01/02/2023

German police nab suspect in rash of attacks on elderly

German police said on Wednesday they had arrested a Serbian man accused of two murders and a series of other violent attacks against the elderly. The suspect is accused of killing a 77-year-old woman in December and an 89-year-old woman…
01/02/2023

Doreen Denstaedt becomes east Germany’s first black minister

Former policewoman Doreen Denstaedt became the first black minister in ex-communist east Germany on Wednesday, taking over the justice and migration brief in a hotbed of right-wing extremism. Denstaedt, 45, belongs to the Greens and assumed the office in Thuringia…
01/02/2023

German fund buys Indian-owned Peugeot Motocycles

German investment fund Mutares said Wednesday it had acquired French bike-maker Peugeot Motocycles, with the current owner, Indian group Mahindra, retaining a minority stake. Mahindra had in late 2019 purchased the 49 percent it did not previously own from the…
31/01/2023

German officials search Argentine ‘dirty war’ suspect’s home

German authorities on Tuesday searched the Berlin home of an Argentinian-German man accused of abduction, torture and murder of opposition members during the rule of Argentina’s military dictatorship. Officials from the Federal Criminal Police Office and the Berlin prosecutors’ office…
31/01/2023

German woman ‘killed lookalike to fake her own death’

A German-Iraqi woman murdered a lookalike she found on social media to fake her own death, police have said as new details emerge of the bizarre case that first came to light last year. The body of a 23-year-old woman…
31/01/2023

Loan demand falls as higher interest rates bite: ECB

Demand for loans is falling in the eurozone as households and businesses grapple with higher borrowing costs and a weak economic outlook, a European Central Bank survey showed Tuesday. The drop in demand for mortgages in the fourth quarter of…
31/01/2023

Stalingrad: 80 years ago, a victory that changed World War II

The Battle of Stalingrad, which turned the tide of World War II 80 years ago when German forces capitulated to the Red Army, remains a powerful symbol of patriotism in Russia as it presses its war in Ukraine. One of…
30/01/2023

Germany vows millions for Amazon as Scholz meets Lula in Brazil

Germany on Monday outlined more than $200 million in contributions for environmental projects in Brazil as Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited the South American giant reeling from Amazon destruction under ex-president Jair Bolsonaro. The package includes a brand-new $33.6 million in…
30/01/2023

Amazon focus as Germany’s Scholz to meet Lula in Brazil

Germany promised an additional 31 million euros ($33 million) for the Brazilian Amazon ahead of a visit Monday by Chancellor Olaf Scholz to the South American giant reeling from rainforest destruction under ex-president Jair Bolsonaro. Protection of the Amazon —…
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