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The United States approves the sale of 600 MIM-104 Patriot air defense missiles to Germany worth US$5 billion (€4.6 billion) to improve German national defense and the overall security of NATO.
2024-08-15

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

Twenty people are injured by severe turbulence on a Condor flight from Frankfurt, Germany, to Mauritius.
2023-03-2

A mass die-off of fish occurs in the Oder river in Poland. Polish officials call it an "ecological catastrophe" with Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki vowing to "punish" those responsible. The public has been warned not to enter the water amid fears of possible contamination.
2022-08-12

Germany declares all of Spain except for the Canary Islands a high risk region following a spike of COVID-19 cases in the country. Designations as risk regions are typically followed by the German Foreign Ministry warning against touristic travel to those areas and mean people returning from those areas face a test or two weeks' compulsory quarantine.
2020-08-14

France and Germany end talks with the United States to reform the World Health Organization, after the former two's respective health ministries expressed opposition to the attempt from the US at leading the talks, despite the US having decided to leave the organization.
2020-08-7

Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, reaffirms that country's support for the euro in a joint press conference with the Prime Minister of Italy, Silvio Berlusconi.
2011-01-12

German minister Ilse Aigner expresses annoyance at Facebook's privacy policy, saying the website is breaking the law by collecting information such as phone numbers.
2010-07-17

Brandenburg reaches level four on the disaster alert scale as water levels along the Oder and Neisse rivers continue to rise.
2010-05-26

The death toll as a result of severe flooding in Poland reaches 15 as Interior Minister Jerzy Miller says "The situation is worse than expected".
2010-05-24