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Report: German housing shortage deepens, threatening economic growth
Germany's housing shortage is blocking economic growth, the Hanover-based Pestel Institute said on Monday, with more than 1.2 million…
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German government plans tougher penalties for foreign agents
Anyone caught acting as an agent for another country in Germany will face up to 10 years in prison or double the current penalty,…
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German auto supplier ZF Group to cut 7,600 jobs in powertrain unit by 2030
The move is part of a broader plan announced by the company last year to eliminate up to 14,000 positions ZF Friedrichshafen will cut…
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Fact Check: Music Lessons Have NOT Been Banned In Hamburg Because Muslims Consider Them Haram -- The German News Report Is About A Joint Statement Against Intolerance and Exclusion
Did the public school system in Hamburg, Germany ban music lessons to avoid offending Muslims who view them to be forbidden or 'haram'?…
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German flight unions form alliance to counter airline dominance
Germany's three aviation unions announced plans on Friday to cooperate more closely under a new alliance aimed developing a "strong common…
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German lawmaker warns against false sense of security at airports
The head of Germany's parliamentary intelligence oversight committee has warned against a false sense of security at German airports…
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German lawmakers elect top court judges after ugly coalition row
German lawmakers on Thursday elected three new judges to the country's top court, ending a bitter dispute that had weighed heavily on…
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German defence minister warns of Moscow's 'escalation trap'
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius issued a warnign against military responses to Russian airspace violations, calling these a trap,…
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German, Swedish fighter jets track Russian reconnaissance plane flying over Baltic Sea
BERLIN (AP) — Air force fighter jets from Germany and Sweden were scrambled Sunday to intercept and track a Russian surveillance plane…
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Sources: German railway regional chief to take over as chief exec
The head of DB Regio, Germany's regional rail division, is set to become the head of the country's ailing national railway, the Deutsche…
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Nuclear dispute: German top diplomat calls on Iran 'to build trust'
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul on Wednesday called on Iran to grant UN-backed inspectors direct access to its nuclear facilities,…
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German opposition slams government's budget plans
Members of Germany's opposition on Tuesday ripped into the government's plans for the 2025 budget, which are set to be at the heart of…
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Merz tries to boost industry's confidence in German government
Chancellor Friedrich Merz is appealing for Germany's manufacturing community to have confidence in his government. "We know that we have…
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German energy transition at a crossroads, minister says
German Economy Minister Katherina Reiche on Monday urged a change of course in the country's transition to net zero, stressing the need to…
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German president to attend Eurobasket final against Turkey
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will attend the nation's Eurobasket 2025 final against Turkey on Sunday in Riga. The presidential…
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German court backs AfD lawmaker's convictions for banned Nazi slogan
Germany's highest criminal court on Thursday confirmed a leading far-right politician's convictions for using a banned Nazi slogan. The…
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IReit Global’s German subsidiaries served with payment order by former tenant
The dispute stems from a dilapidation cost agreement made with the former main tenant of its Berlin Campus Subsidiaries of IReit Global…
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German parliament lifts immunity of a prominent far-right lawmaker and police search his home
BERLIN (AP) — Germany's parliament on Thursday lifted the immunity of a prominent far-right lawmaker with the Alternative for Germany…
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German parliament lifts immunity of AfD MP over China bribery claims
German lawmakers on Thursday voted in favour of lifting the parliamentary immunity of far-right lawmaker Maximilian Krah and authorized…
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Muted German reaction to EU halt on payments to Israel
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul has said Berlin has "taken note" of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's decision…
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German minister links conditions faced by Jewish artists to Nazi era
German Minister of State for Culture Wolfram Weimer believes anti-Semitism is on the rise in the German and European cultural sector,…
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Suspect convicted of murder in knife attack at German festival and sentenced to life in prison
BERLIN (AP) — The suspect in last year's knife attack at a festival in the German city of Solingen was convicted Wednesday of murder and…
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Top German official: wealth tax would harm the economy
Thorsten Frei, Head of the German Chancellery and German Minister for Special Tasks, takes part in a stage talk at the Open Day of the new…
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Wild mushrooms safe to eat, German radiation protection office says
Almost 40 years after the nuclear reactor accident at Chernobyl in what was then the Soviet Union, now Ukraine, wild mushrooms can now…