By Mark Meadows, dpa Leipzig, Germany – Xavi Simons netted twice on his return from injury to inspire RB Leipzig to a 4-2 Bundesliga win at home to Werder Bremen on Sunday.New Red Bull soccer chief Jürgen Klopp was in attendance in the stands as Dutch playmaker Xavi, out since the end of October with…
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock warned on Sunday of the consequences of reducing Germany’s financial support for arms deliveries to Ukraine. Speaking on the sidelines of a conference on Syria in Saudi Arabia, Baerbock said that the German government spent almost €7 billion ($7.2 billion) on weapons procurement for Ukraine last year.She said that if…
Berlin, Germany – The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is narrowing the gap with Germany’s conservative CDU/CSU bloc in voter support ahead of the February 23 election, according to a new poll released on Saturday. Early nationwide elections were called following the collapse of centre-left German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-party coalition in November. The…
Berlin, Germany – A record 22 people were shot dead by German police in 2024, a dpa analysis found on Tuesday, representing the highest number of casualties in police shootings this century. The figure – collected in a dpa analysis of police reports – was more than double that of previous years, with 10 people…
Germany achieved its national target for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in 2024, but failed to accomplish a stricter EU goal, a leading environmental think tank said on Tuesday. According to calculations by Agora Energiewende, Germany last year emitted a total of 656 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalents, a term used to compare…
Berlin, Germany – Nearly 34,000 right-wing extremist offences were committed in Germany last year – more than at any time since the documentation of the category began in 2001. Two thirds of these – 21,311 offences – were propaganda offences, the Interior Ministry said in response to an inquiry from the Left Party that was made available to dpa….
Berlin, Germany – Germany’s Bundesliga will introduce semi automated offside technology from next season onwards, refereeing chief Knut Kircher told Monday’s edition of Kicker sports magazine. The technology is to help make offside decisions much quicker than regular video assistant referee decisions in such situations. The system is in place in various big leagues and…
By Alexander Sturm and Jörn Bender, dpa Berlin, Germany – The German inflation rate climbed to 2.6% in December compared to the same month of the previous year, official figures showed on Monday, with consumer prices rising by an average of 2.2% over the whole of 2024.The data from the Federal Statistical Office suggests further…
Berlin, Germany – Sales of electric vehicles in Germany collapsed in 2024 following the cancellation of a government subsidy, official figures showed on Monday. Around 380,600 electric cars were newly registered over the course of the year, 27% fewer than in the previous year, according to the Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA). Electric models represented…
Berlin, Germany – More than 1 million people in Germany have joined a petition for a nationwide ban on fireworks after New Year celebrations again resulted in casualties, injuries and arrests. So far, around 1.01 million people have signed the petition, which was initiated by the German Police Union (GdP) in Berlin. The GdP wrote…
