German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that he intends to maintain strict border controls to limit irregular migration. “In general, we intend to continue strictly controlling the German borders,” Scholz said in an interview published in Friday’s edition of the Saarbrücker Zeitung. “We want to limit irregular migration, as I have announced. The numbers have to…
Eight people were injured as police dispersed a large pro-Palestinian demonstration in Berlin on Saturday evening. One of them was seriously hurt, the Berlin fire brigade told dpa. The police broke up the demonstration after shouts of criminal offences had been heard repeatedly, the police said on request. The demonstration began in the Steglitz district…
Bayer Leverkusen started the pre-season with diagnostics on Sunday, back in action from a Bundesliga and German Cup double they achieved in historic fashion last term. Xabi Alonso’s men became the first German team to go unbeaten all season in domestic action. They lost only once in 53 matches in all competitions, missing an unbeaten…
Climate activists have doused one of US carmaker Tesla’s Cybertrucks with orange paint at the Tesla Centre in the Wandsbek district of the northern German port city of Hamburg, police confirmed on Saturday morning. According to the activists from the Last Generation group, the vehicle symbolizes “the way the super-rich deal with global warming.” READ ALSO: Suspected…
A suspected human-trafficker injured six pedestrians, four of them seriously, as he fled a police vehicle check near Germany’s border with Austria. The injured pedestrians were visiting the Danube in Flames fair near the town of Vilshofen around 20 kilometres from the border on Saturday evening, according to a police spokesman. The 24-year-old driver, a…
Clashes between police and some 600 pro-Palestinian protesters in Berlin’s Steglitz district resulted in injuries to both demonstrators and police officers, police in the German capital reported on Sunday. Seven protesters and 17 police officers were injured, and 28 criminal charges were laid, they said. The charges related to causing injury, attempting to release detained…
Police and emergency services assisted by helicopters deployed in force in Albstadt to the south of the German city of Stuttgart on Sunday after an incident in which three people were confirmed killed. A police spokeswoman said that the deaths appeared to be related to domestic violence. The area around the incident has been cordoned…
Germany’s 2014 world champion Thomas Müller is retiring from international football, the Bild newspaper reported on Wednesday. Following Germany’s 2-1 extra-time loss to Spain in the Euro 2024 quarter-final on Friday, the Bayern Munich forward, 34, had said he was mulling his Germany future. Midfielder Toni Kroos quit all football after Germany’s exit at their…
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has described the support provided to Ukraine with air-defence systems to date as a “major step,” on the fringes of the NATO summit in Washington. At the same time, he held out the prospect of the delivery of further aid. “In my view, this process is not complete,” Scholz said on…
Germany’s chemical industry is looking better than expected in the first half of the year, the industry association VCI reported in Frankfurt on Monday. This means that the forecasts for the year as a whole remain unchanged. Turnover is expected to increase by 1.5% in 2024 and production by 3.5%. In the first six months,…
