Germany

While party people gathered and danced at Tempelhof Airport in Berlin, the infection numbers rose further. This week, the Corona rules in Germany might be tightened substantially.

Germany's Bundestag elections are coming up, and the conservative 'Union' parties have not picked their candidate for Chancellor. The decision is supposed to be…

In Berlin, Markus Söder told the participants of a meeting of the 'Union' parties' Bundestag fractions, he would be willing to become candidate for Chancellor,…

In Weimar and the nearby Buchenwald memorial site, the 76th anniversary of the liberation of the former concentration camp was observed today. Because of Corona, there were few participants. Germany's President Frank Walter Steinmeier was among them.

Professor Christian Karagiannidis of the organization ‘Divi Intensivregister’ is sounding the alarm. He says the occupancy rate in intensive care units at…

On April 19th, 2021, the German Greens will announce the name of their first candidate for Chancellor. It will have to be the party's co-chairperson Annalena…

In Germany, the government is preparing an amendment of the Infection Protection Act. The "emergency brake", which is supposed to be put in place in counties with high Incidences, might turn out to be stricter than the original adoption.

After the death of Prince Philip, Germany's Angela Merkel and other leading politicians expressed their condolences. The Chancellor said she was saddened by…

Located in south-eastern Saxony, close to the Czech and Polish borders, Pirna is at least 780 years old. Its medieval buildings, including the 'Sunshine Palace'…

According to Germany's Robert Koch Institute, 25,464 new Coronavirus infections were registered within the past 24 hours. It is the highest number since January 8th, when the second wave was at its peak. An agreement on the Corona policies just ended an argument between Berlin and the federal states.