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Germany’s beleaguered climate minister had to make an embarrassing climbdown on plans to ban gas heating this week, as bad economic news cast a gloom over Berlin. Robert Habeck, ‘super minister’ for the economy and climate, told a local newspaper that he wanted to “make his law better” as he …

A stranger was able to join Olaf Scholz’s convoy to the airport, drive on to the tarmac in front of the government plane and hug the German chancellor. The unidentified man, who has since been arrested, was able to get out of his car and give Mr Scholz a hug …

In order to deter neo-Nazis from using it as a pilgrimage site, the Austrian government originally planned to tear the building down. That plan led to outcry, however, with critics describing it as an attempt to eradicate the country’s Nazi history. Alternative proposals included turning it into a coffee house …

A year ago, the Green party’s charismatic figurehead appeared to have built a bond with the German public that would lift him into the chancellery at the next election. Now, Robert Habeck, vice-chancellor to Olaf Scholz and head of the powerful economics ministry, is fast becoming a liability. Pummelled by …

Five members of a notorious mafia family have been jailed for one of the most audacious robberies in recent German history - the theft of diamond-encrusted jewels collected by the Saxonian monarchy. The men, all aged under 30, were sentenced to jail terms of between four and six years over …

Germany’s Green Party has been given a bloody nose at the polls after a plan to ban gas heating went down badly on the doorstep. At elections in Bremen on Sunday, the Greens won just 12 per cent of the vote. The result marked a 6 per cent drop on …

Berlin’s left-wing government is preparing to ditch the liberal refugee policies that marked the Merkel era and crack down on asylum seekers Olaf Scholz, the German chancellor, announced a plan on Wednesday that will see Germany introduce tighter controls on all nine of its borders while pushing for asylum centres …

Mr Döpfner wrote that: “The ossis (a pejorative word for east Germans) are either communists or fascists. There is nothing in between. Disgusting.” Mr Döpfner defended himself in internal Axel Springer communication, saying: "I take responsibility for every word that I publish. Snippets of text and conversation taken out of …

Mr Graichen, 51, was part of a panel that interviewed candidates to run the state energy commission. But he failed to notify colleagues that the successful candidate had been the best man at his wedding. Meanwhile Mr Graichen’s brother works for an environmental institute that has received contracts from the …

Kyiv is threatening to call off a visit by Volodymyr Zelensky to Berlin after details of the high-security operation were leaked to the press. Ukrainian officials are reportedly “deeply disappointed” by the leak, which they suspect "deliberately" contained highly sensitive information. A source inside the Ukrainian government told the German …

German conspiracy theorists who allegedly plotted a putsch last year believed that Queen Elizabeth II’s death signalled the start of their revolution, according to a newspaper report. The group of a few dozen conspiracists who were arrested on terror charges last year were convinced that the late Queen’s passing on …

Police have moved against Italy’s most feared mafia organisation in eight European countries in what is being described as a “severe blow” to the ’Ndrangheta crime syndicate. Early on Wednesday, police in countries including Italy, Germany, France and Spain swooped on addresses connected to the ’Ndrangheta, a tight-knit mafia believed …

“Don’t worry if you don’t know the words, because it doesn’t matter – as I have already proved,” Duran Duran frontman Simon Le Bon joked with fans in Manchester's AO Arena last night, before the opening of Save A Prayer. A few songs earlier, he’d forgotten the words to Anniversary …

It feels like we’ve waited a long time for good weather to finally arrive this spring, but things are finally starting to look up, just in time for the succession of May bank holidays. From the early May Day bank holiday to the bonus Coronation bank holiday to the final …

A British bus driver who was forced to flee Khartoum without his wife and son was terrified for their safety on Thursday night as the end of a fragile ceasefire approached. Adam Ahmed found himself cut off from his loved-ones, who were trapped in a highly volatile part of the …

British and German fighter jets have intercepted three Russian planes over the Baltic Sea. Eurofighter jets flown by the Nato allies were scrambled to observe the Russian aircraft in international airspace. Germany’s Luftwaffe published photos of the Russian planes on Twitter on Wednesday morning. The Luftwaffe identified the planes as …

Drivers dragged climate activists off the roads in Berlin as the biggest blockade yet hit dozens of streets across the German capital. At least two people in front of a blockade on the city ring road dragged protesters from the asphalt on Monday morning, video posted to Twitter by the …

Iranian film stars, sports personalities and celebrities have been banned from leaving the country, had their bank accounts frozen and wages cut, according to leaked documents that reveal the depth of the regime's crackdown. Dozens of famous Iranians have been penalised for supporting the women's rights protests that have taken …

The lawyer for the prime suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann has demanded that the case be thrown out of a German court. Christian Brukner, 45, has been accused of carrying out a string of sex crimes involving children in Portugal between 2000 and 2017. Prosecutors believe the German …

Leonardo DiCaprio could be called as a witness in the trial of his cousin, who is facing charges that he conned a German film company out of tens of thousands of euros with promises he could convince the star to join a new production. Niklas In den Birken, 29, a …

A dance troupe for female pensioners has been forbidden from performing in sombreros and pharaoh costumes by Germany’s national garden show after being accused of cultural insensitivity. The AWO Ballet, which has been performing since the 1980s, was set up by a charity for the elderly and disabled to give …

Angela Merkel's legacy was criticised by members of her own party amid controversy over the former leader being honoured with Germany's highest order of merit. Senior figures within the CDU suggested that she wasn't a worthy recipient, with the party's deputy leader, Carsten Linnemann, adding that she had made "grievous …

The job ads are hardly subtle. “Are you a UK-based junior doctor who wants job stability, great remuneration and the clinical support you need to develop your career?” runs one for the Tasmanian Health Service on the British Medical Journal website. “Base salaries”, the ad wastes no time in declaring, …

Icy seawater was biting at my face, and I couldn’t stop laughing. Nor could the other 11 waterproof-wrapped travellers making the bumpy crossing from our expedition ship, MS Fridtjof Nansen, to Orne Harbour, a humbling collection of soft snow, hard ice and slate-grey rock on the Antarctic peninsula. It was …

He is the first to admit that it has been "a lonely battle". Eleven founding members have grown to a little over 500 today. "We are no Greenpeace," he conceded. The environmental group has led Germany's anti-nuclear campaign and has hundreds of thousands of members. At the same time, opinion …

Germany’s Greens have accused “self-righteous” Extinction Rebellion-style climate activists of alienating the public with street blockades. Irene Mihalic, a senior Green politician, said activists from the Letzte Generation group were “elitist” and “the opposite of what we need in the current situation”. Ms Mihalic, the party’s parliamentary director in the …

Under communist rule, millions went to apartment blocks on the shores of Lake Balaton. Now, it’s luring Hungary’s A-list.

The threat of vaccine-derived polio stems from four sub-regions across the world, but the DRC is of “particular concern"

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The unusual decision to include film characters in the normally serious affairs of state drew bemused responses from other sections of German media. “The Star Wars allusion would certainly have worked with well-known figures from the rebellion. In the case of the Bundeswehr, the decision was made to use their …