Sources: BBC Deutsche Welle
France and Germany announce that French and German weapons sent to Ukraine, including long-range missiles, are permitted to target bases inside Russia. 2024-05-29
A German federal court rejects an appeal by a military officer who posed as a asylum-seeker and was convicted of plotting to attack prominent politicians. 2023-08-24
Germany reports a record 164,000 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. 2022-01-26
Germany nominates current World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom for a second five-year term as the head of the United Nations body. He appears to be the sole candidate, but at a news conference he declines to state whether or not he will accept the nomination. Ethiopia has withdrawn its support for his candidacy, accusing him of openly supporting the Tigray People's Liberation Front in the ongoing Tigray War. 2021-09-22
A demonstration against coronavirus restrictions attended by thousands of people in Berlin, Germany, is terminated by police over "non-respect of hygiene rules". Police say they launched legal action against the organisers. 2020-08-1
Germany confirms its first case of novel coronavirus in the state of Bavaria. The infected man has been placed in an isolation ward and the risk of further infection is currently considered to be "low", according to the Bavarian Health Ministry. 2020-01-27
On the eve of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party's convention in Karlsruhe, Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel says, "We want to noticeably reduce the number of people who come to us, but not through unilateral national measures alone." She acknowledges the crisis could overwhelm Germany if it went on much longer. Merkel warded off pressure from immigration skeptics within the CDU to include a quota in the refugee policy motion the convention will vote on. 2015-12-13
The Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe rules that Germany's participation in the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) is, conditionally, within the German Constitution's limits, allowing President Gauck to approve the Bundestag's previous agreement with the mechanism. 2012-09-12
A gunman, who was facing eviction from his apartment, is believed to have seized and killed four hostages in the German city of Karlsruhe before turning the gun on himself. 2012-07-4