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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – German authorities on Friday gave their approval to an $8 billion (6.30 billion pounds) rail and road tunnel linking Denmark and Germany, despite environmental objections. The 19 km (11.8 mile) Fehmarnbelt link, connecting...

Scientists issued urgent warnings about climate change in 2018. Germany’s summertime temperatures hit record highs. Nevertheless, the government has lost its enthusiasm for tackling climate issues, Jens Thurau writes. In summer 2018, Germany’s beer gardens were...

Europe’s biggest economy shrank 0.2 percent in the third quarter compared to the previous period. Economists are not worried and believe it is just a temporary slip. Germany’s gross domestic product (GDP) shrank 0.2 percent in...

Rioting in Chemnitz was reminiscent of how the 1938 Kristallnacht pogrom unfolded in Nazi Germany, says historian Wolfgang Benz. Friday marks the 80th anniversary of the Night of Broken Glass violence against Jews.      As Germany...

Volkswagen was handed a fine of €1 billion ($1.18 billion) on Wednesday by district prosecutors in the central German city of Braunschweig, close to VW’s headquarters in Wolfsburg. “Volkswagen accepts this fine and acknowledges its responsibility,” for...

An Iraqi refugee suspected of involvement in the killing of a 14-year-old girl has fled Germany, police said. They added that another suspect, a 35-year-old Turkish national, has been arrested. A 20-year-old Iraqi refugee urgently wanted...

It was billed as Germany’s answer to Prime Minister’s Questions in the UK — one hour with Angela Merkel answering direct questions in the Bundestag. PMQs addict Mark Hallam wasn’t captivated by the inaugural session. Sixty...

Turks living in Germany will be able to vote in their home country from this Thursday. Some German politicians fear that many are being pressured to vote for Erdogan and his party. In the run-up to...

They might look like slums or homes for garden gnomes. Those peculiar settlements of tiny little houses with allotment gardens, known as the “Schrebergarten,” are a typically German phenomenon. While “urban gardening” recently turned into every...

Interior Minister Horst Seehofer says the Bremen branch of the Migration Office won’t decide any more asylum cases. The move is an attempt to counter accusations that the office wrongly approved hundreds of applications. The German...