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It is time to start worrying about winter tires. Germany has its rules, but there are recommendations drivers should consider following in addition.

In Munich, the next Oktoberfest will be taking place at Theresienwiese from September 17th to October 3rd. But visitors should make sure they are either in the…

A damaged aircraft tire caused an incident in the skies above Europe on Wednesday. The pilots of an Airbus A350 owned by Lufthansa returned to Germany when they…

Just a few days before the official end of the warm season, the summer will be back. After a rather cool and wet August, it is about time.

There is bad news and more bad news: The bad news is that there will be rather bad traffic jams on Germany's Autobahn network next weekend. A week later, things…

On Sunday, Angela Merkel was going to visit Schuld municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate in order to look at the damage caused by the recent catastrophic floods.…

According to the authorities, at least 133 people have died in the areas affected by the catastrophic flooding on Wednesday night. This number will probably increase further. Far more than 1,000 people are still missing.

According to the authorities in two federal states in western Germany, at least 58 people died in the worst floods in decades. In North Rhine-Westphalia and…

In the western part of Germany, many towns and villages were flooded after torrential rain and thunderstorms hit. Two firefighters died. In some areas,…

The best strategy against tick bites is not to get bitten. By following several strategies, we can at least reduce the risk substantially. Since tick bites can have terrible health effects, we do not really have a choice.