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Germany extends border controls with Poland, Czech and Switzerland
Germany is extending temporary border controls with Poland, the Czech Republic and Switzerland until December 15, the county's Interior Ministry announced on Monday, writes German news agency DPA.
There are normally no regular border controls or document checks along any of Germany's borders since all of the country's neighbours are in the visa-free Schengen Area.
But Germany has reimposed border checks...
Heavy snowfall wreaks chaos in southern Germany
Heavy overnight snowfall paralysed transport connections in the southern German state of Bavaria on Saturday morning, leaving thousands of travellers stranded, some of them on trains halted by the weather front, publishes DPA.
Other parts of the country also experienced heavy snow and ice, with conditions expected to deteriorate further on Saturday night. At least one person died as a...
Baerbock calls on Russia to end war immediately at OSCE conference
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop his war against Ukraine,during the conference of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) on Thursday, writes German news agency DPA.
"Stop the unspeakable suffering you are bringing upon millions of people," the German minister said at the annual meeting of ministers in the North...
Girl, 16, finds wallet with more than €7,000 – and returns it
A 16-year-old girl from Cuxhaven, a town bordering the North Sea, found a wallet containing more than €7,000 ($7,665) - and handed the money in to the police, writes German press agency DPA.
The girl phoned the police station on Saturday evening and explained that she had found a wallet full to the brim near a building site in the...
Germany records most unauthorized migrant arrivals since 2015
The number of migrants entering Germany without permission will be significantly higher this year than in previous years - but the upward trend was halted in October, according to data released by Germany's Federal Police on Monday, writes German Press Agency DPA.
The Federal Police recorded 112.178 unauthorized entries from January to October, the agency announced on Monday. Last year...
University strike action and protests to hit over 50 German cities
University employees and students in Germany were set to protest on Monday to demand better pay, according to the Verdi trade union, writes German news agency DPA.
The motto of the university action day is "Put an end to precarious science," according to the union.
Organizers have planned events in more than 50 cities, including Hamburg, Hanover, Cologne, Frankfurt am Main,...
Germans now eat far fewer fresh potatoes, but more crisps and chips
The German appetite for potatoes has continued to drop, even as per capita consumption of processed potato products like crisps and chips hit record levels, according to newly released government figures, writes German news agency DPA.
Total potato consumption in Germany slumped to a low of just 54.1 kilograms per capita in the 2022-23 marketing year, which ended in June,...
Siemens and Schaeffler test AI to alleviate shortage of workers
German manufacturing giants Siemens and Schaeffler are testing the use of artificial intelligence for machine control as a solution to the shortage of skilled workers, writes German news agency DPA.
As a co-pilot, AI should help to programme machines faster and more easily than human counterparts, the companies said on Tuesday.
The combination of human expertise and AI that works with...
German railway draws up strike timetable with ‘XXL’ trains
Germany's national railway company, Deutsche Bahn, has drawn up an emergency timetable due to the threats of strikes by the GDL train drivers' union, writes German news agency DPA.
"As with previous GDL strikes, DB has drawn up an emergency timetable with a greatly reduced number of journeys," said a Deutsche Bahn spokeswoman in Berlin on Sunday.
Long-distance service, for instance,...
Bundeswehr deploys Eurofighter jets to Romania for air protection
The German Air Force will be involved in protecting the south-eastern flank of NATO with Eurofighter aircraft starting at the end of the month, writes German news agency DPA.
A preliminary deployment was due to take off for Romania on Thursday, security sources told dpa in Berlin.
The plan is to send four Eurofighters and around 80 soldiers, who will take...
German president calls on Arab-Germans to denounce Hamas
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier demanded that people with Palestinian and Arab roots living in Germany to distance themselves from the Islamist militant group Hamas during a roundtable discussion on Wednesday, writes German news agency DPA.
"Do not allow yourselves to be instrumentalized by Hamas' accomplices," he said during the meeting, which he hosted at his official residence in Berlin. "Speak...
Tepid praise, criticism for German political deal on migration
A tentative agreement on migration and asylum policy struck by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and other leading politicians overnight met mixed reviews on Tuesday, writes German news agency DPA.
Members of Scholz's centre-left coalition government hailed the deal as a major turning point, while conservatives largely described the deal as a small step in the right direction.
Some on the left...
Survey: Most German students have used ChatGPT for homework
Around a year after the hype surrounding ChatGPT began, tools like this have arrived in the everyday educational lives of many young people in Germany, according to a new survey, writes the news agency DPA.
The survey found that 68% of school pupils, trainees and university students have already used ChatGPT or similar artificial intelligence (AI)-based tools for homework or...
Stop dreaming of a 2030 coal phase-out, German minister says
German Finance Minister Christian Lindner has questioned Germany's ability to phase out coal as an energy source by 2030, a goal outlined in the government's coalition deal two years ago, writes German news agency DPA.
"As long as it is not clear that energy is available and affordable, we should stop dreaming of a coal phase-out in 2030," the minister...
Scholz aims for German gas imports on trip to Nigeria
Germany is looking to import natural gas from Nigeria, Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said in an interview published as he left Berlin on Sunday for a trip to West Africa, writes German news agency DPA.
"Nigeria has the biggest gas supply in Africa," he told the Nigerian daily The Punch. "German companies are interested in gas deliveries from Nigeria and...
Renewed threats of attack at German schools, radio station
There have been renewed threats at several German schools and radio stations, following a series of bomb threats that targeted at least seven schools and public broadcaster ZDF on Monday, publishes the news agency dpa.
A secondary school in the southern state of Bavaria was evacuated after it received a second bomb threat on Tuesday morning.
Police spoke of a threat...
Unauthorized refugee entries into Germany near record level
The number of refugees crossing the border to Germany without permission is expected to be higher this year than at any time since the migration crisis in 2016, according to official data published on Saturday, writes German news agency DPA.
Last month, the federal police recorded 21,366 refugees who entered the country irregularly - about twice as many as in...
Visitors pack Berlin’s Pergamon Museum ahead of years-long closure
Crowds have been clamouring to visit Berlin's Pergamon Museum to view world-renowned treasures including the ancient Ishtar Gate of Babylon before the museum closes on Sunday for years of renovations, says german news agency DPA.
The museum, among the most popular in all of Germany, will be completely closed for four years, and parts of the museum are expected to...
Top German medic says AI must be used cautiously
German Medical Association president Dr Klaus Reinhardt sees a growing use of artificial intelligence in medicine, but has also called for ethical guidelines for it.
"Artificial intelligence has the potential to revolutionize patient treatment," Reinhardt told dpa.
This also applies to increasing efficiency in the healthcare system and advancing medical research, he said. But he warned that ethical aspects must not...
Scholz vows German help for Egyptian efforts to free Hamas hostages
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has promised Egyptian leader Abdel Fattah al-Sissi German help with efforts to secure the release of hostages kidnapped from Israel by the Islamist militant group Hamas, writes German news agency DPA.
"We are making every effort to secure their release," Scholz said in a joint press conference with al-Sissi in Cairo on Wednesday.
Scholz said that "touching...
