Germany Today

Osnabrueck, Germany (dpa) – Around 30 members of the Greenpeace environmental organization continued to occupy the roof of an Amazon logistics centre in Germany on Tuesday, as part of a protest against the destruction of […]

Windhoek (dpa) – Atrocities committed by German troops in the former German colony of South West Africa – modern-day Namibia – amount to “genocide,” the head of Germany’s Bundesrat upper house of parliament said during […]

Berlin (dpa) – The German Finance Ministry is concerned about the Libra digital currency planned by US social media giant Facebook. “The issuance of a currency does not belong in the hands of a private company because it […]

Dusseldorf (dpa) – Vodafone has become the first German telecommunications company to launch a commercial 5G network, activating 25 antenna locations in Dusseldorf, Cologne, Dortmund and other German cities and communities on Tuesday. Vodafone’s 5G high-speed mobile network […]

Brussels (dpa) – Germany has reacted coolly to an Italian suggestion to overhaul Europe’s strained migration system, arguing that the measures proposed – including flying approved refugees to the EU – don’t offer immediate solutions. Michael Roth, Berlin’s […]

Berlin (dpa) – Germany should comprehensively reform its taxes on energy consumption, a panel of advisors told Economy Minister Peter Altmaier on Monday, amid a debate in Germany over whether to introduce a price on carbon emissions. The […]

Frankfurt (dpa) – German distribution centres of Amazon were hit by fresh strikes on Monday in an effort to disrupt the online retail giant’s “Prime Day” sales event. More than 2,000 employees took part in strikes during the morning […]

Frankfurt (dpa) – The financial assets of households in Germany increased to a new record at the start of this year, according to data released by the German central bank on Monday. Wealth in the form of cash, bonds, […]

Brussels (dpa) – Germany’s Ursula von der Leyen says she will step down as defence minister on Wednesday, irrespective of the success of her European Commission bid. On Tuesday, the European Parliament will vote on whether to appoint […]

Frankfurt (dpa) – German start-ups raised a record 2.8 billion euros (3.2 billion dollars) from investors in the first half of 2019, up 13 per cent from the same period last year, according to a […]