system to Germany, according to the Israeli Defence Ministry. 2023-08-17
Germany announces the suspension of its attempt to rescue 150 German citizens from Khartoum. 2023-04-19
Nearly 60 people are injured when a car rams civilians at a carnival parade in Volkmarsen, Hesse, Germany. A 29-year-old German national is arrested by police. 2020-02-24
The German chemical and pharmaceutical company Bayer is to cut 12,000 jobs by the end of 2021 as part of an overhaul following its acquisition of Monsanto earlier in 2018. 2018-11-29
German manufacturer Bavaria Yachtbau is expected to collapse into administration. 2018-04-21
Greece demands an explanation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after an apparent leaked transcript suggested the IMF may threaten to pull out of the country's bailout as a tactic to force European lenders to offer more debt relief. Whistleblowing site WikiLeaks published what it said was the transcript of a March 19 conference call of three senior IMF officials discussing tactics to apply pressure on Greece, Germany and the EU to reach a deal in April. 2016-04-2
A 31-year-old male employee of Germany's intelligence service BND is arrested on suspicions of spying for the United States. The employee is suspected of spying on a German parliamentary committee investigating U.S. espionage. 2014-07-3
Protesters are also reported to have stormed Syrian embassies in Kuwait, Egypt, Australia, Germany and Greece. 2012-02-4
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