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Whoever thought the summer was over should think again. It isn't. The last heatwave of the year is already on its way, at full throttle.

In Brandenburg province, a wild boar died of African Swine Fever. Now the authorities are alarmed, both in Germany and abroad.

In Germany, the Federal Authority for Civil Protection (BBK) conceded there was a problem on the nationwide Warning Day. The NINA warning app partially failed.…

On Thursday at 11:00 a.m., media and communication devices in Germany will go berserk. A nationwide alarm for testing purposes will be seen and heard. All 16 federal states are part of Warning Day.

For the first time in decades, all German disaster warning systems will be tested on September 10th, 2020. In the information age, there are many of those.

Germany was hit by a heatwave earlier this week. Its peak was registered on Saturday, with temperatures of up to 38 degrees Centigrade (100 degrees Fahrenheit)…

Hot air from Africa is coming to Germany. Forecasters say it will cause a heatwave starting as early as today. Temperatures of up to 98 degrees Fahrenheit are expected this coming weekend.

Six years ago, Lars Mittank from northern Germany disappeared during a vacation in Bulgaria. Now his family is hoping to find him in Berlin or Brandenburg.

A suspected serial rapist was apprehended near Babelsberg today. He is being made responsible for eight rapes and attempted rapes in Berlin and Brandenburg. The…

When the Germans thought the Coronavirus was far away, it was already in their midst. Then the numbers exploded. Even the Chancellor went into quarantine. Now Germany is about register its 200,000th case.